We’re up against enormous societal challenges in this 21st century: climate change, a clean energy transition, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the list goes on. And behind the headlines there’s also a lot of hype. It’s tough to know what scientific and technological advancements will truly create positive change. And when.
When will automated vehicles be navigating the streets, and will they be safe? Will quantum computing impact our lives? And how?
In this ‘Innovations Uncovered’ series, WebsEdge Founder & CEO, Stephen Horn, digs in to these challenges and identifies the uncomfortable truths that accompany all of the buzz.
There’s a transition underway, to a world that’s fully powered by renewable and sustainable energy. It’s going to be a long journey and involves difficult decisions.
Fortunately, it’s a rapidly growing field with rapidly growing technologies emerging each day.
In episode 6 of the Innovations Uncovered series, WebsEdge CEO Stephen Horn is joined by podcast peer and passionate technologist, Dr. Liz Dennett. Dr. Dennett is a realist but also remains optimistic about the journey ahead.
27 May 2022
Episode 5: The Transport Revolution
The advancements in transportation have been amongst the most exciting of the 21st century. The production and purchase of electric vehicles are on the rise. Research and development surrounding hydrogen vehicles are gaining momentum. And autonomous vehicles? Well.. it’s what we’re all curious about.
In episode 5 of the Innovations Uncovered series, Kirk Steudle, former director of transportation for the state of Michigan helps to navigate this revolution and weighs-in on the timescale of it all.
27 May 2022
Episode 4: Climate Change
Climate change is perhaps the most impending threat to this society. The headlines leave many of us a bit paralyzed, while we try to determine which course of action is better than another.
In episode 4 of the Innovations Uncovered series, WebsEdge Founder & CEO, Stephen Horn, invites one of the leading climate scientists in the world on the program. Georgia Tech’s Dr. Susan Lozier sheds light on the most impactful ways we could lessen our carbon footprint and explains why she is so optimistic to move into the solution space of climate technology.
27 May 2022
Episode 3: Precision Medicine?
There is great promise in the field of precision medicine. The ability to decode one’s genetic makeup has led to many answers… and also many questions about diagnoses, prognoses and targeted therapies.
In episode 3 of the Innovations Uncovered series, WebsEdge CEO Stephen Horn invites Dr. Anneke Lucassen on the show. She’s the director of the Centre for Personalised Medicine at the University of Oxford in the UK. Dr. Lucassen reminds us that healthcare has always been personalized, and that the plethora of new information that we gather from advances in technology may still have some limits.
27 May 2022
Episode 2: Quantum Computing
The second quantum revolution is one of those buzz phrases that many people don’t know what to make of. To grasp a second quantum revolution, one has to be familiar with the first and the physics concepts behind it.
In episode 2 of the Innovations Uncovered series, WebsEdge CEO Stephen Horn hosts two giants in the field of quantum computing: Provost of Imperial College London, Dr. Ian Walmsley and Chief Technology Officer at start-up tech company Quantropi, Michael Redding.
27 May 2022
Episode 1: Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence. We see it now in our daily lives, thru language translations and face identifications and at-home robots. It’s natural to wonder what’s next, but also fascinating to understand how A-I came to be.
In episode 1 of the Innovations Uncovered series, WebsEdge CEO Stephen Horn is joined by artificial intelligence expert, Dr. Melanie Mitchell of the Santa Fe Institute. Dr. Mitchell explains that there’s still a lot to learn about human intelligence, which makes it difficult to create the artificial kind.
2 Jul 2021
New Technologies
New technology can come from nowhere and change the world – whether it's vaccines, the jet-plane, or the internet. But what might society’s next big game-changer be?
In the final episode of the Rebuilding America series, Stephen speaks to experts and researchers from all around the world and investigates the cutting-edge new technology that could provide solutions to our biggest problems.
Roman Orus, from Spain, is CSO at Multiverse Computing.
Professor Kevin Gurney, from Arizona, is lead scientist on the Vulcan Project, a Northern Arizona University research project focusing on CO2 emission analytics.
Professor Dean Ho is Director of WisDM, at the national University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
2 Jul 2021
Smart Cities
American cities of the future – what might they look like, and how are they going to be funded?
A sweeping, 1 trillion dollar infrastructure package announced by Joe Biden includes a plan for invigorating the economy and modernizing urban America. Money for roads and bridges, water and power systems, broadband and electric vehicles has been promised, but it’s leadership at local level that’s needed to facilitate all this change.
In episode 5 of Rebuilding America, Stephen is joined by Robert O’Neill, fellow at the Riley Center for Liveable Communities College of Charleston, and also former Executive Director of the International City and County Management Association, known as the ICMA.
Karen Pinkos, City Manager in El Cerrito, California, also shares her insight into what it will take to rebuild America and talks to Stephen about smart cities.
25 Jun 2021
A Sustainable Planet
As the American west experiences record hurricane seasons, wildland fires, and drought, the effects of climate change are no longer just relegated to academic debates. Americans are experiencing its effects every day and it has become one of the most defining challenges of our generation.
18 Jun 2021
Health Inequalities
In this episode, we explore how America is to build a new social contract for equitable health. COVID19 has shone a light on health inequities in the country, largely driven by environmental and systemic racism.
18 Jun 2021
Community Trust
In this episode, we focus on healing America's communities and explore why the US has lost faith in its institutions. We also examine the systemic challenges facing America and ask what needs to be done to truly 'build back better’ and rebuild that trust.
7 Jun 2021
Re-Building America Podcast Trailer
Your host Stephen Horn will guide you through what you can expect from this Re-Building America Podcast Series which features an impressive guest list and tackles some of society's biggest problems.
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