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Founders’ Circle-Only Symposium

• Conversation with Peter Diamandis

8:00 p.m.

VIP Symposiums

• Driving Change in The Enterprise: John Hagel, Charlene Li, and Ricardo

• Vargas

• Conversation with David Roberts

• Conversation with Keith Ferrazzi, Founder & Chairman, Ferrazzi Greenlight

8:00 p.m.

SU Expert Sessions (Open to all)

• Changing the Culture of the Classroom: Esther Wojcicki, SU Faculty, Education

• and Learning

• Intentional Adaptability: Penny Locaso, BKindred

7:15 p.m.

Social Hour and Networking in EXPO Hall7:00 p.m.

Exponential Families Dinner6:30 p.m.

Founders’ Circle & VIP Dinner6:30 p.m.

Main Stage Programming Ends6:30 p.m.

Late Afternoon Session

Leading Organizations Track

• Model Thinking: Erik Anderson, SU Executive Chairman

• Exponential Innovations: Nick Davis, SU VP, Corporate Innovation

• Platforms & Ecosystems: John Hagel, SU Faculty, Corporate Innovation

• Transforming Organizations: Founder & Senior Fellow, Altimeter

• Panel: Exponential Transformations: John Hagel, Charlene Li, Nick Davis, and

• Ricardo Vargas, Executive Director of Brightline Initiative

• Leading Organizations: David Roberts, SU Faculty, Exponential Leadership

• Close: Will Weisman

SU Expert Session

• Abundance 360 Breakout Session with Peter Diamandis

3:15 p.m.

EXPO Hall Open

Break

Opening Ceremony (Main Stage)

• Create the Future: Will Weisman, SU Executive Director, Summits

• Keynote: Peter Diamandis, SU Executive Founder & Director

• State of the Union: Rob Nail, SU CEO & Associate Founder

• Innovate: Naveen Jain, SU Chair of Entrepreneurship

• The Power Women Bring to the Future of Work: Amy Sterner Nelson, CEO

• & Founder, The Riverter.co

• Entrepreneurship and Government: Paola Santana, Founder & CEO,

• Social Glass

1:00 p.m.

SU Alumni Session9:00 a.m.

Exponential Families Session9:00 a.m.

Founders’ Circle Opening Session9:00 a.m.

Pre-Event Sessions

Exponentials Bootcamp (Open to all)

• Foundations in Exponentials, Moderated by Lisa Solomon, SU Chair,

• Transformational Practices

• Intro to AI: Nathana Sharma, SU Faculty & Labelbox

• Blockchain: Linda Pawczuk, Principal, Deloitte

• Energy: Ramez Naam, SU Chair of Energy & Environmental Systems

• Medicine: Dr. Daniel Kraft, SU Chair of Medicine

• Additive Manufacturing: Samantha Snabes, SU Speaker & openNASA

• Quantum Computing: Dr. Mark Jackson, SU Faculty & Cambridge Quantum

• Robotics: David Ewing Duncan, CEO Arc Fusion

9:00 a.m.

Registration Opens7:00 a.m.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19

Founders’ Circle & Speakers Dinner (Invitation only)6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18

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Singularity University’s premier annual gathering brings together 2,000 changemakers for incredible talks on AI, AR/VR, blockchain, the future of work,

impact, investing, robotics, and more. This is the one event you don’t want to miss!

Create the Future

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Global Summit Celebration (California Academy of Sciences)7:00 p.m.

Main Stage Programming Ends6:30 p.m.

Late Afternoon Session

Exponential Strategies

• The Futures of Work: Gary A. Bolles, SU Chair, Future of Work

• Human Work is Exponential: Stephane Kasriel, CEO, Upwork; Kelley

• Steven-Waiss, EVP, HERE; Gary A. Bolles, moderator

• Exponential Business Models: Amin Toufani, SU Chair, Finance & Economics

• Synthesis with Peter Diamandis

• Keynote: Denise Ho, Human rights activist

• Close: Will Weisman

4:00 p.m.

Break

Afternoon Session + Concurrent SU Expert Sessions

Digital Reality Track

• Augmenting Our Reality with Greg Broadmore, Weta Workshop and Annaliza

• Savage, award-winning video and TV producer

• Spatial Computing Will Transform Smart Cities: Naomi Augustine Yee, Jasmin

• Rohman, Magic Leap

• Quantum Photonics: Dr. Hussein El-Ghoroury, Ostendo

• The Reality of Digital Reality: Allan Cook, Deloitte

SU Expert Sessions / Workshops

• Find Your MTP & Moonshot Workshop with Peter Diamandis

• The New Sharing Economy: Intergenerational Collaboration: Chip Conley,

• Founder, Modern Elder Academy

• The Monetizing Data Dilemma: Ola Kowalewski, SU Faculty Fellow; Alix

• Rübsaam, SU Faculty Fellow

• Quantum Computing: Mark Jackson, SU Faculty, Quantum Computing

• and Physics

• SciFiDI: Christine Kelly, SU Managing Director, Innovation & Design

• Exponential Innovation: Applying Insights from SU’s Greatest Innovators:

• Nick Davis; Kyle Hermans, SU Guest Speaker, Innovation & Strategy; and

• Bill O'Connor, SU Faculty, Innovation

• The Business Strategy of AR & VR: Aaron Frank, Principal Faculty Augmented

• Reality/Virtual Reality; and Jody Medich, SU Faculty, Augmented Reality/Virtual

• Reality and Design Thinking

• Storytelling for Impact: Anne Connelly, SU Faculty, Blockchain; and Chief

• Nyamweya, author and illustrator

• Connecting the Next Billion: Elie Losleben, SU Faculty, Diversity & Inclusion,

• Leadership; and Nathaniel Calhoun, SU Faculty Chair, Global Grand Challenges

2:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

Late Morning Session - Concurrent Tracks

AI Track

• AI: Hope, Hype, Reality: Nathana Sharma, SU Faculty, General Counsel

• at Labelbox

• Panel: Solving Today’s Problems with AI: Neeti Mehta, Automation Anywhere;

• Dr. Mike Capps, Diveplane; Dr. Vasco Pedro, Unbabel; Nathana Sharma,

• moderator

• AI for Good: Leila Toplic, NetHope; Amir Banifatemi, XPRIZE; Cameron Birge,

• Microsoft; Tess Posner, AI4ALL

A Human-Centered Internet Track

• Protecting Rights with Blockchain: Alex Gladstein, Human Rights Foundation,

• moderator; Jill Carlson, Open Money Initiative; Timi Ajboye, BuyCoins; Aparna

• Krishnan, Mechanism Labs

• Big Data for Good, Prukalpa Sankar, Atlan

• Global Tipping Points: Wolfgang Fengler, World Bank Lead Economist in

• Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation

• What if the Internet Was Safe?: Richard Whitt, GLIA.net; Doc Searls, VRM Project

Investing / Economics Track

• Investing in Exponential Tech: Will Weisman

• A Bold Perspective on Investing: Neal Bhadkamkar, Bold Capital Partners

• Insights from the Frontlines of VC - Panel

Break

EXPO Hall Open

• Day 2: Will Weisman

• Neuroscience for Leadership: Kyle Nel, SU EVP, Uncommon Partners Lab

• AI: A Deep Exploration: Neil Jacobstein

• Keynote: Ray Kurzweil, SU Co-Founder & Chancellor

• Q&A with Ray Kurzweil: Ray Kurzweil and Will Weisman

7:00 a.m.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20

Create the Future

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Global Summit Adjourns5:30 p.m.

Closing Session - Main Stage

• Moonshot Thinking: Naveen Jain, Will Weisman

• Synthesis Super-Session: SU Faculty: Neil Jacbstein, Daniel Kraft, Amin Toufani,

• Charlene Li, Lisa Solomon

• Close: Will Weisman

Break

Afternoon Sessions (Concurrent Tracks)

Health Track

• Hacking Longevity: Dr. Daniel Kraft, SU Chair of Medicine

• Plugging In: Tamer Mohamed, Aspect Biosystems

• Hacking Happiness: Penny Locaso, BKindred

• Hacking A Better Life: Dean & Anne Ornish; Dr. Daniel Kraft, moderator

Blockchain Track

• Future of Coopetition: Linda Pawczuk and Rob Massey, Deloitte

• Blockchain and Water Rights: Ravé Mehta, Water Ledger

• Future of Digital Money: Stablecoins, Libra & CBDCs: Robert Schwenker,

• DLT Education

Future of Cities Track

• Cities Transformed: Peter Hirshberg, Maker City Project

• Cities In Transition: Bill Eggers, Deloitte

• Government Transformed: Robyn Scott, Apolitical; Zachary Bookman, OpenGov

2:20 p.m.

Lunch Break

Late Morning Session (Concurrent Tracks+SU Expert Sessions)

Transportation Track

• Future Of Transportation: John Rogers, LM Industries

• Autonomous AirTaxis: Colin Guinn, Guinn Partners

• The Lightsail: Bruce Betts, Planetary Society

Work & Learning Track

• Exponential Inclusion: Shawn Young, Classcraft

• Global Work: Sean Hinton, SkyHive; Erica Volini, Deloitte; Gary A. Bolles,

• moderator

• Learn2Earn: Learning for the Work of Tomorrow: Leila Toplic, NetHope;

• Abby Falik, Global Citizen Year; Ronit Avni, Localized

XPRIZE

• Update with Peter Diamandis, Anousheh Ansari, and the XPRIZE team

SU Expert Sessions

• Workshop: Implementing AI Application projects: Neil Jacobstein and Barney Pell

• Workshop: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Break

EXPO Hall Open

• Day 3: Will Weisman

• Exponential Equity: Designing a Radically Inclusive Future: Dr. Makaziwe

• Mandela, House of Mandela; Nishita Henry, Deloitte; Vikurm Aijer, Postmates;

• Susan McPherson, McPherson Strategies, moderator

• Big Data for Good: Prukalpa Sankar, Atlan

• Interview: Investing for Impact at Scale: Deval Patrick, Bain Capital; Sonal Shah,

• Georgetown Beeck Center

7:00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21

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