PaperShell to Curate and Lead Scientific Dialogue at the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Since 1951, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, held in Lindau, Germany, have brought together Nobel Laureates and outstanding young scientists from around the world to discuss the role of science in society. The 2026 interdisciplinary 75th anniversary meeting gathers around 75 Nobel Laureates and 600 young scientists from across the world.

This year during a Partner Breakfast, PaperShell will curate and lead the scientific dialogue Where Science Meets Art and Capital Supports Nature — exploring how a new industrial system logic can emerge when directed innovation is layered onto nature's 3.8 billion years of accumulated intelligence.

Nobel Laureate Ben L. Feringa (Chemistry, 2016), whose work centres on designing functional systems inspired by nature itself, will bring the scientific foundation to the conversation, joining the panel alongside scientists and industry leaders.

"For 200 years, economists have turned nature into income. What if we, industrialists, viewed nature and biological science as blueprints for the next industrial revolution?" says Anders Breitholtz, Founder and CEO of PaperShell. At Lindau, PaperShell brings that question to life.

PaperShell serves as the practical case, producing 100% biogenic components, stronger than plastics, lighter than aluminium, as a fully circular alternative to fossil materials. Recognised by the EU Innovation Fund as one of Europe's most cost-efficient decarbonisation solutions, PaperShell has developed its material system through scientific exploration ranging from particle accelerators to engineered mycelium, work that has expanded the practical boundaries of the material system.

The session will explore how this system logic can extend across the wider industrial landscape, and how molecular knowledge can translate into measurable global consequence. It will bring together science, art, industry and capital, with space for the audience to shape the discussion around how these principles can be applied in practice.

The dialogue will be hosted in collaboration with Teknikföretagen and AP&T.