Biodesign Challenge Summit 2024

Join us at the Museum of Modern Art and Parsons School of Design for the BDC Summit—an event that brings together university and high school teams with leading voices in art, design, and biology. 

Over two days, finalists showcase their projects before esteemed judges from academia, the arts, and industry to compete for prizes, including the coveted Glass Microbe. Teams are chosen from over 500 students from 15 countries who worked throughout the academic year to develop their visions. 

You’re also invited to join us on the evening of June 13th for our reception celebrating the opening of a gallery exhibition of the student projects. To learn more about Biodesign Challenge, visit biodesignchallenge.org.

If the ticket cost is prohibitive but you would like to attend, please contact info@biodesignchallenge.org.

SUMMIT AGENDA 

Summit Day 1 - June 13, 8:30am – 6:00pm

Parsons School of Design | Johnson Hall

66 W 12th Street, New York, NY 10011

Opening Reception and Exhibition - June 13, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Parsons School of Design | Arnhold Hall - Theresa Lang Center

55 W 13th Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10011

Summit Day 2 - June 14, 8:30am – 5:00pm

Museum of Modern Art | Titus 1 Theater

11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019

(Please check in at The Ronald S. and Jo Carole Lauder building entrance (MoMA Film entrance) east of the main entrance on W 53rd St.)

For more details regarding the Summit schedule visit our website by clicking here.

SPEAKERS & PERFORMERS

Vanessa Fleury Champagne: Development and Communications Manager | Genspace

Tao Leigh Goffe: Founder | Dark Laboratory

Jonah King: Media Artist, Filmmaker & Educator

Claudia Pasquero & Marco Poletto: Co-Founders & Directors | ecoLogic Studio

Jane Pirone: Associate Professor of Design Ecologies | Parsons School of Design

Smita Sen: Multimedia Visual Artist & Interaction Designer

Michelle Shofet: Artist & Founding Director | Nocturnal Medicine

Laura Splan: Transdisciplinary Artist

Latasha Wright: Chief Scientific Officer | BioBus

Elaine Young: Artist & Founder | STUDIOPHORIA

JUDGES

Onye Ahanotu
Leslie Atzmon
Chaz Childers
Vicky Colangelo
Isa Correa
Alison Dell
Nancy Diniz
Gigi Gronvall
Leyla Hernandez
Karen Ingram
Nancy Kelley
Svenja Keune
Todd Kuiken
Kaitie Kramer
Nikhil Kumar
Jim Lane
Dante Lombardi
Ákos Maróy
Ross McBee
Charlotte McCurdy
Kit McDonnell
Angela McQuillan
Jeanne Pfordresher
Sandra Piesik
Zoe Powell
Alie Rose
Elena Soterakis
Laura Splan
Sabriya Stukes
Corinne Takara
Orkan Telhan
Uyen Tran
Beth Tuck
Megan Valanidas
Jenn Varekamp
Harris Wang
Jake Wintermute
Peter Yeadon
Elaine Young

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

• Alisal High School, Salinas CA
• Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
• Asociatia One Source (Romania)
• Auburn University
• BioBus + the International School of Liberal Arts, Bronx
• California College of the Arts Arch + UCSF
• California College of the Arts Design
• CENTRO (Mexico)
• College for Creative Studies
• The Design Village (India)
• DreamYard Prep, Bronx
• Drexel University
• EASD Castelló (Spain)
• ELISAVA (Spain)
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Grace Church School
• HKU (Netherlands)
• Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
• Keio University (Japan)
• McGill University (Canada)
• Maryland Institute College of Art
• MOME (Hungary)
• Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
• New Design High School, Lower East Side
• New York University IDM
• New York University ITP
• Northumbria University (UK)
• Parsons School of Design
• Rhode Island School of Design + Brown University
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rutgers University
• Rye Country Day School
• San Francisco State University
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Spelman College
• Syracuse University
• Tongji University (China)
• Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico)
• Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
• Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile)
• Universidad del Istmo (Guatemala)
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Davis
• University of Michigan
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln
• University of New Mexico
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Richmond
• University of Texas at Austin