Summit Agenda

Day 1 - Friday, April 15th

08:30

Welcome

09:00

Goodbye to Linear Thinking & Introductions to Exponentials

Chipp Narcoss
Singularity University was founded on the idea that there is a confluence of exponentially
accelerating technologies that will fundamentally change business, society and us in the
coming decades. In this talk we will introduce:

Frameworks for understanding what exponential growth really means and the different

mindset required for thinking exponentially;

The range of technologies for which exponential advancement holds true and the
implications this has on industry; and

Why SU is uniquely positioned to help organizations navigate this new future.

10:00

Disruption
David Roberts
Comprehending the accelerating pace of change, introduction to exponential math and
technology, elusive & diversive disruption, disruptive timing, exponential technology
insights, future human evolution, global ethics & humanity, grand technological
opportunities, and the key to making a difference.

10:30

Break

11:00

Artificial Intelligence
Neil Jacobstein
What is artificial intelligence? Why does it matter? What has AI already accomplished? What
is next on the AI research and development horizon? What companies and techniques should
we be tracking and using? What are the economic and social implications?

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Robotics: Out of the lab and into the real world

Hod Lipson

How robots are used today in everyday life, in both expected and unexpected ways.

What are the ultimate roles for robots in society? What are the potentially positive and
negative aspects of these developments?

How will society react to these changing dynamics of humans and robots co-existing?
And what impact will this have for industry as our role in society changes?

14:30

Network and Computing: Breakthroughs, Implication and Robocars

Brad Templeton
The growth of computing performance has fueled the technology revolution. The exponential
growth predicted by Gordon Moore has enabled every other technology to explode over the
past decades impacting every part of business from improved analytics to powerful new
design tools and communication platforms. Specific topics will include:

Lessons from the growth of the Internet that we can use to forecast the impact of other
exponential technologies;

Implications and misconceptions about technologies such as the Internet of Things and
Bitcoin;

Autonomous vehicles and changing models of risk and responsibility around affected
industries

16:00

Break

16:30

Digital Biology: Life is the New Black

Raymond McCauley
Biotechnology is an exploding field and this session would talk about how since the
completion of the human genome project in 2001, genetics has been transformed into a
digital information technology, becoming faster, easier, and cheaper to do year over year.
These advances are expected to accelerate for decades to come, and to deliver a sustained
wave of bio- based innovations to medicine, agriculture, energy, and more, with potentially
world-changing ramifications. This session will review the advances and shifting dynamics
in the biotech space today that involve genomic technologies, synthetic biology, systems
biology, and personalized medicine.

17:30

Future of Medicine and Healthcare

Michael Gillam
The Future of Medicine and Healthcare Comprehensive overview of what is in the lab today
and what is coming to market in the next 2 to 10 years. This topic concentrates on
breakthrough developments ranging from 3D printing to organ regeneration, from point-ofcare lab-on-a-chip diagnostics to large-scale bioinformatics; from synthetic biology to new
gene based therapies. All of these and more are discussed in the context of current explosions
of digital information and distributed healthcare.

18:00

End of day Synthesis

18:30

End of day

Day 2 - Saturday, April 16th

09:00

Welcome and Recap of Day One

09:30

Digital Manufacturing and 3D printing

Andre Wegner
How 3D printing offers new opportunities for addressing body needs, how it invites new
business models, how it opens the doors for new innovation, etc. It will also tend to touch on
the scope of the 3D printing industry, the state of the art, and related technologies (scanning,
generative modeling, etc)

10:30

Global Grand Challenges / Global Opportunities

Nicholas Haan
The implications and opportunities of many of the technological breakthroughs happening
now and in the near future will be nothing short of disruptive to our lives, our businesses and
industries, and society as a whole. A new understanding and set of tools are required to stay
ahead of this exponential curve, through which we will solve some of the greatest problems
facing humanity today. Once you've tackled these challenges, where are the opportunities to
both run a successful business and positively impact lives?

11:30

Break

12:00

Future of Jobs
Kathryn Myronuk
AI, Computing, Robotics, Biotechnology, Medicine, Manufacturing have been set on an
exponential course. Individually and together, these technologies are already creating change
at a scale the world has never seen. With a cross-disciplinary approach, this talk will examine
exponential economic impact. What are new responses to change made possible by the
causes of change? "New technologies will bring unemployment" is a claim that's been made
for decades: why are technologists and economists saying that this decade is different? What
new technologies are behind the estimate of a billion jobs lost in the next 10-20 years? With a
cross-disciplinary approach, this talk covers what we know and what we don't know -- and
should know-- about exponential disruption of jobs. Can we use these same technologies to
prepare for disruption? Why might we want to speed up the transition?

13:00

Lunch

14:00

The Startup Way

Pascal Finett
Learn the core insights from Silicon Valley icons on how to build world- defining businesses
from the group up

15:00

Exonomics
Amin Toufani
Exponential technologies have profound effects on how economies function. Exponential
Economics - or Exonomics - is the study of this emerging new world and its implications for
individuals, businesses and governments. The talk covers unifying themes among disruptive
trends in business strategy, financial markets, cryptocurrencies, economic policy, and risk
management.

15:45

Break

16:15

Closing Keynote: Disruption and 10^9th Impact

Taking what was learned over the last two days how can we position ourselves as global
leaders in an exponentially changing world? This talk further explores the interconnectedness
of industry and people around the world as well as asking the question - How can we create
impact on a global scale?

17:15

Synthesis Session

18:30

End of Day

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