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Medicine

Aenne Burda Award Ceremony 2022

“My dream, my passion, my daily motivation is to find a cure for Alzheimer”, Andrea Pfeifer, the recipient of the 2022 Aenne Burda Award, says in her acceptance speech. The…

News in Drug Development & AI

Prof. Yaakov Nahmias is a bioengineer and innovator, whose breakthroughs ranged from the first 3D printing of cells to the first commercial human-on-chip technology. In this exciting fireside chat with…

Sleep Research: What You Need To Know About Your Body Clock

Leading scientists Elizabeth Klerman and Till Roenneberg explain why sleep is vital to good health and how lifestyle choices can interfere with a good night’s rest…

Copilot Body Clock: How Biology Could Drive the Future of Technology

In this DLD Sync session, two of the world’s leading chronobiologists put their research into perspective with regard to technology and the future of mobility. Elizabeth Klerman (Harvard Medical School)…

Digital Health: Technology’s Next Frontiers

This DLD Summer panel discussion takes a deep dive into the converging worlds of health, medicine and technology. Merck Group CTO Laura Matz and Brainlab founder Stefan Vilsmeier provide expert…

Key Insights: What We Learned at DLD All Stars

A world in crisis is also a world of opportunities. This was on full display at DLD All Stars, our three-day online conference that featured top speakers from politics, business,…

Preventing the Next Pandemic

The Covid-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer was the fastest ever to win approval “against a novel pathogen in medical history”, as BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin points out in…

Rethinking the Future of Science

The Covid-19 pandemic has had the effect of alerting the entire world to the dangers of future viruses that could wreak even more havoc. Merck Group CEO Stefan Oschmann and…

Personal Genomics: What’s Next?

Precision medicine and personal health require deep knowledge about the body – and each person’s biological characteristics. With her company 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki has pioneered the field of personal genomics,…

Attention Economy 2.0

Attention has always been an important currency in the media world – but digital media services and platforms have rewritten the rules of how to capture the attention of billions,…

Healthcare and AI

Artificial intelligence will likely play a crucial role in shaping the future of medicine. Renowned venture investor Jim Breyer explores the many possibilities of this promising technology in conversation with…

Transforming Food Culture In Our New Future

Dr. William Li is CEO and Co-Founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based organization that is researching the role of nutrition on health defense systems in the body for…