6 December 2024, 12:00 am—8 December 2024, 12:00 am
Lighthaven, Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA, USA
Contact: allison@foresight.org
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
Foresight Vision Weekend 2024
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