Amy Webb on 'The Genesis Machine'
Join Alberto Galasso in conversation with author Amy Webb on The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology (Public Affairs, Feb. 15, 2022). The Genesis Machine explores the breakthrough science of synthetic biology and its potential for helping solve humanity's existential challenges, from climate change to the health and feeding of millions, and fighting the next viral outbreak before it becomes a global pandemic.
Livestream Details: On February 10, Rotman Events will email registrants the link to the page where you can watch the livestream.
14-day Catch-up Viewing: Unable to attend the live event due to scheduling conflicts? Not to worry. You can access the full recording on-demand for two weeks after the live event.
Ticket & Book: Your $42+HST registration fee includes access to the livestream, a hardcover copy of The Genesis Machine and shipping fees. The book will be shipped to registrants after the event.
Please note: The stated registration fee for this event only applies to customers residing in Canada and the U.S.A. If you are registering for this livestream from outside of these countries, please contact events@rotman.utoronto.ca regarding your registration as shipping fees vary depending on your location. For more information, visit the event page.
Speakers
Amy Webb is the founder of the Future Today Institute, a leading foresight and strategy firm that advises CEOs of the world’s most-admired companies, three-star admirals and generals, and the senior leadership of central banks and intergovernmental organizations. She is a professor of strategic foresight at New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University’s Säid School of Business. She was elected a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and serves as a Steward and Steering Committee member of the World Economic Forum. Amy was named by Forbes as “one of the five women changing the world” and was honored as one of the BBC’s 100 Women of 2020. Amy is author of The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity and The Signals are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe is Tomorrow’s Mainstream. She resides in Baltimore, MD.
Alberto Galasso is Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, where he holds the Rotman Chair in Life Sciences Commercialization. He is Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He serves as co-editor for the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, as associate editor for the Journal of Industrial Economics and the International Journal of Industrial Organization, and as member of the editorial board for the Strategic Management Journal. His research agenda focuses on the determinants of innovative activity, the management of innovation and the functioning of markets for technology.
This virtual event is co-hosted by the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
