Mutant Mosquitoes, 'Peak Stuff' and the Shifting Currents of Innovation

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🗓️ 6 April 2016

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Hugo Scott-Gall recaps the technologies and topics discussed at the second-annual Goldman Sachs Research Innovation Symposium, including the evolving markets for drones, the surprising demographics of the sharing economy and the opportunity at the intersection of digital services and traditional healthcare. This episode was recorded on March 18, 2016. This podcast should not be copied, distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part. The information contained in this podcast does not constitute research or a recommendation from any Goldman Sachs entity to the listener. Neither Goldman Sachs nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty, as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast and any liability therefor (including in respect of direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage) is expressly disclaimed. The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of Goldman Sachs, and Goldman Sachs is not providing any financial, economic, legal, accounting or tax advice or recommendations in this podcast. In addition, the receipt of this podcast by any listener is not to be taken as constituting the giving of investment advice by Goldman Sachs to that listener, nor to constitute such person a client of any Goldman Sachs entity. Copyright 2016 Goldman Sachs. All rights reserved.

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0:00.0	This is exchanges at Goldman Sachs where people from our firm share their insights on developments
0:13.0	currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy.
0:16.8	I'm Jake Seawert, Global Head of Corporate Communications here at the firm.
0:20.4	Goldman Sachs recently hosted its annual research innovation
0:23.8	symposium at the firm's headquarters here in New York. We convene companies,
0:28.0	industry experts, and academics to discuss the innovations shaping sectors
0:32.0	from health care to the military.
0:34.0	Today I'm joined by Hugo Scott Gaul, the head of thematic research here at Goldman,
0:38.6	to discuss some of the key themes that emerge from the conference, Hugo, welcome to the program.
0:43.0	Thank you, Jay.
0:44.0	Hugo, last year after the Innovation Symposium,
0:47.0	you sat down with us and we talked about the future of cars,
0:50.0	of manufacturing, 3D printing.
0:52.0	What innovations dominated the conversation at this year's event?
0:56.6	The very short answer I could give you is we had a lot of discussion around mutant mosquitoes
1:01.7	and iron men's suits.
1:03.5	I think I need to put some context around that.
1:05.4	We had panels discussing synthetic biology, which is where the mutant mosquitoes come in.
1:10.8	They are engineered to breed with zecovirus carrying mosquitoes to basically
1:15.4	produce genetic faults in the offspring which then die.
1:18.6	So you kind of break the breeding cycle and you begin to wipe out the Zecavirus carrying colony.
1:23.0	We have the military future where we discussed a lot of exciting new technologies, including the Iron Men suits.
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