The Landmark Ideas Series is an event series led by CHIP that features thought-leaders across health care, informatics, IT, science, astrophysics, and more. It is a unique nexus of ideas and concepts with intentionally curated speakers and topics. The Landmark Ideas Series features those who have changed and continues to change the course of history.
Speaker: W. Ian Lipkin, MD, Renowned virus hunter and Director for the Center of Infection and Immunity at Columbia University at
Date: October 5, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Title: Small Game Hunting
Speaker: Rick Berke, Co-Founder & Executive Editor at STAT
Date: November 16, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk details will be forthcoming.
Speaker: Thom Mayer, Medical Director at NFL Players Association
Date: December 7, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk details will be forthcoming.
Speaker: Mollyann Brodie, PhD, Director of Public Opinion and Survey Research Program at Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: January 29, 2024 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk details will be forthcoming.
Speaker: Toby Cosgrove, MD, Former CEO and current Executive Advisor at Cleveland Clinic
Date: February 12, 2024 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk details will be forthcoming.
Speaker: Robert Langer, ScD, Co-founder at Moderna
Date: September 7, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Talk Title: From nanotechnology to mRNA vaccines: How overcoming skepticism and barriers led to new cancer treatments and ways to tackle a global health challenge
Speaker: Alex Wiltschko, PhD, CEO of Osmo, and an entrepreneur in residence at GV
Date: June 15, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Title: The Cognitive Revolution: Entering an Era of Automating Both Muscles and Minds.
Speaker: Karen Copenhaver, Legal Counsel at The Linux Foundation at
Date: May 1, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Using Licensing to Maximize Innovation in The Open Source Software Ecosystem.
Speaker: Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, at CEO at Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Former Director, CDC
Date: April 3, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Title: Building Pandemic Resilience through Disruptive Public Health Innovation.
Speaker: Ran Bailcer, MD, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer at Clalit Health Services
Date: March 9, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Title: AI in healthcare: Dreams, hallucinations, and useful practices.
Speaker: Allan Brandt, PhD, Leading Historian of Medicine and Science. University Professor at Harvard University at Harvard University
Date: February 9, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Title: Enduring Stigma: Historical Perspectives on Disease Meanings and Their Impacts.
Speaker: Rich Miner, PhD , Android Co-founder; Co-founder at GV
Date: January 12, 2023 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Dr. Mandl and Dr. Miner had a fireside chat.
Speaker: Ray Kurzweil, Inventor and Futurist at Google and Kurzweil AI
Date: December 5, 2022 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Topic: Rewriting Biology with Artificial Intelligence.
Speaker: Mihaela van der Schaar, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine at the University of Cambridge
Date: October 3, 2022 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Topic: Machine Learning and Revolutionizing Healthcare.
Speaker: Derrick Rossi, PhD, at Harvard Medical School
Date: September 19, 2022 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Talk Title: Stem Cell Science and the Genesis of New Therapeutic Strategies for Patients.
