LIFE 2.0
Life 2.0 asks thought leaders what they think it means to be human in the 21st century. Whether conventional or controversial, their answers will be thought-provoking. Thanks for joining us, and let all your friends know about Life 2.0!
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Harvey Castro, AI Pioneer
04/26/2024
Harvey Castro, AI Pioneer
Harvey Castro, MD, MBA is a remarkable individual who grew up with a single teenage mother in New York City to eventually become a renowned physician, entrepreneur, and CEO of a health system. His journey exemplifies the power of determination and innovation. With over twenty years of experience, Dr. Castro leads eight free-standing emergency rooms, a medical billing company, and a physician staffing firm. He also serves as a strategic advisor for ChatGPT in healthcare, where he plays a pivotal role in integrating artificial intelligence into the medical field. Dr. Castro has developed over 30 iPhone apps and is a frequent presence on live TV, sharing his expertise in both English and Spanish. A proud alumnus of University of Texas Medical Branch and Texas A&M, and a current resident of Dallas, Dr. Castro is not only a dedicated medical professional but also an author with seven books on Amazon, a compelling public speaker, and an educator teaching on AI in healthcare at . His vision and efforts are directed toward harnessing AI's potential to foster a healthier, more intelligent world.
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Matt Sakumoto, Virtual Physician
04/05/2024
Matt Sakumoto, Virtual Physician
Matt Sakumoto MD is a primary care physician in San Francisco who specializes in virtual care. He also completed a fellowship in clinical informatics at UC San Francisco, with a focus on virtual care and clinician efficiency tools for the electronic health record or EHR. In his role as a regional CMIO for Sutter Health in the East Bay, and as a clinician-advisor to many early-stage health tech companies (Clearstep, Nabla, Oncoustics, Carbon Health, Rocket Doctor), he is passionate about exploring and implementing effective and evidence-based AI into clinical workflows, while maintaining digital empathy to better connect with patients and care partners.
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K D Adamson, A New Moral Age
08/09/2023
K D Adamson, A New Moral Age
Leading visionary and ecocentrist K D Adamson argues that the most important relationship we have is with the future, and the future is stuck in the past. This is particularly on point as her undergraduate focus was on history. Based in the UK, she is an accomplished advisor, keynote presenter, TV host, author, and filmmaker whose high-energy have been likened to TED talks on steroids. She speaks with fresh insights on new digital paradigms, business value creation, societal movements good and bad, and moral imperatives. In other words, she makes people think. Considered the top female futurist in the world, K D Adamson is an authority on the sustainable transformation of organizations, environmental, social, and corporate governance or ESG, the changing face of modern leadership, and the blue, green, and circular economies. Her stellar client list is a who’s who of major global brands in consumer electronics, media, advertising, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and shipping; as well as multi-nationals, governments, NGOs, and nonprofits. Her books include and , a suspense novel, while she has several film projects pending, including Nobleization and The Future You Ordered Is Out Of Stock.
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Holger Hoos, Responsible AI
05/26/2023
Holger Hoos, Responsible AI
Holger Hoos is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor of AI at (Germany), Professor of Machine Learning at (the Netherlands), and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the (Canada), where he also holds an appointment as Faculty Associate at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI). He is board chairman of the (CLAIRE), vice-president of EurAI, past president of the Canadian Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAIAC), member of the Advisory Board, and former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR). Prof. Hoos leads the VISION coordination mandate for the four European networks of centers of excellence in AI established in 2020. Holger’s research focuses on Human-Centered AI, AI for Good, and AI for All. His goal is to improve the efficiency of AI methods by automatically increasing performance and reducing resource needs; and to broaden access to and use of cutting-edge AI methods. Overall, Holger and his group develop and study AI methods that augment rather than replace human intelligence, and that help human experts to overcome their biases and limitations. Known for his work on machine learning and optimization methods for the automated design of high-performance algorithms and on , Holger has developed – and vigorously pursues – the paradigm of (PbO). He is also one of the originators of (AutoML). Holger works at the boundaries between computer science and other disciplines. Much of his work is inspired by and has broad impact on real-world applications. In 2018, Holger co-founded , an initiative to advance European AI research and innovation. Incorporated as an international nonprofit in 2019, CLAIRE promotes excellence across all of AI, for all of Europe, with a human-centered focus. In 2021, CLAIRE received, jointly with the European Laboratory for Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), the €100 000 (Deutscher KI-Innovations-Preis) in recognition of outstanding contributions to development and research in AI. This prize is the largest of its kind in Europe. In November 2021, Holger was selected for the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in AI, Germany’s most highly endowed research award, which honors its recipients for their outstanding research record and aims to facilitate long-term and groundbreaking research contributions. Supported by this award and substantial additional resources made available by the university, he started building a new research group at Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen, Germany) dedicated to the advance of Human-Centered AI, AI for Good, and AI for All, in January 2022. He also serves on the board of directors of the .
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Jonathan Brill, Radical Change Agent
04/04/2023
Jonathan Brill, Radical Change Agent
Jonathan Brill is a radical change agent who writes, speaks, and advises companies on how to create, manage, and leverage change to their advantage. An expert on technology innovation and strategic foresight, Brill is a leading business futurist. Harvard Business Review recently called Brill “the world’s leading transformation architect.” His visionary, yet pragmatic approach to the future is based on years as the Global Futurist at HP where he directed long-term strategy and planning. He is currently the Managing Director of , the Senior Fellow at HBR’s China New Growth Institute, and Board Advisor at Frost & Sullivan, one of the world’s largest market intelligence firms, with offices in 46 countries. He is the author of (McGraw-Hill), the #2 economics bestseller in China. The Economist called it “a very important book for managers,” and Adam Grant called it “an actionable framework for driving change instead of being blindsided by it.” Brill has taught the techniques in it to over 27,000 executives, from startups to the Fortune 500 to the U.S. Secret Service. Inc. magazine called Brill “A Silicon Valley legend” because his innovation consultancies developed over 350 products and generated over $27B USD for clients like Samsung, Microsoft, Verizon, PepsiCo, and the U.S. government. These projects have ranged from AI, search engines, and metaverse technologies to theme park rides, the U.S. Pavilion at the 2015 World's Fair (Expo Milano), and Taco Bell’s Gordita. He holds a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute, spent years as a research consultant to the MIT Media Lab, and took management training at Stanford Business School.
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James Litjens, Digital Twin Creator
09/08/2022
James Litjens, Digital Twin Creator
Based in Melbourne, James Litjens is the head of Emerging Technology at the , one of Australia’s top innovation and technology consultancies that focuses on the trifecta of digital, data, and cloud. ARQ has successfully helped some of the largest and most well-known household brands bring new tech ideas to life. Its clientele includes government and private companies across many industries. ARQ’s mission is to bridge the gap between current and leading-edge technology so companies can build roadmaps for the future. ARQ Group recently became part of , one of the major telecommunication companies operating in Singapore that provides mobile, fiber broadband, and TV services. Litjens is also a serial entrepreneur, having studied business entrepreneurship with distinction at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, one of the top universities in the world. One of his startups was , a social jukebox app for partygoers where the host provides a jukebox that guests can customize. It’s been quite successful, gaining thousands of users. In the past five years, however, Litjens has worked mostly in the corporate context with a portfolio that includes flagship mobile apps, virtual and augmented reality, automation, chatbots, and many other interesting projects. In this podcast, Litjens discusses the increasing use of digital twins.
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Matthew Holt, Digital Health Pioneer
07/10/2022
Matthew Holt, Digital Health Pioneer
Matthew Holt is best known as the founder of , with 50,000 views a month, and co-founder with Dr. Indu Subaiya of the immensely popular global conference, one of the first to focus on digital health. Now he runs the advisory service for health tech startups, stars with Jess DaMassa in the weekly show , and puts on the conference. Mr. Holt graduated from Cambridge University in the UK with his Bachelor’s in Social Policy & Society, followed by a Master’s in Health Services Research at Stanford. During his career, he has spent nearly 30 years in healthcare and healthcare IT as a generalist forecaster and strategist, having worked for renowned think tanks like Institute for the Future. At Harris Interactive, Mr. Holt conducted two groundbreaking survey research studies, and The 10,000 Patients Study. Before returning to the consulting life, Mr. Holt was vice president for strategy and business development at i-Beacon.com, an eHealth software company. Mr. Holt has delivered keynote addresses all over the world and is on the board of the , whose mission is to help patients engage in their healthcare.
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Anil Gupta, Frugal Innovation
11/30/2021
Anil Gupta, Frugal Innovation
A visionary in the important area of frugal or grassroots innovation, Professor Anil Gupta walked 6,000 km across India to talk to local inventors and creators on how to innovate without resources.
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Indu Subaiya, Innovation Enabler
11/01/2021
Indu Subaiya, Innovation Enabler
A pioneer in the healthcare technology revolution, Indu Subaiya shares her thoughts on her career, critical trends in healthcare, and what the future might bring.
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Noelle Chow, Zillennial
06/30/2021
Noelle Chow, Zillennial
Born between the Millennials and Generation Z, Noelle Chow shares insights into how her generation views the future.
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Uli Chettipally, Physician Innovator
04/21/2021
Uli Chettipally, Physician Innovator
Uli Chettipally, MD, MPH shares his insider's perspective on healthcare disruption, innovation, entrepreneurship, and where healthcare is headed.
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Benjamin Pring, Futurist
02/03/2021
Benjamin Pring, Futurist
Ben Pring discusses the impact of future technologies on work and on society, both intended and unintended, and the need for caution and thoughtfulness.
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George Russell, Agritech
12/17/2020
George Russell, Agritech
George Russell discusses new and emerging technologies in the agricultural industry, from farming automation to bioengineered crops to big data analytics.
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Scott Bolland, Cognitive Scientist
08/22/2020
Scott Bolland, Cognitive Scientist
Dr. Scott Bolland discusses cognitive science and evidence-based approaches to achieving happiness in education, career, and life.
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Jenny Chen, 3D Bioprinting
07/12/2020
Jenny Chen, 3D Bioprinting
Dr. Jenny Chen from 3DHEALS shares her perspective on the emerging field of 3D bioprinting, the manufacturing of new tissues and organs for transplants.
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Bill Burnett, Design Thinker
06/30/2020
Bill Burnett, Design Thinker
Bill Burnett, best-selling author, professor, and head of Stanford's renowned Design School, shares his perspective on the design thinking approach to career, business, and life.
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Ioana Cozmuta, Rocket Scientist
05/16/2020
Ioana Cozmuta, Rocket Scientist
Dr. Ioana Cozmuta, Founder and CEO of G-Space and former NASA research scientist, shares her perspective on STEM careers, what drew her to space research, and what the future might bring.
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Dan Weberg, Nurse Innovator
04/11/2020
Dan Weberg, Nurse Innovator
Dr. Dan Weberg from Trusted Health shares his perspective on technology and nursing, the challenges and opportunities, and the disruptive impact of COVID-19 on healthcare.
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Alan Pitt, Physician Entrepreneur
03/29/2020
Alan Pitt, Physician Entrepreneur
Dr. Alan Pitt shares his vision for the future of medicine, how young doctors can prepare, and whether older physicians should consider entrepreneurship.
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Lyle Berkowitz, Healthcare Innovator
03/29/2020
Lyle Berkowitz, Healthcare Innovator
Dr. Lyle Berkowitz talks about his career as a healthcare innovator and entrepreneur, and shares his thoughts about where healthcare is going in the next decade.
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