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Food Investors and Innovators Inspiring a Health Revolution
The food industry is changing rapidly. While many of the biggest food companies are looking to shi
ft gears to meet evolving consumer preferences and needs, innovative new companies and investors have emerged as leaders in the space.
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Medical Marijuana: Health and (Financial) Wellness
Medical use of cannabis is legal in 28 states and many countries. It also represents a $100 billio
n industry that is expected to employ more than 200,000 people in the U.S. alone by 2020.
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Cracking the Code of Addiction and Mental Health
The opioid abuse and addiction crisis is the most recent manifestation of the challenges our socie
ty faces in dealing with the deeply intertwined issues of addiction and mental health.
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Hacks on Health Care: How to Make a Vulnerable Industry Cyber-Secure
In this session, our speakers discuss how we can combat the threats to individual privacy and safe
ty that are caused by a lag in data security practices in the healthcare industry, which was the most cyber-attacked sector in 2016.
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Will You Live to a Healthy 100?
Speakers on this panel explore the pioneering discoveries in geroscience that are bringing us clos
er to “hacking the aging code” to lead longer, healthier lives.
Moderator:
Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health
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Diabetes and Obesity: An Urgent Global Health Crisis
Despite many treatments and technological advances, the health of the US and global populations co
ntinues to decline. Chronic disease continues to increase and have a detrimental effect on personal health and health-care costs.
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Shaping Digital Finance
This session will examine the trends in digital finance and how technology is reshaping the busine
ss of finance. Potential questions:
Which emerging innovations will have the greatest impact in the shortest period of time?
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Addressing the Urban Housing Crisis
By 2025, 1.6 billion urban residents worldwide will face crowded, inadequate, and substandard hous
ing.
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Philanthropy and Democracy in the 21st-Century
With global populism on the rise, the debate has sharpened over the role of philanthropy in 21st-c
entury democracy.
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