How are innovations in DNA synthesis changing the landscape of medical research, industrial production, food systems, and data storage? What impacts will synthetic biology have on us and the planet, and how can we balance their ethical limits with their possibilities to change the world for the better?
Join us for the next program in the Thinking Machines conversation series, featuring Jane Metcalfe, co-founder of Wired magazine, former president of TCHO Chocolate, and founder of Neo.Life magazine; Annalee Newitz, editor of Ars Technica, founding editor of io9, former Editor-in-Chief at Gizmodo, and author of Autonomous; and Emily Leproust, CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience.
Jane Metcalfe is an entrepreneur, board member, advisor, executive and investor in industries including media, tech, food, health, education, arts and real estate. Jane recently launched Neo.Life, an online magazine, in order to capture the stories of the people, projects, companies and ideas driving this Neobiological Revolution. As the Cofounder and former President of Wired Magazine, Jane and her partner Louis Rossetto created Wired Ventures Inc., a diversified media company whose businesses included Wired Magazine (US, UK, and Japanese editions), Wired Digital, including the search engine HotBot, and Wired Books. They were recently recognized for their creation with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement. More recently, she was the President of TCHO Chocolate, a craft maker of super premium chocolate, whose mission is centered on teaching cocoa farmers how to make better beans so that TCHO can make exquisite chocolate for consumers and food professionals. Since 2000, Jane has been a partner at Forc?a da Imaginac?ao, a business whose advisory and investment activities include media, technology, real estate and food companies. Current and previous board seats include the Stone Research Foundation, Wired Ventures, TCHO Ventures, the UC Berkeley Foundation, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the Expression Center for New Media, One Economy Corporation, ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Jane Metcalfe graduated with honors from the University of Colorado with a degree in International Relations. Metcalfe has been featured She and Louis have two brilliant children she’ll tell you all about if you ask.
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Join us for the next program in the Thinking Machines conversation series, featuring Jane Metcalfe, co-founder of Wired magazine, former president of TCHO Chocolate, and founder of Neo.Life magazine; Annalee Newitz, editor of Ars Technica, founding editor of io9, former Editor-in-Chief at Gizmodo, and author of Autonomous; and Emily Leproust, CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience.
Jane Metcalfe is an entrepreneur, board member, advisor, executive and investor in industries including media, tech, food, health, education, arts and real estate. Jane recently launched Neo.Life, an online magazine, in order to capture the stories of the people, projects, companies and ideas driving this Neobiological Revolution. As the Cofounder and former President of Wired Magazine, Jane and her partner Louis Rossetto created Wired Ventures Inc., a diversified media company whose businesses included Wired Magazine (US, UK, and Japanese editions), Wired Digital, including the search engine HotBot, and Wired Books. They were recently recognized for their creation with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement. More recently, she was the President of TCHO Chocolate, a craft maker of super premium chocolate, whose mission is centered on teaching cocoa farmers how to make better beans so that TCHO can make exquisite chocolate for consumers and food professionals. Since 2000, Jane has been a partner at Forc?a da Imaginac?ao, a business whose advisory and investment activities include media, technology, real estate and food companies. Current and previous board seats include the Stone Research Foundation, Wired Ventures, TCHO Ventures, the UC Berkeley Foundation, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the Expression Center for New Media, One Economy Corporation, ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Jane Metcalfe graduated with honors from the University of Colorado with a degree in International Relations. Metcalfe has been featured She and Louis have two brilliant children she’ll tell you all about if you ask.
How are innovations in DNA synthesis changing the landscape of medical research, industrial production, food systems, and data storage? What impacts will synthetic biology have on us and the planet, and how can we balance their ethical limits with their possibilities to change the world for the better?
Join us for the next program in the Thinking Machines conversation series, featuring Jane Metcalfe, co-founder of Wired magazine, former president of TCHO Chocolate, and founder of Neo.Life magazine; Annalee Newitz, editor of Ars Technica, founding editor of io9, former Editor-in-Chief at Gizmodo, and author of Autonomous; and Emily Leproust, CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience.
Jane Metcalfe is an entrepreneur, board member, advisor, executive and investor in industries including media, tech, food, health, education, arts and real estate. Jane recently launched Neo.Life, an online magazine, in order to capture the stories of the people, projects, companies and ideas driving this Neobiological Revolution. As the Cofounder and former President of Wired Magazine, Jane and her partner Louis Rossetto created Wired Ventures Inc., a diversified media company whose businesses included Wired Magazine (US, UK, and Japanese editions), Wired Digital, including the search engine HotBot, and Wired Books. They were recently recognized for their creation with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement. More recently, she was the President of TCHO Chocolate, a craft maker of super premium chocolate, whose mission is centered on teaching cocoa farmers how to make better beans so that TCHO can make exquisite chocolate for consumers and food professionals. Since 2000, Jane has been a partner at Forc?a da Imaginac?ao, a business whose advisory and investment activities include media, technology, real estate and food companies. Current and previous board seats include the Stone Research Foundation, Wired Ventures, TCHO Ventures, the UC Berkeley Foundation, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the Expression Center for New Media, One Economy Corporation, ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Jane Metcalfe graduated with honors from the University of Colorado with a degree in International Relations. Metcalfe has been featured She and Louis have two brilliant children she’ll tell you all about if you ask.
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Join us for the next program in the Thinking Machines conversation series, featuring Jane Metcalfe, co-founder of Wired magazine, former president of TCHO Chocolate, and founder of Neo.Life magazine; Annalee Newitz, editor of Ars Technica, founding editor of io9, former Editor-in-Chief at Gizmodo, and author of Autonomous; and Emily Leproust, CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience.
Jane Metcalfe is an entrepreneur, board member, advisor, executive and investor in industries including media, tech, food, health, education, arts and real estate. Jane recently launched Neo.Life, an online magazine, in order to capture the stories of the people, projects, companies and ideas driving this Neobiological Revolution. As the Cofounder and former President of Wired Magazine, Jane and her partner Louis Rossetto created Wired Ventures Inc., a diversified media company whose businesses included Wired Magazine (US, UK, and Japanese editions), Wired Digital, including the search engine HotBot, and Wired Books. They were recently recognized for their creation with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement. More recently, she was the President of TCHO Chocolate, a craft maker of super premium chocolate, whose mission is centered on teaching cocoa farmers how to make better beans so that TCHO can make exquisite chocolate for consumers and food professionals. Since 2000, Jane has been a partner at Forc?a da Imaginac?ao, a business whose advisory and investment activities include media, technology, real estate and food companies. Current and previous board seats include the Stone Research Foundation, Wired Ventures, TCHO Ventures, the UC Berkeley Foundation, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the Expression Center for New Media, One Economy Corporation, ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Jane Metcalfe graduated with honors from the University of Colorado with a degree in International Relations. Metcalfe has been featured She and Louis have two brilliant children she’ll tell you all about if you ask.
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