Melissa Sterry

Melissa Sterry is a futurologist, design scientist and transformational change strategist to the built environment, utilities, manufacturing, design, publishing, media and communications industries. A PhD researcher at the Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research group (AVATAR) at the School of Design, Architecture and Construction at University of Greenwich, she is developing The Bionic City™: a sustainable smart city it transfers knowledge from Earth's ecosystems to a blueprint for a metropolis with resilience to extreme meteorological and geological events, enabling reduced structural damage and loss of life from events including flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, eruptions and earthquakes. A Visiting Fellow of Sustainable Innovation in Design & Media and Assembly member at University of Salford, Melissa is a Visiting Lecturer and Guest Critic at universities including the AA School of Architecture. Published in over 50 international titles, Melissa is director and Head of Technology at Earth 2 Hub™, which aims to re-establish a harmonious relationship between humanity and nature using art, science and digital creativity, engaging media including Apps, CGI, Augmented Reality and Gaming. A member of the scientific committee of the International Bionic Engineering Society and of the Editorial Board of sustain' magazine, she is a keynote speaker, panel chair and workshop host at sustainability conferences and seminars including EcoBuild, European Future Energy Forum, Forum for the Built Environment, World Congress on Sustainable Technologies and Sustainable Business in Practice. A multi-award winning social entrepreneur, she is an inductee of the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network Hall of Fame, she was the recipient of the Mensa Education and Research Foundation International Award for Benefit to Society 2010 for exceptional commitment to enhancing intelligence which benefits society.