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Episode Title:  🇸🇬 A City in Nature - Sustainable Tourism🇸🇬

In this #HTHospitalitySeries episode of Heads Talk, I talk with Huey Hong Ong, CSO Singapore Tourism Board. Singapore is on my list to visit in the near future and it was a delight to talk with Huey Hong about the work they are doing there to ensure they lead on sustainable travel. 

Singapore has been certified as a sustainable destination based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)'s Destination Criteria. 

The country is the first to apply for the certification process on a country level, and the GSTC was established in 2010 with the support of the United Nations Foundation and UN Environment Programme.

I have been reliably informed that the images I see on videos and in pictures are exactly how things are in this country - a city in nature!

Topics Covered:

◽️ Singapore’s USP
◽️ GSTC Certification
◽️ Sustainable Travel and Tourism
◽️ Sustainable Partners
◽️ The Road Ahead

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Further Info as mentioned in the episode

1. Time.com "Greening Singapore"
2. SingapoRewards

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Episode Title:-🇨🇭#IneedSwitzerland Part 2🇨🇭

It’s summer and holidays are around the corner. What better way to kickstart this than with interviews of Country Executive CSuites in the Tourism industry for this mini #HTHospitalitySeries.  

First of we have André Hefti, Chief Marketing Officer and a Member of the Management Board for Switzerland Tourism - Switzerland's Official National Tourism Organisation.

We talked about the very successful marketing campaign #IneedSwitzerland as well as the work that he and his team are doing around sustainable goals and needs. 

Andre is an astute seasoned marketing executive and is responsible for the Organisation’s Global Marketing Strategy and Brand Building, through the development of International Campaigns and Partnering with Relevant Bodies for Commercial Success.

In his role as Chief Marketing Officer, since 2018, he and his team have significantly shaped the marketing of the destination Switzerland over the past 5 years and received numerous accolades for internationally recognised campaigns. Under his leadership, the small destination of Switzerland has attracted worldwide attention and you literally have to be living under a rock, if you’ve not seen one of their recent Ads.

Topics Covered:

◽️ Current Ad Campaign featuring Roger Federer and Trevor Noah
◽️ Roger Federer the Ambassador
◽️ Tourism
◽️ Swisstainable Project
◽️ Marketing in 2023 and beyond (Intro to AI) 
◽️ Hospitality Sector Post Pandemic
◽️The Next Campaign?? 

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Episode Title:- 🇬🇧Candid Politics🇬🇧

My guest today,  the formidable Jess Phillips MP Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence & Safeguarding, House of Commons UK, talked candidly about her thoughts on the state of politics today. She did not pull any punches and this is a must listen to episode of HeadsTalk. 

The insightful stories,  the behind the scenes commentary. Jess was on fire and I was captivated by the content. We talked about Jess’s new book - The Life of an MP: Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics. Link in the show notes and comments. She shared some of the interesting goings on in politics today, thoughts about some of the more known individuals in this space; and her theory as to why in 2023 we have had no labour female leaders, never mind Prime Minister.

Topics Covered:
◽️Jess’s view on MPs Past & Present
◽️Cost of Living Crisis
◽️Solutions for Domestic Violence 
◽️Government Track Record
◽️Public Sector Workers & The Picket Line
◽️Women’s Economic Empowerment

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Episode Title:- 🇺🇸Future of Intelligent Computing🇺🇸

What better way to conclude this #HTNeurotechSeries 2023 on Heads Talk than to end as we began - with Numenta. Today, I have Subutai Ahmad, CEO Numenta to talk about all things to do with Intelligent Computing. 

Subutai has previously served as Vice President Engineering at Yes Video, Inc. where he helped grow the company from a 3-person start-up to a  Leader in automated digital media authoring.  

In 1997, Subutai co-founded ePlanet Interactive - a spin-off from Interval Research. ePlanet developed the IntelPlay Me2Cam - the first Computer Vision product developed for consumers. He has served as a key researcher at Interval Research.

This was a great conversation and conclusion to a most enjoyable series.  Subutai talked passionately about the work he and his team are doing.

Topics Covered:
◽️ Relationship Between Neuroscience and AI
◽️ Commercialisation of a Neuroscience Research Lab
◽️ Computational Intelligence (CI)
◽️ Quantum Advanced Intelligence (QAI)
◽️ Deep Learning Systems
◽️ True Machine Intelligence

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Episode Title:- 🇺🇸BCI Regulation, Military Application et al🇺🇸

On this #HTNeurotechSeries episode of Heads Talk, I am joined by Tim Marler, Professor and a Senior Research Engineer at RAND Corporation.  

He is a co-founder and co-lead for the RAND Biological Technologies' Emerging Challenges Group and the RAND Health Biotechnology and BioEconomy Strategy Group. 

Currently, Tim serves on the Department of Commerce's Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee within the Bureau of Industry and Security.

The President of Virtual Systems Engineering, his work focuses on software for Analysing Circuit Cards, and he is the Chief Research Officer of SantosHuman Inc., which focuses on software for Digital Human Modelling. 

Once again with the NeurotechSeries, we could have easily spent a good 2 hours just talking about the military aspect and use of BCIs in this episode. Tim provided me with a view of BCIs in combat, in war engagement and you get  a glimpse of operations going forward. Fascinating! 

We also talked about the various industry sectors and how they will benefit from BCIs, starting with the medical and health sector. 

A lot of innovative ideas were shared. So another good episode to listen to. 

Topics Covered:
◽️ Types of BCIs
◽️ BCI Application in the Military
◽️ Commercial Application of BCI
◽️ BCI Regulation: The Obstacles and Maturity Level
◽️ Privacy and Laws
◽️ International Agreements and Considerations
◽️ Are we ready for 'this type' of Neurotechnology

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Tim's Mentioned Articles:

• https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2996.html
•  https://www.rand.org/blog/articles/2020/08/brain-computer-interfaces-are-coming-will-we-be-ready.html 
• https://www.rand.org/blog/2021/01/now-could-be-the-time-to-form-policy-for-emerging-brain.html
• https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/02/brain-and-machine-confluence-requires-multi-sectoral.html

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Episode Title:- 🇺🇸The Sixth Domain of Warfare: The Battle for Cognitive Liberty🇺🇸

This is a 'not to be missed' 150th episode of Heads Talk for the #HTNeurotechSeries. We have the incredible Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, the Founding Director of Duke Science & Society, the Faculty Chair of the Duke MA in Bioethics & Science Policy, and principal investigator of SLAP Lab.  She is the Author of the must read book: The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.  I really enjoyed our conversation, which could have gone on for another hour or so. Brilliant content. 

 Topics Covered:

◽️ Cognitive Warfare
◽️ Cognitive Liberty
◽️ Neuroscience Impact on the Justice System
◽️ Neuromarketing
◽️ Brain Data Rights
◽️ The Different Hats of Nita: Philosophical Nita, Legal Nita
◽️ Who has access to your brain data
◽️ Havana Syndrome
◽️ Normalisation of Surveillance
◽️ 1984
◽️ Rethink Compulsory Education

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Episode Title:  🇺🇸 The Restoration of Lost Function - Biomedical Engineering, BMI & Neuroprosthetics🇺🇸

I had such an enlightening conversation with my guest today on the #HTNeurotechSeries on Heads Talk.  Despite the fact that during the recording, I had a throbbing headache,  Professor Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye,  Case Western Reserve University, kept me engaged in the incredible work he and his team are doing.  Not surprised by the many accolades received. 

Prof. Ajiboye's main research interest is in the development and control of BMI Neuroprosthetic technologies for restoring function to individuals who have experienced severely debilitating injuries to the nervous system, such as spinal cord injury and stroke. 

The end goal of his research is to develop BMI systems that allow for more natural interactions with one’s surrounding environment, and more natural control of assistive technologies, such as artificial limbs and functional electrical stimulation (FES) based systems.
 
Topics Covered:

◽️ Neuroprosethic Today and Tomorrow
◽️ FES - Functional Electrical Stimulation based systems
◽️ Neuromodulation
◽️ The Engineering Behind it all
◽️ Work with Veterans
◽️ New Developments in Speech
◽️ I Am Human Documentary 

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Episode Title:- 🇺🇸The Apple of Hearing Aids - Audio Edge Intelligence🇺🇸
 
I enjoyed this episode. Listening to it again in order to write this paragraph, it just reconfirmed to me what a great conversation this was for the #HTNeurotechSeries on  Heads Talk. You need to watch what these guys are doing and how they are reimagining hearing devices. Remember when the first Apple iPhone came out, well this is that moment in the Hearing device world. My guest and his team are changing the way we see and use this device, making it more than its initial intended use. In fact, those that do not have impaired hearing will be using it to enhance their hearing  beyond the level of a human. Now do you understand what I'm talking about?  Some would argue that the smartphone has made humans less intelligent, whereas this device will enhance cognition.

I absolutely love when something that is not on your radar just enters into your space. This is it. I was wowed by the work that my guest is doing for those who are audio impaired, but I would most definitely call it Hearing Aid+ and you will understand why when you listen to this episode.  In fact, I grappled with the title of this episode and switched between ‘The Neuroscience of Hearing’, ‘Reimagined the Hearing Device’, ‘Deep Neural Network’, ‘AI and Smart Hearing Tech’ to then settle on the title above. 

Achin Bhowmik, the EVP and CTO of Starkey, is also an Adjunct  Professor of Neuroscience for @Stanford University.  He has won many Scientific and Technology based awards & has been named in the top 10 CTOs of 2022. You need to look at the list to understand what an achievement that is. 

This was a 'buckle up, listen and learn’ episode and he brought audio edge intelligence to the fore. I can't emphasise enough what a great insightful conversation this was. You will be amazed. Guaranteed!
 
 Topics Covered:

◽️ Cutting Edge In-Ear Devices
◽️ Genesis AI
◽️ Sound Classification with Algorithms & Advanced ML
◽️ Audio Edge Technology
◽️ Deep Neural Network
◽️ Multipurpose Device
◽️ Frontiers in Neuroscience
◽️Augmenting Auditory Perception
◽️ AI & Embedded Sensors
◽️ Transhumanism 

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Episode Title:  🇳🇱 Next Level Neuromarketing🇳🇱

In this episode of #HTNeurotechSeries on  HeadsTalk we have Aragorn Meulendijiks, CMO, Strategic Advisor and Founder of ItsMrMetaverse.com. 

The thing that I love about talking to Aragorn is that our conversations always dart off into fascinating corners, ideas, ideals and foreboding scenarios! We eventually get back on topic, but that is the joy of talking to Aragorn.

You will find this conversation interesting. While the main theme is about Neuromarketing today, some of the things discussed will make you think about neuromarketing and capitalism, if you like, of tomorrow. What if we all are able to read and understand what each other’s thinking about? What will be the societal impact? What if Tech becomes bigger and more powerful than governments? These are some of the unexpected turns and Aragorn really makes this episode a must listen to.  You will know why I’m happy to have him on Heads Talk time and time again.

Incidentally, he requested that the main body of his introduction is kept as is despite the laughs. Have a listen! 

Topics Covered:

◽️ Neuromarketing: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
◽️ Consumer Neuroscience 
◽️ Physiological and Neural Signals
◽️ Neuroscience and AI in the Metaverse
◽️ What can Apps really do in biometric and with brain signals
◽️ Destabilisation: Lack of Regulations and Laws
◽️ The Privacy Debate
◽️ Unintended Consequences
◽️ Will Big Pharma Change Forever

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Aragorn's It's Mr Metaverse Company
Aragorn's Retail Series Episode here. 🇳🇱The Metaverse is Mine!🇳🇱

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Episode Title:- 🇬🇧Genomics and Neurogenomics🇬🇧

In this #HTNeurotechSeries of HeadsTalk , I am joined by Avi Lasarow, the immediate past CEO of Prenetics and the CEO of DNAfit. He is a successful serial entrepreneur who succeeded in pivoting the business to $100million during the pandemic, and played a crucial role in getting Britain back to work, travel and play.

An inspirational leader, he has dedicated over a quarter of his life in the relentless pursuit of science and technological innovation and has been “driven to pioneer and humanise DNA science that, for so long, has been unreachable, unexplainable and unfordable”. 

Avi now helps everyone from consumers to elite sportspeople to understand how their DNA affects their response to fitness and nutrition changes. He created the global brand DNAfit, scaling it to a £20 million business with zero funding, and Avi is the CEO International for the world's most comprehensive DNA test - CircleDNA.

Topics Covered:  

◽️ Personalised Treatment and Cures
◽️ DNA Testing and Understanding
◽️ Building Biobanks 
◽️ Genomics & Neurogenomics
◽️ Social Impact in Business
◽️ Neurotechnology Potential 

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