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Tuesday, June 5th at 2:45 pm
Closing Keynote - Dr. Alejandro Jadad
"Humanodes in the Global Superorganism: How technology can help us reach optimum health and wellbeing in the 21st Century"
In a recent commemorative issue of the British Medical Journal, which featured the 15 most important breakthroughs in medicine since 1840, Dr. Jadad notes how information and communication technology can help us achieve optimal levels of health and wellbeing, regardless of who or where we are. However, he cautions us by saying, “It can help us transcend our cognitive, physical, institutional, geographical, cultural, linguistic, and historical boundaries. Or it can contribute to our extinction. We believe that the choice is ours. We hope that we choose, not just with information, not just with knowledge, but with wisdom.” In his presentation, Dr. Jadad will share with the audience provocative ideas about the opportunities and perils of our exponential rate of technological development, inviting us to reflect about our role in determining our future as a species.
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