Overview

Main Conference

A three-day in-person conference themed around Sustainability focused on bringing together researchers, professionals, and students to discuss the latest advances in Waste Management, Climate Action, Material Sciences and more.

EcoHackathon

A 2-month competition to solve a problem statement by developing a product / application / research project through biology and get rewarded with cash prizes of upto INR 1 Lakh.

Research Symposium

A platform for researchers and students to exhibit their research papers and get their work published in a reputed journal for free.

Speaker Sessions

Various researchers and industry leaders to share their expertise on topics around Sustainability.

Panel Discussions

Discussions facilitated by experts on current and important issues that need to be tackled in the field of Sustainability.

Workshops

Hands-on workshops by expert instructors to provide DIY Biology experiences into various advances and technologies.

Tours

Tours to various labs and institutes for the attendees to understand their global innovation and research culture.

Dignitaries

Keynote on Climate Action: Now or Never

Mr. Puneet Katyal

CEO, Viviid Emissions Reductions Universal Pvt Ltd

Panel Discussion on Climate Action: Human Actions or Natural Forces

Ms. Shreya Ghodawat

Co-Founder - Meat Less, Meet More

Dr. Santanu Satapathy

Sustainability Practitioner, IIM Mumbai | NIT Rourkela

Mr. Siddharth Mohantty

Founder, TWIKKs

Participation from 68+ Countries

Testimonials

It was an amazing experience starting from the keynote speeches to the tours, learning how to build a startup, going through all the challenges and the deficiencies to creating a stable and sustainable project or startup. The different breakout sessions that taught about local synthetic biology and the different experiences surrounding them and how obstacles have been negotiated to reach there. I was inspired and I look forward to seeing more great work done in the world of synthetic biology here in Africa, I will be glad to contribute towards this development!

Alex Kyabarongo, Africa

Co-Founder, Center for STEM Education and Research (CeSTER)

Darwin was quite an interesting experience - the fact that the team pulled it off so systematically in a lockdown was truly impressive. Daily updates, availability, networking opportunities, such insightful talks and workshops, kudos to the team. Further, as a collaborator, I had a great learning experience. Looking forward to more such collaborations between Darwin and The BioTalk Magazine!

Deepakshi Kasat, India

Founder, The BioTalk Magazine

So it was my first year at Darwin conference where I as a team member of Biohacking Space Peshawar presented a DIY project - building a DIY Incubator. I am grateful to Darwin for giving us a chance to exchange ideas and have conversations with people from multiple countries and communicate with such amazing minds. I personally learned so much form this virtual conference. Thank you so much again to all organisers and speakers!

Bilal Rehman, Pakistan

Bioartist, Biohacking Space Peshawar

My experience was gratifying since as a student knowing topics of interest help me to form a better criteria, in addition to expanding my culture because it was in another part of the world!

Isabel Lara Mora, Mexico

Student

It helped me to expand my knowledge on many things such as universe and life, genetics, AI, data storage, the possibility to create a universe with codes, and trying to build the tech in order to remove DNA information. I really enjoyed what Markus Schmidt told us about the power of the AI, what Joe Davis told about the milky way DNA, the Microvenus project, what Joe Zayner said regarding my question of whether AI can take on human characteristics including emotional intelligence, what Jonathan Minchin said regarding my question of how international policies can improve regarding climate change. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to participate and hope to hear more from you in the future.

Georgiana Lorena Moruz, Romania