Session description: The future of healthcare involves addressing incoming viruses, environmental impacts, lifestyle diseases,.... addiction, overused antibiotics, and stubborn bacteria. Can big pharma, innovative diagnostic tools, technology platforms, AI-enabled surgery, and patient-centric treatment lead to the paradigm shift the world needs?

Session description: Sanitation, education, and medicines that include vaccines and antibiotics, have increased human.... life and reduced early and mid-life mortality. Research needs to now focus on mental health as we age, and deal with Alzhmerier’s, dementia and more. How can we track the maze of the mind as our bodies age?

Session description: Vaccines have helped fight diseases for 200+ years. Childhood vaccines reduced illness.... and death in developed countries, and flu vaccines are common worldwide. However, some diseases still lack effective vaccines and there are large swathes of regions without proper vaccination infrastructure. Can new research address these challenges?

Session description: As we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution, rapid advancements in AI, machine.... learning, and innovation are causing a paradigm shift. Can policy-makers, innovators and dreamers together reinvent our stories of change?

Session description: India's EdTech landscape involves diverse stakeholders. EdTech Tulna, an evidence-driven evaluation index.... developed by IITB researchers and supported by Central Square Foundation, evaluates products based on Content Quality, Pedagogical Alignment, and Technology & Design. Can EdTech evaluation really transform the learning and teaching experience?

Session description: On March 4, 2023, more than 100 countries reached a historic treaty.... to protect the high seas after more than 15 years of largely abortive talks. How will this legally-binding milestone announced by the United Nations, conserve and ensure the sustainable use of ocean biodiversity, protect our oceans and their flora and fauna from climate change and overfishing?

Session description: Gaganyaan is India's upcoming crewed orbital spacecraft mission, set for 2024. In.... its maiden crewed mission, ISRO’s largely autonomous 5.3 metric ton-capsule will orbit the Earth at a 400-km altitude for up to seven days with a two or three-person crew on board. How will this mission navigate the myriad challenges of outer space?

Session description: For years, creativity has been considered one of the last bastions of.... humanity. The reality, however, is changing rapidly. Advances in artificial intelligence, the transformation wrought by ChatGPT and machine learning are undergoing a paradigm shift. Where is the final frontier where machines take over our minds completely?