Year: 2022

Nathalie Brandenberg et Sylke Hoehnel - EPFL

Nathalie Brandenberg and Sylke Hoehnel

Life Sciences/Health

“On the Verge of the Next Healthcare Revolution“

Nathalie Brandenberg and Sylke Hoehnel, Co-CEO and founders, SUN bioscience

Conference held on November 3rd, 2022

Raquel Urtasun

Raquel Urtasun

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

“An AI-First Approach to Revolutionize Self-Driving at Scale”

Founder & CEO, Waabi and Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

Conference held on September 30th, 2022

Merritt Moore at EPFL

Merritt Moore

Basic Sciences, Culture/Society

“Why Not Both? Pursuing two passions: physics and professional ballet career”

Merritt Moore, ballerina and quantum physicist

Conference held on September 30, 2022

Lorraine Daston with Jan Hesthaven at EPFL

Lorraine Daston

Culture/Society, Politics

“The Origins of International Governance in Science”

Lorraine Daston, director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Conference held on May 30, 2022

Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson

Culture/Society, Sustainability/Environment

“Do we need a Ministry for the Future?”

Kim Stanley Robinson, writer of science fiction

Conference held on May 19th, 2022

Claudia Clopath

Claudia Clopath

Artificial Intelligence, Basic Sciences, Life Sciences/Health

“Mathematical Models of Learning in the Brain“

Claudia Clopath, professor of Computational Neuroscience at Imperial College London

Conference held on May 9th, 2022

John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram

John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram

Innovation, Sustainability/Environment

“Speed & Scale: A Plan for Confronting Climate Change Now”

John Doerr, chairman of Kleiner Perkins
Ryan Panchadsaram, advisor to the Chairman

Conference held on April 21st, 2022

Chelsea Manning at EPFL

Chelsea Manning

Cybersecurity

“The Future of Privacy and Data in Wartime”

Chelsea Manning, technologist and network security expert

Conference held on March 7th, 2022

Sonia Seneviratne

Sonia Seneviratne

Sustainability/Environment

“State of the climate crisis: Conclusions from the last IPCC reports“

Sonia Seneviratne, climate scientist and Professor at ETH Zurich

Conference held on March 3rd, 2022