Maneesh Juneja is a Digital Health Futurist who explores the convergence of emerging technologies to see how they can make the world a healthier and happier place. He looks at these technologies in the context of socio-cultural, political and economic trends, helping organisations around the world to think differently about the future.
 
He believes the products and services that will have the biggest impact on our health, will not come from healthcare, but from outside of healthcare.
How could self-driving vehicles enable older people to continue to live independent lives?
How can energy providers deploy smart home technology to monitor our health and wellbeing?
How could we use smart speakers powered by Artificial Intelligence to detect diseases just by analysing our voice?
 
He is passionate about ensuring that the choices we make in society result in a better future, not just for the privileged few, but for everyone. He has given 4 TEDx talks and has spoken around the world to leaders from organisations in multiple sectors. He believes that stories change ideas, and that the best stories leave us feeling excited, inspired and hopeful.
 
In 2012, he left the security of his career at GlaxoSmithKline, to immerse himself in the new world of Digital Health. In a career spanning 20 years, Maneesh has worked with data to improve decision-making across a number of industries. From supporting the Whitehall study at University College London, managing the Tesco database at DunnHumby, and most recently, working with the world’s largest U.S. & European patient databases at GlaxoSmithKline R&D.