--- title: FDA, MIT SafePaths and Intelligent Health webinar July 17th 2020 description: A conversation with Bakul Patel, Associate Centre Director for Digital Health at the FDA and Dr. Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab, moderated by Deepti Pahwa, Communications Strategy, PathCheck (MIT SafePaths), Stanford GSB to discuss what a national pandemic preparedness strategy could look like, when using digital contact tracing apps. image: https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/Speakers/Bakul%20Patel%20-%20FDA%20(002).jpg --- [![IH_Year_White](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/IH/IH%20Logos/IH_Year_White.png?width=4168&height=2485&name=IH_Year_White.png "IH_Year_White")](http://intelligenthealth.ai/) [BOOK NOW](http://intelligenthealth.ai/tickets/) ## **BLOG** # FDA, MIT SafePaths and Intelligent Health webinar July 17th 2020 Posted by [Intelligent Health AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health-ai) on Jul 9, 2020 4:54:28 PM ![Intelligent Health AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/IH/IH%20Logos/IH_2019_Squared_Blue.png) Find me on: [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/IntHealthAI/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-health-ai-ltd/) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/IntHealthAI) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Join your fellow Intelligent Health community members on Friday 17th July @ 10am ET/ 4pm CET for the second episode of our free webinars with MIT SafePaths as part of our Going Viral webinar series.   A conversation with Bakul Patel, Associate Centre Director for Digital Health at the FDA and Dr. Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab, moderated by Deepti Pahwa, Communications Strategy, PathCheck (MIT SafePaths), Stanford GSB to discuss what a national pandemic preparedness strategy could look like, when using digital contact tracing apps.   What should the standard be for regulating digital contact tracing apps in a privacy preserving manner? How can you create decentralised AI to learn from the movements of individuals without violating their privacy? What could a local, national and broader global policy strategy look like when dealing with a pandemic of this size? What could be an alternatively regulated pathway for AI software based technology? Dr. Ramesh Raskar will give an update on progress with Pathcheck, a free, open-source, privacy-by-design tools for individuals, public health officials and larger communities to flatten the curve of COVID-19. Followed by a candid conversation with Bakul Patel on the micro and macro analysis of data driven pandemics and the regulation of digital apps.   ### **In conversation** ![Bakul Patel - FDA ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Speakers/Bakul%20Patel%20-%20FDA%20(002).jpg?width=200&name=Bakul%20Patel%20-%20FDA%20(002).jpg) Bakul Patel Associate Centre Director for Digital Health **FDA** ** **       ![ramesh](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/ramesh.jpg?width=200&name=ramesh.jpg) Dr. Ramesh Raskar Associate Professor & Founder/ Chairman **MIT Media Lab & PathCheck Foundation (MIT SafePaths)**         ![Deepti Pahwa - MIT ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Speakers/Deepti%20Pahwa%20-%20MIT%20(002).jpg?width=200&name=Deepti%20Pahwa%20-%20MIT%20(002).jpg)   Moderator   Deepti Pahwa   Communications Strategy   **PathCheck (MIT SafePaths), Stanford GSB**     [Register now](https://intelligenthealth.ai/mitxih/) to book your space and participate live in our Q&A session!   You can meet your fellow 54,000 Intelligent Health community members next at [**Intelligent Health**](https://intelligenthealth.ai/) (online, 9-10 Sept 2020) and any of our upcoming events! 👉 Check out your global AI in medicine events calendar    We are here to help! 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