Jane Metcalfe

Jane Metcalfe is the founder and CEO of NEO.LIFE, a media and events company tracking the radical changes taking place in humans as we harness the tools of engineering and computer science to alter our own biology. She is the co-editor of the new book, NEO.LIFE: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species, featuring scientists, investors, artists, and science fiction writers on the topic of the “neobiological revolution,” a phrase she coined to describe the extraordinary discoveries and inventions that are transforming our bodies, our minds, our food, our economy, and our ecosystems. Prior to NEO.LIFE, Ms. Metcalfe was cofounder (along with her partner Louis Rossetto) and former president of WIRED, whose businesses included the magazine (US, UK, and Japanese editions), a suite of internet sites (including HotBot and WebMonkey), books, and TV. Her past and present board seats and advisory roles include The Human Vaccine Project, the Berggruen Institute for Transformation of the Human, The Stone Research Foundation, UC Berkeley Foundation, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, One Economy, Expressions Center for New Media, Wired Ventures, Inc., TCHO Ventures, Inc., and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.