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Engineering a Better World I IET@150 EngTalk Auckland

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  • Duration: 2 hrs 23 mins
  • Publication date: 18 Nov 2021
  • Part of series IET 150 Show

Abstract

Join some of New Zealand’s best companies for a look at the role of engineering and science in healthcare.

In the first session we will walk you through technical advances in healthcare, starting from the application of AI in the NZ mental healthcare space, through to the role that AI-driven Digital People can play in delivering positive health outcomes. 

To continue to solve the challenges facing the world we need to engage and inspire young people to a STEM pathway, in our second session you will hear from an early career #DifferenceMaker who has combined a passion for yachting with engineering.  

Will you help us Engineer a better world?

Keywords:
  • Engineering a Better World
  • IET@150 EngTalk Auckland
  • application of AI in the NZ mental healthcare space
  • engineering and science in healthcare
  • positive health outcomes
  • technical advances in healthcare

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  • James Gower

    James Gower

    Soul Machines, Business Development Associate

    James Gower leads commercial business development in Australia and New Zealand for Soul Machines. A world leading A.I research organisation focused on accelerating the collaboration of humans and machines. Soul Machines make astonishing, autonomously animated Digital People to empathetically enable the democratisation of healthcare globally. Partnering with a large spectrum of innovative leaders and organisations, Soul Machines is helping retain human-like empathy in digital engagement with patients, customers, and employees. James studied Law and Finance, and has a background in consulting. He has worked collaboratively with organisations across both the public and private sector to help solve problems, support technology enablement, and strategise for the future. More recently, based in London, he has helped a VC-backed technology company focused on behavioural change in the legal market scale into Europe and the USA. After returning to New Zealand, James joined Soul Machines to work collaboratively with organisations on delivering transformative change with their Digital People. In his spare time, James trains with and supports the New Zealand Army Reserve as an Infantry Officer.
  • Elise Beavis

    Elise Beavis

    Emirates Team New Zealand, Performance Engineer

    Having sailed since age 9, Elise saw studying engineering as a pathway to combine her love of sailing with her interest in maths and physics. She was accepted into the accelerated pathway and graduated with first class honours. The week after finishing her final engineering science exam, Elise started working at Emirates Team New Zealand. During the 35th America’s Cup, as the youngest full time employee, she worked in a number of areas including aerodynamics and designing 3D printed components. Since winning the cup in Bermuda Elise was involved in the development of the new AC75 class. That involved setting up modelling the various options for testing in the simulator. After the concept was selected the class rule was written to limit the scope of development and to ensure relatively similar performance between boats whilst having plenty of development opportunities. Again she was involved in the aerodynamics and 3D modelling at the start of the campaign but transitioned into focusing on simulation, performance prediction and analysis during AC36.
  • Dr Angela Lim

    Dr Angela Lim

    Clearhead, CEO & Co-Founder

    Dr. Angela Lim is CEO and co-founder of Clearhead. Clearhead is an online platform for mental health and wellbeing. Essentially, Clearhead is using A.I to build a digital therapist that aims to improve access and personalisation of care by providing choice, convenience and control to the consumer. She is a paediatric trainee at Starship Hospital, passionate about tackling inequality and has taken a break from clinical practice in order to focus on developing scalable innovative solutions in health. She believes that technology has the potential to deliver the transformative change required to improve health outcomes and hopes Clearhead will serve as an example of best practice implemented at scale.She has been involved in multiple research projects including during her sabbatical at the Harvard School of Public Health with Professor Kawachi, which resulted in a publication in the Journal Epidemiology and Infection. Her leadership has been widely recognised and she was a Finalist in the 2017 Young New Zealander of the Year award.
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