Vision Weekend US 2022

Foresight Institute

Join us for a weekend of  biotech, nanotech, neurotech, spacetech, computer science and existential hope festivities!

Internet Archive

What: Vision Weekend is Foresight Institute's annual member gathering on long-term futures. Top talent across biotechnology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology, computing, and space are encouraged to burst their tech silos, and plan for flourishing long-term futures. Come for the ideas: make friends across disciplines, generations, and continents who are similarly on the path to creating positive futures. Join panels, focus groups, mentorship hours, tech demos, sign-ups, and more. Additionally, stay for the festivities: breakfast boogies, mentorship hours, goal-setting jams, art vernissages, and plenty of time for calm reflection; alone, or in groups.Expect engaged discussion on topics including cryonics, DeSci, private ML, computational biology, LEV, space exploration, BCIs, WBEs, AGI, foundational science funding, rejuvenation, molecular nanotechnology, chemputing, computer security, prediction markets, charter cities, and more. On Day 1 we’ll take stock of the tech stack of today (and tomorrow). On Day 2 we’ll shape those default tech trajectories toward futures of Existential Hope.Find the full program on the Vision Weekend website: https://foresight.org/vision-weekends-2022/ Our Vision Weekends have always been successful in inspiring our attendees. Where: At the Internet Archive, VIP orbit events, and a private villa in San Francisco, December 2 - 4Confirmed presenters include:Long-term History &amp; Flourishing Futures<ul><li><a href="https://foresight.org/our-team/christine-peterson/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Christine Peterson</a>, Foresight Institute: The Big Picture</li><li><a href="https://www.anthony-aguirre.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Anthony Aguirre</a>, Future of Life Institute: Future of Life Awards &amp; Initiatives</li><li><a href="https://jasoncrawford.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jason Crawford</a>, Roots of Progress: The History and Future of Progress</li><li><a href="https://www.hardtowrite.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Riva-Melissa Tez</a>, investor: Flourishing Futures </li><li><a href="https://foresight.org/our-team/beatrice-erkers/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Beatrice Erkers</a>, Foresight Institute: Existential Hope </li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/fianxu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gaia Dempsey</a>, Metaculus: Forecasting the Next 100 Years</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justjamiejoyce/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jamie Joyce</a>, Society Library: Creating a Library for Democracy</li></ul>Longevity, Rejuvenation, Cryonics<ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-deshwar-565bb74/?originalSubdomain=ca" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amit Deschwar</a>, Deep Genomics: Bottlenecks in Drug Discovery</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/ArtirKel" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jose Luis Ricon</a>, Rejuvenome: Toward An Anti-Aging Intervention Effects Matrix</li><li><a href="https://retro.bio/team/joe-betts-lacroix/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Joe Betts-Lacroix</a>, Retro: Cellular Reprogramming: Why It’s Hard &amp; Where To Start</li><li><a href="https://www.a4m.com/gregory-fahy.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Greg Fahy</a>, Intervene Immune: Longevity: From Thymic Rejuvenation to Cryonics</li><li><a href="https://foresight.org/about-us/senior-fellows/karl-pfleger-senior-fellow/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Karl Pfleger</a>, Agingbiotech.info: What I Learned From Keeping A Tab on 150+ Longevity Companies</li><li><a href="https://www.repairbiotechnologies.com/executive-team/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reason</a>, FightAging: Foresight Patrons Personal Longevity </li><li><a href="https://mlinarsky.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fiona Miller</a>, quadraScope: Following the Data: Key Trends in Rejuvenation Medicine </li><li><a href="https://www.buckinstitute.org/lab/furman-lab/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">David Furman</a>, Buck Institute: Space &amp; Longevity: The Final Frontier?</li></ul>Molecular Machines, Chemputing, APM<ul><li><a href="https://dynamicland.org/about-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bret Victor</a>, DynamicLand, <a href="http://www.shawndouglas.com/about.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shawn Douglas</a>, UCSF: The Future of Programming &amp; Molecular Machines</li><li><a href="https://singularityhub.com/2022/08/02/scientists-engineer-dna-camcorders-to-record-a-cells-genetic-history/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Seth Shipman</a>, Gladstone Institute &amp; UCSF: DNA Camcorder: Movies of Cell Development for DNA Diaries</li><li><a href="https://benjaminreinhardt.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ben Reinhardt</a>, Speculative Technologies: Private ARPAs for long-term progress in materials and manufacturing</li><li><a href="https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/postdoctoral-fellow/dionis-minev/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dionis Minev</a>, Harvard University: Building With DNA Nanotech</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennyworkman/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kenny Workman</a>, LatchBio: A Modern Software Stack for Bioinformatics</li><li><a href="https://stoddart.northwestern.edu/directory/yuanning-feng/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Yuanning Feng</a>, Northwestern University: The Molecular Machines Tech Tree</li></ul>Neurotech, BCIs &amp; AIs<ul><li><a href="https://economics.gmu.edu/people/rhanson" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Robin Hanson</a>, George Mason University: Economic Implications of Human-Brain Emulations</li><li><a href="https://www.convergentresearch.org/todd-huffman" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Todd Huffman</a>, E11: Lessons from Slicing &amp; Mapping The Brain</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-watt-phd/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dana Watt</a>, Breakout Labs: Neurotech Progress: Theory vs Practice</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-payne-8a50571b6/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Andrew Payne</a>, E11: A Neuroscientist’s Toolbox</li><li><a href="https://equatortherapeutics.com/team/jonah-sinick-ph-d/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jonah Sinick</a>, Equator Therapeutics: Mitochondrial Heat Production </li><li><a href="https://encultured.ai" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Andrew Critch</a>, Encultured AI: Training Safe and Cooperative AI in a Game World</li><li><a href="https://norvig.com/bio.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Peter Norvig</a>, Google: AI Progress: Today, Tomorrow, And The Day After </li></ul>Cryptocommerce, DeSci &amp; AI<ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/kate_sills?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kate Sills</a>, independent: New Frontiers Unlocked Via Cryptography Tools </li><li><a href="https://agoric.com/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mark Miller</a>, Agoric: Computational Markets: Civilization As Superintelligence</li><li><a href="https://www.eff.org/about/staff/eva-galperin" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eva Galperin</a>, EFF: What You Need to Know About Nation State Spyware</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.electriccapital.com/team/avichal-garg-e" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Avichal Garg</a>, Electric Capital: What Does A Private Cryptocommerce Mean For You?</li><li>Dean Tribble, Agoric: Secure, Compose, Cooperate!</li><li>Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute: DeSci &amp; Differential Tech Development</li><li>Marta Belcher, FileCoin Foundation: Code &amp; Law</li></ul>Energy, Space, Expansion<ul><li><a href="https://stanford.academia.edu/AdamBrown" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Adam Brown</a>, Stanford: Mining Blackholes For Energy</li><li><a href="https://foresight.org/creon-levit-senior-fellow-in-applied-physics/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Creon Levit</a>, Planet Labs: Satellites &amp; Space Debris</li><li><a href="https://press.stripe.com/where-is-my-flying-car" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Josh Storrs Hall</a>, author: Where Is My Flying Car? </li><li><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=eli+dourado+geo+engineering&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eli Dourado</a>, regulatory hacker: Geo-engineering Promises &amp; Pitfalls</li><li><a href="https://future.ventures/bio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Steve Jurveston</a>, Future Ventures: Space Tech Funding: Earth, Moon, Mars &amp; Beyond</li><li>Bret Kugelmass, Last Energy: Nuclear, Now!</li></ul>Funding, Innovation, Experimentation<ul><li><a href="https://www.schmidtfutures.com/person/tom-kalil/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tom Kalil</a>, Schmidt Futures: Government vs. Academia vs. Private Funding</li><li><a href="https://research.protocol.ai/authors/evan-miyazono/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Evan Miyazono</a>, Protocol Labs: Funding the Commons Via Web3</li><li><a href="https://web.mit.edu/amarbles/www/index.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Adam Marblestone</a>, Convergent Research: Focused Research Organizations Wishlist</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.martinborchjensen.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Martin Borch Jensen</a>, Gordian Biotechnology: Institutional Experiments to Accelerate Longevity</li><li><a href="https://www.marklutter.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mark Lutter</a>, Charter Cities Institute: Building A Charter City</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-moreland-a227087b" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Will Moreland</a>, Special Competitive Studies Project:The New Geometry of Innovation</li></ul>With more to come!What's next? We reveal our exciting 2023 program (that's peppered with surprises, both in cyberspace and in-person) at the US Vision Weekend. This means that the friends you meet and make at the event, will be collaborating with you throughout next year. Together we will chart flourishing futures in biotech, nanotech, neurotech, computing, and space. How to join?You can purchase a Vision Weekend ticket to our US or France location. This includes a 1 year membership that gives you access to our cyberspace layer. Your donation is tax-deductible and allows us to do the work we do.TICKET OPTIONS Y﻿ou can purchase your ticket through donation or through Eventbrite. Please contact beatrice@foresight.org if you'd like to purchase through donation (we accept crypto!)Daytime Ticket: Includes Saturday (December 3) daytime program at the Internet Archive and Sunday (December 4) program at the The Birdhouse Villa in Berkeley hills, and access to Foresight's virtual events throughout 2023. <ul><li>Earlybird: $500 (purchase before October 15)</li><li>Regular: $1,000</li></ul>Patron Ticket (VIP): Includes access to pre-drinks at Hillsbourogh Villa (December 2) where you get a chance to meet the speakers. Access to VIP Gatherings at a villa on Saturday night (December 3), access to our day time program (December 3 &amp; 4), a private orbit event, and access to Foresight's virtual events throughout 2023. As a Foresight Patron you support our fellows and special projects. We will contact you to find out how you want to collaborate. This could include invitations to our workshops, our personal longevity group, or novel collaborations, and you will have access to Foresight's events throughout 2023. <ul><li>Earlybird: $5,000 (purchase before October 15)</li><li>Regular: $10,000</li></ul>Subsidized Ticket (free or highly reduced): We are committed to supporting bright minds. You can join Vision Weekend's daytime activities on a subsidized ticket by applying <a href="https://680d4kcs6ki.typeform.com/to/QWMemrpW" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here.</a>Sponsorship:We reserve a few sponsorship VIP Full Access tickets for those that want a unique and tailored experience, as well as help other talented applicants to attend (on a subsidized ticket). This may include sponsored keynotes, special VIP events, such as a private space gallery tour at Future Ventures (capped at 30 people), or other collaborations. Reach out to Beatrice at beatrice@foresight.org or register for a sponsorship ticket at the checkout for more info.Please note, all applications for tickets will close October 15. So, get in quick!For more information about our different membership options, or other ways to donate to Foresight Institute, find out more <a href="https://foresight.org/donate/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here. </a>

Friday afternoon’s location for the Space Gallery Tour for Sponsorship ticket holders (capped at 30 people).

Friday evening’s venue in Hillsborough for the VIP Pre Gathering for Sponsors, Patrons, and Speakers.

Saturday's daytime venue: The Internet Archive Headquarters.

Some of Sunday's venues. Join us in this private home.

FORESIGHT INSTITUTEOur community is where breakthrough technologies are born. For the last 35 years, <a href="https://foresight.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Foresight Institute</a>, based in California, has been gathering and supporting the thinkers shaping the edge of science and tech innovation. Nanotechnology, AGI, smart contracts, prediction markets, and specific longevity approaches: name it, we were there for it. Foresight’s programs focus on advancing molecular nanotechnology, biotechnology for longevity, and computer science, but our work extends cross disciplinarily into other related tech fields, such as space, neurotech.We are a positive-future-movement, composed of multiple, specialized, and coordinated sub-projects. Each of them a piece of the puzzle of our grand future.Our membership has grown virtually over the decades. However, we are expanding our horizons and want to meet our global community in person. So, please join us at our Vision Weekends held in France and/or the US for a fast-forward dip into flourishing futures and enjoy comprehending the many intelligent, ground-breaking innovations, built by our exceptional international community.

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