Jun 22 2016
Juan Enriquez
Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy
Juan Enriquez is recognised as one of the world’s leading authorities on the economic and political impacts of life sciences. The Harvard Business Review showcased his ideas as one of the breakthrough concepts in its first HBR List. Fortune profiled him as “Mr. Gene” and Time asked him to co-organize the life sciences summit commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of DNA.
“Shaped our Identity, our Culture, and the World as we know it.”
Juan previously served as CEO of Mexico City’s Urban Development Corporation, coordinator general of economic policy and chief of staff for Mexico’s Secretary of State. He currently serves on a variety of boards including Cabot Microelectronics, The Center for the Advancement of Genomics, The Harvard Medical School Genetics Advisory Council, The USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology Group, The Chairman’s International Council of the America’s Society and amongst others. [/expand]
Enriquez offers audiences the real reasons why gene research is the single most important driver of new computers and software systems, why cosmetics companies are hiring molecular biologists, why energy companies are thinking about very different ways to generate renewable fuels, and how seed companies have become information-processing companies. [/expand]
In his keynotes Juan skilfully puts audiences face to face with a series of unprecedented political, ethical, economic, and financial issues, dramatically demonstrating the cascading impact of the genetic, digital, and knowledge revolutions on our lives.[/expand]
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