In addition to his work at Scripps, he is vice chairman at the West Wireless Health Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization dedicated to innovating, validating, and advocating for the use of technologies, including wireless medical devices, that aim to reduce health care costs by transforming medicine.

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We must renew that commitment by giving seniors access to the preventive medicine and new drugs that are transforming health care in America.

CNN: Transcript of State of the Union

Leading scientists, artists, academics and public policy makers will share their experiences and ideas on how light can change the world from revolutionising medicine using cutting-edge technologies and bringing light to communities without electricity, to transforming the places we live with amazing art installations and ground-breaking building design.

UNESCO: ��Light, Art, the Universe and Everything��