The S2 experiential workshop is designed to build upon the foundational learning from MIT xPRO’s professional certificate course, equipping professionals to apply what they learned in the MIT course to tackle their organizations' strategic challenges using AI and the biodesign process.
Health Technology Innovation: A Biodesign Application is an experiential workshop. The participant’s organization will pose a “how might we” question, which is a critical unmet need that the organization wants to solve in healthcare technology, such as AI implementation. Participants will experience small, interdisciplinary teams, and will immediately apply knowledge after each of our workshop's interactive lectures to shape their innovative solutions. They will define their needs, explore, prototype, and refine creative solutions to the "how might we" question. By the end of the workshop, each team will have a unique solution that addresses their organization’s “how might we?” question, aligns with its goals and unmet needs, and can move forward into implementation with S2 support.
Technical Professionals in the Healthcare Industry
who are driving technology adoption in their organizations and are looking to add AI products and services to their arsenal and those seeking to improve existing products or create new products that elevate patient care
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Entrepreneurs
who are leading their organizations into the field of AI technologies and searching for the right AI solutions to impact millions of lives
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Clinical Leaders
who are seeking to sharpen their understanding of AI products and methodologies to advance patient care
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Tech Consultants in Healthcare
who are responsible for shaping organizations' AI strategies and are therefore looking to upgrade their knowledge about new technologies that are changing the healthcare system
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Explore trending subjects such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science.
Apply learning through workshops and team activities for hands-on experience.
Learn from MIT's renowned experts using their innovative teaching approach.
Gain a comprehensive understanding of trending subjects through expert lectures.
Connect with like-minded professionals and innovators for networking
Experience the renowned academic and technological environment of MIT.
Pair theoretical modules with interactive sessions using AI tools like ChatGPT to rapidly develop solutions.
Collaborate in interdisciplinary teams to foster mutual support, creativity, and the exchange of ideas.
Develop leadership skills through interactive activities, reflective exercises, and team-based challenges.
Brian Subirana has taught at MIT Sloan and the MIT School of Engineering. He is the former director of the MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology, the former director of the MIT Auto-ID Lab, and he is the faculty director for this program. His research centers on the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI that focuses on manufacturing, e-learning, the creative industries, and digital health. He is currently developing a voice name system that can help humans talk to any object in an IoT environment. He has more than 200 publications, including three books, and is currently researching open standards for AI and IoT. Subirana earned his doctorate in computer vision at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (now CSAIL) and his MBA at MIT Sloan.
Blade Kotelly is an innovation and user-experience expert & Senior Lecturer at MIT on Design-Thinking and Innovation. He is also the founder of a Design Thinking consulting service whose customers include, Bose, CPI International, Whirlpool, Lufthansa, The D.C. Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and others. His authored works have been featured in many top media outlets. In addition to his MIT duties, Kotelly also guest lectures at Stanford and Harvard.
David Niño, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program, where he heads leadership education for graduate students across the Institute. He is strongly committed to the development of leadership among engineers and other professionals in technology and is active in an international consortium of engineering leadership centers. He is also a founding officer of the Engineering Leadership Development Division of the American Society of Engineering Education.
Dr. Gevedon is the co-founder of S2 Innovation, LLC. a Seattle based company. She is a wicked problem solver and innovation leader in health care, academia and industry focusing on technology and developing innovation leaders. With a PhD in Transformational Leadership from Miami University, Dr. Gevedon is a researcher, keynote speaker and workshop leader in developing innovation leaders to solve wicked problems. She is an entrepreneur, and founder of PES, Inc., a 20 year seminar company focusing on leaders and teams to accelerate innovation across their organizations. Dr. Gevedon is experienced as a consultant for private equity and venture capital firms in technology innovation and has coached and mentored individuals and start-ups. Her academic experience includes faculty in business and nursing and an academic dean for entrepreneurship in health sciences. She is a former AFWERX innovation leader where she worked on projects to create a culture of innovation.
Dr. Swanson is the co-founder of S2 Innovation, LLC, a Seattle based company. He is a seasoned innovator with over a decade of experience in leading technological and organizational innovation in healthcare, government, and academia. Dr. Swanson is currently teaching faculty at the University of Washington, where he leads interdisciplinary teams in the yearlong Engineering Innovation in Health course, teaching biodesign and design thinking to develop innovative healthcare solutions. With a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington, Dr. Swanson specializes in medical device development, nanotechnology, and the application of AI to address complex challenges in healthcare and defense. As a former GS-13 Innovation Leader at AFWERX, he co-founded SparkLab, providing design thinking and biodesign training to Airmen globally. Dr. Swanson has mentored over 100 startups, taught biodesign at the University of Washington, and led numerous innovation workshops, equipping professionals with the skills to tackle unmet needs in healthcare.
