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Dr. Philip Nitschke, MD, PhD - Founder, Exit International - The Future Of End-Of-Life Technologies
March 24, 2022 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBDr. Philip Nitschke, MD, Ph.D. is a medical doctor, humanist and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International (https://www.exitinternational.net/), a leading end-of-life rights advocacy and information non-profit. Dr. Nitschke has written extensively in the area of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide, including three books, including: Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill, The Peaceful Pill eHandbook, and Damned if I Do. Dr. Ni...
Katie Baca-Motes - Co-Founder, Scripps Research Digital Trials Center - Re-Engineering Clinical Trials
March 24, 2022 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBKatie Baca-Motes, MBA, (https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-medicine/translational-institute/about/people/katie-baca-motes/) is Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives at the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and Co-Founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center (https://digitaltrials.scripps.edu/). Katie leads various initiatives, including launching their new Digital Trials Center, focusing on expanding the institute's portfolio of decentralized clinical trial initiatives inc...
Dr. Gaurav Bansal, PhD - Precision Agriculture, Computer Vision & Machine Learning - Blue River Tech / John Deere
March 05, 2022 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBDr. Gaurav Bansal, Ph.D. is Senior Manager, Computer Vision and Machine Learning at Blue River Technology (https://bluerivertechnology.com/), a company of innovators focused on driving radical change in agriculture by creating intelligent machinery, to empower their customers – farmers – to implement more sustainable solutions, optimize chemical usage, re-imagine routine processes, and improve farming yields. In 2017, Blue River was acquired, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of, John Deere (...
Dr. Adam Wolfberg, MD, MPH - Chief Medical Officer, Current Health / Best Buy Health - Quality Healthcare In The Home
March 02, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBDr. Adam Wolfberg, MD, MPH, is the Chief Medical Officer at Current Health (https://currenthealth.com/), a Best Buy Health company (https://healthcare.bestbuy.com/) and part of the American multinational consumer electronics retailer. Current Health is an organization that enables the delivery of healthcare services in the home to enable healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality, patient-centric care at a lower cost. The company integrates patient-reported data with data from biosenso...
Dr. Lamya Abdulaziz AlOmair, Ph.D. - Head of A.I. and Bioinformatics - KAIMRC (Saudi Arabia)
February 26, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBDr. Lamya Abdulaziz AlOmair, Ph.D. is the Head of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and Bioinformatics, at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (https://kaimrc.ksau-hs.edu.sa/), and an affiliated faculty member in the systems biology group at George Mason University. Dr. AlOmair is one of the first Saudi women to obtain a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, from King Saud University, following which she joined the Saudi National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA) initially as a Program...
Dr. Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Ph.D. - Organization of American States - Director, Department of Social Inclusion
February 26, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBDr. Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Ph.D. is Director of the Department of Social Inclusion at the Organization of American States (https://www.oas.org/en/). For more than 15 years, she has led missions, programs, and projects and conducted research on issues of democracy and elections, and equity and social inclusion, among others. At the Department of Social Inclusion, Dr. Muñoz-Pogossian leads work on the inclusion of populations in vulnerable situations and on the promotion of the full exercise...
Susan Bratton - Intimacy Wellness Expert, Sexual Bio-Hacker, Orgasmanaut
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBSusan Bratton (https://susanbratton.com/), is an Intimacy Wellness Expert, Sexual Bio-Hacker, and self-proclaimed "Orgasmanaut", who is a champion and advocate for all those who desire life long intimacy and passion. Susan is co-founder and CEO of two corporations: Personal Life Media, Inc., a publisher of heart-connected lovemaking techniques and bedroom communication skills, and The20, LLC., a manufacturer of organic and botanical supplements that enhance sexual vitality. Susan is a best-s...
Dr. David K. C. Cooper, MD, PhD. - MGH/Harvard - Xenotransplantation To Save And Extend Lives
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBDr. David K. C. Cooper, MA, PhD, MD, MS, DSc (Med), FRCS, FACS, FACC, FAST, (https://researchers.mgh.harvard.edu/profile/27073950/David-Cooper) is a pioneering heart transplant surgeon and researcher in the field of xenotransplantation, which is defined as any procedure that involves the transplantation, implantation or infusion into a human recipient of live cells, tissues, or organs from a nonhuman animal source. Dr. Cooper studied medicine in the UK at Guy’s Hospital Medical School (now p...
Donato Tramuto - Improving The World With Innovation And Compassion - TramutoPorter Foundation
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBDonato Tramuto is a healthcare executive, global health activist, and author who is widely recognized for his commitment to social change and transformational leadership in healthcare innovation. Mr. Tramuto is the Founder and Chair of The TramutoPorter Foundation (https://tramutofoundation.com/) which advances young people’s rights to education and healthcare access and combats human right violations. Mr. Tramuto's three-decade commitment to social change and innovation has earned numerous ...
Dr. Marilyn Roossinck, Ph.D. - Beneficial Viruses - Professor Emeritus, Penn State University
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBDr. Marilyn Roossinck Ph.D. (https://plantpath.psu.edu/directory/mjr25) is Professor Emeritus of plant pathology, environmental microbiology and biology at Penn State University. Dr. Roossinck is an expert on viruses, from their evolutionary pressures and mechanisms, to the ecology of viral diseases. She performed some of the first experimental evolution studies on plant viruses and pioneered the first virus discovery work in a terrestrial system, by deep sequencing wild plant samples. A spe...
Dr Joseph Mocanu, PhD - Investing In Novel Health Tech In Emerging Markets - Verge HealthTech Fund
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBDr. Joseph D. Mocanu, Ph.D. (https://www.vergehc.com/team) is the Managing Partner of the Verge HealthTech Fund, focusing on early stage healthcare technology companies relevant to emerging markets. Dr. Mocanu started his career as a scientist, developing new cancer therapies during his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. He co-founded a medical device startup during his studies which brought him into the world of business and his first interactions with VCs. Dr. Mocanu first learned about a...
Dr Kevin Perrott, PhD - Founder & CEO - OpenCures - Accelerating Research To Prevent & Cure Disease
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBDr. Kevin Perrott, Ph.D. is Founder and CEO, OpenCures (https://opencures.org/), Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta, Co-Founder and Advisor, Oisin Biotechnologies, President, of Global Healthspan Policy Institute, and Co-Founder and Treasurer, SENS Research Foundation. Kevin is a successful entrepreneur and owner of the largest motorcycle and snowmobile dealership in Canada, Riverside Honda and Skidoo Sales in Edmonton, Alberta. He became a cancer survivor, an experience which clearly ...
Alistair Fulton - Connecting & Enabling A Smarter Planet - VP, Wireless & Sensing Products, Semtech
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBAlistair Fulton (https://www.semtech.com/company/executive-leadership/alistair-fulton) is the Vice President and General Manager of Semtech's Wireless and Sensing Products Group. Semtech Corporation is a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms for consumer, enterprise computing, communications and industrial end-markets. It has 32 locations in 15 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. Semtech is the developer of LoRa, a long-range networking initiati...
Anna Farberov - GM - PepsiCo Labs - Efficient Technology Innovation In The Global CPG Segment
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBAnna Farberov is General Manager at PepsiCo Labs (https://labs.pepsico.com/), where she focuses on investments and partnerships in the areas of Tech Venturing, Value Chain, Data & Analytics, Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) and Sustainability, and via their investments in the start-up community, works with entrepreneurs to co-develop products and services for PepsiCo, Inc. the American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation. Prior to PepsiCo Labs, Anna spent 7 ...
Dr. Sanjoy Dutta, Ph.D. - CSO, JDRF International - Improving Lives Curing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBDr. Sanjoy Dutta, PhD, is the Chief Scientific Officer at JDRF International (https://www.jdrf.org/) a nonprofit organization that funds Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) research, provides a broad array of community and activist services to the T1D population, and actively advocates for regulation favorable to medical research and approval of new and improved treatment modalities. Dr. Dutta oversees all of JDRF’s efforts to cure Type 1 Diabetes and improve the lives of those living with it, which inclu...
Dr. Wilhelmina Hoffman, MD - Creating A Dementia Friendly Society; Headmaster/CEO, Silviahemmet
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBDr. Wilhelmina Hoffman, MD, is a geriatric physician, who serves Headmaster and CEO of Silviahemmet (https://www.silviahemmet.se/), a non-profit foundation devoted to improving the quality of life for persons affected by dementia and their families. The foundation was inaugurated by H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden on Valentines Day in 1996. Silviahemmet’s philosophy of care includes person-centered care, family support, teamwork and communication – all aiming at the highest possible quality of l...
Keren Haruvi - President, Sandoz US, Head Of North America - Global Generic Medicine Access For All
February 23, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBKeren Haruvi is President of Sandoz US and Head of their North America business (https://www.novartis.us/about-us/our-leadership/us-country-leadership/keren-haruvi). Sandoz is a division of the Novartis Group and a global leader in generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars and was established in 2003, when Novartis united all of its generics businesses under the name Sandoz – a single global brand with a long history. Since then, Sandoz has grown into a leading global generics business with an...
Dr. Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D. - Exploring The Aging-Cancer Connection - Johns Hopkins - NCAB
February 23, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBDr. Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D., (https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/3918/ashani-t-weeraratna) is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Chair, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Weeraratna is also a recently appointed member (by President Joe Biden), of the National Cancer Advisory Board (https://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/ncab/ncab.htm), which advises and assists the director of the National Cancer Institute on the activities ...
Dr. Stephani Otte, Ph.D. - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Measuring Human Biology in Action
February 23, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBDr. Stephani Otte, Ph.D is Science Program Officer, Imaging, at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (https://chanzuckerberg.com/), who leads the organization’s Imaging program and is focused on the creation, dissemination, optimization, and standardization of transformative imaging technologies. Prior to CZI, Dr. Otte was Director of Science at a neuro-technology / microscopy company, Inscopix, involved in accelerating brain science and innovating mini-scope microscope solutions for real-time map...
Dr Joel Mozer, PhD - United States Space Force - Director of Science, Technology, and Research
February 23, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBDr. Joel Mozer is the Director of Science, Technology, and Research, United States Space Force (https://www.spaceforce.mil/). With a PhD in Physics, and MS in Atmospheric Science, from University of Arizona, Dr. Mozer serves as the principal scientific advisor to the Commander and is the senior authority for all science and technology matters for an organization of approximately 11,000 space professionals worldwide, and manages a global network of satellite command and control, communication...
Xenobots - Novel Synthetic Life Forms At The Intersection Of Biology & Information Science
January 28, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBXenobots are living micro-robots, built from cells, designed and programmed by a computer (an evolutionary algorithm) and have been demonstrated to date in the laboratory to move towards a target, pick up a payload, heal themselves after being cut, and reproduce via a process called kinematic self-replication. In addition to all of their future potential that has been mentioned in the press, including Xenobot applications for cleaning up radioactive wastes, collecting micro-plastics in the o...
Dr. Amy Throckmorton, PhD - BioCirc / Drexel University - Innovating Life-Saving Therapeutic Devices
January 25, 2022 20:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBDr. Amy Throckmorton, Ph.D. (https://drexel.edu/biomed/faculty/core/ThrockmortonAmy/) is Associate Professor and Director of the BioCirc Research Laboratory, in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, at Drexel University. The BioCirc Research Laboratory seeks to improve the treatment strategies and therapeutic options for pediatric and adult patients suffering from acquired or congenital heart disease by developing unique features for inclusion in the design of blo...
Dr Charlotte Yeh, MD - Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services - Building Resilience For Healthy Aging
January 25, 2022 20:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBDr Charlotte Yeh, MD Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services, Inc. (https://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/aarp-services/), where she works with the independent carriers that make health-related products and services available to AARP members, to identify programs and initiatives that will lead to enhanced care for older adults. AARP (formerly called the American Association of Retired Persons) is a United States–based interest group focusing on issues affecting those over the age of fifty. According ...
Kim Nazel - Founder, Inov8 Next - Rapper - Technology Innovator - Venture Capitalist - Mentor
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBMr. Kim Nazel (also known by his stage names "Arabian Prince" or "Professor X") is a rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, founding member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rap group N.W.A., as well as burgeoning, technologist, venture capitalist, startup mentor, and business advisor. Mr. Nazel has wide ranging interests in Animation, 3D FX, Music and Computer Digital Technologies. He is CEO of Mik Lezan Music, Owner of Hypnotic FX and One Fader, President of LA First Tech Challenge S...
Nashira Layade - Exec. VP & CTO, Business Services, Realogy - Technological Future Of Real Estate
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBMs. Nashira Layade is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Business Services, at Realogy Holdings Corp. (https://www.realogy.com/), and she leads Realogy’s technology infrastructure, security, operations, and support strategies. Realogy Holdings Corp. is an American publicly owned real estate and relocation services company which owns and franchises several real estate brands and brokerages (including Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, Cartus, Century 21 Real Estate, Citi-...
Dr. Ken Paller, Ph.D - Interactive Dreaming Neuroscience In Mental Health, Learning And Creativity
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBDr. Ken Paller, Ph.D. (hhttps://psychology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/profiles/ken-paller.html) is Professor of Psychology and James Padilla Chair in Arts & Sciences, Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Program and the Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition, Fellow of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, and Fellow of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, at Northwestern University, Department of Psychology. Dr. Paller’s collaborative re...
Dr. Clarice D. Aiello, Ph.D. - Exploring Quantum Underpinnings Of Biological Processes - UCLA
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBDr. Clarice D. Aiello (https://samueli.ucla.edu/people/clarice-aiello/), is Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the UCLA Samueli School Of Engineering. Dr. Aiello is also leader of the new Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab, a new center dedicated to interdisciplinary research on the possible quantum underpinnings of biological processes, within the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (https://cnsi.ucla.edu/). With her Ph.D. from MIT in electrical engineering, and po...
Dr Tohru Minamino, MD, PhD - Cardiovascular Aging & Targeted Senolytic Bio-Therapies - Juntendo University
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBDr. Tohru Minamino is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine (https://juntendo-cvbm.com/en/about.html). He also serves as Director of the Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Hospital. He received his MD from the Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine in 1989 and his PhD from Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo in 1997. Dr. Minamino is a medical cardiologist and research scientist...
Fanny Sie - One Roche Head of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health - F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBMs. Fanny Sie is the One Roche Head of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health, at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (https://www.roche.com/), a multinational healthcare company that operates in both the Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics segments, and in 2021 was the world’s largest pharma company by revenue. With her BS and MS from the University of Toronto, Ms. Sie is very focused on applications of Digital Health, and innovative techniques such as Artificial Intelligence, to generate actionable ...
Dr. Hamed Faridi, PhD - Executive Director - McCormick Science Institute - Herbs & Spices For Health
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBDr. Hamed Faridi, Ph.D. is the founder of Faridi Strategy Group LLC and serves as the Executive Director of the McCormick Science Institute (https://www.mccormickscienceinstitute.com/). Hamed is renowned as an innovative food industry leader, business executive, strategist, and board director. He is a visionary leader who conceives and implements innovative approaches - often using technology - to create and sustain business growth in the highly competitive food manufacturing industry. Hamed...
Dr Dean Radin, PhD - Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Science (IONS); Co-Founder, Cognigenics
January 23, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBDr. Dean Radin, MS, PhD (https://noetic.org/profile/dean-radin/), is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Science (IONS) and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). He is also Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board for the neurogenetics biotech startup, Cognigenics (https://www.cognigenics.io/). Dr. Radin's original career track as a concert violinist shifted into science after earning a BSEE degr...
Kerry Kennedy - President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - Creating A More Just And Peaceful World
January 23, 2022 15:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBKerry Kennedy is President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (https://rfkhumanrights.org/), a human rights advocacy organization, founded by her mother Ethel Kennedy and named after her father United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, and which is dedicated to creating a more just and peaceful world, working alongside local human rights activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments and corporations. Kerry has devoted more than 40 years to the pursuit of equal justice, the...
Dr. Claudia Mahler - IE, Human Rights Of Older Persons - United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
January 23, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBThe United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC - https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/aboutcouncil.aspx) is a United Nations (https://www.un.org/en/) body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The Council investigates allegations of breaches of human rights in United Nations member states, and addresses thematic human rights issues such as freedom of association and assembly, freedom of expression, freedom of belief and religion, women's rights, LGBT r...
Anita Hazenberg - Director, Innovation Centre Directorate, INTERPOL - New Visions In Global Policing
January 23, 2022 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBAnita Hazenberg is Director of the Innovation Centre Directorate at INTERPOL (https://www.interpol.int/en), also known as the International Criminal Police Organization, an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. Headquartered in Lyon, France, INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization, with six regional bureaus worldwide and a National Central Bureau in all 195 member countries. From their location in Singapore, Ms. ...
Dr Anthony Atala, MD - Director, Wake Forest Inst for Regenerative Medicine - Printing Human Tissues
January 10, 2022 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBDr. Anthony Atala, MD, (https://school.wakehealth.edu/Faculty/A/Anthony-Atala) is the G. Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the W. Boyce Professor and Chair of Urology. A practicing surgeon and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine, fifteen applications of technologies developed Dr. Atala’s laboratory have been used clinically. He is Editor of 25 books and 3 journals, has published over 800 journal articles, and has received ov...
Dr. Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation - Improving People’s Lives Globally
January 10, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBDr. Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, DVM, DSc., Ph.D., is the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation (https://novonordiskfonden.dk/), an international foundation with a dual objective: to provide a stable basis for the commercial and research activities conducted by the companies within the Novo Group (of which Novo Nordisk A/S is the largest holdings) and to support scientific, humanitarian and social purposes. In 2020, the Novo Nordisk Foundation had a net worth of US$73.1 billion, making it the large...
Atalaya Sergi - Director, AmeriCorps Seniors - Improving Lives And Strengthening Communities
January 09, 2022 01:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBAtalaya Sergi (https://americorps.gov/leadership/director-americorps-seniors) is Director, AmeriCorps Seniors, AmeriCorps (officially the U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) which is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through it's various programs including AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps Seniors, the Volunteer Generation Fund, and other national s...
Dr. Nikos Loutas, Ph.D. - Head of Data & ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) Policy - NATO
January 09, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBDr. Nikos Loutas, Ph.D. is Head of Data & ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) Policy at NATO Headquarters in Belgium (https://www.nato.int/), where he has responsibility for policy development, coordination and implementation of NATO's data exploitation policy and AI strategy. Dr. Loutas has his B.S. in Computer Science and his M.S. in Information Systems from Athens University of Economics and Business, and his Ph.D. from University of Macedonia. Prior to this role at NATO, Dr. Loutas served as a ...
Dr. Maximina Yun, Ph.D. - Unlocking Secrets Of Salamander Regeneration For Regenerative Therapies
January 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBDr. Maximina Yun, Ph.D. (https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/crtd/forschungsgruppen/crtd-forschungsgruppen/yun/group-leader) is Research Group Leader at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technical University Dresden, jointly affiliated with Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG). Dr. Yun and her group (https://tu-dresden.de/cmcb/crtd/forschungsgruppen/crtd-forschungsgruppen/yun) study the cellular and molecular basis of regeneration of complex struc...
Iris Van der Veken - Responsible Jewellery Council - Executive Director & Board Member
January 03, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBIris Van der Veken is Executive Director and Board Member of the Responsible Jewellery Council (https://www.responsiblejewellery.com), the world’s leading standard setting organization for the jewellery industry, promoting standards that underpin people’s trust in the worldwide jewellery. Responsible Jewellery Council was founded in 2005 by 14 member organizations including: ABN AMRO, BHP Billiton Diamonds, Cartier, World Jewellery Confederation, Diamond Trading Company (part of De Beers), D...
Saeed Al-Mubarak - Petroleum Engineer, Entrepreneur, Author, Teacher, Visionary
January 03, 2022 22:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBSaeed Al-Mubarak, is Chairman, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE - https://www.spe.org/en/), Digital Energy Technical Section (DETS), a member in the advisory Committee of SPE Data Science and Engineering Analytics (DSEA), and served as an industry advisor for Texas A&M University SPE student chapter. He has also served in numerous international technical steering, advisory board, program committees, and in the SPE International Management & Information awards advisory committee. Saeed has...
Dr Bryon Bhagwandin, Co-Founder & CEO, Recalibrate Solutions - Monitoring Toxic Stress In Children
January 03, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBDr. Bryon Bhagwandin, PhD is Co-Founder and CEO at Recalibrate Solutions (https://www.recalibratesolutions.com/), a company that is focused on empowering physicians to eliminate toxic stress from the lives of children, by monitoring stress system development, with a novel 5-minute, disposable, saliva cortisol test. Dr. Bhagwandin has served as an executive for multiple start-up companies, has spent more than 20 years in medical product development, and possesses a unique combination of techn...
Dr Steven Austad - UAB - Exploring The Longevity Secrets Of Methuselah's Zoo For Healthy Human Aging
January 03, 2022 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBDr. Steven Austad (https://www.stevenaustad.com/) is Distinguished Professor and Protective Life Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging Research, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and Scientific Director of the American Federation for Aging Research (https://www.uab.edu/cas/biology/people/faculty/steven-n-austad). In addition, Dr. Austad directs the NIH-supported UAB Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, one of only six such Centers in the U...
Dr. Satchin Panda - Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Circadian Health, Wellness, and Aging
January 03, 2022 22:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBDr. Satchidananda ("Satchin") Panda, is Professor, Regulatory Biology Laboratory, and Rita and Richard Atkinson Chair, at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California (https://www.salk.edu/scientist/satchidananda-panda/), where his research focuses on the circadian regulation of behavior, physiology and metabolism in model organisms and in humans. Dr. Panda is also a founding executive member of the Center for Circadian Biology at the University of California, San Diego (h...
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Founder and CEO, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), Uganda
January 03, 2022 22:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBDr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, is the Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH - https://ctph.org/), a 16-year old non-profit organization, based in Uganda, that promotes conservation by improving the quality of life of people and wildlife to enable them to coexist in and around protected areas in Africa, and she has become one of the leading conservationists and scientists working to save the critically endangered mountain gorillas of East Africa. Dr. Kalema-Zikusoka is also...
Dr. Harold White - Advancing Human Exploration Beyond Our Solar System - Limitless Space Institute
December 23, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBDr. Harold 'Sonny' White, is Director, Advanced Research & Development, at the Limitless Space Institute (LSI - https://www.limitlessspace.org/), in Houston, Texas. Dr. White has over 25+ years of experience working in the aerospace industry with Boeing, Lockheed Martin, as well as at NASA, and in his current role at the Limitless Space Institute he leads all R&D work and establishes priorities for investigations and expenditures. Dr. White obtains grants and other resources in support of R&...
Jiren Parikh - President & CEO - Ghost Robotics - Robots That Feel The World
December 23, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBJiren Parikh is the President & CEO of Ghost Robotics (https://www.ghostrobotics.io/), a Philadelphia-based company developing agile, all-weather, unstoppable, autonomous 4-leg robots (also known as Quadrupedal Unmanned Ground Vehicles, or Q-UGVs) which offer superior operability over wheeled and tracked devices on unstructured terrain in rough and demanding environments. Q-UGVs now have a place in a broad range of government and enterprise applications where mobile robots with four legs hav...
Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD - Developing Scalable & Impactful Platforms For Health, Wellness & Aging
December 23, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBDr. Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS (https://drmadelynfernstrom.com/) is a neuroscientist, clinician, health strategist, and NBC broadcast journalist, who serves as Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology and Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Founding Director of the UPMC Weight Management Center, Director of the Community Pediatric Weight Management Program for UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and Senior Advisor, Health Management, UPMC Health Plan. Dr. Fernstrom ...
Dr. Jennifer Ogeer - Advancing Veterinary Care With Predictive Diagnostics And One Health Principles
December 23, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBDr. Jennifer Ogeer, DVM, MSC, MBA is Vice President of Medical Science & Innovation at Antech Diagnostics (https://www.antechdiagnostics.com/), one of the world's largest reference laboratory networks, and a unit of Mars Veterinary Health (https://www.marsveterinary.com/). Dr. Ogeer is also Chair of the Board Of Directors of Veterinarians Without Borders (https://www.vetswithoutborders.ca/), an organization that works with governments, educational institutions, non-governmental organizations...
Dr. Mona Flores, M.D., Global Head of Medical AI, NVIDIA - Bridging Technology And Medicine
December 07, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBDr. Mona Flores M.D., is the Global Head of Medical AI, at NVIDIA (https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/author/monaflores/), the American multinational technology company, where she oversees the company’s AI initiatives in medicine and healthcare to bridge the chasm between technology and medicine. Dr. Flores first joined NVIDIA in 2018 with a focus on developing their healthcare ecosystem. Before joining NVIDIA, she served as the chief medical officer of digital health company Human- Resolution Te...