14. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goal : 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure focuses on building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.

Dan Breznitz, is a University Professor and Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy with a cross-appointment in the Department of Political Science of the University of Toronto, where he is also the Co-Director of the Innovation Policy Lab. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research where he co-founded and co-directs the program on Innovation, Equity and the Future of Prosperity.  Professor Breznitz is known worldwide as an expert on rapid-innovation-based industries and their globalization, as well as for his pioneering research on the distributional impact of innovation policies. He has been a member of several boards, as well as serving an advisor on science, technology, and innovation policies to multinational corporations, governments, and international organizations. 

Vinyas Harish is a fifth year MD/PhD Candidate at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He is also a Postgraduate Affiliate at the Vector Institute and a Graduate Fellow at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. He holds a CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral) Award to investigate how digital technology can support public health emergency response and promote resilient health systems. His research areas include machine learning, emergency preparedness, clinical and population decision support systems, and the governance of artificial intelligence in health. 

CREDITS: This podcast is co-hosted by Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero, Director of the Centre for Global Health, and Ophelia Michaelides, Manager of the Centre for Global Health, at the DLSPH, U of T, and produced by Elizabeth Loftus. Audio editing is by Sylvia Lorico. Music is produced by Julien Fortier and Patrick May. It is made with the support of the School of Cities at U of T.