Keynote: Dr Jordan Nguyen | Health and Medical AI, Innovation, and the Future

Thursday, November 21, 2024
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Riverside Theatre

Details

Video available until 2 January 2025 Presentation outline: In this exciting talk, Dr Jordan Nguyen, world-renowned biomedical and AI engineer, inventor, TV documentary presenter and author of A HUMAN'S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE - will bring you into his world of adventure, experiencing big technological advancements across the globe in science and intelligent technology.
From inclusive technologies for disability and aged care in his social business Psykinetic to what he's experienced around the world through his documentaries on ABC and Discovery Channel - this session will take you on a journey through some of the most exciting innovations of our time that GPs should know about... and even what comes next


Speaker

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Dr Jordan Nguyen

Health and Medical AI, Innovation, and the Future 

Biography

Dr Jordan Nguyen is a leading Australian engineer, inventor and innovator, committed to improving as many lives as possible, and becoming a driving force behind both human and technological evolution as we move into the future.

An internationally renowned engineer for humanity, Jordan designs life-changing technologies to transform the lives of people with disabilities and the elderly through his role as founder of Psykinetic, a social business committed to bringing positive, sustainable and life-altering change. He also shares his adventures through documentaries across the world. Inspired by human endeavour, Jordan has big ambitions to see our world step consciously and creatively into a better future.

Jordan is Founder and CEO of Psykinetic, a social business creating futuristic, inclusive and empowering technologies to improve independence and quality of life for disability, aged care and beyond. Dr Jordan and his team have successfully created a mind-controlled wheelchair, numerous Virtual and Augmented reality applications, inclusive gaming, an instrument that enabled a friend with cerebral palsy to perform live music with her eye movements and blinks, and devices that make it possible to control household appliances or even drive cars using only the tiny electrical signals created from eye movements.

Author of the book 'A Human's Guide to the Future', Jordan is also an award-winning documentary maker and presenter. In 2016 he collaborated with the Australian-based production company, The Feds, and the ABC Catalyst to create and present his first TV documentary Becoming Superhuman, which went on to win many prestigious awards both locally and internationally. His work is regularly featured in the media. He has since gone on to present a second ABC Catalyst documentary Meet The Avatars exploring the impacts of Virtual Reality, including creating virtual interactive avatars to preserve memories of loved ones. He has also presented numerous documentaries with Discovery Channel and National Geographic including Frontiers of Science, Smart China Start-up Revolutions, Vietnam: Connecting East Africa, and Tibet: Living On The Roof Of The World. He recently founded his own media company and aims to continue creating world-changing content on the intersection between technology and humanity.

Jordan is a passionate ambassador for STEAM education, adaptable mindsets and big-picture thinking, and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, First-Class Honours, Diploma in Engineering Practice, and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Chancellors List) from the University of Technology Sydney. He has taught university engineering masters students and overseen PhDs in Artificial Intelligence design and Biomedical instrumentation and has supervised many more research students. He believes our young generations are the change-makers of tomorrow and has the potential to create solutions to the world's greatest challenges.

In November 2022, the Dr Jordan Nguyen Innovation Centre at Baulkham Hills North Public School was officially opened - named by the school's students. Jordan was a finalist for NSW in Australian of the Year in 2017, and a finalist in the AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce) awards for Artificial Intelligence. He was named in the six Harper's BAZAAR Visionary Men of 2019, has made the list of Australia's Most Innovative Engineers by Create Magazine, was named twice in Onalyticas Top 100 Global Influencers on Virtual Reality, travelled on a Think Inc tour with Steve Wozniak, won the Australian Computer Society's (ACS) ˜ICT Professional of the Year Digital Disruptors Award, and has had the honour of being MC for An Evening With President Barack Obama on his last visit to Sydney.
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Dr Ramya Raman
General Practitioner & Chair RACGP WA
RACGP

Session chair

Biography

Dr Ramya Raman is a  specialist general practitioner and Director of The Garden Family Medical Clinic (Piara Waters) in Perth, WA, with a focus on women’s and children’s health, especially perinatal wellbeing. She received the 2020 Aspire Award to present her postnatal recovery research at WONCA Asia Pacific. As Discipline Head of General Practice at The University of Notre Dame’s School of Medicine, Fremantle, she promotes GP training and education. She has also served as a clinical supervisor and examiner for RACGP. Ramya has published research in peer-reviewed journals and was RACGP WA’s 2020 GP of the Year. Currently, Ramya is the Chair of RACGP WA, she was also selected as a delegate for the Australian Indian Youth Dialogue in 2023, a McKinsey Raising Leaders Forum scholar in 2022, and awarded the 2024 AMA WA Advocate of the Year.
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