2025 Luminosity Youth Summit 18 Dr Jordan Nguyen Dr Jordan Nguyen, is one of Australia’s most innovative engineers, who is committed to improving the lives of as many people as possible. An internationally-renowned engineer for humanity, Jordan designs life-changing technologies to transform the lives of people with disabilities and the elderly. Jordan is the Founder and CEO of Psykinetic, a start-up social business aimed at creating futuristic, inclusive and empowering technologies to improve independence and quality of life. Currently focussing on disability and aged care, Jordan and his team have successfully created a mindcontrolled wheelchair, Virtual and Augmented reality rehabilitation and inclusive gaming, an instrument that enabled a friend with cerebral palsy to play music with her eyes and blinks, and devices that make it possible to control household appliances or even drive cars using only the tiny electrical signals created from eye movements. Jordan is an award-winning documentary maker and presenter. In 2016, he collaborated with the Australian-based production company, The Feds, and the ABC’s Catalyst to create and present his first TV documentary, Becoming Superhuman, which went on to win many prestigious awards both locally and internationally. His work is regularly featured in the media and he has since gone on to present a second ABC Catalyst documentary, Meet The Avatars, exploring the impacts of Virtual Reality, including creating virtual interactive avatars to preserve memories of loved ones. He has also worked with National Geographic on China 2049 and so far has presented four Discovery Channel documentaries – Smart China, Time of Xi, Vietnam: Connecting East Africa, and Tibet: Living On The Roof Of The World. He recently founded his own media company, Time-Captain Productions and aims to continue creating world-changing content on the intersection between technology and humanity. He believes our young generations are the changemakers of tomorrow and have the potential to create solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. In this exciting talk, Dr Jordan Nguyen - world-renowned AI and biomedical engineer, inventor, TV documentary presenter and author of A HUMAN’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE - will take you into his world of adventures, experiencing the greatest advancements across the globe in science and technology. Through numerous documentaries he has presented with ABC and Discovery Channel, he will take you through mind-bending advancements in genetics and genomics research, to AI wildlife conservation, to the makings of a galactic GPS system for the future of space travel. Through his social business Psykinetic, creating groundbreaking technology for disability and aged care, he applies the likes of biomedical technology, AI, extended reality and robotics to innovative solutions with positive and life-altering impact. Dr Jordan believes great ideas, meaningful collaboration, and taking action can change the world for the better. This year at Lumo, Jordan will be joined on stage by a small robot friend he’s currently building in a YouTube series called ENTER THE FUTURE, named Koobo, who was inspired by his grandma - this is not to be missed! Engineer | Inventor | Author ABC + Discovery Channel TV Presenter Day One Keynote Presentation Speaker Profile ENTER THE FUTURE - Technology & Humanity Bio
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