BIOHACK THE PANDEMIC! a virtual summit

Our speakers

TEEMU ARINA
Founder, Biohacker Summit

DR. TARYN MARIE STEJSKAL
Founder, Resilience Leadership

Courtney Boyd Myers
Community Director for Summit Series

CHRIS SHIPLEY
Author & Thought Leader on Adaptation

KIMBERLY UNGER
Oculus VR

JOSE CORDEIRO
Director, The Millennium Project, Vicechair, Humanity Plus

Vessi Jalkanen
Sitting Health & Ergonomics Expert

DARREN MURPH
Head of Remote, GitLab Inc

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FREDERIC LALOUX
Author, Reinventing Organizations

HASSAN OSMAN
Best Selling Author - Virtual Team Authority

EDUARD DE WILDE
European Biohacking Authority

BLAKE HUTCHISON
CEO, Flippa.com

JOHN HAGEL
Founder, Deloitte Center for the Edge

PAUL F. AUSTIN
Psychedelics Entrepreneur & Educator

TERO ISOKAUPPILA
Founder, Four Sigmatic

DR. OZ GARCIA
Celebrity Nutritionist & Biohacker

LARRY GIOIA
Connector of Tribes & Director at Big 4 Firm

MICHAEL HEALY
Futurist & Technologist

GARY BOLLES
Chair for the Future of Work, Singularity University

BOOMER ANDERSON
Speaker & Performance Coach

ALI MACDONALD
Thought Leader on Learning Agility

OLLI SOVIJARVI
MD, Co-Founder of Biohacker Center

BRIAN ROBERTSON
Management Thinker, Creator of Holocracy

DANIEL ECKERT
US Lead for Emerging Tech, PWC

TALKS YOU WILL GET

Ali Macdonald: Learning How To Learn We all know that making changes to our lives is difficult. Trying to do that at the scale of the enterprise, the workforce or the global population is a different level of challenge.
We developed Genome as a system specifically to help organisations adapt the knowledge, skills and attitudes of their workforce at scale, and at speed.
Blake Hutchison: Wanting To Start A Business ? Think About Buying One First “If you’re thinking about hacking your career by starting a business, first consider buying an existing business”
In his interview, Blake Hutchison (CEO, Flippa.com) discusses the best and easiest ways to start a business/multiple businesses.
There are various ways you can start a business with just 100$ in your pocket and increasing the amount on the go once you get started. Alternatively, you might want to consider purchasing an existing business.
This talk revolutionizes your way of thinking about entrepreneurship and the endless opportunities you have with it. Whether you want to become a full time entrepreneur or earn extra income on the side, you don’t want to miss this talk!
Main themes: - Small business administration (SBA) - Starting vs. buying a business - Digital real estate.
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Boomer Anderson: Workflows For Biohackers: Create Space, Joy And Leverage How can you find peak performance? What is bandwidth poverty vs. monetary poverty? How can you prepare for the future of work now? How can you find the balance between work and free time?
Boomer Anderson is a peak performance coach, authority in the biohacking scene and the host of Decoding Superhuman podcast. In his interview, Boomer talks about ways to create peak performance. This is increasingly important these days as the line between work life and home life is blurred. Because of this burnout is an increasing problem around the world, which is why we need to find ways to tackle the issues contributing to it. Learn how to prevent burnout and biohack your productivity with Boomer Anderson at Health Hacking Summit!
Main themes:
Biohacking workflow
Personal knowledge management
Learning agility
Future work
Brian Robertson: Hacking The Organization As An Organism With Holocracy "If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.”
Brian Robertson is the world’s foremost expert on Holacracy, a revolutionary framework for self-managing organizations. After years as CEO of an award-winning software company, he co-founded HolacracyOne to share this innovative method with other organizations.

In this interview with Alex he talks about the holocracy framework which integrates the collective wisdom of individuals throughout an organization and offers a toolset for each person to enact meaningful change at any level of work.
This results in increased transparency, greater accountability, constant innovation, and agility across the company.
It’s almost like Biohacking for the organization as the organism.
Chris Shipley: The Adaptation Advantage "The most important thing to keep in mind right now is that the slowest rate of change you’re ever going to experience is right now. Things are only going to get faster and faster and FASTER."
In this talk, Chris Shipley will discuss how you can understand your purpose. What is it that makes you get out of the bed every morning? According to Shipley, the focus should be on purpose not production i.e., value something based on why it motivates you instead of what the outcome is. This process requires you to go beyond your comfort zone and learn to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.
Chris Shipley is a thought leader in the field of adaptation. In April 2020 she authored The Adaptation Advantage with Heather McGowan. The book gives context and contour to our rapidly changing economy and gives individuals and business leaders a blueprint to best prepare for the future of work.
Main themes: - Adaptation - Portable skills - Learning Agility - Fixed mindset vs. growth mindset - Augmented Era.
Courtney Boyd Myers: The Power Of Community At Work A dive into what it means to build communities, internal and external, during this crazy year 2020. Why it's so important for your work and career but also personal health. .
Daniel Eckert: Views on Virtual Reality in the Workplace from PwC The ability to wear many hats. Mr. Eckert is the “go to guy” when you have a problem that everyone says is unsolvable.Mr. Eckert is technology leader at Big 4 Firm PwC.
His deep understanding of how emerging technologies can impact humanit is supported by years developing cutting edge solutions.
During this interview with Alex his main talking point is Virtual Reality, for learning and collaboration. He discussed key ideas about the psychological behavior of people in virtual reality environments. He talks about elearning in detail as well, and ends talking about entrepreneurial opportunities in virtual reality.
Darren Murph: Making Remote Work “There are two things which can double world GDP in our lifetime, AI and remote work”
Murph’s goal is to enable ever more people to free themselves from a daily commute and work where their soul is most fulfilled. He believes remote work can reverse rural depopulation, make communities less transitory, and spread opportunity to underserved areas.
I believe all-remote is the purest form of remote work, where every individual is treated as a first-class team member. If you want to find ways to optimize remote work now and in the future, this talk is for you!
Main themes: - Heart of remote - WorkSpace, communication & MindSet - Leadership and environment - Asynchronous vs synchronous - Doubling GDP by remote work
Eduard De Wilde: Morning Rituals for Peak Performance What are the morning routines you should implement in your daily routine? How can you become more productive? How can you biohack work?

Eduard De Wilde is a father, husband, athlete, consultant, entrepreneur and amateur chef. He has been interested in nutrition and health for years. As a biohacker he likes to test things to see if they work for him or not. This means that he measures a lot: DNA, epigenetics, blood values, ketones, blood sugar, sleep, activity and so on.

He started LiveHelfi to make Bulletproof products more accessible in Europe. That took off quite rapidly, he expanded the product range and was able to make a living of it. 2 years ago Eduard developed his own brand NoordCode. These are functional products that support a ketogenic/biohacker lifestyle.

On top of that he has a strategic partnership with Biohacker Center Finland to set up a new web shop and organize the Biohacker Summit in Amsterdam
. In his talk, Eduard will walk you through the morning routines you van implement in your day to become more productive and feel better overall. You don't want to miss this one!.
Frederic Laloux: Should We Optimize our Organizations or Should We Overhaul In this interview with Alex he talks about the fact that most management thinking about optimizing at the fringes on a broken system.
Instead of optimizing 5% or 10% let's imagine switching to a whole different system that goes 10x times in terms of productivity but also enjoyment and fulfilment.
Teemu Arina: Future Of Digitalization Of Work Teemu Arina is a Futurist, Biohacker, Co-author of the Biohacker's Handbook @biohackingbook, Curator and Founder of the Biohacker Summit @biohackersummit.
He is the co-author of the bestselling Biohacker’s Handbook series for optimising what it means to be human with technological and biological tools.
Arina is also curating the Biohacker Summit (world's top conference for biohacking) and co-founder of the Biohacker Center (an independent think tank focused on optimal human performance, health and wellbeing).

Gary Bolles: What is the future of work and how we should think about it ? What is the future of work? How should we be rethinking human work? How can you find your north star?
Find your North Star with the guidance of Gary Bolles. He is a lecturer, writer and consultant on the future of work, learning, and the organization.
His focus is on helping individuals, organizations, communities and countries to thrive in the transition to a digital economy.
Hassan Osman: Thriving with Virtual Teams Why do virtual teams fail? How can we communicate effectively in virtual teams?
In his talk, Hassan Osman will discuss reasons why virtual teams fail. According to him #1 reason is ineffective communication.
He will walk you through some of the ways you can create effective communication and manage your team members while they work from home.
Main themes: The #1 reason why virtual teams fail How to communicate more effectively with your team Tactics that will help you assign and delegate work in a remote environment
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John Hagel: What Should Work Be and Other Thoughts on Work "To thrive in an uncertain future, carve out the time to look for unseen problems and opportunities in your work, especially a team setting”
What is work? What should work be? What could work be? John Hagel is a legend and thought leader in the field of work. Hagel has spent over 40 years in Silicon Valley and has experience as a management consultant, entrepreneur, speaker and author.
He is driven by a desire to help individuals and institutions around the world to increase their impact in a rapidly changing world. Tune into his talk to hear answers to those questions and learn how to rethink work.
Main themes: - Automation and re-scaling & human factors - Artificial intelligence and automation challenges - What should work be - What could work be.
Kimberly Unger: Thoughts on VR from the Leading VR Brand Kimberly created her first videogame back when the 80-column card was the new hot thing. This turned a literary love of science fiction into a full blown obsession with the intersection of technology and humanity.
She spends her day-job time in VR, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC’s master’s degree program and writes science fiction about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.
During this interview she talks about VR and social dimensions of VR on our society. She discuss in detail about strengths and opportunities in VR environment. Because of covid19 and current situation across the world she calls this “moment of opportunity” for everyone to adapt to this new technology and make it integral part of our daily work.
Larry Gioia: Work / Life Integration , Thoughts in Connection Larry Gioia currently a senior Director in PwC’s Digital Technology and Innovation consulting practice - it is in this capacity that he advises executives, across all industries, on the strategic use of technology, business model innovation, product strategy, and the future of work.
During this interview with Alex he talks about two expansive concepts that are always top of mind and he brings into every aspect of his work and his life. He refers to the first as ‘headspace’ - the broad range of possibilities for the future and outrageous optimism for ‘what’s next.’ The second is ‘heart speak’ - the surprising power that can be harnessed when people are authentically invested in each other as a global community.
Larry is a regular speaker and podcast guest, best known for his ‘ABCD - Always Be Connecting the Dots’ approach to work-life integration. He puts his money where his mouth is, encouraging us all to imagine what’s coming but not to lose sight of what makes us human.
Michael Healy: Reducing Inequality on the Blockchain Michael Healy will answer these questions and more in his interview. Michael is one of the founders and CEO of Unit.Ventures, focused on creating meaningful jobs and solving inequity. It connects providers and customers, as well as allows businesses and individuals to issue tokens for specific uses. He is focused on social impact and positive change through education, entrepreneurship and empowering individuals.
Michael’s philosophy is that via ensuring economic security for people will leave them with more time to look after their diet, health, & wellbeing. In this talk he will discuss ways we can get there. Learn more and tune into his talk at Health Hacking Summit!
Main themes:
Future of work
Social Impact Venture
Purpose of Unit Project
Solving Inequity
Olli Sovijarvi: Upgrading Your Workplace and Workday How can you find purpose? How can you optimize work? What is important when biohacking work?
In his interview, Olli Sovijärvi (M.D., Co-Founder of Biohacker Center) talks about the integral aspects of work. He will walk you through the biohacks you can do to manage your internal and external working environment.
To optimize your external environment: ensure good air quality, optimize work ergonomics (e.g., how to use a standing desk optimally) and eliminate external distractions. For your internal environment, stress management and self-awareness are key. It is important to know yourself and how you can work optimally. Learn more from Olli at the Health Hacking Summit!
Main themes:
Find your reason to work
Eliminate distractions
Self-awareness
Manage stress
Be the master of your own Work
Ikigai
Paul Austin: Microdosing and its Potential Benefits at Work “Microdosing consumption of psychoactive components can boost creativity, improve energy, increase mental focus, and enjoy better interpersonal relations.”

Paul Austin is a thought leader on microdosing. In this talk, Austin will share his personal and professional experiences with it. Microdosing involves consuming sub-perceptual doses of psychoactive substances. Learn more from the talk, you don’t want to miss this one!
Main themes: - Microdosing - Flow - Enabling alignment & purpose.
Vessi Jalkanen: Expert Advice on Sitting Health and Work Ergonomics Vessi Jalkanen is a long-term health inventor and Chari at Salli Systems, which is a company focused on work ergonomics. He has designed the chair (Salli) to provide customers with an optimal sitting position to tackle the health effects of prolonged sitting in a bad position. Examples of these are, poorer blood flow, back pain, joint pain and stiffness.
Vessi offers a walkthrough of his office and shows his ways to optimize work ergonomics. You don’t want to miss this talk!
Main themes:
Work ergonomics
Health effects of sitting
BDNF
Tero Isokauppila: Staying Healthy & Productive While Working Virtually Tero Isokauppila, Founder of Four Sigmatic, talks about ways to stay productive when working virtually. Four Sigmatic has worked remotely for over 8 years since its beginning. Their 40+ employees work in 13 different time zones.
Talk about managing that! According to Tero, the strengths of remote work is in being able to hire people from all over the world from diverse backgrounds and thus avoid having an “echo chamber”.
Additionally, Tero will walk you through his daily routines. Learn how to be productive when working virtually from Tero at Health Hacking Summit!
Main themes: Benefits of remote work
Virtual productivity
Daily routines for productivity
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Jose Cordeiro: The Death of Death : Is Immortality Possible Can we hack biology out of life? Will there be a final biohack? What are the most disruptive technologies? What can we expect in the next 2 to 3 decades?
According to our expert Jose Cordeiro, technology is advancing exponentially and even biohacking might be history in 2 or 3 decades. NBIC is a common abbreviation that stands for Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology and Cognitive science.
Other technologies like robotics, quantum computing and space technologies can be added towards an eventual “technological convergence” that might lead to a “technological singularity” as proposed by American engineer and futurist Ray Kurzweil. According to Kurzweil, we will reach a “technological singularity” and move from slow and erratic biological evolution to fast and precise technological evolution by 2045. This will be the ultimate biohacking!
José is an international fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, vice chair of HumanityPlus, director of The Millennium Project, founding faculty at Singularity University, and former director of the Club of Rome (Venezuela Chapter), the World Transhumanist Association and the Extropy Institute. He will discuss longevity/ mortality and ways we can utilize technology in the future. Learn more from his talk at Health Hacking Summit!
Main themes:
Exponential technologies and the future of life
Technological convergence and the singularity
We are moving from biological evolution to technological evolution
This is not the end of evolution, it is just the beginning of conscious evolution.
Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal: The New Rules Of Resilience: Thriving In An Uncertain Virtual World Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal is a leadership expert and a thought leader in the field of resilience. According to Dr. Stejskal resilience is often vaguely defined in the literature. Her definition has emerged from multiple interviews with leaders and research data.
According to Dr.Stejskal, resilience means allowing ourselves to actively engage in challenge in a way that our experience enhances us and does not diminish us. Her interest with resilience began with this question: when you’ve faced a challenge in the past, what have you done to overcome that challenge?
According to Dr. Stejskal the first step is to look at the language we use to define things. The word ‘problem’ has a different connotation than the word ‘challenge’. Secondly, when we face a challenge it is important to take a step back during the intervening period to recognize and process your emotions.
During this time, it is important to reflect on success and what it actually means to the individual and the community. After this it’s possible to start to look into ways of achieving that success.
When the aim is to build resilience, it is important to first get an understanding of where the individual is to then develop their resilience. Dr. Stejskal does this in her individual executive coaching and shares her wisdom in her presentation at the Health Hacking Summit!
Five practices of specifically resilient people:
Vulnerability
Productive perseverance
Connection
Grati-osity
Possibility
Dr. Oz Garcia: Peak Performance Wisdom Gained Over 3.5 Decades How can you achieve peak performance? What do you need to measure?
Dr. Oz Garcia has helped celebrities, CEOs and people from various backgrounds to achieve peak performance through nutrition for over 40 years. During this interview at Health Hacking Summit. Dr. Garcia will share the best and most efficient things for peak performance and flow that he has learned during the 3 decades he has worked in the industry.
In order to achieve peak performance, you need to do an in-depth self-analysis to understand what it is that you need to perform at your best according to Dr. Garcia. Tune into his talk at Health Hacking Summit to learn practical tips for achieving your peak performance!
Main themes:
Morning rituals & daily routines for peak performance
Self-analysis
Tracking oneself

FEEDBACK FROM OUR PREVIOUS EVENT

“Hey! I honestly think this is the best day since all this virus thing started.
Thank you so much!”

Susan F.

“This is the most valuable day of my 2 weeks Isolation so far 🙂 apart of my excersises and healthy cooking ❤”

Tanja D.

can I just say how happy I am about this whole summit happening? Well I will anyways! So really happy! ♡ the past few hours have been absolutely epic. 🍀🙏🐒”

Evermovereve

Yes, thank you all again. It is great how this is realized and organized. Had an awesome time being part of the online community. Heartwarming and mind-blowing!

Irani Otten

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
CHECK THE SWEET BONUSES YOU’LL GET!

Video recording package of the Health Hacking Summit: Biohack Your Work (value: 147 EUR)(after the summit)
Video recording package of the Health Hacking Summit: Biohacking Pandemics (value: 147 EUR)