The cloud provides a new way to utilize tech for good. Technology such as AI/ML can connect our communities with data and actionability to solve large cultural problems. Join leaders from Wadhwani AI and The 1Life Project to hear how large scale transformation is occurring in healthcare and agriculture both in the US and India.

1. P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T
Washingt on, D.C.

2. © 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T
Cultural Challenges Being
Addressed by Cloud
Elizabeth Boudreau
Healthcare Executive Advisor
AWS
S e s s i o n I D : 3 0 9 0 8 4
P. Anandan
CEO
Wadhwani AI
www.wadhwaniai.org
Marisa Barbieri, MSc.
Founder
The 1Life Project
www.1life.io

4. THE WADHWANI INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT
RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND GLOBAL HUB,
DEVELOPING AI SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIAL GOOD

5. OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LARGE-SCALE TRANSFORMATION
HEALTHCARE EDUCATIONAGRICULTURE
SMART CITIES FINANCIAL INCLUSION

6. HEALTHCARE
INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
In 2016, there were 10.4 million new
active TB cases and 1.7 million deaths
worldwide. It is estimated that as many
as 50% of TB cases may go unreported
and unknown.
In January 2019, Wadhwani AI became
the official AI partner for India’s Central
Tuberculosis Division.
We are creating technologies to address
multiple challenges -
- Case load estimation at the district
level
- Prioritisation of TB patients for health
workers.

7. HEALTHCARE
MATERNAL AND
CHILD HEALTH
Low birth weight babies account for 48
per cent of newborn deaths in India.
We are creating a smartphone-based
anthropometry technology, which will
allow frontline workers to screen for
low birth weight babies in rural homes.
This AI-powered virtual weighing
machine will provide accurate, tamper-
proof, geo-tagged measurements on a
smartphone, without the need for
additional hardware or data
connectivity.

8. AGRICULTURE
INTEGRATED PEST
MANAGEMENT
Cotton is India’s third largest crop. One of
the critical challenges cotton farmers face
is the inability to manage pests.
At Wadhwani AI, we are working towards
creating technologies that will help reduce
crop losses through integrated pest
management.
We have already developed algorithms
that detect two major pests and
completed field demos in partnership with
the Better Cotton Initiative and the
Government of Maharashtra.

9. AI-based solutions
must work within
broader systems
and programs for
scaled impact
AI
PRODUCT
SOLUTION
SYSTEMS

10. AI FOR SCALED
SOCIAL GOOD
7 QUESTIONS
TO CONSIDER
1 Is this a big problem?
2 Does it have an AI solution?
3 Will solving the AI part make enough
of a difference?
4 Will the solution be accepted by
stakeholders? (The user is just one.)
5 Does the data exist? If not, can it be
created easily enough?
6 Are there partner organisations who
can co-create and pilot?
7 Are there programs and pathways
to scale?

11. Tech POC
Dataset
Creation
Use Case
DefinitionPilot
Solution
Product + Service
Problem
Domain
COLLABORATION
AND CO-CREATION
Scale

12. PARTNERSHIPS BRIDGE
THE TECH AND
SOCIAL SECTORS
WADHWANI
AI
Tech POC
Dataset
Creation
Use Case
DefinitionPilot
Solution
Product + Service
Health
Area
Scale
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Tech companies, startups,
researchers, innovators
IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS
Governments, NGOs,
Domain Experts

13. AI
HUB
PROBLEM OWNERS
EXPERTISE
COMMUNITY
DATA
Identify problem owners and
aid collaboration between
external partners
Periodically publish curated
list of relevant information
and mentor/ facilitate
social entrepreneurs
Workshops, Summits,
talks and webinars, interviews
and other content, hackathons
Data ecosystem creation
and availability and aiding
in the discovery of data sets
Maharashtra Forest Department
Drones + AI
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Monsoon flooding
New Delhi
Air pollution: tracking crop burning in Punjab

14. Thank you.
P. Anandan
CEO, Wadhwani AI

15. © 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T
Developing Breakthrough Technology
for Life-Saving Care Coordination
S e s s i o n I D : 3 0 9 0 8 4
Marisa Barbieri, MSc.
Founder
The 1Life Project
www.1life.io

16. © 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T
Our Children Are Dying.

17. © 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T

18. © 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T

19. © 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T
Thank you!
© 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T
Elizabeth Boudreau
Healthcare Executive Advisor
AWS
eboudre@amazon.com
P. Anandan
CEO
Wadhwani AI
www.wadhwaniai.org
Marisa Barbieri, MSc.
Founder
The 1Life Project
www.1life.io

20. © 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T
© 2019, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.P U B L I C S E C T O R
S U M M I T