Panel
MI Summit 2013 - London: Disruptors, Innovators and Entrepreneurs
- McLaren Applied Technology plans to expand operations into the East and West coasts of America and strengthen its Asian presence in the near future, seeking to identify pioneers and visionaries who aim to raise performance limits.
- Ryan Kavanaugh intends to launch a new initiative at MIPCOM in a couple of days to disrupt the traditional media distribution model, anticipating negative reactions from studios and networks, while predicting that innovation will decline if governments dominate society and populations become complacent.
- Saad Mohseni projects that political and religious establishments will continue to pose physical threats, including assassination attempts and detentions, in the short term, but anticipates the Iraqi advertising market will grow from $200 million to $1 billion.
- The Gates Foundation aims to eradicate polio by 2018, emphasizing that building local intelligence capabilities is critical to success, while acknowledging that security and privacy concerns regarding drone-like surveillance of workers present significant pitfalls.
- Nancy Liu expects her polymer technology to enable heat stabilization of protein-based liquid vaccines, eliminating the need for refrigeration, and anticipates that consumers will eventually accept camera-based data collection on digital billboards after a gradual transition.
- Joe Sorrell predicts that advanced sequencing technology will facilitate crops resistant to diseases and climate change, and foresees a shift in European philanthropy toward venture-like, high-risk R&D investment alongside potential government seed funding for university incubation of new firms.
- Nancy Liu plans to continue securing funds through grants and awards rather than private investment, though she notes a specific investor could achieve a 100x return within the next three years, and expects meta products with sensors to revolutionize medical delivery.
- Joe Sorrell asserts that engaging with communities will increasingly benefit corporate bottom lines in emerging markets and predicts a new wave of accountability where citizens in developing countries hold governments responsible for health and agriculture spending.
- Nancy Liu foresees that pervasive data collection and machine learning will generate predictive intelligence capable of warning of health issues before symptoms manifest, while also anticipating that investing in young entrepreneurs will yield significant growth and the next major tech success story.
- Saad Mohseni believes changing entitlement in Southern European countries will require a generation, while Joe Sorrell acknowledges current US system inflexibility regarding advanced market commitment mechanisms and guarantees for product development.
- Nancy Liu expresses a willingness to accept personal risks due to a lack of family obligations, contrasting this with the general view that young entrepreneurs are essential for future innovation, and hopes to eventually install water pumps in her grandparents' homes as a measure of infrastructure success.