Scientific Futurism: Keeping Up with the Pace of Change
As uncertainty lingers over trade wars and geopolitical instability continues to fuel economic volatility, breakthroughs in science, longevity and emerging technologies blaze forward at an unprecedented rate of discovery.
Scientists and philosophers have long envisioned our future with hyper-personalised tech, robot assistants, quantum computing and space travel. These far-fetched science fiction concepts are now within reach as science drives groundbreaking innovations across industries, expanding our understanding of what’s new and possible.
However, the World Economic Forum warns that escalating US-China tensions could have significant consequences for scientific collaboration. The partnership between the US and China has been a cornerstone of global scientific progress, with both nations playing key roles in research and innovation. Yet growing geopolitical tensions, concerns over cybersecurity, ethics, and data protection issues threaten to undermine decades of shared progress in science.
For leaders, it can be challenging to keep on top of these ever-changing and unchartered territories. Here are some Chartwell experts at the forefront of science and research, leading the conversation on our shared future:
- Walt Disney Imagineer (2001-03)
- Founder of Hanson Robotics and creator of world-renowned human-like robot Sophia
- Serves as the Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme
- World’s first robot citizen
- Creator of Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist
- Global authority on AI and the art market
- TEDX presenter of ‘The Intersection of Art and AI’
- World’s first ultra-realistic robot artist and first humanoid to paint Queen Elizabeth II
- Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York
- Widely known populariser of science
- Named amongst TIME100’s ‘Most Influential People in AI’ (2023)
- Artist pioneering human-machine collaboration
- Director of Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka Laboratory
- Developer of a series of human-like robots
- Scientific futurist across projects where emerging technologies meet humanitarian needs
- Tech influencer and robotics expert
- Former Professor of Computer Science at MIT
- Executive Director of robotics company, Boston Dynamics
- Author of ‘Being You’ (2021)
- Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex
- Science storyteller and communicator on the future of science
- Particle physicist at CERN
- Author of ‘The Blue Zone Secrets for Living Longer’
- Longevity researcher best known for exploring the ‘blue zone’ hotspots
- Co-Founder of 10X Health System, a company transforming how individuals approach their health
- Human biologist, biohacker and longevity expert
- Design ethicist at Google (2013-16)
- Technology ethicist and Co-Founder of the Center for Human Technology
- One of the leaders of the ATLAS Large Hadron Collider experiment
- Professor of Particle Physics at Manchester University
- Founder and CEO of Spacesport Sweden
- Space entrepreneur and advisor to the space industry
*robots and their inventors can be booked together or separately.
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