How can a better tomorrow be achieved, one with renewable cities and more efficient and responsive buildings? The 2017 NeoCon Conference Program headliners will address this question at NeoCon, June 12 to 14, 2017 at The Mart in Chicago, IL. Aspecta by Metroflor is the sponsor of the presentation by keynote speaker Jessica Green, a scientist and founding director of the Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center.
Jessica is a world-renowned scientist inspiring people to think about bacteria in entirely new ways. As founding director of the BioBE Center, she works with architects and engineers to advance the public’s understanding of how microbial communities assemble, interact, evolve and influence public health. She is also co-founder and CTO of Phylagen, a DNA data harvesting and analytics company. In her presentation, Green will explore how the microbial blueprint of human beings, homes, cities and forests impacts the world and the future. Green is currently spearheading efforts to model urban spaces as complex ecosystems that house trillions of diverse microorganisms interacting with each other, with humans, and with their environment.