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The Vision Weekend is a gathering dedicated to taking stock of the most compelling ideas of today, turn them into coherent visions for a better future, and get to work on them. Saturday: Keynote panels at Gray Area. Industry-leaders deliver food for thought during panels, followed by private Q&A tables with your favorite speaker. Sunday: Strategy sessions at The Laundry What vision do you want to contribute to our future? Pick your topic, and apply to host a strategy session. Be bold - Sunday is off the record. Panels include Long-term thinking: So Much To Do, So Little Time Blockchains: Master Key to Unlock The Future? Longevity: Reaching Escape Velocity for Life-Extension Intelligence 2.0: The Brain As Next Frontier? Speakers include Joon Yun, President of Palo Alto Investors, Founder of Longevity Prize Sonia Arrison, Thiel Foundation David Eagleman, Host & Producer of The Brain With David Eagleman Aubrey De Grey, President of SENS Research Foundation Max More, President of Alcor Zooko Wilcox, Founder of ZCash Mark S. Miller, Senior Fellow at Foresight Institute Will Marshall, Co-Founder & Ceo, Planet Kevin Perrott, Director Health-Extension Foundation Melanie Swan, Founder of Institute for Blockchain Studies Matt Bell, Co-Founder of Matterport Randal Koene, Founder of Mind-Uploading.org Tom Kalil, Senior Advisor to Eric & Wendy Schmidt Group Check out the event website for program, speaker profiles, videos & bios, to apply to host a strategy session, sponsor, or buy your ticket. Share the event with your friends on Facebook. This event is for Foresight Senior Associate members only. If you are a current Senior Associate, please purchase the Senior Associate ticket. If you are not a current Senior Associate, you can purchase the Senior Associate membership along with your ticket. If you are not sure whether you are a current Senior Associate, you may purchase a ticket and we will let you know if you have to renew/get Senior Associate membership. Membership benefits can be found here. (If you have any special needs or require disability accommodations, please advise us immediately) What past participants say "A milestone in our journey to better understand our future" - Robin Hanson "It was an exhilarating experience to be with a large group of people who have sophisticated, enlightened, and thoughtful ideas about the future" - Ray Kurzweil "Had a great time and was exposed to fascinating ideas, and, more importantly, fascinating sources of ideas" - Vernor Vinge About Foresight Institute Foresight Institute is a non-profit dedicated to the beneficial development of technologies of fundamental importance for the human future, from molecular machines and longevity to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. As well as awarding the Feynman Prizes, and granting Foresight Fellowships, we host invitational research workshops at the intersection of scientific disciplines, and salons on high-interest topics open to the public.
Gray Area & The Laundry
Saturday: Gray Area - 2665 Mission St San Francisco CA UShttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/vision-weekend-tickets-38277966428?aff=ebapi
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