The emphasis of the lecture series was on the acquisition of a working knowledge of the history and contemporary practices and tools of different biological processes for food, materials and health-care production.
And the importance to develop critical thinking about the field of BioDesign, its broad definition and the limitation of terminologies through lectures and debates with a diverse set of specialists.

Miranda Vane

Design Historian of the Contemporary
Talk: Designing the Delicious: A Design History of Contemporary Food Making

Alexandra Diasy Ginsberg

Designer, Artist and Writer

Dr. Richard Kelwick

Research Associate Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London
Talk: Cell-Free Systems

Matt McLauren

Entomics
Talk:Entomics is transforming food waste into sustainable, renewable resources... using insects

Phoebe Tickell

Science disruptor, Facilitator and Social Entrepreneur
Future Farm LabTalk Title

Imperial iGEM team 2016

Students, Imperial College London
Talk: Ecolibrium

Dr. Oscar Ces and Tatiana Trantidou

Professor of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London
Talk: Artificial Cells and Microfluidics

Prof. Jim Haseloff

Haseloff Lab, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge Talk: Plant Synthetic Biology

Lauren Bowker

Alchemist and founder of the UNSEEN Talk: THE UNSEEN

Dr. Lining Yao and Dr. Wen Wang

TalkL: BioLogic - Natto Cells as Nanoactuators for Shape Changing Interfaces