Melissa Sterry
Melissa Sterry is a design scientist, futurist and transformational change strategist to the built environment, utilities, manufacturing, design, publishing, media and communications industries. She is a Director and Head of Technology at transmedia start-up Earth 2 Hub Ltd, which aims to re-establish a harmonious relationship between humanity and nature using art, science and digital creativity.
A PhD researcher at the Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research group at University of Greenwich's School of Architecture, Design and Construction, 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, Visiting Lecturer and Guest Critic at research institutes including the University of Salford's 6* RAE rated School of the Built Environment, the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the AA School of Architecture, Melissa is published in over 50 international titles. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Society of Bionic Engineering, a member of the Editorial Board of sustain' Magazine and a jury member of several international design, architecture and sustainability awards, including the International Design Awards.
Melissa is a keynote speaker, panel chair and workshop host at sustainability conferences and seminars around the world including EcoBuild, European Future Energy Forum, Forum for the Built Environment, World Congress on Sustainable Technologies, Sustainable Business in Practice and The Future We Want: A New Paradigm for a Sustainable 2050.
A multi award-winning social entrepreneur, Melissa was listed in the 2008 edition of the Future 100, which lists the top one hundred young entrepreneurs changing the face of business and improving commerce's impact on the wider world. She is an inductee of the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Mensa Education and Research Foundation International Award for Benefit to Society 2010 for her exceptional commitment to enhancing intelligence which benefits society.