Samuel Kilchenmann
Samuel Kilchenmann
Contributor, The Yuan

Samuel Kilchenmann is the global community lead at the HippoAI Foundation where he focuses on building up a diverse community. A trained engineer, he has worked with different start-ups and was involved in the FutureHealth Basel initiative from the Swiss Economic Forum that focuses on transforming the healthcare system in a sustainable way and better involving the voice of the patients.

Democratizing medical AI together: Is IP really protecting innovation?
Domain knowledge
Patents and intellectual property laws are key to protecting innovation, but can also hinder openness and ease of sharing, problems during crises like COVID-19. Berlin-based nonprofit the Hippo AI Foundation is on a quest to promote openness, cooperation, and innovation without sacrificing safeguards.