An evidence-based conversation exploring how social media is shaping attention, identity, and mental health across generations. Join leading voices in science, health, and lived experience to unpack the impact, and what can be done about it.
Speakers
Dan is a medical doctor, mathematician, and engineer. His research is at the intersection of medicine, digital technology, Artificial Intelligence and the immune system, including the question of how social media use influences physical health, for example, whether it causes inflammation and therefore physical harm in some users or in response to some content.
Professor Wigley is an ex banker and is a businessman, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He was EMEA Chairman of Merill Lynch from 2003-2009 and on the board of the Bank of England during the Financial crisis. He is Chairman of UK Finance and sits on the UK's Economic Crime Strategic Board and Economic Security Public Private Forum.
Professor Wigley has a business degree from Bath University, is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University and an Honorary Fellow at Cambridge University. He is the author of Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation. He was Chairman of the Green Investment Bank Commission. He is a Non-Executive Director of R3, Lightico and a partner in Seraphim Space Enterprise.
Sarah Ann Macklin is a multifaceted force in the realm of health, nutrition and advocacy. As the founder of the acclaimed podcast Live Well Be Well and the visionary behind the Be Well Collective, she has galvanised change in the wellness landscape. A registered nutritionist, TEDx speaker, international model and esteemed health journalist, Sarah's impact exceeds boundaries. Named by Marie Claire as the Jamie Oliver of the Modelling industry.
Rachel is an MA student at King’s College London studying Digital Culture & Society. Her academic interests focus on the impact of social media platforms and online misinformation, which she aims to develop further through research of their effects on young people
An evidence-based conversation exploring how social media is shaping attention, identity, and mental health across generations. Join leading voices in science, health, and lived experience to unpack the impact, and what can be done about it.
Speakers
Dan is a medical doctor, mathematician, and engineer. His research is at the intersection of medicine, digital technology, Artificial Intelligence and the immune system, including the question of how social media use influences physical health, for example, whether it causes inflammation and therefore physical harm in some users or in response to some content.
Professor Wigley is an ex banker and is a businessman, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He was EMEA Chairman of Merill Lynch from 2003-2009 and on the board of the Bank of England during the Financial crisis. He is Chairman of UK Finance and sits on the UK's Economic Crime Strategic Board and Economic Security Public Private Forum.
Professor Wigley has a business degree from Bath University, is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University and an Honorary Fellow at Cambridge University. He is the author of Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation. He was Chairman of the Green Investment Bank Commission. He is a Non-Executive Director of R3, Lightico and a partner in Seraphim Space Enterprise.
Sarah Ann Macklin is a multifaceted force in the realm of health, nutrition and advocacy. As the founder of the acclaimed podcast Live Well Be Well and the visionary behind the Be Well Collective, she has galvanised change in the wellness landscape. A registered nutritionist, TEDx speaker, international model and esteemed health journalist, Sarah's impact exceeds boundaries. Named by Marie Claire as the Jamie Oliver of the Modelling industry.
Rachel is an MA student at King’s College London studying Digital Culture & Society. Her academic interests focus on the impact of social media platforms and online misinformation, which she aims to develop further through research of their effects on young people