Joshua Kauffman is a world-renowned speaker, host and facilitator who has worked in over 30 countries in settings like the UN, the World Bank, Stanford, TEDx and the Aspen Institute. He has a graduate degree with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of design, where he also instructed. With a vast record of leadership in projects spanning technology, health, urbanization, art and beyond, he is also an acclaimed venture capital investor in emerging fields like the microbiome, functional medicine, the Quantified Self, cannabis and Blockchain protocols. Originally from Toronto, Canada, he is a long-time resident of San Francisco.