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AUGUST 20-22, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO, CA SUGlobalSummit.co
WHERE THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE LEADERS GATHER
The rate of technological change is accelerating so fast that our ability to understand the implications of it
has never been so challenging and so important.”
Peter DiamandisCo-Founder
Singularity University
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Will Weisman Executive Director, Summits, Singularity University
We equip people and organizations with the ability to adapt to accelerating technologies and the power to lead the world forward. Join us.Hello,
Welcome to the world of exponentials, and thank you for your interest in joining forces with Singularity University. We are a benefit corporation committed to educating, inspiring and empowering global leaders to leverage exponential technologies to grow their businesses while also tackling humanity's grand challenges.
Singularity University Global Summit will be an engaging multi-day experience that unites a curated group of some of the brightest and hardest-to-reach people from the world's most successful organizations. This gathering represents a special chance to develop a meaningful relationship with these leaders and connect them to you and your organization.
As a Summit partner, you'll have the opportunity to co-create an experience that drives your strategic goals while generating impactful visibility and important new relationships for your company and clients. There are many partnership options available, including leading a participant workshop, building custom curriculum alongside SU faculty and staff, co-designing a mainstage session, and more.
Join us and propel your organization into the age of abundance, while helping us positively impact a billion-plus lives through exponential technologies. Let's connect and define a shared vision, and creatively build what I know will be a powerful partnership. We look forward to welcoming you to the SU family.
Best,
Singularity University (SU) was co-founded by Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis, MD. SU’s mission is to educate, inspire and empower a global community with the mindset, skillset, and network to create an abundant future.
Headquartered on the campus of NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley, with a global community of 100+ chapters and 150K+ community members, SU offers a variety of programs for corporate executives, entrepreneurs, social leaders, academics, technologists, government leaders, and more.
As a catalyst for global change, we help others leverage rapidly accelerating technologies—including artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, robotics, and digital biology—in innovative ways to unlock solutions that can positively impact billions of lives.
SU was founded with the support of a few world-changing organizations.
What is Singularity University?
A Global Community
SU Summits Around the World
Ray Kurzweil and Peter H. Diamandis, MD
What is Global Summit?SU Global Summit brings together a world-class collection of leaders. Together, we strive to better understand the future through exponential technologies, create meaningful connections among colleagues, and empower every individual to go out and build a better world. This event is the definitive annual gathering of the Singularity University community, and the most impactful moment of connection for a global network of innovators.
Designthe future
Testthe future
Becomethe future
The Beginning of the Singularity University Enterprise Journey
IDEATE
• Disruption Workshop
• Science Fiction Design Intelligence Workshop
INCUBATE
• Prototyping Sprint
• Team Incubation
LEAP
• Exponential Business Model Workshop
• Corporate Accelerator
Our Enterprise Journey prepares organizations to thrive in an unpredictable future by taking business leaders and their teams through four phases of transformation: educate, ideate, incubate, and leap. At the end of this process, leaders emerge with a deeper comprehension of exponential technologies and how to apply them, and teams are aligned with and invested in the vision.
Seethe future
EDUCATE
• Summits
• Executive Program
• Innovation Partnership Program
• Exponential Strategy Program
• Exponential Leadership Program
1 2 3 4
The Most Critical Technologies, The World's Brightest MindsPAST PRESENTERS & TOPICS INCLUDED
AND MANY MORE...
These presenters and topics are a sample taken from previous programs. The 2018 program will vary to match the latest developments in technology, industry, and innovation.
Melanie Swan | Blockchain Theorist in Philosophy and Economic Theory, New School for Social Research | Blockchain 101: The Automation Economy & The Future of Money
Esther Wojcicki | Distinguished Visiting Scholar, MediaX at Stanford & Founder, Palo Alto High School Media Arts Program | Moonshots in Education
Geoffrey Von Maltzahn | Partner, Flagship VentureLabs | A Microbiome Revolution & The Future of Food
Andy Walshe | Director of High Performance, Red Bull | Human Performance
Pablos Holman | Futurist, Inventor & Notorious Hacker | Hacking Creativity
Jeremy HowardFounder & Deep Learning Researcher, fast.ai | Machine Learning & AI
Martin Varsavsky | CEO and Founder, Prelude Fertility | The Second Sexual Revolution
Ray Kurzweil | Co-Founder & Chancellor, Singularity University | Recorded Q&A on the Future
Peter Diamandis, MD Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Singularity University Transforming Scarcity to Abundance
Jill Tarter | Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI Research, SETI Institute | The Skies Above Us (Exo-Planets)
Salim IsmailGlobal Ambassador, Singularity University & Former Executive, Yahoo | Exponential Organizations
Esther Dyson | Executive Founder, Way to Wellville | How to Start a Movement Panel
Philip Lelyveld | VR/AR Initiative program lead Entertainment Technology Center, USC’s School of Cinematic Arts | Virtual & Augmented Reality - New Voices & Perspectives for a New Medium
Naveen Jain | Founder & CEO, BlueDot | The Second Real Moonshot: Moon Express
Neil JacobsteinArtificial Intelligence & Robotics Chair, Singularity University | The Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Meron Gribetz | Founder & CEO, Meta | Learning from the Brain: Building Intuitive Interfaces with Neuroscience
Daniel Kraft | Founding Executive Director & Chair, Exponential Medicine
Sylvia Earle | President and Chairman of Mission Blue | The Sylvia Earle Alliance
Clayton Christensen | Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School
Roelof Botha | PartnerSequoia Capital
Organizations That Attended Past SU Global Summits
Our Stats
ATTENDEES SURVEY
1600 attendees from 64 countries
108 presenters
37 EXPO companies
94% are likely to recommend this summit to a friend or colleague
95% said the information learned at the summit will impact their business
85% plan to attend in 2018
Reach A Unique and Powerful Audience
Management75%
Marketing10%
R&D6%
IT 5%
Business Development 4%
SENIORITY LEVELVP Level
14%
Director Level18%
C Level 33%
Staff Level 20%
Board Level7%
Consultant3%Manager
5%
COMPANY SIZE
(# OF EMPLOYEES)
8%2%
8%
12%
6%
12% 19%
33%0 - 2525 - 100100 - 250250 - 10001k - 10k10k - 50k50k - 100k> 100k
3%
5%
3%
11%
19%
30%
3%
26%$0-1 Million$1-10 Million$10-50 Million$50-100 Million$100-250 Million$250-500 Million$500M-1 Billion> 1 Billion
REVENUE
DISCIPLINE
PARTICIPANT DEMOGRAPHICS BY
We connect our partners with some of the best, brightest, and hardest-to-reach innovators and changemakers from around the globe.
Meet those whose expertise and resources are vital to your organization’s mission and strategy.
Testimonials
“ An exquisitely curated experience that brings about thought-provoking and soul-searching discussions on innovative, impactful,
and exponential solutions."
-Maria Cavalcanti - CEO, Pro Mujer
“ SU Global Summit is truly one of the best conferences I have ever attended. Every person who attends truly wants to be there, is completely engaged in every aspect & is a great
opportunity to further networking efforts. I was mind-blown by many of the speakers and the technological advancements they were presenting. Three days filled with learning and becoming acquainted with a portion of the world we are not familiar with.
Great experience."
-Maria Saldarriaga, Business Development, FTI
“ A broad variety of highly relevant and informative programs and speakers. Even as a techie & futurist, I learned. It's great to be able to interact with world-changers in such a relatively informal setting."
-Steve Burgess, COO, Foresight.org
“ The Summit gave me a comprehensive understanding of the importance of exponential technologies to solve the great challenges
of our era. In particular, it laid the foundation to drive from the state government of Jalisco dialogue to be leaders in Mexico in the
development of exponential organizations"
-Gustavo Padilla-Montes, Policy Maker, Secretaría de Innovación Ciencia y Tecnología, Jalisco, Mexico
“ This was the only place where the impact of converging exponential technologies are being explored so thoroughly"
-Gary Stein, Futures & Options Trader, Paradox Traders
“ This was my first SU event, and I went in with really high expectations. I am pleased to say that they were exceeded at every turn. The show, the venue, the off site events and the participants were all world class. I have been telling everyone that I lived for 5
days, 30 years in the future."
-Christopher Bush, Systems Integration for Agriculture, Catalyst Agri-Innovations Society
“ I found the content and the presenters first class, like early TED talks but with more depth and content."
-Craig Hampel, Computer Architect & Scientist, Rambus
SU Global Summit’s program will help participants gain a deeper understanding of the core exponential technologies that are redefining the future of humanity.
INCLUDING
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Deep Learning• Robotics• Computing & Networking• Extra-Terrestrial Manufacturing• Blockchain• Digital Health• Biotechnology• Digital Biology• Microbiome• Virtual & Augmented Reality• Nanotechnology• Neuroscience
AS WELL AS:
• Innovation• Investing• Cities• Work• Transportation• Human Performance• Making• Creativity• Media
IMPACTING THE 12 GLOBAL GRAND CHALLENGES
The Exponential Technologies and Topics that are Redefining the Global Economy
SU Global Summit features an intensive 3-day program packed with presentations from globally recognized speakers, breakout sessions, and after-hours social activities. A sample day may include:
• Breakfast with 50 startups and impact tech companies in our EXPO
• Morning sessions that provide multiple options to learn more about the technologies and topics you're most interested in
• A speaker lunch that opens for you to meet and network with fellow global leaders
• Afternoon breakouts and workshops, delivered by leading practitioners, designed to guide you toward applying the lessons from our stage to your organization, before reconvening for our main stage keynotes
• Then enjoy dinner with your colleagues before bonding with some of our planet's most interesting and inspiring citizens at our Global Summit Party
A day in the life at SU Global Summit
ALL GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE WHO REGISTER TOGETHER WILL RECEIVE 10% SAVINGS ON EACH REGISTRATION.
This rate is good for all registration types, but may not be combined with any other discounts.
Groups
Let's Get StartedThanks to some of the most innovative organizations of our time, SU Summits have come to life. We invite you to join our SU Summits community of partners.
All partnership levels include recognition in Summit materials and website, participation in private events with SU and Summit faculty, private meeting rooms, media opportunities, and Summit pricing for rooms.
Custom Experience Partner STARTING AT $300,000 (SOLD)
You’ll have the opportunity to present a workshop or Partner Perspective, as well as host a custom-curated reception/meal for you and your guests, up to 50 people. SU will work with you to hand-select program participants to attend the reception/meal, and a mutually agreed upon SU Faculty member will co-host the event with your leadership team. This partnership also includes on-site meal costs, 50 VIP registrations, 50% off Standard Pricing on additional VIP registrations for up to 50 people, five branded scholarships for underrepresented perspectives and emerging talent, a premium location in the EXPO, acknowledgement in 20+ SU Global Summit speaker videos, customized branding throughout the event, press/media passes, and premier recognition within all Summit materials.
All partnership levels include recognition in Summit materials and website, participation in private events with SU and Summit faculty, private meeting rooms,
media opportunities, and Summit pricing for rooms.
Exponential Leader STARTING AT $250,000 (ONE AVAILABLE)
Take a seat at the table to architect the Summit experience that will deeply impact your organization, clients, and all Summit participants. This partnership provides title and sole branding for our Livestream (anticipated 150k+ views), includes 25 VIP registrations, 50% off Standard Pricing on additional VIP registrations for up to 25 people, a premium location in the EXPO, opportunity to present a workshop, acknowledgement in all 20+ speaker videos, customized branding throughout the Summit, and premier recognition within all Summit materials.
All partnership levels include recognition in Summit materials and website, participation in private events with SU and Summit faculty, private meeting rooms,
media opportunities, and Summit pricing for rooms.
Industry Perspective Partner$100,000 (ONE AVAILABLE)
You'll co-create and co-present an hour-long, content-driven session on an assigned industry, emceed by an SU Faculty member. Both the SU Faculty member and Partner Presenter will be mutually agreed upon. This 100+ attendee breakout session will position your organization as a collaborative leader in the future of a specific industry and will be supported with promotion prior to the Summit via web, emails, PR, Social Media, and paid advertising. It will be featured in our Summit program, app, and onsite through main stage recognition and visual branding. You'll also receive a dedicated space in the EXPO, 5 VIP registrations, and 25% off Standard Pricing on additional VIP registrations for up to 10 people.
All partnership levels include recognition in Summit materials and website, participation in private events with SU and Summit faculty, private meeting rooms,
media opportunities, and Summit pricing for rooms.
$100,000 (FOUR AVAILABLE)
You'll sponsor and co-create a multi-session breakout track that focuses on a specific industry, work function, or technology. The track will be emceed by a mutually agreed upon SU Faculty member. This 100+ attendee track will position your organization as a collaborative leader in the future of a specific topic and will be supported with promotion prior to the Summit via web, emails, PR, Social Media, and paid advertising. It will be featured in our Summit program, app, and onsite through main stage recognition and visual branding. You'll also receive a dedicated space in the EXPO, 5 VIP registrations, and 25% off Standard Pricing on additional VIP registrations for up to 10 people.
Track Partner
All partnership levels include recognition in Summit materials and website, participation in private events with SU and Summit faculty, private meeting rooms,
media opportunities, and Summit pricing for rooms.
Disruptor(PRICING TBD)
Have an idea of your own? Want to work with us to develop one? Disruptors participate in a number of ways -- learning presence, partnering scholarships, product launches, initiative announcement, maker spaces, hackathons, disruptors-in-residence, physical installations, insight gathering, facility tours, and by-invitation topic-specific dinners with SU faculty. We work with each partner to integrate activations that connect your brand with the summit experience.
Our partners benefit by surrounding their organization with SU’s novel thinking and global network of technology disruptors. SU partners experience a mindset shift, build their thought leadership and network, identify new collaborators and customers, and build their innovation pipeline. Through creative programming, workshops, and curated gatherings we connect our partners to our influential audience and SU’s global ecosystem.
All partnership levels include recognition in Summit materials and website, participation in private events with SU and Summit faculty, private meeting rooms,
media opportunities, and Summit pricing for rooms.
Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential,
and that makes a profound difference.”
Ray KurzweilCo-Founder , Singularity University
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Contact Us
WILL WEISMAN
Executive Director, [email protected]+1 415-244-5641
NEIL SOGARDSenior Director, Global Partner [email protected]+1 617-686-6431