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Beyond Innovation Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2018 - 2019
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Sat, Nov 10, 2018
The Internet-of-Things connects everything, nanotechnology heals damaged brains and a venture capitalist spots medical breakthroughs. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with David Hanson, the pioneering roboticist behind some of the most realistic humanoid robots on the market. Featured Guests include Philip Chang (Co-Founder and General Manager Asia-Pacific, Ayla Networks), Cathy Lui (Co-Founder, OPER Technology), Albert Wong (Chief Executive Offer, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks), Bob Nelsen (Co-Founder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners) and David Hanson (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hanson Robotics).
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Sat, Nov 17, 2018
A computer algorithm predicts ad popularity, China embraces blockchain technology and AI chat-bots offer top-notch customer care. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with a media startup turning to technology to solve the journalism crisis. Featured guests include Raymond Yip (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Clickful), Edith Yeung (Partner, 500 Mobile Collective), Renee Wang (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Castbox), Matthew Iles (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Civil) and Gerardo Salandra (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RocketBots).
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Sat, Nov 24, 2018
An AI learns to speak like a human, founders take their visions abroad and a Nobel institution pushes medical boundaries. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with a cryptocurrency firm making it possible for poorer nations to transact. Featured guests include Dr. Miles Wen (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fano Labs), Pang Lee (Partner, Cooley LLP), William Chu (Partner, SparkLabs Global Ventures), Elizabeth Rossiello (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BitPesa) and Ronald Li (Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet).
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
Sat, Dec 1, 2018
A startup makes insurance a snap, entrepreneurs go globetrotting and a software platform democratizes design. Plus, Anthony and Michael explore a way to make money from playing video games. Featured guests include Eddie Chang (Chief Executive Officer, Wesurance), Matthieu Bodin (Regional Manager of Greater China for Startup Programs, Techstars), Aldrich Huang (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, UXTesting), Cameron Adams (Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Canva) and Paul Lindsell (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Quazard).
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
Sat, Dec 8, 2018
A digital bank eliminates branches, an algorithm learns your shopping habits and a robot trains to save lives. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with the man investing Snoop Dogg's money. Featured guests include Anne Boden (Chief Executive Officer, Starling Bank), Paris Petgrave (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, We Love Work), Jessi Baker (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Provenance), Karan Wadhera (Managing Partner, Casa Verde Capital) and Dr. Alex Allan (Co-Founder and CTO, Kortical).
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
Sat, Dec 15, 2018
An autonomous car finds its way around, video advertising becomes cheap and effective and AI prices the cost of hacks. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with a startup that wants to pay students for getting good grades. Featured guests include Stan Boland (Chief Executive Officer, FiveAI), Emily Forbes (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seenit), Dan Betts (Head of Strategy, Spark Lab), Anas Adhami (Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge.io) and Ryan Jones (Chief Executive Officer, ThreatInformer).
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
Sat, Jan 5, 2019
An algorithm makes insurance firms smarter, AI and blockchain join forces and the future of cryptocurrencies becomes clearer. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with the startup making it virtually impossible to hack into sensitive infrastructure. Featured guests include Richard Hartley (Co-Founder and CEO, Cytora), Ben Brabyn (Head, Level39), Federico Rocchi (Co-Founder and Chairman, London Blockchain Labs), Duncan Greatwood (CEO, Xage Security) and Malcolm Pallé (Co-Founder and Chairman, Coinsilium).
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
Sat, Jan 12, 2019
Blockchain gives the smart grid a jolt, an AI spots imposters and an algorithm optimizes insurance coverage. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with the entrepreneur pioneering a friendlier alternative to Facebook. Featured guests include Paul Massara (CEO, Electron), Eamon Jubbawy (Co-Founder, Onfido), Poppy Gustafsson (Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Darktrace), Joel Hernández (Founder, Openbook) and Phoebe Hugh (Founder and CEO, Brolly).
Episode 9
Episode #1.9
Sat, Jan 19, 2019
A venture capitalist bets big on cryptocurrency, a realistic robot mimics medical patients and a special pesticide saves bumble bees. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with NBA star Jeremy Lin about a smartphone app that's the perfect basketball coach. Featured guests include Dan Morehead (Founder and CEO, Pantera Capital), Drew Green (CEO, INDOCHINO), Michael Brand (Founder and CEO, Dor Technologies), Jeremy Lin (Point Guard, Atlanta Hawks) and Alex Holub (Co-Founder and CEO, Vidora).
Episode 10
Episode #1.10
Sat, Jan 26, 2019
A software platform unifies disparate data, a thousand drones set a world record and a healthcare startup helps reverse diabetes. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with astronaut Scott Kelly about what it will take to put humans on Mars. Featured guests include Girish Pancha (Co-Founder and CEO, StreamSets), Mark Palatucci (Co-Founder, Head of Cloud AI and Machine Learning, Anki), Andra Keay (Managing Director, Silicon Valley Robotics), Scott Kelly (Astronaut, NASA) and Sami Inkinen (Founder and CEO, Virta Health).
Episode 11
Episode #1.11
Sat, Feb 2, 2019
A patient moves a prosthetic limb with his thoughts, a personal submarine dives to the ocean's depths and a venture capitalist finds genius outside Silicon Valley. Plus, Michael speaks with a company launching a flying taxi service. Featured guests include Ajay Royan (Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Mithril Capital Management), Dr. Thomas Sawyer (Chief Operating Officer, Cognetivity Neurosciences), Dr. Michelle Longmire (Co-Founder and CEO, Medable), Mark Groden (CEO, SkyRyse) and Anthony Goldbloom (Co-Founder and CEO, Kaggle).
Episode 12
Episode #1.12
Sat, Feb 9, 2019
An algorithm designs the perfect website, an exoskeleton puts a spring in your step and a scanner sees inside your food. Plus, the entrepreneur who invented the mouse reveals his next big idea. Featured guests include Babak Hodjat (Co-Founder and CEO, Sentient Technologies), Sean Walsh (CEO, HyperBlock), Steve Cerveny (Founder and CEO, Kaleido), Abi Ramanan (Co-Founder and CEO, ImpactVision) and Steve Kirsch (Founder and CEO, Token).
Episode 13
Episode #1.13
Sat, Feb 16, 2019
Cameras map out streets for self-driving cars, a keyboard fits into a glove and a robot installs drywall. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with the startup turning air pollution into liquid fuel. Featured guests include Ro Gupta (Co-Founder and CEO, CARMERA), Dennis Mortensen (Founder and CEO, x.ai), Nitesh Banta (Co-Founder and CEO, B12), Steve Oldham (CEO, Carbon Engineering) and Mohammad Shaikh (Director of Strategy, ConsenSys, Co-Founder, Meridio).
Episode 14
Episode #1.14
Sat, Feb 23, 2019
Researchers send smells over the Internet, a startup brings the eBay model to the trucking industry and a flying car comes closer to becoming a reality. Plus, famous geneticist George Church explains why he's willing to pay you to sequence your genome. Featured guests include Jonathan Salama (Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Transfix), Brian Streem (CEO, Aerobo), Ido Gur (CEO, Easy Aerial), George Church (Co-Founder, Nebula Genomics) and Britt Myers (Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Homer).
Episode 15
Episode #1.15
Sat, Mar 2, 2019
An app brings the doctor to your doorstep, 3D printers construct concrete buildings and technology helps students perform their best. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with a leading artificial intelligence researcher about how close we are to creating sentient beings. Featured guests include Walter Jin (Chairman and CEO, Pager), Duncan Turner (Managing Director, HAX Shenzhen), Joey Song (Co-Founder and CEO, Elephant Robotics), Greg Brockman (Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, OpenAI) and Paul Gollash (Founder and CEO, Voxy).
Episode 16
Episode #1.16
Sat, Mar 9, 2019
A cyborg startup blends man with machine, an algorithm masters audio recordings and robots manage a vegetable garden. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with a scientist pioneering batteries that are safe to eat. Featured guests include Pascal Pilon (CEO, LANDR), Sachin Aggarwal (CEO, Think Research), Nicholas Chepesiuk (Co-Founder and CEO, OnCall Health), Christopher Bettinger (Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University) and Michele Romanow (Co-Founder and President, Clearbanc).
Episode 17
Episode #1.17
Sat, Mar 16, 2019
Stock trading becomes a snap, quantum computers answer complex questions and wearable devices track vital signs from your ear. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a South African startup using AI to enhance global trade. Featured guests include Mikaal Abdulla (Co-Founder and CEO, 8 Securities), Timothy Yu (Founder and CEO, Snapask), Christopher Geary (CEO, BSD Education), Benji Coetzee (Founder and CEO, EmptyTrips) and Kow Ping (Founder, Well Being Digital).
Episode 18
Episode #1.18
Sat, Mar 23, 2019
Michael and Anthony meet innovators who are opening up opportunities for the world's unbanked, developing packaging that disposes of itself and sensing health signals hidden in our sweat. Plus, they discover how artificial intelligence is making it easier to learn languages. Featured guests include Alex Kong (Founder and CEO, TNG FinTech Group), Sanford Liu (Founder and CEO, Farmacy HK), Katharina Unger (Founder and CEO, L I V I N farms), Luis von Ahn (Co-Founder and CEO, Duolingo) and Bob Chen (Founder and CEO, Oxpecker Labs).
Episode 19
Episode #1.19
Sat, Mar 30, 2019
Crowdsourcing helps delivery vans go the extra mile, apps democratize access to investment opportunities and a smartphone personalizes the hotel experience. Plus, Michael and Anthony hear from the IBM executive bringing quantum computers to the fore. Featured guests include Steven Lam (Co-Founder and CEO, GoGoVan), Karen Contet Farzam (Founder and CEO, AngelHub), Alex Medana (Co-Founder and CEO, FinFabrik), Robert Sutor (Vice President of IBM Q Strategy and Ecosystem, IBM Research) and Terence Kwok (Founder and CEO, Tink Labs).
Episode 20
Episode #1.20
Sat, Apr 6, 2019
Michael and Anthony speak with innovators that are quantifying the value of early-stage startups, farming fish with facial recognition and creating exciting new virtual experiences. Plus, they spotlight a researcher on a mission to capture every species' genomic information. Featured guests include James Giancotti (CEO, Oddup), Frantz Lasorne (Co-Founder, Visionaries 777), Olive Wong (Co-Founder and Business Director, Motive Force Technology), Erich Jarvis (Chair, Vertebrate Genomes Project) and Sachin Doshi (Founder and CEO, Weave Co-Living).
Episode 21
Episode #1.21
Sat, Apr 13, 2019
An algorithm becomes a book critic, a robot imitates a fruit fly and a startup pioneers a new way to fight cancer. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with prolific inventor Nathan Myhrvold about metamaterials that possess strange yet useful properties. Featured guests include Allen Lau (Co-Founder and CEO, Wattpad), John Luk (Founder and President, Arbele), Albert Wong (CEO, HKSTP), Nathan Myhrvold (Founder and CEO, Intellectual Ventures) and Steve Irvine (Founder and CEO, Integrate.ai).
Episode 22
Episode #1.22
Sat, Apr 20, 2019
Clothing becomes digitally connected, robots serve drinks and medical scanners spot diseases. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a professor developing brainwave-activated passwords. Featured guests including Simon Loong (Founder and CEO, WeLab), George Tee (Chief Technology Officer, HKSTP), Duncan Wong (Founder and CEO, CryptoBLK), Zhanpeng Jin (Associate Professor, University at Buffalo) and Ralph DaCosta (Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, MolecuLight).
Episode 23
Episode #1.23
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Swimmers use sonification to train, a flowerpot keeps the elderly company and a robot performs a backflip. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with fitness guru Tracy Anderson about technologies that can help us get in shape. Featured Guests include Edwin Wong (Founder and CEO, Cloudbreakr), Wilson Fung (Co-Founder, DoctorNow NEEDS), Alvin Cheung (Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Zunosaki), Tracy Anderson (Founder and CEO, Tracy Anderson Method) and Simon Yu (President of Asia-Pacific, Arrow Electronics).
Episode 24
Episode #1.24
Sat, May 4, 2019
AI learns to brew beer, robots run an indoor farm and technology starves cancer cells into submission. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a LinkedIn co-founder about platforms transforming everyday tasks. Featured guests include Gordon Tam (Co-Founder and CEO, Farm66), Viola Lam (Founder and CEO, Find Solution Ai), Freddy Tsang (Managing Director, 180C), Lee Hower (Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures) and Paul Cheng (Co-Founder and CEO, BCT International).
Episode 25
Episode #1.25
Sat, May 11, 2019
AI powers smart contracts, a face scanner clinches sales and a connected car links to our social lives. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with billionaire professor David Cheriton about automating computer networking systems. Featured guests include Francis Kwok (Co-Founder and CEO, PopSquare), Eric Ng (Co-Founder and CEO, Boutir), Andy Chan (Co-Founder and Chairman, Qupital), Owen Tao (CEO, Matrix AI Network), David Cheriton (Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Apstra) and Eric Chong (President and CEO, Siemens Hong Kong and Macao).
Episode 26
Episode #1.26
Sat, May 18, 2019
Ultrasonic waves deliver eye drugs, Disney robots perform aerial stunts and digital glasses restore sight to the blind. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with NBA champion Rick Fox about the exciting future for competitive video gaming. Featured guests include Langston Suen (Founder and CEO, Opharmic Technology), Manav Gupta (Founder and CEO, Brinc), Lucas Kwan (Co-Founder, OneCHARGE), Rick Fox (Owner, Echo Fox) and Brian Mech (President and CEO, eSight).
