The Disruptors Future Snippets

Jack Horner (@dustydino) is one of the best-known paleontologists in the world, the inspiration for (and advisor of the Jurassic Park films and Dr. Alan Grant and discovered and named Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. His research is now focused on reactivating dormant dinosaur DNA in birds to hatch modern-day dinosaurs. Horner’s face is familiar to millions from his appearances in many television documentaries about dinosaurs.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/115-the-scientist-behind-and-inspiration-of-jurassic-park-whos-also-birthing-a-dino-chicken-jack-horner/

Richard Whitt (@richardswhitt) is an 11-year vet of Google, corporate strategist, technology policy attorney and founder of GLIAnet, an organization, and foundation looking to upend existing surveillance capitalism paradigm with a user-owned and controlled data system. Richard is Fellow in Residence with the Mozilla Foundation, a Senior Fellow with Georgetown Institute for Technology Law and Policy and advises companies on the complex governance challenges at the intersection of the market, technology, and policy systems. As Google’s corporate director for strategic initiatives, he worked on policy and ethical issues related to IoT, machine learning, broadband connectivity, net neutrality, digital preservation, and other emerging technologies and negotiated with the Cuban government to build the country’s first free public WiFi hotspot for Internet access. From 2012 to 2014, Richard was chosen by Google management as the Corporate Vice President and Global Head of Public Policy at newly-acquired Motorola Mobility.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/117-breaking-up-big-tech-internet-ethics-and-risks-of-trumps-trade-war-richard-whitt/

Dan Gartenberg (@dangartenberg) aka Dr. Snooze, is a sleep scientist, TED resident and the co-founder and CEO of Sonic Sleep and also an adjunct assistant professor at Penn State University. With expertise in psychology, AI, sleep and health, he’s dedicated his life to improving the quality (and quantity of sleep) for the billions of individuals worldwide interesting in feeling and performing better.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/116-sleeping-your-way-to-superhuman-lifespan-before-we-become-cyborgs-dan-gartenberg/

Pierre Barreau (@aivatechnology) is an entrepreneur, computer scientist, composer and director and the CEO of AIVA, an artificial intelligence that composes incredibly emotional and beautiful music and soundtracks. He was nominated for a Gold Panda Award in the “Best Director” category when he was 15 years old for a four-film documentary series, One Night in the Cosmos and gave a very popular TED Talk in 2018.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: ( https://disruptors.fm/127-ai-created-hans-zimmer-compositions-deep-fakes-the-future-of-art-pierre-barreau/

Michele Romanow (@micheleromanow) is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, the youngest Dragon on Canada’s famed Dragon’s Den and one of the most badass women in tech. Before that, she co-founded SnapSaves (acquired by Groupon in 11 months), Buytopia.ca and Clearbanc (a transformational funding company to help startups avoid giving up equity). Michele is ranked on WXN’s “100 Most Powerful in Canada” and listed as the only Canadian on Forbes magazine’s “Millennial on a Mission” list. Michele is a prolific angel investor and the winner of Angel Investor of the Year award. She co-founded the Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative with Richard Branson to encourage entrepreneurship and is a director of Shad International, a transformational program that develops the entrepreneurial potential of exceptional Canadian youth.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/118-the-youngest-dragons-den-investor-on-future-of-ecommerce-and-entrepreneurship-michele-romanow/

Mark Diesendorf (@markdiesendorf) teaches, researches and consults in the interdisciplinary fields of sustainability & energy, energy policy, urban transport, ecological economics, and practical sustainability Prior to joining the Institute of Environmental Studies, UNSW Australia, he's been a Principal Researcher and lecturer at various higher institutions.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/119-sustainability-to-save-ourselves-from-climate-change-automation-and-nuclear-war-mark-diesendorf/

Frans von der Dunk is a Professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Director of Black Holes Consultancy, and is generally recognized as one of the world’s leading space law experts. Franz has served as an adviser to a number of governments, the European Commission, ESA, the United Nations, the OECD, various national space agencies, the Association of Space Explorers, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and a number of companies. He is Director Public Relations of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Member of the Board of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), and Member for the Netherlands in the International Law Association’s (ILA) Committee on Space Law. He is also Member of the Intern

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/123-space-law-piracy-profit-and-militarization-in-age-of-star-wars-frans-von-der-dunk/

Erika Hamden (@erikahamden) is an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona and Steward Observatory and leads the team building FIREBall, a telescope that hangs from a giant balloon at the very edge of space and looks for clues about how stars are created. She’s a 2019 TED fellow and her research focuses on developing ultraviolet (UV) detector technology, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV/VIS) instrumentation and spectroscopy, and galaxy evolution.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/124-how-astrophysicists-understand-our-origins-and-search-for-alien-life-while-building-a-better-world-for-all-of-us-erika-hamden/

Arthur Holland Michel (@writeauthor) is a writer and researcher focused on drones, surveillance, artificial intelligence, robots, the arts, immigration, and movies for topnotch publications like Wired, Vice, The Verge, Fast Company, Motherboard, Al Jazeera America, U.S. News and more. Arthur’s the author of EYES IN THE SKY, about the rise of advanced aerial surveillance technology and is the founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, a research institute at Bard College in New York State.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/121-eyes-in-the-sky-surveillance-drone-warfare-and-the-future-of-freedom-arthur-holland-michel/

Karen Lloyd (@archaearama) is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee and lead of the Lloyd Lab. She’s a deep subsurface microbiologist investigating novel types of microbes in Earth’s deep surface biosphere, collecting them from remote places such as Arctic fjords, volcanoes in Costa Rica and even deep in a mud near the Mariana Trench to explore how these little critters affect the environments on a micro and macro scale. I’m guessing this research will have major impacts on our knowledge of life in extreme conditions and implications for humanity living off Earth, fighting climate change and much more…

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/122-a-whole-new-unexplored-world-under-the-sea-karen-lloyd/