https://aaronjhorowitz.com Aaron J Horowitz Mon, 06 May 2024 13:33:34 +0000 https://aaronjhorowitz.com en https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Splash-Page-V2 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:39:14 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Splash-Page-V2 ︎ Hi, I’m Aaron. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Empath Labs, a patient experience lab with an expertise in pediatrics. Since 2012, I've been working with an incredible team - conducting patient-centered R&D to create products, programs, and strategies that improve the lives of children with illness. https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Life-s-goal Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:56:44 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Life-s-goal My life’s goal is to transform pediatric care, helping children grow up great! To date we’ve distributed over 175,000 of our interactive companions for children with type 1 diabetes, cancer, sickle cell disease, and anxiety to children in over 22 countries. https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Speaking-2 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:49:12 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Speaking-2 It's been a fun journey and when given the opportunity I enjoy sharing stories of impact, failures, and everything in between. https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Speaking-V2b Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:33:48 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Speaking-V2b Bring me to keynote your next event! https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Conference-Logos Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:50:40 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Conference-Logos https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Full-bleed-speaker-image Mon, 06 May 2024 13:33:34 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Full-bleed-speaker-image https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Thank-you Mon, 27 Nov 2023 22:32:26 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Thank-you Thanks for Stopping By! To learn more about my work, please check out the sections below ︎︎︎  https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Impact Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:44:04 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Impact Impact My goal is to bring comfort and joy to the pediatric experience. The videos below highlight the impact we’ve had on families.  This is what drives me forward in the work we do! The moment when Luciano pulls up his sleeve to show off his CGM, that’s just like his new friend... my heart melts.  This documentary highlights the stories of families navigating chemotherapy, and the role our duck plays in that process.  Our journey creating My Special Aflac duck! https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Public-Speaking Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:29:30 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/Public-Speaking Speaking I enjoy sharing stories from my own patient experience and entrepreneurial journey to inspire others. My talks focus on the themes of design thinking, innovation, empathy, and patient centricity. A selection of talks is below ︎︎︎ For a full speaking CV click here ︎︎︎ ︎ https://aaronjhorowitz.com/SpeakingCV Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:59:51 +0000 Aaron J Horowitz https://aaronjhorowitz.com/SpeakingCV Speaking CV Conferences & Events2025 AAMI eXchange 2025 Innovation and Impact 2025 Patients as Partners US 2024 Mental Health Corporations of America Annual Meeting 2024 Drug Information Association Annual Meeting 2024 Design for Taiwan 2024 Perspectives on Play: From Toys to Healthcare 2022 Design for Taiwan2022 Slack: Business Stories2022 CVS Creativity Summit2022 Clambake2022 DIA Global Annual Meeting2022 ICRA IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation2021 US News: A Status Report on Sickle Cell Disease2021 DIA Global Annual Meeting2019 Design for Taiwan2019 PRA Health Sciences World Children's Day2019 Columbia Business School2019 Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum2019 Dance Marathon Leadership Conference2019 Cannes Lions Creativity Festival2019 American Specialty Toy Retailing Association2019 BRITE Conference2018 Santa Fe Institute: Innovation & Invention2018 Robobusiness: Santa Clara2018 Spotlight Health2018 Robobusiness: Robotics & AI Summit2018 Sustainable Brands2018 The Seminar2018 The Atlantic: Children & Cancer2018 Wall Street Journal: Future of Everything2018 Design for Taiwan2018 Social Innovation Summit @ CES2016 Design for Taiwan2016 AdvaMed2016 AdWeek2016 Digitas m.2016 Mobile Health Innovation2016 WEAR Conference2015 TED@IBM2015 LAUNCHmobile2014 TedxUnisinos2014 The Well2014 MakerCon2014 Stanford MedX2014 Robots: From Imagination to Market2014 A Better World By Design2013 Segal Seminar Series2013 Big Ideas Fest2013 Hardware Innovation Workshop2013 Clambake2013 Locally Made: One Room at RISD Museum2013 Health Datapalooza2012 TedxProvidence2012 MakerFaire NYC2012 NYU Ambition2012 SEEED2012 Institute For The Future2012 Health 2.02011 CUSPAwards2022 DesignXRI Hall of Fame: Emerging Designer2021 TIME Best Invention of the year - Purrble Companion2019 2 Cannes Lions - My Special Aflac Duck2019 SXSW Innovation Award, Robotics & Hardware, People's Choice - My Special Aflac Duck2018 TIME Best Invention of the year - My Special Aflac Duck2018 MM&M Healthcare Transformer2018 Lyfebulb-Helsinn Innovation Awards: Special Recognition2017 Small Business Administration, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Rhode Island2017 Lyfebulb - Novo Nordisk Innovation Awards - Finalist2015 White House DEMO day2015 IBM New Way to StartUp Entrepreneur of the Year2014 White House MakerFaire: Honored Maker2014 Samsung Award - MGH & Samsung Hackathon2014 Best Pitch - MIT Hacking Medicine Post Hack Pitchfest2014 Robot Launch: Top 302013 First Place - Hasbro Hackathon2012 First Place - Patient Sharktank, Health 2.02011 Dell Social Innovation Semi-Finalist Fellow