Larry Brilliant has been called a polymath, a visionary, and a man who has been at the right time and the right place for some of the most important events in our lifetime. Named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, he is a philanthropist, futurist, technologist, and renowned epidemiologist who led the World Health Organization’s Smallpox Eradication Program that saved two million lives. He is the inaugural Executive Director of Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, and the first CEO of Skoll Global Threats Fund. His life and career are filled with unexpected experiences and supported by a remarkable cast of characters. The stories of these experiences coalesce into moving talks that inspire audiences to adopt an optimistic outlook despite the many reasons not to, and to be the change they wish to see in the world.

As the CEO of Evity.ai, a company at the intersection of epidemiology, healthspan, and AI, his goal is to rewrite the future of healthy living through technology, reducing the number of years we spend in “sickspan,” the years at the end of life when health care costs are highest and suffering is most acute. Uniting longevity research, medical science, and clinical reasoning with the power of AI, Evity’s platform for healthcare systems can deliver real-time personalized guidance. The result is a system that’s trusted by clinicians and easy for patients to use.

Early in his career, Brilliant lived in a Himalayan monastery in India for nearly a decade. His teacher there advised him to use his medical degree for service. He eventually rose to become leader of the World Health Organization Smallpox Eradication Program in India and South Asia, becoming a pivotal figure in a historic campaign that achieved the first and only eradication of one of the oldest and deadliest diseases known to humanity. His memoir Sometimes Brilliant is a riveting account of the heroic efforts of the extraordinary people involved in the eradication of smallpox in India.

Brilliant’s transforming experience in eradicating smallpox sparked his journey as a self-professed social change addict. Alongside his wife, he co-founded the Seva Foundation, an NGO that has helped restore eyesight to over 30 million people in two dozen countries. In 2005, he founded and is currently the CEO of Pandefense Advisory, an interdisciplinary network of experts advising private, public, philanthropic, and nonprofit organizations on pandemic awareness, prevention, and response.

An MD and MPH who is board certified in preventive medicine and public health, Brilliant was an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan, chairman of the National Bio-surveillance Advisory Committee, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s agenda council on catastrophic risk. He is a member of the DOC 2026 Faculty, joining a community of exceptional minds dedicated to transforming health. He was also a science advisor on Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, produced the Open Your Eyes and The Final Inch documentaries, and was featured in the documentaries Unseen Enemy, Saint Misbehavin’, Ram Dass Fierce Grace, and Medicine Ball Caravan.

He has been named UC Berkeley’s International Public Health Hero, and is the recipient of the TED Prize, the UCLA Medal, and several honorary doctorate degrees. A highly sought after speaker, he has lectured at the White House, NIH, the Pentagon, the Royal Society and Oxford. He has delivered inspiring commencement speeches at many universities including Harvard, University of Michigan, and UCSF Medical School. In the corporate space, he has given over 100 presentations to top companies and events including Salesforce’s Dreamforce, Davos, Aspen Ideas, Google, and Cisco.

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