Afternoon Plenary- Making It: Designing A Healthy and Sustainable Future
MAKING IT: DESIGNING A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Innovations in social media, mobile technology, robotics, and artificial intelligence have fundamentally transformed our lives and the way we interact with each other. By 2050, affordable housing could be built by 3D printers, drones could deliver clean water or life-saving medicines, and renewables could be our biggest energy source. Yet projections also point to a world where atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will have doubled since the pre-industrial era, where natural resources are strained by a population of almost 10 billion, where rising temperatures and a lack of sanitation increases the risk of tropical diseases, and where a growing climate refugee crisis threatens to create a generation of children deprived of the skills or opportunity to fulfill their potential. To address these existential challenges, a new generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and creative problem-solvers are developing new models for carbon neutrality, from residential solar to fuel-efficient transportation. They are harnessing the power of design to build responsive and resilient health delivery systems. In this session, panelists will explore how students and universities can:
â¢Establish courses, academic programs, labs, and maker-spaces focused on climate change and public health, where hands-on experience is required, unconventional thinking is encouraged, and collaboration is critical,
â¢Incentivize discovery, invention, and innovation among students through a wide range of seed funding challenges, pitch competitions, and mentorship opportunities, and
â¢Ensure that a culture of sustainable design is democratized across universities and geographies, rooted in full community participation and real-world results.
Panel Discussion:
MODERATOR:
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
PARTICIPANTS:
Ayah Bdeir, Founder and CEO, littleBits
Paul E. Farmer, Chief Strategist and Co-Founder, Partners In Health; Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Partners In Health; Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lisa Jackson, VP, Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple
Samantha Marquez, Innovator and Activist, Yale University
Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the United States
Dr. M. Sanjayan, CEO, Conservation International
Afternoon Plenary- Making It: Designing A Healthy and Sustainable Future
MAKING IT: DESIGNING A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Innovations in social media, mobile technology, robotics, and artificial intelligence have fundamentally transformed our lives and the way we interact with each other. By 2050, affordable housing could be built by 3D printers, drones could deliver clean water or life-saving medicines, and renewables could be our biggest energy source. Yet projections also point to a world where atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will have doubled since the pre-industrial era, where natural resources are strained by a population of almost 10 billion, where rising temperatures and a lack of sanitation increases the risk of tropical diseases, and where a growing climate refugee crisis threatens to create a generation of children deprived of the skills or opportunity to fulfill their potential. To address these existential challenges, a new generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and creative problem-solvers are developing new models for carbon neutrality, from residential solar to fuel-efficient transportation. They are harnessing the power of design to build responsive and resilient health delivery systems. In this session, panelists will explore how students and universities can:
â¢Establish courses, academic programs, labs, and maker-spaces focused on climate change and public health, where hands-on experience is required, unconventional thinking is encouraged, and collaboration is critical,
â¢Incentivize discovery, invention, and innovation among students through a wide range of seed funding challenges, pitch competitions, and mentorship opportunities, and
â¢Ensure that a culture of sustainable design is democratized across universities and geographies, rooted in full community participation and real-world results.
Panel Discussion:
MODERATOR:
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
PARTICIPANTS:
Ayah Bdeir, Founder and CEO, littleBits
Paul E. Farmer, Chief Strategist and Co-Founder, Partners In Health; Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Partners In Health; Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lisa Jackson, VP, Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple
Samantha Marquez, Innovator and Activist, Yale University
Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the United States
Dr. M. Sanjayan, CEO, Conservation International