DLD Health x BAIOSPHERE

Andreas Maier is Head of the Department of Computer Science and Chair of the Pattern Recognition Lab at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) in Erlangen, Germany. His research focuses on medical imaging, image and audio processing, digital humanities, and interpretable machine learning and the use of known operators.

Andrew McCarthy is founder and CEO of Axo Longevity, Europe’s first consumer longevity platform built for high performers — athletes, founders, and executives. Axo uses biomarker protocols designed by the world’s top sports medicine experts, including Real Madrid’s head doctor and the former Red Bull High Performance Director.

Dr. Anita Puppe heads the healthcare, life sciences, and health insurance division at Parloa, one of the world’s leading companies in agentic AI voice technology. Formerly at IBM Consulting, she worked on projects focused on patient empowerment through chatbot technologies, as well as the validation of predictive stroke solutions.

Anna Bauer-Mehren heads the Integrated Clinical Analytics Chapter in Roche Diagnostics. Her team develops algorithms and AI-based solutions for clinical environments. Previously, Anna worked for more than ten years in Roche Pharma research and early development.

A former author and reporter at Vanity Fair, GQ and VOGUE, Anne Philippi discovered psychedelic-assisted therapy in 2019 and founded The New Health Club to create a space where people from the new psychedelic ecosystem and business could talk abut the disruptive power of psychedelics. (Photo: Joachim Gern)

Avery Haskell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seedbox Labs, a spinout from Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham establishing sperm health as a real-time proxy for systemic health and longevity. A Stanford computer science graduate, serial founder and active investor, Avery has spent his career at the convergence of technology and healthcare.

Bernhard Kainz is Professor at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he heads the Image Data Exploration and Analysis (IDEA) Lab, and Professor for Medical Image Computing in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he leads the Human-in-the-Loop Computing Group and co-leads the BioMedIA research group.

A renowned researcher and entrepreneur in the field of digital health, Björn M. Eskofier heads the Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg (FAU). He has made significant contributions to the development of a “Digital Health Ecosystem” that connects patients with stakeholders through digital support tools.