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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 theimplications 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 technologicalopportunities, 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 sustainedwave 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-of-

care 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

The summit agenda is subjected to change by Li Ka Shing Foundation and Singularity University.

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