Thanks to science, we have never lived longer, healthier lives than we do today – but the challenges we face have never been greater or more complex. Hear from previous Frontiers Forum speakers on science-led solutions for issues ranging from healthspans to COVID-19, economics to genomics, and ecological restoration to sustainable agriculture.
David Sinclair
Harvard University
Renowned longevity researcher David Sinclair believes aging is not inevitable but a treatable condition. He explains why we age – and how we can reverse aging to extend human health and lifespans.
Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Gapminder Foundation
Is the world as bad as you think? The co-author of the bestselling book “Factfulness” dismantles the mega-misconceptions shaping our worldview and shows what the world really looks like.
Grégoire Courtine
EPFL
Hear about incredible new technology that has allowed paraplegics to walk again – thanks to precise electrical stimulation of their spinal cords via wireless spinal implants.
Stephan Mergenthaler
World Economic Forum
Do you understand the links between migration, climate change, and social media? New maps allow us to see links between global issues and developments more easily – plus find relevant research.
Claire Kremen
University of British Columbia
Volvo Environment Prize winner Claire Kremen presents working lands conservation – where sustainable agriculture helps maintain biodiversity and ecosystems while sustaining the capacity for food production.
Spencer Wells
Insitome
Consumer genomics pioneer Spencer Wells discusses privacy and other consequences of today's era where more and more people have their DNA sequence – or that of a relative – online.
Bracken Darrell, Mehmood Khan, Stefan von Holtzbrinck and Henry Markram
The CEOs of Logitech, Life Biosciences and the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, together with the EPFL's Henry Markram, discuss innovation and successful technology transfer.
Jayasree K. Iyer
Access to Medicine Foundation
A celebration of the incredible advances in medical and healthcare access over the past decade, and discussion of the innovations still needed to bring access to medicine to everyone, all around the world.
Anne Bowser
The Wilson Center
Discover Earth Challenge 2020, a global environmental effort to engage millions of people to collect and share 1 billion data points on air and water quality, biodiversity, pollution, and health.
Matthew McCabe
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Learn how high-resolution data from drones and shoe-box satellites is helping efforts to grow better quality crops and improve water management through precision agriculture.
Mavi Sánchez-Vives
Institute of Biomedical Research Augusto Pi y Suñer
See how new virtual reality tools are shedding light on how the brain works and providing new tools for changing our perspectives and behaviors, including for therapy.
