David A. Edwards

professor, biomedical engineering, Harvard

David Edwards is a Harvard professor and founder of Le Laboratoire, a new innovation space in downtown Paris, where artists and scientists perform collaborative experiments. The outcomes of these experiments are exhibited to the public in the form of contemporary art and design installations. Since its opening in October 2007, Le Laboratoire exhibitions have attracted international media attention, with exhibition themes ranging from contemporary art, to industrial design, to humanitarian advocacy. The principal of Le Laboratoire as an artscience catalyst for innovation is described in David’s recent book, *Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation*, which draws on the experience of many contemporary innovators in Boston and internationally. Among these experiences are David’s own as founder of many for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, including The Cloud Foundation, a Boston-based foundation that oversees Cloud Place, a dynamic center for urban youth arts, and Medicine in Need, or MEND, a global health not-for-profit funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mend is based in Boston, Paris and Pretoria. David has received numerous national and international awards for his work and lives in Boston and Paris with his wife Aurelie and three sons.