Women’s Health
AI & Innovation Forum
by MIT Media Lab and Seneca Women
On October 24, 2023, MIT Media Lab and Seneca Women hosted the Women’s Health, AI & Innovation Forum. The event featured conversations with renowned women scientists from the MIT Media Lab and provided an inside look at the breakthroughs in technology and AI that are transforming the future of women’s health and impacting lives around the world.
The Forum was co-hosted by Dava Newman, Director of the MIT Media Lab, and Kim Azzarelli, co-founder of Seneca Women and Executive-in-Residence at the MIT Media Lab.
Forum Topics and Speakers from the MIT Media Lab
The Future of Women’s Health
Dava Newman, Director, MIT Media Lab, Apollo Professor of Astronautics
Wearables That Save Lives
Canan Dagdeviren, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; LG Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Making the Planet Healthier
Danielle Wood, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Assistant Professor (Joint) of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Making Computers More Human and Health Care More Humane
Rosalind W. Picard, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Co-Director, Advancing Wellbeing Initiative
The Tiny Machines That Could End Human Disease
Deblina Sarkar, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; AT&T Career Development Professor