At ChangeNOW 2025 in Paris, our founder Susanne Gløersen represented The Future is Fungi Award among a growing field of fungi-focused innovators. From groundbreaking materials to circular waste solutions, the conference spotlighted the expanding role of mycelium-based startups — with a noticeable rise in female-led initiatives driving the change.

Innovation in Action: At Davos, The Future is Fungi Award showcased how fungi can tackle major environmental challenges. From leading a discussion at Innovate 4 Nature to hosting a session at Standard Chartered, we’re putting fungi on the map.

Susanne (founder of The Future is Fungi Award) will speak at the panel “Thriving Together: Redesigning A Regenerative Economy that Aligns with Living Systems” at the House of Impact during Slush in Helsinki in Finland.

The Future is Fungi Award`s founder Susanne comments in an article about mycelium applications in the seafood industry, bu US based Mongabay which has millions of readers.

The IMC12 is gathering fungal scientists around the world for their 12th congress, this time in Maastricht in the Netherlands. The award will part of opening the awrd and run a lunch session for aspiring science entrepreneurs.

Susanne Gløersen, founder of The Future is Fungi Award spoke and moderated the session “Can fungi save the world?” at Brilliant Minds in Stockholm mid June, together with Phil Ross (co-founder of MycoWorks and OpenFung) and Renee Davis (recent R&D Director with Fungi Perfecti). Brilliant Minds each year gathers creatives and entrepreneurs for gamechanging solutions for impact.

The Future is Fungi Award hosted a Fungal Exploration Workshop at Katapult Future Fest to host space for and catalyze new and novel ideas how we can harness fungi for environmental solutions.

Susanne was invited to speak about the awards at a webinar organized by MycoAsia Journal of Modern Mycology, MycoIndia Journal of Indian Fungi, Association of Fungal Biologists in Mumbai and the Centre for Biodiversity Exploration and Conservation.

Susanne spoke about The Future is Fungi Award and the potential of fungi to solve environmental challenges at ChangeNow in Paris, the worlds largest sustainability conference. The session was called “Fungi: the unexpected ally”.

During her week in Davos, Susanne talked about The Future is Fungi Award and the potential of fungi to solve environmental challenges and enable a more circular economy during a panel discussion led by circularity expert Harald Friedl.

At ChangeNOW, the premier event for environmental solutions, Susanne, the founder of the award, explored the transformative power of fungi.