The Future of Humans
11:30 AM – Doors Open: Lunch
Images: Five Years of Arc
12:30 PM – Welcome Film
Sponsor Welcome - David Ewing Duncan, Journalist and Curator of Arc
Welcome - Julia Angeles, Investment Manager, Baillie Gifford
POD I: Humans Today - David Ewing Duncan, Journalist and Curator of Arc
12:50 PM – Arc Fusion Talk
Arc Fusion Talk (6 minutes) - Ana Maiques, CEO, Neuroelectrics
Panel - Moderator (6 minutes) - George Church, Harvard Medical School
Interlude: The Future of Human DNA (20 minutes) - Speakers TBA
1:30 PM – POD II: AI and Robots
David Liu, Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Harvard
1:40 PM – Arc Fusion Talk
Arc Fusion Talk (6 minutes) - TBA
Panel - Moderator (6 minutes) - Rana el Kaliouby, CEO, Activa, former Researcher, MIT Media Lab
Arts (20 minutes) - Luba Greenwood, Google Ventures
Break (13 minutes) - Andrei Codrescu, Author and Poet, NPR Commentator
2:30 PM – Interlude: How to Pay for This
3:00 PM – POD III: Longevity
Jamie Heywood, PatientsLikeMe/United Health Care
3:10 PM – Arc Fusion Talk
Arc Fusion Talk (6 minutes) - Robert Green, Geneticist and Physician at Harvard Medical School
Panel - Moderator (6 minutes) - Alexis Borisy, Third Rock Ventures
Interlude: Women Who Rock (20 minutes) - David Ewing Duncan, Journalist and Curator of Arc
POD IV: The Future of Humans (10 minutes) - Seema Kumar, Editor of “Seema,” Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Policy Communication at Johnson & Johnson
3:35 PM – Arc Fusion Talk
Arc Fusion Talk (6 minutes) - TBA
Panel - Moderator (6 minutes) - Safi Bahcall, Author of Loonshots; Co-Founder, Synta Pharmaceuticals
BREAK (25 minutes)
4:10 PM – Interlude
4:30 PM – Voices from the Future - TBA
(6 minutes) Nabiha Saklayen, CEO and Co-Founder of Cellina, Google Scholar
(6 minutes) Agnieszka Czechowicz, Assistant Professor at Stanford University; pediatric hematologist/oncologist
(6 minutes) Elia Stupka, General Manager of the Life Sciences business unit at Health Catalyst
Wrap-Up
5:00 PM – Arts - David Ewing Duncan, Journalist and Curator of Arc
5:10 PM – Reception: Future Fusion - Music - TBA
5:30 PM – Summit Close - DJ
New England Conservatory
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
290 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
The Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre is a multi-purpose theater space, with options for proscenium, thrust, or in-the-round seating and an optional orchestra pit – a rarity in black box theaters. The space is equipped with a pipe grid over the entire space and includes an extensive inventory of theatrical lighting instruments. This space is ideal for concerts, theater, opera, multi-media presentations, and art installations.
