Vision Weekend US, Foresight’s annual festival, is approaching, offering an opportunity to engage with the world’s most forward-thinking ideas and individuals through the conference, unconference, office hours, mentorship sessions, tech demos, art exhibits, cyberfuture dinners, tea ceremonies, and aftershow parties.
Dates: December 6–8, 2024
Location: Across iconic Bay Area locations, such as The Institute, Internet Archive, Future House and Lighthaven.
Explore Paths to Progress across biotechnology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology, AI, and space with thought leaders across fields:
Paths to Progress in Longevity Biotechnology
- Jennifer Garrison, Buck: Healthy Longevity for Women
- Mark Hamalainen, LBF: Technical Paths to Radical Life Extension
- Jamie Justice, XPrize: The Path to Breakthrough Longevity
- Jean Hebert, Albert Einstein Medical School: The Path to Replacing Aging
- Sonia Arrison, 100 Plus Capital: The Path to Funding Longevity
Paths to Progress in Molecular Nanotechnology
- Philip Moriarty, U. of Nottingham: Atoms & AI: Taking the Pain out of Probes
- Will Shih, Harvard University: The Path to DNA Origami
- Lulu Qian, Caltech: DNA Neural Networks and Molecular Robots
- Neil Gershenfield, MIT: Replicator Roadmap
Paths to Progress in Neurotechnology
- Bradley Love, UCL: Leveraging AI for Neuroscience Research
- Catalin Mitelut, NYU: Neuroscience for Agents Behavior
- Konrad Kording, University of Pennsylvania: C.Elegans Emulation
- Mary Lou Jepsen, OpenWater: The Hand-held Hospital
- Sumner Norman, Forest Neurotech: TBA
- Andrew Payne, E11: The Path to Scalable Brain Circuit Mapping
Paths to Progress in Cryptography, Security, AGI
- Zac Hatfield-Dodds, Anthropic: Anthropic’s RSP
- Brendan McCord, Cosmos Institute: Human Autonomy in the Age of AI
- Evan Miyazono, Atlas Computing: Scalable oversight of narrow AI with specifications and simulations
Paths to Progress in Energy and Space
- Edwin Kite, University of Chicago: Keeping Mars Warm with Nanoparticles
- Casey Handmer, Terraform Industries: The Path to Mars
- Creon Levit, Planet Labs: The Path to Removing Space Debris
Paths to Progress in Existential Hope
- Antoine Herlin, Centolla: The Path to a Positive AI Future in 2045
- Christine Peterson, Foresight Institute: Keeping the Future on Track
- Danielle Strachman, 1517: Unleashing Revolutionaries
- Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress: The Techno Humanist Manifesto
“Funding X” Session
- Adam Marblestone, Convergent Research: Finding and Funding Scientific Moonshots via FRO’s
- Ben Reinhardt, Speculative Technologies: Turning Science Fiction into Reality
- Karl Pfleger, Agingbiotech.info: TBA
- Tom Kalil, Renaissance Philanthropy: Building a Coalition of the Willing
See the full agenda and buy your tickets here: https://foresight.org/vw2024us
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