Thursday, February 12th 2009

Oxitec’s co-founder and chief scientist, Luke Alphey, attended the World Economic Forum in Davos for the second year as a Technology Pioneer. Each year, the World Economic Forum singles out several dozen leaders of new technology ventures from the fields of environment, energy and health based on criteria that emphasize their innovations and the impact they have on society and business. Five of these leaders presented their ideas for scrutiny in a 5 minute pechakucha presentation (watch here). IdeasLab participants critiqued each venture in order to explore potential challenges, opportunities, policy impacts, missing ingredients and unintended consequences. (WEF IdeasLab).

Related posts:

1. Oxford, 29 November 2007. The World Economic Forum today announced that Oxitec Limited has been selected as one of 39 Technology Pioneers 2008
2. Oxitec appoints Hadyn Parry as CEO, effective from 3rd November 2008.
3. Oxitec wins Small Business Research Initiative grant