Ethical questions need a platform
Ethical questions need a platform
Leaps Talks
Tackling big ethical questions
Leaps Talks is a speaker series that gathers leading minds from distinct disciplines to discuss the ethics, opportunities, and challenges arising from biotech innovation and investment. Organized with leading festivals and partners, the events feature conversations with leading thinkers in science, society, sport and beyond.
“How can we ensure that our most cherished values guide the application of our most powerful technologies?”
Jamie Metzl, author of Hacking Darwin
Breaking through impossible in three chapters
Leaps by Bayer was created in 2015 to break boundaries in life sciences investment—in scale, risk, collaboration, and mission. But scientific breakthroughs are complex, and the path to achievement doesn’t follow a straight line. In order to share our visions with bright minds across science, business and society, we created a series of films that make complex ideas broadly accessible.
Leaps.org
A neutral space for critical engagement
Leaps.org was founded in 2017 by Leaps by Bayer, motivated by our mission to innovate responsibly. We realized that a separate, journalistic platform would be ideally positioned to combat scientific misinformation and to encourage broad public discussion about how new technologies across the life sciences should be implemented. The initiative was initially called LeapsMag. In 2019, the initiative began a publishing partnership with GOOD Worldwide, a global social impact company and its subsidiary Upworthy – a purpose-driven media company. The shared mission was to rebuild public trust in science as a force for good and to foster dialogue about the ethical implications of new breakthroughs. In 2021, GOOD converted LeapsMag to the non-profit initiative Leaps.org to underscore its commitment to independence and mission. Additional funding partners have included the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Rita Allen Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2023, Leaps.org was incorporated into the broader Upworthy publishing platform as Upworthy Science.
Partnerships
Meaningful relationships to create a sustainable impact
Our collaborations with research institutions, foundations, culture, futurist and innovation festivals both enable and challenge us to make our ambitions actionable and accountable.
Collaborating with the smartest minds
In an increasingly convergent world, there is no innovation without collaboration. Together, we aim to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.
