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Delirium, Dementia & Protecting the Aging Brain | Dr. Tammy Hshieh, MD, MPH - Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife

2

The Inventor Who Revolutionized Heart Monitoring | Dr. David Albert, MD - Founder, AliveCor

3

Systemic Oncolytic Virotherapy Explained | Dr. Eric Poma, Ph.D. - CEO - Calidi Biotherapeutics

4

The Blood Test That Could Change Cancer Treatment Forever | Eric Matthews - General Manager, Biopharma, Natera

5

How Female Biology Shapes Skin Disease Across a Lifetime | Dr. Doral Fredericks, PharmD, MBA - Vice President and Head of Global Medical Affairs and Outcomes Research, Organon

6

55 Years Without a Diagnosis | Can AI Solve The Undiagnosed Condition Blind Spot? | Haresh Patel - Founder and CEO, Sanare Health AI

7

The Placenta: The Organ That Programs Human Health Before Birth | Dr. Perrie O'Tierney-Ginn, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Woman, Mother & Baby Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center

8

The Intelligent Age Explained: Professor Klaus Schwab on AI, Longevity & the Future of Work

9

The Science of Human Potential: How the Brain Shapes Aging, Health & Performance | Dr. Srini Pillay

10

Canine Superpowers: The Future of Early Cancer Detection | Itamar Bitan - Co-Founder, Dognosis

11

Behind the Camera: The Untold Story of a Sports Producer's Health Battle

12

Everyone Dies: The Truth About Death We Avoid Talking About | Dr. Marianne Matzo

13

From Supernova Physics to Fusion Energy: The Laser Experiments Changing Science - Dr. Mario Manuel, Ph.D. - General Atomics

14

When Survival Isn’t Enough: Reinventing Pediatric Recovery | Dr. Nicholas Holekamp, MD - Chief Health Transformation Officer, Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital

15

The Future of AI in Pharma, Diagnostics & Precision Medicine | Bill Taranto, President and Founding Partner & Dr. David Rubin, Managing Director - Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

16

How Computational Biology Is Reinventing Agriculture & Energy | Ofer Haviv - CEO, Casterra - President and CEO, Evogene

17

The Invention That Revolutionized Wound Healing | Dr. Michael Morykwas - Co-Inventor - Vacuum Assisted Closure

18

The Next Evolution of T Cell Engagers in Oncology | Dr. Jack Silberstein - CEO, Deck Bio

19

The Next Generation Of Biodefense: AI, CRISPR & Rapid Diagnostics | Jared Bauer - CEO, Seek Labs

20

AI vs Bureaucracy: Reinventing National Security Compliance from the Ground Up | Andrew Black - CEO, Kovr.ai

21

Smart Pallets & The Future Of Logistics | Rodrigo Castro - President, Adaptive Pallet Solutions

22

Programmable Medicine Is Here | Dr. Jacob Becraft, Ph.D - CEO, Strand Therapeutics

23

Hidden Bladder Cancer? Dr. Ravi Chauhan, MD, FACS - Conrad Pearson Clinic - Carcinoma In Situ, Missed Diagnoses & Gene Therapy

24

The Hidden Global Crisis Nobody Talks About: Childhood Drowning | Acacia Landfield - Associate Director, Principal Investigator, and Director of Policy & Implementation Science - Drowning Research & Injury Prevention Policy Institute (DRIPPI)

25

AI, Nuclear Power & Energy Abundance | Kevin Kong - CEO, Everstar

26

Redox Biology, Aging & the Future of Beautyspan | François Vix - Founder, ISOCELL

27

The Future of Drug Delivery: From Infusion Centers to Wearable Biologics | Matthew Huddleston - Chief Commercial Officer, Enable Injections

28

How argenx Is Reinventing Autoimmune Treatment | Dr. Luc Truyen, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, argenx

29

Reversing Humanity’s #1 Killer - Arterial Plaque | Dr. Matthew O’Connor, Ph.D. - CEO and Co-Founder - Cyclarity Therapeutics

30

Fixing the $100B Fluid Overload Crisis in Heart & Kidney Disease | Ryan Marthaler - Vice President of Product Marketing and Business Development, Nuwellis

31

Pharma’s Biggest Blind Spot: Why 99.9% of Chemical Space Was Never Explored | Dr. Olga Nissan, Ph.D. - Vice President of Business Development, Evogene

32

Programming Biology: Inside the DNA Supply Chain Powering Modern Drug Discovery - Dr. Patrick Finn, Ph.D. - President & COO -Twist Bioscience

33

The Hidden Ripple Effect of Saving a Life | Brad & Kiera Newbury - National Medical Education & Training Center Inc.

34

The Future of Aging: From Healthspan to Joyspan | Dr. Sanjay Shetty, MD - President, CenterWell/Humana & Dr. Kerry Burnight, Ph.D. - Author, Joyspan

35

Why Longevity Medicine Is Shifting From Optimization to Disease Interception | Dr. Julie Chen, MD - Chief Medical Officer - Radence and Sidestep Health AI

36

Induced Proximity Meets Oncology: A New Era In Cancer Therapy | Dr. Angela Coxon, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Development, Amgen

37

How Psychedelic Biotech Is Reshaping Mental Health | Eric So - CEO, Helus Pharma

38

Space Pharma: The Next Frontier in Biotechnology | Dr. Katie King - CEO, BioOrbit

39

How Smartphones Are Rewiring Our Brains, Sleep & Attention | Dr. Nidhi Gupta, MD - Founder, Phreedom Foundation; Founder, KAP Pediatric Endocrinology

40

A New Hope for Newborn Brain Injury - Dr. Howard Berman, Ph.D. - CEO, ReAlta Life Sciences

41

Inside America’s Homeless Crisis: Policy, Reality & the Stories We Ignore - Donald Whitehead Jr. - Executive Director, National Coalition for the Homeless; Valerio Zanoli - Award-Winning Filmmaker and Social Entrepreneur

42

How Chef-Led Customization Is Disrupting The Chocolate Industry - Brandon Olsen And Michael Held - Co-Founders - As We Do Chocolate Company

43

Microreactor Revolution: Nuclear Power Goes Small, Mobile, and Off-Grid - Josef Freundorfer - CEO - Nuclea Energy

44

How AI + Satellites Are Transforming Global Infrastructure Monitoring | Sean Donegan - CEO - Satelytics

45

Prescribing Nature For Human And Planetary Health - Jennie McCaffrey - Vice President of Health & Education - BC Parks Foundation

46

Non-Pharmacological Cognitive Health: The StrongerMemory Approach | Rob Liebreich - CEO, Goodwin Living

47

Bioprinting The Human Body In Wartime | Ukraine’s Medtech Revolution | Denys Gurak, Founder; Kateryna Osetrova, Executive Director; Michael Pluzhnyk, Chief Technology Officer; biodrook

48

Building “Off-the-Shelf” Regenerative Cell Therapies: The Next Biotech Revolution | Brian Culley - CEO, Lineage Cell Therapeutics

49

Bioelectronics & Precision Neuromodulation: The Next Therapeutic Frontier | Dr. Robert Spoelgen, Ph.D. - Vice President and Head of Bioelectronics, Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany

50

The Architecture of a Drug Empire - and the Systems It Forced the World to Build | Carlos Lehder

51

The Blood Test That Could Detect Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms | Mike Banville - CEO, ALZpath

52

How Microbiome Data is Transforming Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Bushra Schuitemaker, Ph.D. - Head of Microbiology, Pooch & Mutt - Head of Science and Research, BIOME9

53

Rethinking Aging In Dogs: Function, Mobility And The Future of Longevity | Dr. Laurie McCauley, DVM - Founder and Instructional Director, Optimum Pet Vitality

54

From Lab to Clinic: The Science Behind Exosome Therapy for Paralysis | Dr. Lior Shaltiel - Chief Executive Officer, NurExone Biologic

55

Breaking Stigma Around Digestive Health Issues - Eric Foster - Chief Commercial Officer, Ardelyx

56

Optogenetics, Biohybrid Implants And The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces | Dr. Alan Mardinly, Ph.D. - Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder, Science Corp.

57

A New Path Forward For Rare Disease Treatments - Craig Martin - CEO - Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator

58

The Breakthroughs Bringing Fusion Power to the Grid - Daniel Clark - Director of Nuclear and Fuel Cycle Engineering, Type One Energy Group

59

This Fusion Engine Could Change Space Travel Forever | Richard Dinan - CEO - Pulsar Fusion

60

Building the Future of Regenerative Medicine - Lance Alstodt, CEO, BioRestorative Therapies

61

Ending the Sun’s Monopoly: The Future of Stellarator Fusion - Brian Berzin, CEO, Thea Energy

62

Why “Curing” Rare Diseases Isn’t Enough | The Real Access Problem - Dr. Kim Moran, Ph.D., SVP and Head of U.S. Rare Diseases / Brad Chapman, Head of U.S. Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes, UCB

63

From Farms to Frontlines: The Real Power of Modern Drone Tech - Bill Irby, CEO, EagleNXT

64

The Future of Transplants: Stopping Rejection Before It Starts - Dr. Janine Gaiha-Rohrbach, Ph.D. - Head of Global Medical Immunology - Biogen

65

Can AI Rescue Failed Drugs? The Hidden Patients Inside Clinical Trials | Vin Singh, CEO, BullFrog AI

66

A World Where Anyone Who Needs a Bone Marrow Transplant Gets One - Kevin Caldwell - CEO - Ossium Health

67

Restoring Function, Not Just Treating Disease - The Rise of Physiatry - Dr. Michael Yochelson, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Shepherd Center - Board of Governors, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

68

Inside The Race To Build Better Lyme Disease Diagnostics and Treatments - David Walsey - Executive Director, Bay Area Lyme Foundation

69

The First Male Birth Control Pill Is Finally Here | Akash Bakshi - CEO, YourChoice Therapeutics

70

Mineral Biology: What a Crayfish Can Teach Us About Human Health | Eden Ben - CEO, Amorphical

71

The AI Chip That Thinks Like a Brain (And Uses Almost No Power) - Sean Hehir - CEO, BrainChip

72

The Science Behind The Future Of Snacking - Norberto Chaclin - Executive Vice President, Chief Research & Development Officer - Mondelēz International

73

The Defense-Tech Startup Reinventing Military Logistics | Brandon Florian - Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer - Grid Aero

74

Brain-Computer Interfaces Go Real-World: Defense, AI, and Human Performance | Adam Molnar - Co-Founder, COO and Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Neurable

75

Engineering Superintelligence: The AI That Could Run Infrastructure - Greg Fallon, CEO, Geminus AI

76

The Future of Surgery: AI, Robotics & The Intelligent Operating Room - Vignesh Shetty, Vice President of AI and Product Development, Medtronic Cranial and Spine Therapies

77

How Quantum Technology Will Transform The Future - Dr. Javad Shabani, Ph.D. - Director, NYU Quantum Institute - Director, Center of Quantum Information Physics

78

How An FBI Intelligence Analyst Ended Up Transforming Pharma R&D - Tara Austraat-Churik - Partner, Blue Matter

79

AI Coding Assistants Gone Rogue? Pramin Pradeep - Co-Founder and CEO of BotGauge - Shadow Code & Software Risk

80

The Future of Psychedelic Medicine | Interview with Compass Pathways CEO Kabir Nath

81

Education, Dignity & Opportunity: Supporting Refugee Women Worldwide - Lacey Stone - Chief Development Officer - USA for UNHCR

82

How Multi-Cancer Early Detection Is Reshaping Oncology - Dr. Tomasz Beer, MD - Chief Medical Officer for Multi-Cancer Early Detection - Exact Sciences

83

Reversing Brain Disorders - Synaptic Regeneration And Correction Explained - Dr. Sharron Gargosky, Ph.D. - Chief Clinical Officer, Spinogenix, Inc.

84

Finding Light In Life’s Final Chapter At The Derian House Children's Hospice - The Little Things Documentary- Paul Woodard, Producer

85

Rethinking Alzheimer’s: The Brain-Heart-Immune Axis with Dr. Allison Reiss, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine and Head of the Inflammation Laboratory, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

86

Alzheimer’s Disease Modification vs Prevention - Where the Science Stands - Dr. Kevin Rynearson, Ph.D. - Chief Scientific Officer, Acta Pharmaceuticals / Head of Research, CogniSHIELD Global

87

The Measurement Gap in Medicine - Injectable Sensors That Could Change Everything - Dr. Ben Hwang, CEO, Profusa

88

Building Progress in Friedreich’s Ataxia - Advocacy, Science, and the FALCON Trial - Thomas Hamilton - Co-Founder, CureFA Foundation

89

How Gardening May Protect the Aging Brain - Donna Letier - Co-Founder & CEO, Gardenuity

90

Revolutionizing Peptide Drugs with Radical Enzymes | Dr. Karsten Eastman, Ph.D. - CEO and Co-Founder, Sethera Therapeutics

91

Inside America’s Elder Care Collapse - Susie Singer Carter - Filmmaker, No Country For Old People / Caregiver Advocate, Respect Oversight Advocacy Reform for Long Term Care

92

Following The Unexpected Signals In Cancer Research - Dr. Alexander Shneider, Ph.D. - Founder and CEO, CureLab Oncology

93

How Medicus Pharma De-Risks Biotech: Phase 2 Proof, Then Strategic Partnering | Dr. Raza Bokhari

94

Superbugs vs AI: Olivier Niyonshima, Founder of ZeroX Intelligence and Medikal Africa - The Startup Building Africa’s Health Infrastructure

95

Investing In Lupus Breakthroughs - Nishant Rastogi, Managing Director, Lupus Ventures

96

Proteus Folding: Turning Protein Structure Into Real Drug Decisions - Dr. Stephanie Linker, Ph.D. And Dr. Philipp Schnee, Ph.D. - Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

97

The Smart Toilet: Turning Waste Into Health Insights - Dr. Sonia Grego, Ph.D.- CEO, Coprata - Director, Duke Smart Toilet Lab

98

He Played a Sniper in a Movie - Then Became One in Real Life | MEDUZA - Director, Roc Morin

99

Brandon Ganske - Chief Marketing Officer, LifeRx.md - Rethinking Primary Care In An Era Of Human Optimization

100

Mohammed Abouelsoud - CEO, U: The Mind Company - Rebooting The Brain: Precision Noninvasive Neuromodulation

101

Dr. Christopher Buck, Ph.D. - Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology / Head, Tumor Virus Molecular Biology Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute - Food-Based Oral Vaccines And Disease Prevention

102

Dr. Frederic Bertley, Ph.D. - President & CEO: Center of Science and Industry (COSI) - Cultivating Curiosity: How Science Literacy Shapes Our Future

103

Dr. Aaron Hartman, MD - Richmond Integrative & Functional Medicine - Finding Hope In The Uncurable

104

Dr. Chris Oswald - Head of Medical Affairs, Pure Encapsulations, Nestlé Health Science - Precision Nutrition, Epigenetics & Practitioner-Led Longevity Care

105

Dr. Sheryl Genco, Ph.D. - Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Technology Group, Ericsson NA - Spectrum, Quantum & Future Defense Technologies

106

Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Ph.D. - Secretary General, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities - Egypt’s Past, Science And The Future Of Archaeology

107

Lieutenant Colonel Erin Maurer - CBRN Defense Lead, J3 Force Protection Directorate, NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum - Surviving The Unthinkable: NATO’s Frontline CBRN Defense

108

Dr. Ellen de Brabander, Ph.D. - Executive Vice President, Research, Development and Regulatory Affairs, Elanco - Shaping The Future Of Animal Health

109

Dr. Natalie Yivgi-Ohana, Ph.D. - CEO, Minovia Therapeutics - Harnessing The Therapeutic Power Of Mitochondria

110

Dr. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH - Founder and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives - Seeing The Invisible - Public Health And Disease Prevention

111

Dr. James Mackay, Ph.D. - CEO, Crystalys Therapeutics - Next Generation Treatments For Gout

112

Joel Latham - CEO, Incannex Healthcare - Combination Therapies For Challenging Chronic Conditions

113

Peter Basica - Founder & Chairman, 360 Smarter Care - Building a Smarter Healthcare System For All

114

Dr. Steven Quay, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Atossa Therapeutics - Novel Therapeutics For Preventing And Treating Breast Cancer

115

Lewis Bender - CEO, Intensity Therapeutics - Turning Tumors Into Their Own Immunotherapies

116

Dr. Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D., CMPC, Mental Fitness and Psychotherapy & Dr. Kimberly O’Brien, Ph.D., Unlimited Resilience, LLC - The Psychology of Performance, Pressure, and Well-Being

117

Marcel Ishimwe - CEO, AMR Initiative Rwanda - Leading The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance In Rwanda

118

Dr. Tara Williams, Ph.D. - Founder, Innovative Collegiate Consultants, Inc. - Designing College Success for Neurodivergent Minds

119

Dr. Casey Perley, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Army Applications Laboratory - From Startups To Soldiers - Scaling Dual-Use Technology For The U.S. Army

120

Dr. Marie-Angélique Sene, Ph.D. - Head, Advanced Vaccine Bioprocessing, Institut Pasteur de Dakar - Advanced Vaccine Manufacturing And Africa’s Health Future

121

Dr. James Giordano, Ph.D. - Director, Center for Disruptive Technologies and Future Warfare, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University - Neuroscience, Disruptive Technologies And The Future Of War

122

Sami Tellatin - Head of Water & Climate Solutions, Kilimo - Leading The Way To A Water-Positive Future

123

Dr. Xanthe Scharff, Ph.D. - Managing Director for External Affairs and Editor-at-Large, The Freedom Fund - Towards A World Free Of Slavery

124

Dr. Andrew Holman, MD - CEO, Inmedix - Stress Biology And The Science Of Immuno-Autonomics

125

Dr. Marco de Baar, Ph.D. - Chair, Plasma Fusion Operation and Control, Eindhoven University of Technology / Head, Fusion Research, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research - How Plasma Control Will Make Fusion Power Possible

126

Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH - Public Health Officer, Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego - Health, Trust & Local Leadership

127

Dr. Christie M. Ballantyne, Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine & Dr. Alexander Tal - Oral PCSK9 Therapy And The Future Of Heart Disease

128

Prof. Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, Ph.D. - CEO, Advanced Materials Manufacturing / Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University - Engineering Survival: The Science And Future Of Composite Metal Foams

129

Dr. Philip Huang, MD, MPH - Director, Dallas Health And Human Services - Health, Trust & Local Leadership

130

Thomas Gaffney - COO, OFA Group - From Blueprints To Blockchains: The Future Of Architecture And Real Estate

131

Dr. Edward Holland & Robert Dempsey - Co-Founders - Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration - Restoring Sight For Those In Need

132

Meghan Gutierrez, CEO, Lymphoma Research Foundation & Jennifer Branstetter, Executive Director, North America Corporate Affairs & Patient Advocacy Lead, BeOne Medicines - Smarter Cancer Care: The Promise of Patient-Centric AI

133

Tony Baldassarre - CEO, UniDoc Health Corp. - Inside the H3 HealthCube: Reinventing Care Anywhere

134

The Fight for Older Persons’ Rights: A UN Update with Dr. Claudia Mahler - United Nations Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Older Persons

135

Dr. Justin T. Collier, MD - Healthcare CTO, North America, Lenovo - Designing Smart Hospitals Of The Future

136

Finding Wellness, Finding Purpose: Siouxie Boshoff's Sugar-Free Path

137

Dr. Amar Rewari, MD - Chief, Radiation Oncology, Luminis Health - Cancer Care, Policy Realities, And Lessons From Abroad

138

Dr. Abba Zubair, MD, PhD - Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic - From Mayo Clinic to Microgravity: Pushing Stem Cells to New Frontiers

139

Dr. Brian Wang, PhD - Program Manager, Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - Harnessing The Innate Immune System In Health and Biosecurity

140

Dr. Norman Putzki, MD - SVP, Novartis - Gene Therapy And A New Era Of Neuroscience

141

Dr. Marc Hedrick, MD - CEO, Plus Therapeutics - Radiotherapeutics For Difficult-To-Treat CNS Cancers

142

Dr. Sadie Elisseou, MD - Trauma-Informed Care To Promote Healing And Build Resilience

143

Dr. Jamuna Ravi - CEO, Vayah Vikas - Transforming Well-Being & Quality Of Life For India's Elderly

144

Dr. Ritu Saluja-Sharma, MD - Head Heart Hands LLC - Root Cause Wellness & Weight Loss For Adults And Children

145

Richard Daly - CEO, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals - Novel Medicines For Patients With Rare Diseases

146

Dr. Carina Kern - CEO, LinkGevity - Necrosis Inhibitors To Pause The Diseases Of Aging

147

Thijs Spoor - CEO, Perspective Therapeutics - Targeted Alpha Particle Therapy To Transform Cancer

148

Neil Klompas - CEO, Augurex - Ending Diagnostic Delays In Autoimmune Conditions

149

Ben Zimmer - CEO, Priovant Therapeutics - First-In-Class Therapies For Severe Autoimmune Disorders

150

Evan Mathis - Co-Director, The Hemingway - ALS Through A Lens Of Humor And Humanity

151

Edmund Benami - CEO, NeuraLight - Measuring Brain Health Through The Eyes

152

Les Johnson - fmr. Chief Technologist, NASA’s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center / Founder, Infinite Frontiers Consulting, LLC - Visions of Humanity's Future In Space

153

Dave Rosa - CEO, NeuroOne - The Next Frontier of Neurology - Thin Film Electrode Technologies for Stimulation, Recording, and Monitoring of Brain Activity

154

Dr. Julia Moore Vogel, PhD - Assistant Professor and Senior Program Director, Scripps Research - Visionary, Patient-Centric Health Research For All

155

Komeil Nasrollahi - Senior Director, Innovation & Venture Partnerships, Siemens Healthineers - Pioneering Breakthroughs In Healthcare - For Everyone, Everywhere, Sustainably

156

When The Flu Changes Everything - Shari and Bill Hall’s Story of Hope and Recovery

157

Dr. Adnan Masood, Ph.D. - Chief AI Architect, UST - AI, Quantum Computing And Future Digital Innovations

158

Ariel Garten - Co-Founder, MUSE by InterAxon - Non-Invasive Neurotechnology To Advance Human Health

159

Dr. Fred Grossman - President and Chief Medical Officer, Coya Therapeutics - Multi-Modality Treg Therapies For Neurodegenerative Diseases

160

Douglas Leech - CEO, Ascension Recovery Services - Fully Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers

161

Yael Elish - CEO/Founder, StuffThatWorks - OpenStuff / Patient-Powered AI Health Search

162

Joel Krikston - Managing Director Venture Investments, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund / Co-Founder, MSD Idea Studios - Investments To Improve Patients' Lives

163

Dr. Théau Peronnin, Ph.D. - CEO, Alice & Bob - Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

164

Xaque Gruber - Director / Writer, Sallywood - Rewriting the Script on Age and Art

165

Karen Mayer Cunningham - Founder & CEO, Special Education Academy - Transforming Special Education

166

Edward You - EHY Consulting LLC - fmr. Supervisory Special Agent, FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate - Safeguarding Science, Innovation And The Bioeconomy

167

Christian Maugee - PhD Candidate, University Of Florida - From Patient To Genetics Research Pioneer

168

Kenneth Russell DeGraff - Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School - Policy, People And The Planet's Future

169

Dr. Douglas G. Adler, MD - Director, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, AdventHealth Porter - Leading The Transluminal Medicine Revolution

170

Dr. Michael McCullar, PhD - CEO, RegCell - Restoring Self Tolerance To The Immune System

171

Dr. Brian Grierson, Ph.D. - Director of Fusion Energy Technologies, General Atomics - Bringing the Power of the Stars to Earth

172

Dr. Aliza Apple, Ph.D. - VP, Catalyze360 AI/ML and Global Head, Lilly TuneLab, Eli Lilly - Accelerating Promising Biotech Innovation

173

Dr. Leonard Petrucelli, PhD - Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic - Strategies For Complicated Neurodegenerative Disorders

174

Dr. Robert Allen, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer, Invivyd - Protection From Serious Viral Infectious Diseases

175

Dr. Mark Lloyd Davies - Global Head, Strategic Partnerships and Resource Group, Johnson & Johnson - Strategic Public-Private Partnerships To Transform Lives

176

Wade Demmer - VP, R&D, Medtronic - The Future Of Pacemaker Technologies

177

Professor Eyal Zimlichman, MD - Chief Transformation, Innovation and AI Officer, Sheba Medical Center - Disruptive Innovation To Redesign Healthcare

178

Dr. Brigitte Robertson, MD - CMO, Adial Pharmaceuticals - Combating Alcohol Use Disorder

179

Bilu Huang - CSO, Fuzhuang Therapeutics - Conquering Aging Via The Telomere DNA And Ribosomal DNA Co-Regulation Model For Cell Senescence (TRCS)

180

Dr. Karen Knudsen - CEO, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy - Turning All Cancers Into Curable Diseases

181

Ayah Hamdan - Head of Health, Plug and Play Tech Center - Solving Pressing Challenges In Healthcare

182

Dr. Stephanie Psaki, Ph.D. - CSIS / Brown University - Global Health And National Security

183

Alex Haro - CEO - Hubble Network Inc. - Launching A Global Bluetooth Space Network

184

Dr. Adam Rogers, MD - CEO, NervGen Pharma - Innovative Treatments For Nervous System Repair

185

Professor Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD - Shaping The Future Of Personalized Medicine

186

Dr. Juho Jalkanen, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Faron Pharmaceuticals - Tackling Cancers Via Novel Immunotherapies

187

Dr. Torkil Færø, MD - The Pulse Cure: Balance Stress, Optimize Health, Live Longer

188

Annalee Kruger - President, Care Right Inc. - Navigating Family Caregiver Burnout

189

Dr. Neal Baer, MD - Harvard Medical School - Media, Medicine & Global Health

190

Dr. Michael Lebenstein-Gumovski, Ph.D. - Sklifosovsky Clinical and Research Institute for Emergency Medicine, Moscow - Spinal Cord Restoration, Head Transplants & Beyond

191

Cristina Durán - President, Evinova - Accelerating Better Health Outcomes

192

Professor Dr. Anders Hviid - Statens Serum Institut - Reassuring The Public About Vaccine Safety With Rigorous, Evidence-Based Research

193

Courtney Barriger - Founder, Holding Court - Reimagining Fashion

194

Kurt Avery - Founder & President, Sawyer Products - Clean Water For The World

195

Warren Roberts - CEO, Living Legacy Forest - Returning To Earth & Living On Through Nature

196

Dr. Jacob Lalezari, MD - CEO, CytoDyn - Next Generation of Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics

197

Dr. Reynold Panettieri, MD - Rutgers University - Novel Therapeutic Approaches To Treat Airways Diseases

198

Alex Reed - President & CCO, Yokogawa Fluence Analytics - Smart Polymer Manufacturing

199

Dr. Paul Jaffe, Ph.D. - Tactical Technology Office, DARPA - Power Beaming and Space Solar

200

Martin Burns - CEO, Bruin Biometrics - Early Detection And Prevention Of Pressure Injuries

201

Dr Ashwin Gopinath, PhD - CTO, Biostate AI - Transforming Healthcare Through Next-Gen RNAseq & GenAI

202

Dr. Luis Pizarro, MD - Executive Director, DNDi - The Best Science For The Most Neglected Patients

203

Jason Matuszewski - CEO, BioStem Technologies - Saving Limbs To Save Lives

204

Bill Taranto - President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund - Scaling Impactful Innovation

205

Dr. On-Yee (Amy) Lo - Marcus Institute for Aging Research - Functional Independence For Older Adults

206

George Vradenburg - Founding Chairman, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative - Advancing Brain Health

207

Dr. Lara Nyman, Ph.D. - VP, Research & Discovery, AG1 - Clinically Backed Foundational Nutrition

208

Pedro Sanchez de Lozada - CEO, Canid - Streamlining Pediatric Vaccine Management

209

Dr. Marc Salzberg, MD - CEO, Airway Therapeutics - Novel Biologics For Severe Respiratory Diseases

210

Paul Keable - CSO, Ashley Madison - Technology, Culture And Future Relationships

211

William Ho - CEO, IN8bio - Next Generation Cell Therapies For Cancer

212

Dr. Thomas Ehmer, Ph.D. - Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany - Quantum Computing Innovation In Pharma

213

Josh Haimson - CEO, Inductive Bio - Democratizing AI To Transform Drug Discovery

214

Dr. Shai Melcer, Ph.D. - Head, National Bioconvergence Program, Israel Innovation Authority - Advancing Israel's Bioconvergence Future

215

Dr. Robert Schwab, MD - Penn Medicine - CAR-T In Cardiovascular Medicine

216

Daniel Schmitt - President & CEO, Actuate Therapeutics - Targeting Hard-To-Treat Cancers

217

Dr. Frank Bedu-Addo, Ph.D. - CEO, PDS Biotech - Transforming How The Immune System Fights Disease

218

Fiona Cauley & Dr. David Lynch - Division of Neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Director of the Friedreich's Ataxia Program - Comedy, Biotech Research & Patient Advocacy

219

Dr. Forrest Ringold, MD - Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A. - Transforming Lives Through Weight Loss Surgery

220

Sarah Mastrorocco - VP & GM of Instacart Health - Delivering The Ingredients For Healthier Living

221

Dr. Sunita Satyapal, Ph.D. - Advancing The Global Hydrogen Economy

222

Aarti Holla-Maini - Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) - International Cooperation For Peaceful Use And Exploration Of Space

223

Colonel Dr. Tanja Roy - Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense - Medical Research And Clinical Training For The Warfighter

224

Paurvi Bhatt, MPH - Interim CEO - Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers - Improving Strength, Health And Resilience Of Family Caregivers

225

Dr. Mark Jacobs - Director, Pacific Technical Support; World Health Organization Representative, South Pacific, WHO - Improving Health And Resilience Across The South Pacific

226

Dr. Samir Khleif, MD - CEO, Georgiamune Inc. - Reprogramming Immune Responses

227

Dr. Sui Huang, MD, PhD - Professor, Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) - Complex Systems Approaches For Biomedical Research

228

Mark McDonough - CEO, Cyrex Labs - Early Detection & Monitoring Of Complex Immune Conditions

229

Dr. Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH - Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) - University of Minnesota - Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedness And Response

230

Dr. Manfred Stapff, MD, PhD - Founder, Candid Advisory - Real-World Evidence Unveiled

231

Muffy Walker - Alzheimer’s Caregiving - Empathy Through Fiction & Patient Advocacy

232

Dr. Michelle I. Cardel, PhD, MS, RD - Chief Nutrition Officer, WeightWatchers - Evidence-Based Nutrition And Behavior Change Science

233

Neil Steinberg, Executive Producer/Director And Mark Jonathan Harris, Producer - Aging in America: Survive or Thrive

234

Marc Elia - Chairman, Invivyd - Medicines For Serious Infectious Diseases

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Dr. Bobby Reddy, MD - Pi Health - Developing Medicines Faster For Diverse Populations

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Dr. Mirza Rahman, MD, MPH - President, American College of Preventive Medicine - The Power Of Prevention

237

Dr. Anastasia Liapis, Ph.D. - Global Head of Innovation & New Business Creation, HP Health Solutions - Re-Imagining Health-Tech In Diagnostics And Precision Medicine Of The Future

238

Dr. Arthur C. Evans Jr. - Chief Executive Officer, American Psychological Association - Taking Psychology To The Next Level

239

Dr. Peter Ordentlich, Ph.D. - CSO & Founder, Syndax Pharmaceuticals - Reimagining Cancer Treatment

240

Prof. Dr. Islam Abou El-Magd, Ph.D. - President, National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences, Egypt - Remote Sensing & Space Sciences For Sustainable Development

241

Professor Dr. Mark Kendall - CEO & Founder, WearOptimo - Next Generation Wearable Biometrics

242

Dr. Kilian Kelly, Ph.D. - CEO, Cynata Therapeutics - iPSC-Derived, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapies

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Dr. Blythe Adamson, PhD, MPH - Head of Outcomes Research & Evidence Generation, Flatiron Health - Bridging Health Economics & Oncology: EHR To Innovate & Reshape Cancer Research

244

Dr. Martin Brenner, DVM, Ph.D. - CEO And CSO, iBio Inc. - Next Generation Cardiometabolic & Obesity Medicines

245

Dr. Ilke Demir, Ph.D. - Deep Fake Detection, Deterrence & Defense

246

Dr. Jessica Sacher, Ph.D. - Co-Founder, Phage Directory / Staff Scientist, Stanford University School of Medicine - Unlocking The Potential Of Phage Therapy

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Dr. Sean Tucker, Ph.D. - Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Vaxart Inc. - Oral Pill Vaccines For Global Health

248

Dr. Susan J. Kressly, MD, FAAP - President, American Academy of Pediatrics - Optimal Health And Well-Being For All Children

249

Taylor Justice - Co-Founder & President, Unite Us - Integrated Social Care Solutions For Whole-Person Care

250

Dr. Marianne Holm, MD, Ph.D. - VP, Infectious Diseases, Novo Nordisk Foundation - Decreasing The Burden And Threat Of Infectious Diseases

251

Dr. Laura Aguilar, MD, Ph.D. - Chief Medical Officer - Diakonos Oncology - Immunotherapy For Difficult-To-Treat Indications

252

Dr. Chethan Sathya, MD, MSc, Director, Center for Gun Violence Prevention, Northwell Health & Rowena Patrick, SVP, Ad Council - Preventing Youth Gun Violence

253

Dr. Alycia Halladay, Ph.D. - Chief Science Officer, Autism Science Foundation - Evidence-Based Autism Research

254

Dr. Catharine Young, Ph.D. - Science, Policy And Advocacy For Impactful And Sustainable Health Ecosystems

255

Dr. Courtney Millar, Ph.D. - Marcus Institute For Aging Research / Harvard Medical School - Molecular Nutrition In Health & Well-Being

256

Dr. Rose Loughlin, Ph.D. - Executive Vice President, Research, Moderna - The Future Of mRNA Medicines

257

Dr. Noel Gahamanyi, Ph.D. - Rwanda Biomedical Centre - One Health To Curb AMR & Zoonoses

258

Charlene Davis, Writer / Executive Producer And Dafna Yachin, Director / Producer - Relative Control - The Humor & Heartbreak Of The Sandwich Generation

259

Dr. Mahmoud Alyamany, MD - Health And Wellbeing Sector Head, NEOM - Revolution In Healthcare Delivery

260

Brigadier General Tanya McGonegal - Commander, Joint Task Force Civil Support, Northcom, U.S. Department Of Defense - Ever Vigilant, Always Ready

261

Dr. Craig L. Katz, MD - Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Education, and System Design and Global Health - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Disaster Psychiatry & Global Mental Health

262

Dr. Alessandra Maleddu, MD - University of Colorado Cancer Center - Decoding Desmoid Tumors

263

Dr. Chari A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH - President, Hepatitis B Foundation - Vision For A World Free Of Hepatitis B And Liver Cancer

264

Dr. Gregg Sylvester, MD - Chief Health Officer, CSL Seqirus - Lessening The Severity And Impact Of Influenza

265

Dr. Sean Gibbons, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) - Microbes, Ecology And Medicine

266

Prof. Dr. Niels Riedemann - CEO, InflaRx - Controlling Life Threatening Inflammatory Diseases

267

Dr. Billy W. Loo Jr., MD, PhD - Professor, Stanford Medicine / Co-Founder, TibaRay - Curing Cancer In A Flash

268

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum - Israel’s Special Envoy for Trade & Innovation - Innovation, Diplomacy And Economic Development

269

Kevin Caldwell - CEO, Ossium Health - Health, Vitality And Longevity Through Bioengineering

270

Dr. Amir Baniassadi, Ph.D. - Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife - Environmental Gerontology & Vulnerability Science For Health And Well-Being

271

Dr. Erica Goldman, Ph.D. - Director Of Day One And Policy Entrepreneurship - Federation of American Scientists - Policy Entrepreneurship to Drive Evidence-Based Decision-Making

272

Yael Elish - CEO & Founder, StuffThatWorks - Crowdsourcing Healthcare Treatments That Work For Unmet Medical Needs

273

Dr. Georges Benjamin MD - Executive Director - American Public Health Association (APHA) - Optimal And Equitable Health And Well-Being

274

Dr. Thomas Chen, MD, Ph.D. - CEO/CSO, NeOnc Technologies - Revolutionizing The Fight Against Brain Cancers

275

Vasily Popov - Artist, Poet, Innovator - Art And The Cosmos

276

Dr. Hernan A. Bazan, MD - CEO And Co-Founder, South Rampart Pharma - Novel, Safer, Non-Addictive Pain Medicines

277

Dr. Christopher Stubbs, Ph.D. - Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Harvard University - BIG Projects To Solve Pressing Issues In Science

278

Steve Rader - Program Manager - Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation / Tournament Lab, NASA - Harnessing The Power Of The Crowd To Solve Important Problems

279

Patty Keating - Executive Director - HypoPARAthyroidism Association - HypoPARAthyroidism Education, Support, Research And Advocacy

280

H.E. Dr. Ahmed El-Sobky, Ph.D. - Chairman, Egypt Healthcare Authority - The Future Of Healthcare In Egypt

281

Dr. Heather Ikemire, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Lifetime Arts - Creative Aging For Health & Well-Being

282

Dr. Ian Simon, Ph.D. - Director, Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Leading A Government-Wide Response To Long COVID

283

Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin, Ph.D. - Center for Neural Science, NYU - Uncovering The Molecular, Cellular And Evolutionary Foundations Of Memory

284

Eli Mohamad & Kai Micah Mills - CryoDAO And HydraDAO - Advancing Frontiers Of Cryopreservation & Biological Replacement

285

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, MD - Founding Director, BU Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) - Improving Global Resilience Against Emerging Infectious Threats

286

Dr. Debra Whitman, Ph.D. - Chief Public Policy Officer, AARP - Author, The Second Fifty - Exploring The Most Important Questions We Face As We Age

287

Dr. Marcia McNutt, Ph.D. - President, National Academy of Sciences - Shaping The Culture And Conduct Of Science

288

Dr. Nina Siragusa Ph.D. - Strategy, Business, and Data & Digital Lead - Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany - Bioconvergence - Bridging Science And Nature To Shape Tomorrow

289

Dr. Jackie Kunzler, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, Global R&D, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies - Unlocking The Potential Of Blood

290

Sam Murray, MT-BC, CADDCT, CDP - Goodwin Living - Music Therapy For Meaningful Human Connection And Interaction

291

Dr. David Feinberg, MD - Chairman, Oracle Health - Making Healthcare More Accessible, Affordable & Equitable

292

Robert Stone, CEO & Dr. Marcel van den Brink, President - City of Hope - Innovative, Compassionate And Accessible Cancer Care

293

Dr. Sudip Parikh, Ph.D. - CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - New Visions for U.S. Science And Technology

294

Dr. Abigail Stevenson - Chief Science Officer, Mars Inc. - Advancing Science For People, Pets And Planet

295

Steve Blank - Co-Founder, Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, Stanford University - Innovation At Speed And Scale For Future National Security Challenges

296

Prof. Carlos Duarte, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform - Securing A Future For The World's Coral Reefs

297

Dr. James L Madara, MD - CEO, American Medical Association (AMA) - Promoting The Art & Science Of Medicine

298

Dr. Amal Al-Maani, MD - Director General, Diseases Surveillance & Control, Ministry of Health, Oman - Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

299

Michael Burton & Prof. Dr. Matthias von Herrath - Diabetes Research Institute Foundation - Biologically Curing Diabetes

300

Dr. Legena Henry, Ph.D. - CEO & Founder, Rum and Sargassum Inc - Renewable Energy From The Caribbean

301

Linda Jiang - Head of Strategy and Government Partnerships, Healthcare, Lyft - The Quickest Route To Healthy

302

Michael Demurjian - CEO, Aspargo Labs - Improving Patient Experience With Novel Formulations & Technology

303

Dr Päivi Sillanaukee, MD, Ph.D. - Special Envoy, Health & Wellbeing, Ministry of Social Affairs & Health Finland - Health Innovation For Prevention And Precision At Scale

304

Angela Aina, MPH - Co-Founder & Executive Director, Black Mamas Matter Alliance - Advancing Black Maternal Health, Rights And Justice

305

Dr. Tina Ipe, MD - CEO, Regen Med Clinic - The Future Of Therapeutic Apheresis & Transfusion Medicine

306

Dr. David B. Agus, MD - Founding Director & Co-CEO, Ellison Institute of Technology - Science And Engineering For All Humanity

307

Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, MD - Founder, UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health; CEO HealthAI - Promoting Efficient And Sustainable Policies For Improved Global Health Systems

308

Dr. Tristan Colonius, DVM - Chief Veterinary Officer & Deputy Director for Science Policy, CVM, U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA) - Protecting Human And Animal Health

309

Mike Kelly - President & CEO, NervGen Pharma - Innovative Treatments To Enable Nervous System Repair

310

Dr. Leonard Tender, Ph.D. - Biological Technologies Office, DARPA - Next Generation Biomanufacturing Technologies

311

Dr. Mehmood Khan, MD - CEO, Hevolution Foundation - Expanding Healthy Human Lifespan for All

312

Dr. Jay Hooper - Chief, Molecular Virology, USAMRIID - Medical Countermeasures For Exotic Viral Diseases Of Military Importance

313

Dr. Oren Gilad, Ph.D. - CEO, Aprea Therapeutics - Forging New Pathways In The Fight Against Cancer

314

Dr. Luba Perry, Ph.D. - CEO, ReConstruct Bio - Bioengineered Breast Reconstruction And Augmentation

315

Dr. Richard Scranton, M.D., M.P.H - President of Global Product Development and Chief Medical Officer, Lyndra Therapeutics - Pioneering Long-Acting Oral Therapies

316

Cheryl Halpern - Director, Producer, Documentarian, and Co-Founder and Partner of HQ Creative LLC - Education, Community Building And Loving Kindness For A Harmonious Existence

317

Dr. Rasha Hammamieh, Ph.D., Director, Medical Readiness Systems Biology, Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research - Molecular-Based Solutions For Military-Relevant Health Performance, Resilience And Readiness

318

Dr. Francis Collins - Former Director, U.S. National Institutes Of Health (NIH); NIH Distinguished Investigator, Center for Precision Health Research, National Human Genome Research Institute - The Road To Wisdom

319

Dr. Benjamin Oakes, Ph.D. - CEO, Scribe Therapeutics - Engineering The Future Of Genetic Medicine

320

Ben Zimmer - CEO, Priovant Therapeutics - Novel Therapies For Severe Autoimmune Diseases

321

Rocky Batzel - CEO, SnapSlide - Addressing The Unmet Needs Of Medication Accessibility & Adherence

322

Dr. Angie Burnett, Ph.D. - Program Director, Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) - Synthetic Plants For A Sustainable Future

323

Dr. Deborah Sesok-Pizzini, MD, MBA - Chief Medical Officer & SVP, Labcorp Diagnostics; Global Head of Quality And Discipline Director, Immunohematology - Innovative Diagnostic Solutions To Enhance Patient Experiences And Health Provider Decisions

324

Vid Desai - Chief Information Officer, Office of Digital Transformation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Unlocking Potential, Leading Transformation

325

Dr. Lily Brown, Ph.D. - Director - Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania - World Leading Anxiety Disorder Research

326

Prof. Dr. Dan Blumberg Ph.D. - Vice-President for Regional and Industrial Development - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Chair, Israel Space Agency - Planetary Science Innovation For All Humanity

327

Dr. Parag Mallick, PhD - Co-Founder, Nautilus Biotechnology - Unlocking The Complexity Of The Proteome For A New Era Of Scientific Discovery

328

Ronnie Vasishta - Senior Vice President, Telecom, NVIDIA - Intelligently Connecting Intelligence - Accelerating Development Of 6G Technologies For A Hyper-Intelligent World

329

Prof. Dr. Alan Widgerow - Division Chief, Center for Tissue Engineering, University of California, Irvine - Chief Scientific Officer, Galderma - Innovation At The Frontiers Of Aesthetic And Regenerative Medicine

330

Dr. Ryan Potts, Ph.D. - VP and Head, Induced Proximity Platform, Amgen - Leading The Next Wave Of Innovation In Drug Discovery, To Modulate Any Target, Every Time

331

Dr. Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD - Commissioner - NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene - Strengthening Public Health Systems For Heathier And Longer Lives

332

Dr. Tim MacLeod & Dr. Vaibhav Narayan - Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative - Ending Alzheimer’s Disease Everywhere

333

Dr. Andrea Choe, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Holoclara - Worm-Derived Therapeutics For Debilitating Diseases

334

Dr. Abdulelah Alhawsawi, MD - CEO, Novo Genomics, Saudi Arabia - Personalized And Safe Healthcare And Wellness

335

Dr. Vanúsia Nogueira, Ph.D. - Executive Director - The International Coffee Organization - Strengthening The Global Coffee Sector And Promoting Sustainable Expansion

336

Dr. Oren Milstein, PhD - CEO, StemRad - Personal Radiation Protection Solutions For Earth And Space

337

Dr. Jeffrey DellaVolpe, MD - Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas - Saving Lives With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Technology

338

Dr. William Padula, PhD - Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical & Health Economics and Fellow, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC - Assessing Healthcare Value To Improve Outcomes

339

Dr. Raj Yavatkar, Ph.D. - Chief Technology Officer, Juniper Networks - Innovation In Networking with AI, Quantum Security And Energy Efficiency

340

Dr. Jasneet Bhullar, MD - Cornerstone Medical Group / Ascension - Neuromodulation Technologies For Colorectal Health And Well-Being

341

Cary Claiborne - CEO, Adial Pharmaceuticals - Treatment And Prevention Of Addictions

342

Dr. Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Ph.D. - Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - Bioenergy Innovation For The U.S. Bioeconomy

343

Prof. Noga Kronfeld-Schor Ph.D. - Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry Of Environmental Protection; Principal Investigator and Chair, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University - Studying The Biological Rhythms Of Human, Animal And Environmental Heath

344

Dr. David Boucher, Ph.D. - Director, Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, ASPR, U.S. HHS - Preparedness, Response & Recovery From Disasters And Public Health Emergencies

345

Dr. Eliah Overbey, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Bioastronautics, University Of Austin; CSO, BioAstra - Making Humanity A Multi-Planetary Species

346

Dr. Xiaorong He, Ph.D., MBA - Senior Vice President, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals - Transformative Innovation, Scientific Excellence & Patient Centricity

347

Maj. Gen. Dr. Paul Friedrichs, MD - Director, Office Of Pandemic Preparedness & Response Policy (OPPR), The White House - Preparing For And Responding To Significant Public Health Related Disruptions

348

Dr. Priya Basu - Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund, The World Bank - Strengthening Global Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness And Response

349

Tiara Green - President, Accessia Health - Providing A Healthcare Safety Net For Millions Of Needy Americans

350

Dr. Jack Hoppin, CEO & Dr. John Babich, CSO - Ratio Therapeutics - Best-In-Class Targeted Radiotherapeutics For Cancer

351

Joseph Ferra, CEO & Dr David Dornan, CSO; Elevation Oncology; Precision Oncology With Antibody Drug Conjugates

352

Dr. Masayuki Goto, MD, PhD - Director, Space Medical Accelerator - Keeping People Healthy In Space

353

Dr. Michael Platt, Ph.D. - Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, University Of Pennsylvania - Building Better Business through Brain Science

354

Dr. Kevin Bugin, Ph.D. - Deputy Director of Operations, Office of New Drugs, CDER, U.S. FDA - Clinical Trial Innovation To Improve The Efficiency And Effectiveness Of Drug Development

355

Rita El Zaghloul - Director, High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People Secretariat - Championing A Global Deal For Nature And People

356

Dr. Diane DiEuliis, Ph.D. - U.S. National Defense University - Preparing National Security Leaders For The Next Generation Of Threats

357

Elizabeth Reynolds, Managing Director, US, Starburst Aerospace; Championing An Aerospace Renaissance

358

Dr. Roland Roesch, Ph.D. - Director, Innovation and Technology Centre, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - Innovation For A Sustainable Global Energy Transformation

359

Prof Isabel Oliver - Director General, Science and Research & CSO, UK Health Security Agency - Scientific Leadership To Protect Public Health And Enhance Health Security

360

Dr. Arti Garg, Ph.D. - Head of Technology Strategy & Evaluation, Office of the CTO and HPE Sr. Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Advancing STEM From The Edge To The Exascale

361

Jill Pellegrino - CEO, AutoCruitment - Recruiting The Right Patients At The Right Time For Clinical Trials

362

Dr. Jonas Hannestad, MD, Ph.D. - Chief Medical Officer, Gain Therapeutics - Transforming The Treatment Of Debilitating Neurodegenerative Diseases

363

Dr. David Latshaw, Ph.D. - Co-Founder and CEO, BioPhy - Providing Practical AI For Drug Development

364

Dr. Joshua Gonzalez, M.D. - Co-Founder, Popstar Health - Comprehensive Sexual Health And Wellness For All

365

Dr. Jaime Yassif, Ph.D. - VP, Global Biological Policy and Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative - Working To Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks

366

William Taranto - President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund - Recalibration And Consolidation Of Digital Health In 2024

367

Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo, PhD - Director, Emerging Technologies & Architectures - Space, Northrop Grumman - Leveraging Emerging Technologies To Solve The Toughest Problems In Space

368

Danielle Halstrom, President, GE HealthCare Foundation - Improving Maternal Health Outcomes Globally

369

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. - Nonlinear Solutions LLC - Science And Technology For Emerging National Security Threats

370

Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed, MD, PhD - Executive Director, icddr,b - Improving Health And Wellbeing Of People In The World’s Poorest Nations

371

Prof. Dr. Thomas Rademacher, MD, PhD - CEO & Co-Founder, Emergex - T-Cell Priming Immunotherapies To Provide Broad And Robust, Long-Term Immunity

372

Ashley Kalinauskas - Founder & CEO, Torigen Pharmaceuticals - Providing Hope For Animals With Cancer

373

Dr. Mariângela Batista Galvão Simão, MD - Director-President, All For Health Institute / Instituto Todos pela Saúde (ITpS) - Brazil - Innovation And Equitable Access In Public Health

374

Dr. Phyllis Ferrell, DrPH, MBA - Chief Impact Officer, Alzheimer’s Moonshot, StartUp Health - Strategic Advisor, Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative - Moonshot To Accelerate Prevention, Diagnosis And Management Of Alzheimer’s Disease And Related Dementias

375

Dr. Doron Behar, MD, PhD - Founder & CEO, Igentify - Making Medical Genomics More Accessible And Actionable

376

Dr. Ira Spector, PhD - CEO, Co-Founder, SFA Therapeutics - Novel Microbiome Derived Immunomodulating Drugs

377

Dr. Ariel Dowling - Senior Director And Head, Sensing & Measurement, Data Sciences Institute, Takeda Pharmaceutical - Harnessing The Power Of Data, Digital & Technology To Bring Medicines To Patients Faster

378

Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, MD - Program Manager, Resilient Systems Mission Office, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) - Radically Different Approaches Towards Preventative Healthcare

379

Dr. William Karesh, DVM - Executive Vice President for Health and Policy, EcoHealth Alliance - "One Health" For People, Wildlife And Ecosystems

380

Gladys H. Morales - Global Head of Innovation, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Innovation Investing In Rural People For Global Food Security, Nutrition And Economic Development

381

Dr. James Murphy, PhD - Director, Research and Science, British American Tobacco (BAT) - Building A Smokeless World

382

Innovating Healthcare Faster for All - Dr. Omid Veiseh Ph.D. & Dr. Paul Wotton Ph.D. - Rice Biotech Launchpad, Rice University

383

Dr. Thomas Karr, PhD - Fmr. Assistant Director, Directed Energy, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense - Advancing Applications Of Directed Energy Technologies For Defense, National Security And Space Exploration

384

Dr. William Kapp, MD - CEO, Fountain Life - Preventative, Predictive, Personalized Healthcare

385

Dr. Melanie Egorin, Ph.D. - Assistant Secretary for Legislation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Healthcare Policy And Legislative Expertise To Increase Patient Access And Improve The Health Of All

386

Ronald Tong - Deputy Executive Director, Office for Space Technology and Industry, Singapore - Developing Singapore's Space Ecosystem, Fueling Technological Growth And Sustainable Future

387

Dr. Calvin Roberts, MD - Program Manager, Transplantation of Human Eye Allografts (THEA), Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) - Transplanting Whole Human Eyes To Restore Vision In Patients Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired

388

Dr. Kartik Sunagar, PhD - Associate Professor & Group Leader, Evolutionary Venomics Lab, CES, Indian Institute of Science - Venomics - Studying The Evolutionary Biology, Genomics And Molecular Mechanisms Of Venoms For Applications In Human Health

389

Dialogues In Longevity With Dr. Aubrey de Grey, President & CSO, Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation & Dr. Michael Rose, Director, Network for Experimental Research on Evolution and Professor, UC Irvine - The Past, Present & Future Of Longevity Biotech

390

Professor Nadeem Sarwar - Corporate VP, Co-Founder & Head, Transformational Prevention Unit, Novo Nordisk - Increasing Obesity-Free Life Years So People Live Healthier And Longer Lives

391

Dr. Robert Kristovich, Ph.D. - Director, Joint Science & Technology Office, Defense Threat Reduction Agency - Science, Technology And Capability Development To Counter Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Emerging Threats

392

Susan Ferensic - Assistant Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD), FBI - Science And Technology To Mitigate Threats From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear And Explosive Weapons

393

Ambassador Dr. Bonnie Jenkins, Ph.D. - Under Secretary for Arms Control & International Security, U.S. Department of State - Science, Technology And Innovation To Address International Security And Sustainable Development

394

Michele Herndon and Dr. F. Sessions Cole - Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation - Improving Access To Diagnosis, Research and Care For All With Undiagnosed And Ultra-Rare Diseases

395

Dr. Ha Hong, Ph.D. - Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Medtronic Endoscopy - Implementing Responsible AI In Medical Devices To Make Diagnoses And Treatment More Precise, Efficient And Personalized

396

Dr. Drew Weissman, MD, PhD - 2023 Nobel Laureate in Medicine; Director, Penn Institute for RNA Innovation - Advancing The Development Of Targeted mRNA And Nanomedicine Therapeutics

397

Dr. David Grier, Ph.D. - Professor of Physics; Director, Center for Soft Matter Research, NYU - Discovering Nature's Fundamental Organizing Principles

398

J. Craig Venter, PhD - Founder, Chairman, and CEO, J. Craig Venter Institute - Genomics Pioneer Unlocking The Secrets Of The Ocean's Microbiome

399

Brigadier General (Res.) Uri Oron - Israeli Space Agency (ISA) - Director - Spearheading Israel's Civilian Space Program

400

Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young - Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics & USDA Chief Scientist - Cultivating Scientific Innovation In Food, Agriculture And Natural Resources

401

Ian Watson - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense, U.S. Department Of Defense - Innovating Chemical And Biological Defense Capabilities To Adapt to Emerging Threats

402

Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D. - Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown; Former U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director - Clinical Care, Research & Training Of Future Infectious Disease Physicians

403

Craig Thompson - CEO, Cerevance - Advancing Novel, Precision Neuroscience Therapeutics

404

Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar - Pro-Provost (Health), Dean, UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL - Ensuring Preparedness For Future Global Health Crises

405

Dr. Jerome Adams, MD MPH, FASA - The 20th Surgeon General Of The U.S. / Presidential Fellow, Purdue University - Public Health, Science Literacy And Equity In Healthcare

406

COL Tina Schoenberger - Director, U.S. Army Nuclear & Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency - Counterproliferation, Biosecurity And Enhancing Survivability In A WMD Contaminated Environment

407

Dr. Jomana Musmar, MS, PhD - Designated Federal Officer and Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB)

408

Dr. Vijeth Iyengar, Ph.D. - Director of Global Aging, AARP - Cutting-Edge Research Driving Thought Leadership On Global Aging Issues

409

Dr. Susanne Rafelski, Ph.D. - Deputy Director, Scientific Programs, Allen Institute for Cell Science - Understanding Human Cells Holistically And Dynamically To Predict And Understand Health And Disease

410

Major General (Retired) Dr. Aamer Ikram, Ph.D. - Chair, Advisory Board TEPHINET - Member Board IANPHI / Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Ex-CEO National Institutes of Health Pakistan - Biosecurity, Biosafety And Biosurveillance Leadership For Global Health

411

Prof Tshilidzi Marwala - Rector, United Nations University; Under-Secretary-General, United Nations - Collaborative Research And Education To Resolve Pressing Global Problems And Transform The World

412

Gloria Caulfield - VP of Strategic Alliances, Tavistock Development; President, Lake Nona Institute - Building Wellbeing Ecosystems Of The Future At The Intersections Of Health, Wellness, Medical and Scientific Innovation

413

Dr. Jamie Justice, Ph.D., - Executive Vice President, Health, XPRIZE Foundation - A 7-year, $101 Million Global Competition To Revolutionize The Way We Approach Human Aging

414

Irina Pelphrey - Vice President of Health and Managed Care - Albertsons Companies - "Food As Medicine" To Nurture Healthy Lifestyles And Create A Culture Of Health

415

Dr. Syra Madad - Senior Director, System-wide Special Pathogens Program, NYC Health + Hospitals - Preparing For And Preventing The Next Pandemic

416

Dr. Mohammed Alhamali - Chairman, National Innovation & Regulatory Sandbox, Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia - Accelerating Saudi Arabia's Healthcare Transformation For Saudi Vision 2030

417

Karen Zaderej - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President - Axogen Corporation - Revolutionizing The Science Of Nerve Repair

418

Eric Olson - Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Chairman - Babson Diagnostics - Re-Imagining Blood Testing To Be More Convenient, Accessible And Patient-Centered

419

Dr. Steven H. Landers, MD, MPH - President & CEO - Hebrew SeniorLife - Redefining The Experience Of Aging

420

Dr. Mitchell Lee, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Ora Biomedical - A Million Molecule Challenge For Longevity

421

Ashley Gaines - Vice President, Head of Breast Cancer Franchise, US Oncology Business Unit, AstraZeneca - Transforming The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Breast Cancer

422

Dr. Alejandro Dorenbaum, M.D. - Chief Medical Officer, Reneo Pharmaceuticals - Developing Novel Therapies For Patients With Rare Genetic Mitochondrial Diseases

423

Dr. Julia Allen - Chief Scientist, Autonomy and ArtificiaI Intelligence, Saab - Creating Smarter Products And Solutions Through Artificial Intelligence

424

Dr. Nigel McCracken, Ph.D. - Chief Operating Officer, Virax Biolabs - T-Cell Testing For Detecting Immune Responses & Diagnosing Viral Diseases

425

Dr. Josh Denny, M.D., M.S. - CEO, All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Accelerating Health Research And Medical Breakthroughs, Enabling Individualized Prevention, Treatment And Care

426

Jerry McLaughlin - Chief Executive Officer and Board Member - Life Biosciences, Inc. - Developing Novel Therapies To Extend Healthy Human Lifespan

427

Christina Tobin - Founder and Chair - Free & Equal Elections Foundation - Opening The Electoral Process For All Candidates

428

Dr. Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH - Chief Scientific Officer, U.S., Ferring Pharmaceuticals - President American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) - The Future Of Women's Health, Fertility And Fem-Tech

429

Dr. Wade Blair, PhD - Head of Virology & Vaccine Discovery, Vaccines & Immune Therapies, AstraZeneca - Discovering And Developing Novel Anti-Viral Therapeutic Interventions

430

Dr. Rolland Carlson, PhD - CEO, Immunexpress, Inc. - Improving Outcomes For Patients With Sepsis

431

Saed Nuh Ahmed - Chairman, Medicine Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health Development - Somaliland - Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance And Pandemic Response

432

Dr. Sofiya Milman, MD, MS - Director, Human Longevity Studies, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

433

Pete O’Heeron - CEO, FibroBiologics - Developing & Commercializing Fibroblast Cell-Based Therapies

434

Kaushik Gune - Head of Healthcare (US), Huma - Digital-First Care For Longer, Fuller Lives

435

Marcie Finney, Cleveland Cord Blood Center, & Dr. Frances Verter, Ph.D., Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation - Innovating, Advocating & Advancing Cord Blood R&D

436

Dr. Carl Dieffenbach - Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID, U.S. National Institutes of Health - Creating An “AIDS-Free Generation" And Ending The Epidemic

437

Leslie Orne - President & CEO - Trinity Life Sciences - Strategic Innovation For Pharmaceutical Commercialization, Access, Coverage And Pricing

438

Dr. Malin Grape, Ph.D. - Ambassador on Antimicrobial Resistance, Ministry for Health and Social Affairs, Sweden - Strengthening Global Efforts Against Antimicrobial Resistance

439

Dr. Alex Colville, Ph.D. - Co-Founder and General Partner - age1 - Venture Investing To Catalyze The Next Generation Of Founder-Led, Longevity Biotech Companies

440

Linda Burger - Director, Office of Research and Technology Applications - U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) - Advancing Breakthroughs At The Intersection Of National Security And Economic Development

441

Dr. Ruth Tal-Singer, Ph.D. & Dr. Scott M. White, M.D. - ENA Respiratory - Transforming The Treatment & Prevention Of Respiratory Viral Infections Via Innate Immune Modulation

442

Dr. Marco Quarta, Ph.D. - Co-Founder and CEO - Rubedo Life Sciences; Discovering And Developing Medicines To Keep You Biologically Young

443

Dr. Peter M. Fleischut, MD - Group Senior Vice President And Chief Information & Transformation Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital - Leveraging Technology For Innovative, Patient-Centered Clinical Care

444

Dr. George R. Dodge - CEO & Co-Founder - Mechano-Therapeutics LLC - Revolutionizing Musculoskeletal Health Through Microcapsule Drug Delivery

445

Dr. Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D. - Medical Director, NeuroGrow Brain Fitness Center - Multidisciplinary Brain Fitness Programs For CNS Disorders And Healthy Aging

446

Benson Kanyembo - Law Enforcement Advisor, Conservation South Luangwa - CSL, Zambia - Working On The Frontline Of Wildlife Conservation And Human-Wildlife Coexistence

447

Dr. Greg Ombach, Ph.D. - Head of Disruptive R&T and Senior Vice President, Airbus - Shaping A Decarbonised, Connected And Autonomous Future For Aerospace

448

Dr. Lesley Ogilvie, Ph.D. - Director, Global AMR R&D Hub Secretariat - Combating The Silent Pandemic Of Antimicrobial Resistance

449

Advitya Gemawat - Machine Learning Research Engineer - Responsible AI - Microsoft - Operationalizing Enterprise-Grade Responsible AI Tools

450

Dr. Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D.- Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH - Advancing The Science Of Translation To Improve Human Health

451

Dr. Reshmi Ghosh, Ph.D. - Applied Scientist - Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program (MAIDAP) - Developing High-Impact Generative AI/Machine Learning Solutions

452

Dr. Jamie Jonker, Ph.D. - CSO and VP of Sustainability & Scientific Affairs, National Milk Producers Federation - Assuring Adequate Supplies Of Wholesome And Nutritious Dairy Products At Affordable Prices

453

Dr. Scott O'Neill (PhD, FAA, FAAAS) - Founder, World Mosquito Program; Protecting Communities Around The World From Mosquito-Borne Diseases

454

Dr. Joshua Tewksbury, Ph.D. - Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) - Generating Knowledge About Tropical Ecosystems And Their Importance To Human Welfare

455

Dr. Subha Madhavan, Ph.D. - Vice President & Head of AI/ML, Quantitative & Digital Sciences, Global Biometrics & Data Management, Pfizer - Leveraging Data And Artificial Intelligence To Get Transformative Medicines to Patients Faster

456

Bill Taranto - President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund - Episode #2 - Tips For Surviving In A Period Of "Down Rounds"

457

Dr. Michael Roberts, Ph.D. - Chief Science Officer, International Space Station National Laboratory - Science in Space to Benefit Life on Earth

458

Dr. Ross Uhrich, DMD, MBA - Program Manager, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) - Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (NITRO)

459

Sanford Browne - President of Research & Innovation (R&I), L’Oréal - North American Zone - Cutting-Edge Science And Technology For A Sustainable, Inclusive, Personalized Beauty Future

460

Dr. Thomas Metz, Ph.D. - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Hunting for The Other 99% Of The Universe’s Chemicals

461

Jermonica Boardley & Joseph Scrocco - Harmguard FX - Novel Harm Reduction Strategies For The Opioid Epidemic

462

Dr. Pierre A. Fischer, Ph.D. - Roche - Digital Transformation To Build A Sustainable Data Culture

463

Liz Scott, Co-Executive Director, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer

464

Dr. Khalid Salaita, PhD - Emory University - Developing Novel DNA-Based Mechano-Technologies For Human Health

465

Dr. Behnaam Aazhang, Ph.D. - Director, Rice Neuroengineering Initiative (NEI), Rice University - Restoring And Extending The Capabilities Of The Human Brain

466

Dr. Robert Floyd, Ph.D. - Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization - Working To End Nuclear Tests Worldwide

467

Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D. - President & Chief Science Officer, Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation - Accelerating Effective Treatments To Prevent And Reverse Human Age-Related Disease

468

Dr. Brad Ringeisen, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) - Advancing Genome Research For A Better World

469

Dr. Angeli Möller, Ph.D - Head, Data and Integrations Generating Insights Group (DIGI), Roche - Bringing Together Data & Technology To Enable Innovation For Patients

470

David Zuniga, Senior Director, In-Space Solutions, Axiom Space - Developing Low Earth Orbit Economy On The World's First Commercial Space Station

471

Dr. Brandon Berry, Ph.D. - University of Washington - Exploring Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, Optogenetics, Human Health And Aging

472

Dr. David Carmouche, MD - Senior Vice President, Omnichannel Care, Walmart - Making Healthcare More Accessible, Convenient and Affordable For All

473

Dr. Mark Bailey, Ph.D. - Department Chair, Cyber Intelligence & Data Science; Co-Director, Data Science Intelligence Center, National Intelligence University

474

Dr. Rita Baranwal, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, Energy Systems, Westinghouse Electric Company - Shaping Tomorrow's Energy With Safe, Clean And Reliable Nuclear Technology

475

Dr. Michael Ott, Ph.D. - SVP and Chief R&D Officer - The Clorox Company - Sustainable Innovation For Healthier Lives And A Cleaner World

476

Dr. Elica Kyoseva, Ph.D. - Quantum for Bio Program Director - Wellcome Leap - Quantum Computing And Drug Discovery

477

Emilio Alonso-Mendoza - CEO - Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

478

Dr. Anders Nordström, MD - Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden - Building Healthier And More Resilient Societies

479

Dr. Leroy Hood, MD, Ph.D. - Co-Founder, Institute of Systems Biology (ISB); CEO, Phenome Health

480

Dr. Emre Ozcan & Walid Mehanna - Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany - Tech As A Force For Good In Health

481

Dr. Devi SenGupta, MD, MPhil - Curing HIV - Executive Director of Clinical Development, Gilead Sciences

482

Helmuth Martin Reisner - Director, Defense Resolve Department, Ministry Of Defense, Republic Of Estonia

483

Dr. Antonio Tataranni, MD - Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Life Sciences, PepsiCo

484

John Bencich - CEO, Achieve Life Sciences - Addressing The Epidemic Of Smoking & Nicotine Addiction

485

Dr. Kathryn Huff, Ph.D. - Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

486

Dr. Erwin Gianchandani, Ph.D. - Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, U.S. National Science Foundation

487

Dr. S. Indu Rupassara, Ph.D. - FruitVaccine - Fruit-Based Vaccines Against Globally Problematic Infectious Diseases

488

Colonel Christopher Grice - Acting Director, Joint Science and Technology Office, U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

489

Utilizing ArtificiaI Intelligence For Efficient Exploration Of The Virosphere - Dr. Mang Shi, Ph.D., Professor, Sun Yat-sen University & Mr. Keegan Li, Director, Alibaba Cloud

490

Dr. Pablo Garcia Tello, Ph.D. - Section Head, New Projects And Initiatives - EU Office, CERN

491

Dr. Kyriacos Koupparis, PhD - Head of the Hunger Monitoring Unit, United Nations World Food Program

492

Dr. Peter Singer, OC, FRSC - Special Advisor to the Director General - World Health Organization - Grand Challenges in Global Health

493

Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong - U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator & Special Representative for Health Diplomacy

494

Dr. Chris Altman, Pharm.D. - The Evolution Of Pharmacy For Healthcare Of Tomorrow - Director, Immunization and Clinical Programs, Rite-Aid Corporation

495

Dr. Charles Tahan, Ph.D. - Director, National Quantum Coordination Office - OSTP, The White House

496

Dr. Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH - CEO, Center for Contemporary Sciences - Using Science To Do Good For Humans, Animals And The Planet

497

Dr. Paul-Peter Tak, MD, PhD - Candel Therapeutics - Developing Novel Viral Immunotherapies To Improve Cancer Outcomes

498

Dr. Andrew McMahon & Lewis Kleinberg - UKRO - Pushing The Boundaries Of Research To Build A Synthetic Kidney

499

H.E. Salem Humaid Al Marri - Director General, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center - Dubai, UAE

500

Colonel Alex Cann - Soldier/Peacekeeper/Lecturer - Ghana Army - Solving Conflicts & Deploying Wisdom

501

Ilana Golant - Founder & CEO - Food Allergy Fund - Improving Lives Of All Living With Food Allergies

502

Dr. Rovshan Muradov - Secretary General - NGIC - Promoting Dialogue, Understanding, Learning & Tolerance

503

Dr. Ebere Okereke, MD - Tony Blair Institute for Global Change - Global Health Security, Preparedness And Health Systems Strengthening

504

Mariah Collins - The Bridgesapn Group - Impact Investing To Address Society’s Most Important Challenges & Opportunities

505

Dr. Heather Whitley, Ph.D - High Energy Density Science - Weapons & Complex Integration Directorate - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

506

Dr. John-Arne Røttingen, MD, PhD - Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

507

Dr. Annie Kritcher, Ph.D. - National Ignition Facility - LLNL - Tapping The Power Of The Stars

508

Dr. Michael Nestor, PhD - U.S. National Academy of Sciences - Cross-Sectoral Initiatives For A Healthy, Vibrant U.S. Research Enterprise

509

Studying Our Ocean's History To Understanding Its Future - Dr. Emily Osborne Ph.D. - Research Scientist - Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division - NOAA/AOML

510

Advancing Regulatory Science & Innovation - Dr. Namandjé Bumpus, Ph.D. - Chief Scientist - U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

511

Hon. Dr. Aminata Touré, PhD - Presidential Candidate, 2024, Republic of Senegal; Former Prime Minister

512

Dr Gonzalo Castro de la Mata - Executive Director, Earthna / Qatar Foundation - Prosperous Future In Harmony With The Planet

513

Dr. Keith Sumption, Ph.D. - Chief Veterinary Officer - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - UN

514

Joel Greshock - VP, Oncology, Data Science & Digital Health - Janssen Research & Development

515

Dr. Sadid Hasan, PhD - AI Lead, Microsoft - Developing Transformational AI Leaders For Global Impact

516

Dr. Joseph Dituri, Ph.D. - Project NEPTUNE 100 - Underwater Research, Exploration & Preservation

517

Michelle Catts - SVP, Nuclear Programs, GE-Hitachi - Reliable Carbon-Free Power For The World

518

Commander Dr. Jean-Paul Chretien - DARPA BTO - Regeneration, Resuscitation And Biothreat Countermeasures

519

Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Ph.D. - Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations

520

Dr. Moupali Das, MD, MPH - Gilead Sciences - Dedicated To Ending The HIV Epidemic

521

Dr. Felicia Goodrum, Ph.D.- University Of Arizona - Rational Virology Research For Human Health And Pandemic Prevention

522

Dr. Doug Ethell - Founder & CEO, Leucadia Therapeutics - Diagnosing, Treating & Curing Alzheimer's

523

Diogo Rau - Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer - Eli Lilly & Company

524

Dr Jiangying Zhou, PhD - Associate Director, Raytheon BBN - Advanced AI R&D & Disruptive Technology

525

Dr. Andreea-Madalina Serban & Michael Poisel - PhylloPharma - Cost-Effective & Shelf-Stable Proteins

526

Dr. Abdelali Haoudi, PhD - KAIMRC - Advancing Biomedical R&D & Clinical Development In Saudi Arabia

527

Loyce Pace, MPH - Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs - U.S. Dept. of Health Human Services (HHS)

528

Dr. Sandeep Patel, Ph.D. - BARDA - Developing Effective Life-Saving Medical Countermeasures For All

529

Dr. Tim Wittig, Ph.D. - United For Wildlife - Applying Data & Intelligence To Defeat Global Wildlife Trafficking

530

Dr. Renee Wegrzyn, Ph.D. - ARPA-H - Transformative, Sustainable, Equitable Health Solutions For All

531

Dr. Nir Barzilai, MD - Advancing Geroscience & Gerotherapeutics - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

532

Monica P. Medina - Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs - U.S. Department of State

533

Savva Kerdemelidis - Founder & CEO - Crowd Funded Cures - Curing Patients Without Patents

534

Dr. Angela Naef - Chief R&D Officer, Reckitt - Advancing Science To Protect, Heal & Nurture

535

Dr. Robert Toguchi, PhD - U.S. Army Special Operations Command - Concept Preparation For The Future Of War

536

Dr. Stanley Plotkin, MD - The Godfather Of Vaccines Discussing The Future Of Vaccinology

537

Bonnie Brennan - President, Christie's Americas - Innovating In Luxury Goods, Auction & Philanthropy

538

Dr. Eric Bapteste, Ph.D. - CNRS/AIRE - Interactomics For Deeper Understanding Of Aging And Evolution

539

Dr Nadine Lamberski - Chief Conservation & Wildlife Health Officer - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

540

Dr. Jeffrey B. Bacon, LTC (USA) - Biotechnology & Biointelligence Research in the U.S. Intelligence Community

541

Joelle Elbez-Uzan - Head, Nuclear Safety Office - DEMO Fusion Reactor - EUROfusion - Safe & Abundant Fusion Energy For All

542

Tom & Jen Satterly - All Secure Foundation - Assisting Warriors & Their Families Heal From The Trauma Of War

543

Michael Lahiff - CEO, ZeroEyes - A.I. Gun Detection Technology To Aid First Responders & Save Lives

544

Dr Haileyesus Getahun, MD, MPH, PhD - WHO - Leading The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

545

Dr. Richard Burt MD - Pioneering Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants (HSCT) For Autoimmune Disorders

546

Rear Admiral Lorin C. Selby - Chief of Naval Research, United States Navy - Reimagining Naval Power

547

Dr. Victoria Coleman, Ph.D. - Chief Scientist, United States Air Force - Innovation In Tactical Autonomy, AI, Hypersonics & More

548

Dr. Stuart Minchin, Ph.D.- Director General, Pacific Community - Sustainable Pacific Development Through Science, Knowledge & Innovation

549

Judge Karen Friedman - Director of Criminal Justice Innovation, Development & Engagement - U.S. DOJ

550

Dr. David A. Tarantino, Jr., M.D., MPH - Chief Medical Officer - U.S. Customs and Border Protection

551

Dr. Tobias Reichmuth, Ph.D. - Maximon - Structuring, Financing & Growing Novel Longevity Ventures

552

Dr Edward Holmes, PhD - University of Sydney - Exploring Evolution & Emergence Across The Virosphere

553

Dr Loren Matheson, PhD - Centre for Security Science, DRDC - Leading Canada's Safety & Security R&D

554

Prof. Dr. Tony Donne, Ph.D. - Program Manager (CEO), EUROfusion - Fusion Energy For All Humanity

555

Dr. Seemay Chou, Ph.D. - CEO, Arcadia Science - Tapping Biological Innovation In Nature For Humanity

556

H.E. President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. - Republic of Palau - Environment, Economy, Palauan People First

557

Dr. Jennifer Fogarty, Ph.D. - Baylor - Innovations To Safeguard Human Health & Performance In Deep Space

558

Dr Svitlana Volkova PhD - Forecasting The Future - Chief Scientist - National Security Directorate, PNNL

559

Dr Egbert Edelbroek, Ph.D. - CEO, SpaceBorn United - R&D To Make Humanity A Multi-Planetary Species

560

Dr. Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH - Director, Aging Brain Center, HSL; Professor, Harvard Medical School

561

Dr Renée Deehan Ph.D. - VP, Science & AI, InsideTracker - Evidence-Based And Actionable Healthspan Solutions

562

Dr. Peggy Hamburg, MD - Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), bio Advisory Group

563

Dr. David Markowitz, PhD - IARPA - High-Risk, High-Payoff Research For National Security Challenges

564

Dr. Michael Hufford, PhD - Advancing Novel Therapeutic Interventions For Unmet Medical Needs

565

Dr. Brett Kagan, Ph.D. - CSO, Cortical Labs - Biological Computing For The Post Silicon Age

566

Dee Siren - Holistic Well-Being Coaching For Happier, Healthier And More Productive Relationships

567

John Sherman - CIO - U.S. Department of Defense - Driving Innovation & Transformation At The DoD

568

Beth Bell - Author, Advisor, Entrepreneur - Psychedelic/Spiritual Practices For Healing & Awakening

569

Dr. James Revill, Ph.D. - Head of Weapons of Mass Destruction & Space Security Programs, UNIDIR

570

Dr. Ahmed Ogwell - Acting Director, Africa CDC - Leading Public Health Innovation Across Africa

571

Brett Anderson, MSG, MSW - Journey From Rock Musician To Rethinking Aging, Longevity & Mental Health

572

Dr. Jacob Hanna, MD, PhD - Synthetic Embryo R&D In Regenerative Medicine And Developmental Biology

573

Dr Mark Shrime, MD - International Chief Medical Officer, Mercy Ships - Prof, Harvard Medical School

574

Lydie Evrard - Deputy Director General, IAEA - Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security

575

Dr. Peter Fedichev, PhD - CEO, Gero - Hacking Complex Diseases & Aging with AI & Digital Biomarkers

576

Prof. Dr. Gordan Lauc, Ph.D. - Founder & CEO, Genos; CSO, GlycanAge; Advancing The Glycosciences

577

Dr. Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, Ph.D. - Assistant Director for Space Policy - Office of Science & Technology Policy, White House

578

Dr. Anna Laura Ross Ph.D. - Science Division, World Health Organization - Harnessing The Power Of Science & Innovation For All

579

Bob Beitcher - President & CEO, Motion Picture and Television Fund - Support For Living & Aging Well

580

Julie Lenzer - Chief Innovation Officer - Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute / BioFabUSA

581

Dr. Jarah Meador, Ph.D. - Director, Open Innovation Programs - U.S. General Services Administration

582

Aram Kradjian - Director, Research & Innovation, Jaguar Land Rover - Reimagining Future Of Mobility

583

Dr. Amy Proal, Ph.D - Transforming Diagnosis & Treatment Of Long Covid And Other Complex Chronic Inflammatory Conditions

584

Dr Sarita A. Mohanty - CEO - The SCAN Foundation - Improving The Quality Of Health & Life For Older Adults

585

Dr Ava Cadell, PhD, EdD - Educator / Therapist - Promoting The Benefits Of Healthy Love And Intimacy

586

Prof. Dr. Andrea B. Maier, MD, PhD - Building A Clinically Credible Platform For Longevity Medicine

587

Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker - Leading A Global Movement To End Breast Cancer

588

Dr. Doris A. Taylor, Ph.D. - CEO, Organamet Bio Inc. - Personalized Bio-Engineered Human Hearts For All

589

Dan Harary - Beverly Hills / Hollywood - Author, Entertainment Industry Publicist, Drummer, Comic

590

Dr. Andrew Hebbeler, Ph.D. - Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) - The White House

591

Bill Taranto - President, GHI Fund, Merck - Corporate Venturing For Integrated Healthcare Solutions

592

Lisa R. Sanders - Director of Science and Technology, SOF AT&L, U.S. Special Operations Command

593

Dr. Greg Lieberman, Ph.D. - Neuroscientist - Optimizing Human-System Performance, Army Research Lab

594

Angel Eduardo - Promoting A Common Culture Of Fairness, Understanding And Humanity - Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR)

595

Dr. Brad Stanfield, MD - Extend Healthspan - Healthspan-Centric Medicine For A Real World Setting

596

Dr Uwe Schoenbeck, PhD - CSO/SVP, Pfizer - Leading Collaborative Innovation For Unmet Medical Needs

597

General Stan McChrystal - Innovative Leadership Solutions For Challenging And Dynamic Environments

598

Dr Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS - NYU Langone - Managing Complex Transplant Cases Globally

599

Dr. Jana Dickter, MD - City of Hope - Managing Complex Infections In Difficult to Treat Cases

600

Tomas Diagne - African Chelonian Institute - Conservation of Turtle, Tortoise And Terrapin In Africa

601

Dr. Cecilia A. Conrad, Ph.D. - Leveraging Investments In Solutions To The World’s Biggest Problems

602

Dr Asha M George, DrPH - Building Defenses Against Bio-Terrorism And (Re)Emerging Infectious Disease

603

Ambassador John E. Lange - Senior Fellow, Global Health Diplomacy, United Nations Foundation

604

Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D. - Modulating Autophagy To Promote Healthspan - Albert Einstein College Of Medicine

605

Dr. Katherine High, MD - Gene Therapy Pioneer - President, Therapeutics, Asklepios BioPharmaceutical

606

Keith Camhi - Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator - Innovative Solutions For Older Adults

607

The Honorable Secretary Dr. Donna Shalala, Ph.D. - Public Servant, Scholar, Teacher, Administrator

608

Dr. Srinivas Rao - CSO, atai Life Sciences - Transforming The Treatment Of Mental Health Disorders

609

Dr. Bruce Levine, PhD - Transforming Lives With Personalized Cancer Therapies - University Of Pennsylvania

610

Dr. Steve Iley, MD - Jaguar Land Rover - Improving Health & Wellbeing Of Workforces And Customers

611

Dr. Nicole Ehrhart, VMD, MS - Innovative Translational Lifespan & Healthspan R&D - Colorado State

612

Dr. Amber Salzman, PhD - CEO & Director, Epic Bio - Editing The Epigenome To Treat Complex Diseases

613

Tom Lawry - Microsoft - Innovating Intelligent Health Systems For Patients, Consumers & Clinicians

614

Dr. John LaMattina, Ph.D. - Pharmaceutical Industry Thought Leader, Innovator And Mentor

615

Dr. Arye Elfenbein, MD, PhD - Co-Founder, Wildtype - Building A Better Food System

616

Dr Rosamund Lewis MD, CM - Head, WHO Smallpox Secretariat - Surveillance, Preparedness & Health Security

617

Nikita Michelsen, Founder & CEO, Pearlita Foods - Sustainable Cell Cultured Mollusk Seafood Products

618

Dr Dana Merriman, PhD - UW-Oshkosh - Hibernation Biology & Applications In Human Health & Resilience

619

Dr. Stephen Moran, PhD - Reimagining Nuclear Medicine - Advanced Accelerator Applications, Novartis

620

Eric Fournier - Director General Innovation - Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)

621

Senator Joe Lieberman - Leading Bipartisan Moonshots For Health, National Security And Government

622

Dr Chris Zaino - Bodybuilder, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur; Resurrecting Superheroes (In All Of Us)

623

Dr Tristin Brisbois, PhD - PepsiCo - Advancing Personalized Nutrition For Health, Wellness And Aging

624

Dr Thomas V Johnson III, MD, PhD - Neuro-Protection & Neuro-Regeneration R&D For Optic Pathologies

625

Prof Dr Christine Stabell Benn - Researching Non-Specific Vaccine Effects For Human Health Benefit

626

Dr. Jessica Whited, Ph.D. - Harvard University - Exploring The Biology Of Limb Regeneration

627

Andrea De Souza - Eli Lilly - Leveraging Big Data & Artificial Intelligence For Unmet Medical Needs

628

Ambassador Dr. Román Macaya Hayes - Costa Rica - Scientist, Entrepreneur, Diplomat, Public Servant

629

Gina Tokar - VP, Business Operations, Panasonic Connect - Solving Global Issues Through Innovation & Technology

630

Angela Sheffield - AI For Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - National Nuclear Security Admin (NNSA)

631

Commissioner Kenneth Hodder - National Commander - The Salvation Army USA - Servicing All Human Need

632

Captain Benjamin Van Buskirk - Director, NavalX - Dual Use Innovation Initiatives For The Warfighter

633

Dr Aletta Schnitzler - CSO - TurtleTree Labs - Cell-Based Dairy Bio-Products For Health & Nutrition

634

Dr Dumazedier Kabasele, MD - Preventing, Treating And Beating Stroke in Democratic Republic of Congo

635

Dr Nag Vaidyanathan, CTO, Duck Creek Tech - Pioneering Insurance Industry Digital Transformation

636

Dr. Cesar de la Fuente, Ph.D. - Machine Biology - University of Pennsylvania - Prevent, Detect & Treat Infectious Disease

637

Colonel Nathan Diller - AFWERX - US Air Force - Dual Use Innovation For The Service & Private Sector

638

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, PhD - Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit Head - World Health Organization

639

Dr Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD, Deputy Admin & Director - Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation

640

Dr Holly Ganz, PhD - CSO, AnimalBiome - Modulating Pet Gut Microbiomes For Longer And Happier Lives

641

Kathryn Coulter Mitchell - R&D For US Security & Resilience - Science & Technology Directorate - U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

642

Dr Jerome H. Kim, MD, Director General, International Vaccine Institute (IVI) - Safe, Effective, Affordable Vaccines For Public Health

643

Raza Khan - Semtech - Reducing Power, Latency & Costs For The World's Hyperscale Wireless Future

644

Teresa Bonner - Executive Director - E.A. Michelson Philanthropy - Awakening Creative Expression

645

Sonia Arrison - Author, Analyst, Investor, Entrepreneur - Positively Impacting Human Longevity

646

Dr. Stephen Johnston, PhD - Calviri - Cancer Eradication Via A Universal Preventative Cancer Vaccine

647

Olivia Zetter - Head of Government Affairs and AI Strategy - National Resilience, Inc. - Protecting Bio-Pharmaceutical Supply Chains Against Disruption

648

Colonel Victor Suarez - Commander - 6th Medical Logistics Management Center - Fort Detrick, U.S. DOD

649

Dr. Pat Verduin, PhD - Chief Technology Officer - Colgate-Palmolive - Reimagining A Healthier Future

650

Dr. David Su, Ph.D. - CEO & Co-Founder, Atmosic - "Re-Architecting" Wireless & Internet-Of-Things

651

Dr. Erin Duffy, Ph.D. & Kevin Outterson, ESQ - Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB-X)

652

Dr. Andrew Adams, PhD - Lilly Institute for Genetic Medicine - Targeting Root Causes Of Diseases

653

Dr. Peter J. Hotez - Baylor College of Medicine - Scientist, Researcher, Author, Science Explainer

654

Care For The Aging And Cognitively Impaired, Behind Bars, With Empathy & Dignity - The Gold Coats

655

Victoria Laskina-Ustimenko - Promoting Exponential Innovators Globally to Help Create A Better World

656

Dr. Kara Spiller, PhD - Immunomodulatory Biomaterials In Regenerative Medicine - Drexel University

657

Dr. Philip Nitschke, MD, PhD - Founder, Exit International - The Future Of End-Of-Life Technologies

658

Søren Smed Østergaard - Vice President, Digital Health - Novo Nordisk

659

Dr. Douglas Willard - Game Changing Development Program, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA

660

Katie Baca-Motes - Co-Founder, Scripps Research Digital Trials Center - Re-Engineering Clinical Trials

661

Dr. Samantha Weeks, Ph.D. - Polaris Dawn - Science & Research Director

662

Dr. Emilio Emini, Ph.D. - CEO - Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute

663

Akshay Talati, RPh - VP, Product Development, R&I, And Regulatory, Beauty And Wellness, Goop

664

Dr. Gaurav Bansal, PhD - Precision Agriculture, Computer Vision & Machine Learning - Blue River Tech / John Deere

665

Dr. Adam Wolfberg, MD, MPH - Chief Medical Officer, Current Health / Best Buy Health - Quality Healthcare In The Home

666

Dr. Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Ph.D. - Organization of American States - Director, Department of Social Inclusion

667

Dr. Lamya Abdulaziz AlOmair, Ph.D. - Head of A.I. and Bioinformatics - KAIMRC (Saudi Arabia)

668

Dr Joseph Mocanu, PhD - Investing In Novel Health Tech In Emerging Markets - Verge HealthTech Fund

669

Alistair Fulton - Connecting & Enabling A Smarter Planet - VP, Wireless & Sensing Products, Semtech

670

Dr Kevin Perrott, PhD - Founder & CEO - OpenCures - Accelerating Research To Prevent & Cure Disease

671

Dr. Marilyn Roossinck, Ph.D. - Beneficial Viruses - Professor Emeritus, Penn State University

672

Susan Bratton - Intimacy Wellness Expert, Sexual Bio-Hacker, Orgasmanaut

673

Dr. David K. C. Cooper, MD, PhD. - MGH/Harvard - Xenotransplantation To Save And Extend Lives

674

Donato Tramuto - Improving The World With Innovation And Compassion - TramutoPorter Foundation

675

Anna Farberov - GM - PepsiCo Labs - Efficient Technology Innovation In The Global CPG Segment

676

Dr. Wilhelmina Hoffman, MD - Creating A Dementia Friendly Society; Headmaster/CEO, Silviahemmet

677

Dr. Sanjoy Dutta, Ph.D. - CSO, JDRF International - Improving Lives Curing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

678

Dr Joel Mozer, PhD - United States Space Force - Director of Science, Technology, and Research

679

Keren Haruvi - President, Sandoz US, Head Of North America - Global Generic Medicine Access For All

680

Dr. Stephani Otte, Ph.D. - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Measuring Human Biology in Action

681

Dr. Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D. - Exploring The Aging-Cancer Connection - Johns Hopkins - NCAB

682

Xenobots - Novel Synthetic Life Forms At The Intersection Of Biology & Information Science

683

Dr. Amy Throckmorton, PhD - BioCirc / Drexel University - Innovating Life-Saving Therapeutic Devices

684

Dr Charlotte Yeh, MD - Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services - Building Resilience For Healthy Aging

685

Dr. Ken Paller, Ph.D - Interactive Dreaming Neuroscience In Mental Health, Learning And Creativity

686

Kim Nazel - Founder, Inov8 Next - Rapper - Technology Innovator - Venture Capitalist - Mentor

687

Nashira Layade - Exec. VP & CTO, Business Services, Realogy - Technological Future Of Real Estate

688

Fanny Sie - One Roche Head of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health - F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

689

Dr. Hamed Faridi, PhD - Executive Director - McCormick Science Institute - Herbs & Spices For Health

690

Dr Dean Radin, PhD - Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Science (IONS); Co-Founder, Cognigenics

691

Dr. Clarice D. Aiello, Ph.D. - Exploring Quantum Underpinnings Of Biological Processes - UCLA

692

Dr Tohru Minamino, MD, PhD - Cardiovascular Aging & Targeted Senolytic Bio-Therapies - Juntendo University

693

Anita Hazenberg - Director, Innovation Centre Directorate, INTERPOL - New Visions In Global Policing

694

Kerry Kennedy - President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - Creating A More Just And Peaceful World

695

Dr. Claudia Mahler - IE, Human Rights Of Older Persons - United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

696

Dr Anthony Atala, MD - Director, Wake Forest Inst for Regenerative Medicine - Printing Human Tissues

697

Dr. Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation - Improving People’s Lives Globally

698

Atalaya Sergi - Director, AmeriCorps Seniors - Improving Lives And Strengthening Communities

699

Dr. Nikos Loutas, Ph.D. - Head of Data & ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) Policy - NATO

700

Dr. Maximina Yun, Ph.D. - Unlocking Secrets Of Salamander Regeneration For Regenerative Therapies

701

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Founder and CEO, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), Uganda

702

Dr Bryon Bhagwandin, Co-Founder & CEO, Recalibrate Solutions - Monitoring Toxic Stress In Children

703

Dr Steven Austad - UAB - Exploring The Longevity Secrets Of Methuselah's Zoo For Healthy Human Aging

704

Saeed Al-Mubarak - Petroleum Engineer, Entrepreneur, Author, Teacher, Visionary

705

Dr. Satchin Panda - Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Circadian Health, Wellness, and Aging

706

Iris Van der Veken - Responsible Jewellery Council - Executive Director & Board Member

707

Jiren Parikh - President & CEO - Ghost Robotics - Robots That Feel The World

708

Dr. Harold White - Advancing Human Exploration Beyond Our Solar System - Limitless Space Institute

709

Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD - Developing Scalable & Impactful Platforms For Health, Wellness & Aging

710

Dr. Jennifer Ogeer - Advancing Veterinary Care With Predictive Diagnostics And One Health Principles

711

Dr. Mona Flores, M.D., Global Head of Medical AI, NVIDIA - Bridging Technology And Medicine

712

John Wright - SVP, Global Head of Food, Sodexo - Innovating Quality of Life Services & Experiences

713

Dr. Eric Verdin, MD - President and Chief Executive Officer - Buck Institute for Research on Aging

714

Gwen Darien - EVP, Patient Advocacy and Engagement, National Patient Advocate Foundation

715

Dr. Christof Koch, Ph.D. - Chief Scientist, MindScope Program - Allen Institute for Brain Science

716

Mansoor Hanif - Executive Director, Emerging Technologies, NEOM - An Accelerator Of Human Progress

717

Dr. Björn Örvar, PhD, CSO, EVP, Co-Founder, ORF Genetics - Designing Plants To Bring Quality Of Life

718

Dr. Judith Campisi, Ph.D. - Professor of Biogerontology - Buck Institute for Research on Aging

719

Dr. Mindy Howard - Future Astronaut - Founding Director and Lead Trainer, Inner Space Training

720

Dr Corinne Leach, Ph.D. - Gerontology, Digital Health, Behavioral Science - American Cancer Society

721

Mr. Temitayo Erogbogbo, Global Advocacy Director, MSD for Mothers (Merck Sharp & Dohme)

722

Dr Najat Mokhtar PhD, Deputy Director General & Head of Department of Nuclear Sciences & Apps, IAEA

723

Jennifer Christenson, Founder/CEO, FaceTrace Inc - Re-Imagining Beauty With Tech & Augmented Reality

724

Dr Patrick van der Smagt, Director, ArtificiaI Intelligence Research, Volkswagen AG - Head Argmax.AI

725

Ben Novak, Lead Scientist, Revive & Restore - De-Extinction Biotechnology & Conservation Biology

726

Her Excellency Dr Sara Al Madani, Entrepreneur, Advocate, Brand Ambassador, Social Media Personality, Influencer

727

Bayan Abusalameh - Chevening Scholar, Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Queen Mary University London

728

Mati Gill, CEO, AION Labs - AI & Computational Technology For Improving Drug Discovery & Development

729

Dr Ann Marie Kimball, MD - Physician, Epidemiologist, Rotarian - Global Public Service, Saving Lives

730

Dr. Morgan Levine, PhD - Laboratory for Aging in Living Systems (ALIS) - Yale School of Medicine

731

Dr. Sana Farid, MD - Surgeon, Entrepreneur, Futurist - Using Future Tech For Societal Well-Being

732

Dr. Evelyne Bischof, MD - Advancing The Frontiers Of Preventative And Precision Longevity Medicine

733

Larry Curley - Executive Director - The National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA)

734

Eric G Meyer - Founder & Director - Generation Atomic - Advanced Nuclear Power Advocacy For Humanity

735

Viren Shah - VP & Chief Digital Officer, GE Appliances (Haier) - Creating Smart Home Ecosystems

736

Dr Volkmar Weissig, ScD, PhD - President, World Mitochondria Society - Professor - Midwestern University

737

Lameen Abdul-Malik - IAEA Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, Coffeepreneur, Intellectual Philanthropist

738

Dr. Antonio Giordano, MD, Ph.D. - President and Founder, Sbarro Health Research Organization

739

Joanna Bensz - Founder and CEO, Longevity Center And International Institute of Longevity (IIOL)

740

Mike Graglia, Managing Director & Co-Founder, SynGAP Research Fund - Collaboration, Transparency, Urgency

741

Dr Paul A Offit, MD - Director, Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia (CHOP)

742

Lisa Esch & Dr. Michael Petersen, M.D. - NTT Data Services - Re-Imagining Health and Wellbeing

743

Dr. Arathi Sethumadhavan, PhD - Head of User Research, AI, Ethics & Society, Microsoft's Cloud+AI

744

Kimberly A Reed - Former EXIM Chairman / President - Stimulating STEM & Securing U.S. High-Tech Economy

745

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi - National School of Tropical Medicine - Baylor College of Medicine

746

Khaliya - Innovator, Philanthropist, Humanitarian - Solutions For The Global Mental Health Crisis

747

Dr Jennifer Garrison, PhD - Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity & Equality - Buck Institute

748

Giovanni Battistini - Personalized & Targeted Nutrition - Managing Director - Better Gambit LLC

749

Professor Johnjoe McFadden, PhD - Quantum Biology, Molecular Genetics, Consciousness, And Simplicity

750

Craig Fugate, Chief Emergency Management Officer, One Concern - Disaster Science, Digital Twins, AI

751

Dr. Dina Radenkovic, MD - Longevity Physician, Med-Tech Entrepreneur, Thought Leader, Financier

752

Dr. Sonia Grego, Ph.D. - Duke Smart Toilet Lab, Founding Director - Assoc Research Professor, Duke

753

Dr. Ola Engkvist, Ph.D. - AstraZeneca - Head, Molecular AI, Discovery Sciences, R&D

754

Dr Brian Keating, PhD - Into The Impossible - Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics - UCSD

755

Mr. Jack Sim - Founder, World Toilet Organization - Ending The Global Sanitation Crisis

756

Dr. Marina Ezcurra, Ph.D. - Exploring The Gut Microbiota-Brain Axis In Health, Disease, and Aging

757

Mykola Tolmachov - Chernobyl-51 Industrial Cluster - Ecosystem Restoration - Energy/Chemical Byproducts

758

Dr. Jean C. Accius, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, AARP - Longer, Healthier, More Productive Lives

759

Palestinian-Israeli Cooperation - Spreading Awareness Of Novel Approaches In The War On Cancer

760

Muhammad Rehman Shirzad - Advancing The Forensic Bio-Sciences In Afghanistan

761

Sibongile Mongadi, STEM Innovator, Founder, Uku’hamba, Improving The Lives Of Amputees Across Africa

762

Reversing Senescence Through The Skin - Dr. Carolina Reis, CEO & Co-Founder, OneSkin Technologies

763

Dr. Harold Katcher, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer - Yuvan Research - Rejuvenative Plasma Fractions

764

Serge Da Deppo - Founder, NATO Innovation Hub - Human Sciences Project Officer, NATO Transformation Command

765

Dr. Hanadie Yousef, Ph.D. Co-Founder & CEO - Juvena Therapeutics - Secretome Derived Therapies

766

Dr. Neta Lavon, Ph.D. - CTO and Vice President of R&D - Aleph Farms - Meat For Earth (And Space)

767

Bakary Tandia And Sean Tenner - Co-Founders, The Abolition Institute - Stopping Slavery Now!

768

Dr. Tia Rains, Ph.D., VP Customer Engagement & Strategic Development, Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition

769

Aaron Schacht - EVP, Innovation, Regulatory + BD, Elanco - Well-Being Of Animals, People And Planet

770

Maya Abi Chahine, Program Manager, University for Seniors, American University of Beirut

771

Ashley Llorens - VP, Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director, Microsoft Research Outreach

772

Dr. Daniel Ives, Ph.D. - Founder and CEO - Shift Bioscience Ltd. - Driver Clocks And Longevity

773

Dr. James Allen - Global Health Systems Thought Leader - Health Systems Thinkers, LLC

774

Bjørn Haugland - Co-Founder and CEO - SKIFT Business Climate Leaders

775

Stephan Gans, SVP, Chief Consumer Insights & Analytics Officer, PepsiCo, CPG AI & Digital Technology

776

Dr. Dennis McKenna - Founder, McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy - A 21st Century Mystery School

777

Christina Hunger - Hunger for Words - Interspecies Communication - How Stella Learned To Talk

778

Dr. Bonnie Offit, MD - Pediatrician - Digital And Tele-Health Advocate - Pet Therapy Entrepreneur

779

Dr. Ingo Rauth, Ph.D. - Founder, The School of Becoming - Fellow of The Modern Elder Academy (MEA)

780

Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, Founder / President, Amazon Biodiversity Center - Snr. Fellow, United Nations Fnd

781

Dr. Vicki Fishlock - Amboseli Trust for Elephants - Conservation And Welfare Of Africa’s Elephants

782

Dr. Jean M. Hebert, Ph.D. - Replacing Aging - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

783

Dr Spring Behrouz, PhD - Mitophagy, CNS Disorders, And Aging - CEO, Vincere Bio / NeuroInitiative

784

Lisa Gable - Chief Executive Officer - Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)

785

Sergey Young - Founder, Longevity Vision Fund - Longevity Venture Partner, BOLD Capital Partners

786

Barry Dean, CEO, LUCI - Making Power Wheelchairs Smarter

787

Kazuhiro Gomi & Dr. Joe Alexander - Bio-Digital Twins, Quantum Computing, Precision Medicine - NTT Research

788

Stephanie Smith - Director, Humanitarian & Development, Mastercard

789

Carole Fisher - President, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation

790

Mandy Sellars - Chairperson, GoPI3Ks - Rare Disease Patient Advocate; Fundraiser For Care / Research

791

Dr. Sean Guillory - Booz Allen Hamilton - Cognitive Neuroscience And Robotics For National Security

792

Dr Veronica Rodriguez-Bravo PhD - Nuclear Pore Complexes - Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia

793

Siva Balu - VP / Chief Information Officer - YMCA of the U.S.A. - People, Potential, & Purpose

794

Dr. Matt Kaeberlein - Founder / Co-Director, Dog Aging Project - Professor, University of Washington

795

Dr. Helene Gayle - President / CEO, Chicago Community Trust - Health, Equity and Economic Growth

796

Dr. Andrei Gudkov, PhD - The Retrobiome, Cancer, And Aging - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Ctr

797

Howard Leonhardt - Founder, Leonhardt Ventures - Bioelectrics & Biologics For Regeneration & Healing

798

Dr. Christopher Cifelli, Ph.D. - VP of Nutrition Research - National Dairy Council

799

Dr Sakhrat Khizroev PhD - Nano-Magnetics For Wireless Brain-Computer Interfaces & Precision Medicine

800

Dr. Maria Millan, MD - President and CEO - California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)

801

Dr Aboubacar Kampo, MD - Director of Health Programs - UNICEF - Innovation Investment For The Future

802

Dr Carolini Kaid, PhD - Co-Founder & CSO - Vyro Bio - Oncolytic Viruses For Drug Resistant Cancers

803

Dr. Charles Brenner Ph.D. - City of Hope - NAD Coenzymes, Metabolic Stress, And Novel Interventions

804

Dr. Anil Achyuta - TDK Ventures - Founding Member - Deep-Tech Healthcare And Energy Investments

805

Jan Klerken - Founder, Scelta Mushrooms BV - Innovating In Taste, Health, And Sustainability

806

Dr Lydia Kostopoulos PhD - Special Ops / National Security Emerging Tech - Fashion, AI And Longevity

807

Dr. Natasha Bajema - Dir., Converging Risks Lab, Council on Strategic Risks - WMD Threat Reduction

808

Dr. Morten Scheibye-Knudsen - University of Copenhagen - Aging, DNA Repair, And Clinical Innovation

809

Nora Super - Milken Institute - Center for the Future of Aging - Alliance to Improve Dementia Care

810

Dr. Jonathan Chernoff, MD, PhD - Senior VP, Deputy Director, and CSO - Fox Chase Cancer Center

811

Dr. Missy Cummings, Ph.D - Professor, Duke University - Director, Humans and Autonomy Laboratory

812

Dr. Jonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD - One Health - Can We Immunize The World Against Future Pandemics?

813

Colonel Ross Guieb - Executive Director, George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex, Texas A&M

814

Dr. Julie Fratantoni, PhD - Head of Operations, The BrainHealth Project - The Univ of Texas, Dallas

815

Dr Jamie L. Wells, MD - Director, Research Science Inst - Pediatrician, Medical Innovator, Educator

816

Jacob Walthour Jr. - CEO, Blueprint Capital Advisors - Economic, Racial And Social Equity Advocacy

817

Jasmijn Kok - Juno Perinatal Healthcare - Artificial Womb Technology For Extremely Preterm Infants

818

Dr Shawna Pandya MD - Physician, Scientist, Astronaut Candidate, Aquanaut, Martial Artist, Sky-Diver

819

Colonel Dr David Barnes - Chief AI Ethics Officer, US Army - Prof, USMA - Ethics Of War & Emerging Tech

820

Donna Butts, Exec. Director, Generations United - Health, Aging, And Intergenerational Collaboration

821

Dr. Lee Chae - Co-Founder / CTO, Brightseed - Re-Connect People and Plants, For Health & Wellness

822

Dr. Brian Kennedy Ph.D. - Delaying, Detecting, Preventing and Treating Aging And Associated Diseases

823

Dan Addario - Former Special Agent In Charge - U.S. DEA - New Ideas For The Global Drugs Crisis

824

Dr. Hassan Tetteh, MD - Health Mission Chief - DoD/JAIC - The Art of Human Care For COVID-19

825

Profile Of Courage - Captain Dr. Roger Herbert, Ph.D. - Navy Seal, Ethics Professor, Outdoorsman

826

Dr. Patrick Bangert, Vice President of AI, Samsung SDS - Developing Next Gen AI To Serve Humanity

827

Dr. Suzan Murray, D.V.M., Smithsonian / SCBI - Wildlife Care And Combating Emerging Zoonotic Disease

828

Katherine Sizov - Strella Biotech - Bio-Sensing To Reduce Food Waste And Optimize Supply Chains

829

Professor Dr. Raheel Qamar - Head, Directorate of Science and Technology - ICESCO - Rabat, Morocco

830

Bawa Jain - The Centre for Responsible Leadership - Interfaith Solutions For Global Challenges

831

Juan Williams - Emmy Award Winning Television Commentator, Radio Personality, Newspaper Columnist

832

Tessy Antony De Nassau - Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Advocate, Public Speaker, Activist, Mother

833

Irakli Beridze, Head, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics - UNICRI - United Nations

834

Dr. Ellen de Brabander - SVP, R&D, PepsiCo - The Future Of Food And Beverage Innovation

835

Dr. Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD - Founder and CEO - On Demand Pharmaceuticals

836

Dr Hanadi Khamis Al Hamad - Hamad Medical Corp - Leading Qatar’s Strategic Vision For Healthy Aging

837

Dr. Jane Pinelis - Chief, Testing, Evaluation, Assessment, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

838

Dr. Derek Yach - Founder, President, and Board Member - Foundation For A Smoke-Free World

839

Dr. David Stoudt, Senior Exec Advisor / Engineering Fellow - Directed Energy - Booz Allen Hamilton

840

Stephanie Stuckey - CEO, Stuckey's Corp. - Brand Building, Pecans, And The Great American Road Trip

841

Are We Alone? - Prof Avi Loeb, Harvard - Chair Advisory Committee - Breakthrough Starshot Initiative

842

Brett Vaughan - U.S. Navy Chief AI Officer and AI Portfolio Manager, Office of Naval Research

843

Ryland Engelhart - Kiss The Ground - Regenerative Agriculture For Planetary Regeneration

844

Dr. Robert Schooley MD - Harnessing Phage Therapies In The Fight Against Drug Resistant "Super-Bugs"

845

Dr. Azra Raza - Anticipate, Find, And Destroy The FIRST Cancer Cell; STOP The Disease In Its Tracks

846

Christopher Kennedy - Top Box Foods - Year Round Access To Nutritious Foods, In Food Insecure Areas

847

Dr Nicole Prause - Advancing Research In Sexual Psychophysiology, Sexual Biotechnology, And Sex-Tech

848

Dr. Ren Xiaoping - Pushing Surgical Boundaries - Head Transplantation (Cephalosomatic Anastomosis)

849

Dr. Bruce Greyson - Exploring Near-Death Experiences And What They Reveal About Life and Beyond

850

The Real Spider Man - Alex Greenhalgh, CEO, Spintex - Novel And Powerful Bio-Materials and Fabrics

851

Dr. Yu Shrike Zhang - Symbiotic Tissue Engineering - Harvard Medical School

852

Dr. David Yang, Executive Director, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety - Saving Lives Via Technology

853

Melodie Yashar - Co-Founder of Space Exploration Architecture (SEArch+)

854

Cardinal Dr. Michael Czerny, S.J. - Justice, Peace, Health, And Care For All Marginalized People

855

Dr Daniel Monti - CEO & Founding Director, Marcus Institute of Integrative Health - Jefferson Health

856

Dave Asprey - "The Father Of BioHacking" - Founder & Chairman, Bulletproof 360 and Upgrade Labs

857

Fighting The Opioid Epidemic with AI - Brian Drake, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) - Sable Spear

858

Morgan Plummer, Managing Director, National Security Innovation Network, U.S. Department of Defense

859

iNeuraLS - Advanced NeuroTech For Rapid Knowledge and Skill Acquisition - US Air Force Research Labs

860

Dr. Graham Ryan - Director, Montserrat Volcano Observatory - Volcanology and Geothermal Energy

861

Dr. Amilcar dos Santos MD - Exploring Far Frontiers of Neural, Spinal, and Brain-Computer Interfaces

862

Campbell Dwyer - Author, Advocate, Survivor - Inspiring & Encouraging Children About Health Issues

863

Dr. Michael Levin - Tufts University - Reading and Writing the Bio-Electric Morphogenetic Code

864

Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief R&D Officer, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Facilitating Innovation

865

Dr. James Weinstein, SVP Microsoft - Creating Healthcare With Value, Outcomes & Equity For Patients

866

The Immortality Key - Brain Muraresku - The Secret History Of The Religion With No Name

867

Ken Shamrock - Mixed Martial Artist Legend, Discussing Longevity In Sports, And His Ministry

868

Dr. Leonard Hayflick - Cellular Senescence, Mycoplasmology, and Viral Vaccine Development