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Presented by
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
PROGRAM AGENDA
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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Presented by
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
PROGRAMAGENDA
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Presented by
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
Create the Future
PROGRAMAGENDA