Bioengineering, Genetics & Cellular Agriculture

Pioneer in Neural Interface Design and Human-Machine Integration; Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard University; Founder and Director, Harvard Biohybrid Organs and Neuroprosthetics (BIONICs) Lab; 2026 Sloan Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; 2025 Gilbreth Lecturer, National Academy of Engineering; Two-Time TED Speaker; Forbes 30 Under 30, Healthcare; MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35; Developer of the Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI), a Surgical and Neural Communication Paradigm Clinically Translated to Restore Sensation and Control in Prosthetic Limb Users

Nir Barzilai, M.D. helps leaders understand how longevity science is reshaping health care, workforce resilience and the future of human performance; Director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; President and co-founder of the Academy of Geroscience; author of Age Later: Health Span, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity.

Global Futurist and Strategist Whose Frameworks Address How Emerging Technologies Will Disrupt and Transform Economies, Industries, Enterprises and Lives; Founding CEO, Cambrian Futures and Cambrian Labs; Professional Faculty for Futures, Strategy, Policy and Technology, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business; Adjunct Professor of Practice, Hult International Business School; Advisory Council Member, Kazakhstan Council for the Development of Artificial Intelligence; Honorary Adjunct Professor, UT Malaysia; Lead Co-Author, “The Great Remobilization” (2023), “The A.I. Generation” (2021) and the Forthcoming Book, “Data Wars”

Trailblazing Journalist, Tech Guru, and Futurist Helping Organizations Anticipate Technology Trends That Are Poised to Disrupt Business and Society; Former Editor-in-Chief, WIRED Magazine and MIT Technology Review; Co-founding Editor, Quartz Magazine

Visionary Futurist and Venture Capitalist Funding Dynamic Breakthrough Technologies in Computing, Energy, Life Sciences and Health Care; Leading Expert on New Technology, Innovation and the Future of Work; Renowned Journalist, Speaker and Moderator; Partner, DCVC; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Strateos

New York Times Bestselling Author and Pioneering Authority on Brain Health, Women’s Brains, and Brain Nutrition; Director, Women’s Brain Initiative at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC); Associate Director, WCMC/New York-Presbyterian Hospital Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic; Author, “The Menopause Brain” (2024)

Leading Authority on Extended Intelligence, Closely Coupling Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence; Pioneering Inventor, Innovator and Entrepreneur; CEO and Co-Founder, AlterEgo; 2019 TED Fellow; 2019 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner

Cellular Agriculture Pioneer; Executive Director, New Harvest; Co-Founder, Perfect Day (formerly Muufri) and Clara Foods

Pioneering Bioscientist and Innovator; Expert on Leading Teams Where Few Rules or Precedents Exist; Neuroengineer Focused on Mapping the Brain to Cure Mental Illness and Neurological Disorders; Professor, MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics; Co-Founder, Cognito Therapeutics