GP Dinner #196 | Regenerative Tech w/Jess Groopman

GP Dinner #196 | Regenerative Tech w/Jess Groopman

WHAT: GP Dinner #196 | Regenerative Tech w/Jess Groopman

WHERE: Jeremy's Loft, 54 Washburn Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

WHEN: 6:00 to 10:00pm on May 12th, 2026

PLEASE NOTE: ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO FIRST 40 PEOPLE WHO SECURE A TICKET HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO GIFT OR TRANSFER YOUR SPOT TO A FRIEND IF YOUR PLANS CHANGE. JUST LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.

Please join us for our 196th dinner on May 12th in San Francisco.

Expect cocktails at 6:00 and our speaker around 6:45 with a family style feast introduced around 7:00, prepared by our professional chef. Wines will be thoughtfully paired with the menu.

ATTIRE: Attire is relaxed and informal.

About Good People Dinners: GP Dinners is a community built around meaningful ​conversations and delicious feasts, a moveable social club for those who value authenticity, a better way to connect with each other. We are also an event production business and regularly create tailored dinner series for a wide range of companies and organizations.

Our dinners are hosted at a variety of venues in the Bay Area, at Camp Earnest near Yosemite NP and around the country and the world. Every dinner includes a speaker on a topic of wide ranging interest and a chef prepared feast. To learn more about us, please visit our Founding Principles page.

Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

OUR SPEAKER:

Our friend Jessica Groopman is the founder of the Regenerative Technology Project. With Lynelle Cameron and Raman Frey, she is a co-founder of Regen Bridge.

A technology industry analyst, author, and speaker, she studies the intersection of emerging technologies and regeneration. She advises forward-thinking leaders globally on disruptive “horizon 3” innovations, and supports the tech ecosystem to design our tools for the regeneration of living systems. She has published over 50 reports on a wide range of emerging tech applications and implications across culture, business, economics, and environment.

Jessica was also included in Onalytica’s list of the 100 Most Influential Thought Leaders on the Internet of Things and Top Women in AI Ethics, and recently co-authored a book about converging trends called The Fast Future Blur.

Prior, she founded research firm, Kaleido Insights, and was formerly principal analyst at Tractica, Harbor Research, and Altimeter Group, later serving as Digital Strategy & Innovation Director, now Senior Innovation Advisor with impact consultancy, Intentional Futures. Jessica is also a distinguished fellow at RegenIntel, ambassador at Capital Institute, faculty at Fast Future Fundamentals, part of the Nexxworks’ collective of futurists, and serves on CapGemini’s Net Positive Advisory Board.

Trained in anthropology, Jessica loves helping leaders think differently about the future. Based in the SF Bay Area, Jessica is a regular speaker, panelist, moderator and sought after facilitator for events across business, tech, and sustainability.

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Tonight our conversation will revolve around how Jess became a Silicon Valley Tech strategist, then arrived at a fundamental reorientation in her practice, from thriving within the technology ecosystem as it is, to sensing its exponential AND systemic effects on Life itself, and finally towards focusing exclusively on the regenerative capacity of exponential tech.

After this turning point, Jess also committed to helping others to direct their work towards prosocial, restorative, and "glocal" impacts themselves.

How might we continue our work in building new technological systems-- both digital and social-- with an orientation on the "just, distributive, and regenerative" potential of these tools?

How do we all narrow in on Jess' three C's: Cohering, Cross-Pollinating, and Committing together to building genuine well-being and fulfillment into our technologies going forward?

OUR CHEF:

Anna Voloshyna is a Ukrainian-American culinary storyteller, activist, and author of "BUDMO! Recipes from a Ukrainian Kitchen." Raised in Ukraine, her cooking style blends traditional Eastern European and Ukrainian recipes with modern influences, showcasing her dedication to nourishing dishes and high-quality ingredients. Anna honed her culinary expertise at the San Francisco Cooking School, where she completed their Culinary Arts program.

Anna's expertise in Ukrainian and Eastern European foods has led to features in top publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Food and Wine, as well as participation in various culinary projects and speaking engagements. Committed to sharing her culinary knowledge, Anna hosts culinary events, both in-person and online cooking classes and workshops. Her contributions to the culinary arts have earned her accolades, including the IACP Media Award and the Foreword Indies Best Indie Cookbook Award.

With every dish she cooks and every page she writes, Anna invites the world to explore and celebrate Ukraine’s rich culinary heritage.

OUR MENU:

TO START
Housemade Pickles: Spicy Pickled Campari Tomatoes, Rose Sauerkraut

Mary's Organic Duck and Wild Pheasant Terrine with Rhubarb Relish

Wild Hedgehog, Black Trumpet and Crimini Mushroom Pâté Topped with English Peas

Rye Bread

MAINS
Banosh (Ukrainian Polenta) with Caramelized Pearl Onion, Bryndza Cheese and Dill Oil

Roasted Organic Sonoma Country Meat Coop Pork and Rice Savoy Cabbage Rolls with Smoky Rancho Gordo Canellini Bean Pure and Red Beet Pickled with Red Onion

TO FINISH
Dark Valrhona Chocolate Buckwheat Mouse with Housemade Whipped Cream and Crunchy Buckwheat Popcorn

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Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

Drinks at 6:00, dinner at 7:00. Though a cocktail and some wine will be provided, guests are welcome to bring a bottle of wine to share.

Menu update will come soon to help you choose your bottles. We always make sure vegetarian friends will have plenty to eat. Please contact Raman or Karin in advance if you have any other dietary restrictions.

If you are wondering how you were included in this invitation, or would like to be removed, please contact ramanfrey@gmail.com

To sign up for future events, please register at

www.gpdinners.com

To learn more about the former summer camp we've purchased and refurbished near Yosemite, please visit us here. Camp Earnest is available for a campus buyout for groups from 15 to 75 guests at a time.

www.campearnest.com