Harvard Club of Broward County

Cyrus Hodes, who holds a M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School, will explain how the latest technology is being used to battle the effects of climate change by harnessing AI to further the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As co-founder of the World Climate Tech Summit, he will share an overview of the global conference and how it will impact our environment.
Hodes is the co-founder of Duckweed Bio, an Agtech/climate tech startup based in south Florida. He is also a partner at FoundersX Ventures, a cross-stage Silicon Valley VC firm focusing on AI, biotech, digital healthcare, enterprise SaaS, quantum computing, Fintech and Foodtech. Hodes was the co-founder and chair of the AI Initiative of The Future Society, a "think-and-do tank" incubated at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he led global governance of AI projects such as the Global Data Access Framework. He served as Advisor to the UAE Minister of Artificial Intelligence where he convened the Global Governance of AI Roundtable at the World Government Summit.

Thursday, September 30, 2021

6:00 pm networking cocktails
7:00 pm presentation

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