Thank you to our sponsors, AgingBiotech, 100 Capital, and NfX Bio, for your generous support of our AGI: Cryptography, Security & Multipolar Scenarios Workshop at The Institute in San Francisco. Thankyou also to AE Studios and Protocol Labs for supporting our Neurotech, BCI, and WBE for the Safe AI Workshop at Lighthaven in Berkeley. Workshop recordings and reports will be shared with you soon.
Secure Your Tickets for Vision Weekend Europe Today!
We are thrilled to invite you to Vision Weekend, the annual festival of Foresight Institute. Burst your tech silos, and plan for flourishing long-term futures in the beautiful Bückeburg castle in Germany from July 12 – 14. Come for the ideas: join the conference, unconference, mentorship hours, curated 1-1s, demos, and much more. Stay for fun with new friends: join for the satellite gatherings, cyberfuture dinners, tea services, costume closets, interactive art, secret dance parties, and surprise experiences.
What’s this year’s theme? This year’s main conference track is dedicated to “Paths to Progress,”; meaning you will hear 10+ invited presentations from Foresight’s core community highlighting paths to progress in the following areas:
Long-term History & Flourishing Futures
Longevity, Rejuvenation, Cryonics
Molecular Machines, Computing, APM
Neurotech, BCIs & WBEs
Cryptography, Security & AI
Energy, Space, Expansion
Funding, Innovation, Progress
Who might I meet?
Keynote Speakers: Hear from renowned individuals like Jaan Tallinn (Future of Life Institute), Hendrik Dietz (Dietz Lab), Anders Sandberg (University of Oxford), Catalin Mitelut (NYU), Muriel Richard-Noca (ClearSpace), Nikolina Lauc (GlycanAge), Andrew Critch (Encultured), Joao Pedro De Magalhaes (University of Birmingham), Jeremy Barton, Toby Pilditch (Transformative Futures Institute), Matjaz Leonardis (Oxford University), Trent McConaghy (Ocean Protocol), Chiara Herzog (University of Edinburgh) who will share their insights on key trends and future scenarios.
What experiences might I have? The choice is yours: You can either pick a path to progress highlighted by our presenters and deep-dive with them, or you can propose an entirely new path to progress in your domain of choice. To cool off from the cerebral parts of the event, we invite you to engage in interactive art, music jams, dance, yoga, and curated surprise experiences.
How can I join? Depending on your ticket tier, accommodation and access to exclusive satellite events are available. Check out the agenda, speakers, and tickets here: https://foresight.org/vw2024eu/
Join us at Edge Esmerelda
Join the Foresight team at LabWeek Field Building: A Week of Innovation and Collaboration in Healdsburg, CA!
Lou, our Program Director, will speak at LabWeek Field Building, a cutting-edge decentralized conference hosted by Protocol Labs in collaboration with the Foresight Institute and Edge Esmeralda. Aleks, Allison, Lauren, and Beatrice will join Lou at Edge Esmeralda, making this an event you won’t want to miss!
LabWeek Field Building gathers top neurotech, AI, biotech, and XR innovators for a unique week-long event in Edge Esmeralda, a month-long pop-up city. Curated by the Foresight Institute, this conference fosters high-trust collaboration and interdisciplinary synergies to advance frontier science.
To attend, purchase a ticket to Edge Esmeralda. Use code LABWEEK20 for a discount. Accommodation discounts are available at this link.
Applications for the 2025 Cohort close July 31st
For more information and to apply, visit our website.
Deadlines approaching for Prize Applications
Foresight Feynman Prizes
With the Feynman Prize, the Foresight Institute wishes to recognize recent and brilliant achievements that contribute profoundly to Nanotechnology. Categories include grand, theory, experiment, student, and apply here.
The Foresight Norm Hardy Prize
Security is only possible if users can understand the implications of their actions. The Norm Hardy Prize is being offered to encourage work that helps users make wise decisions. Please apply here.
Foresight Fellow Updates
Alumni Fellow Matjaž Leonardis, a Foresight Fellow Alum, recently spoke about our groundbreaking initiative in developing Technology Trees at the AI Expo for National Competitiveness in Washington, DC. Learn more:
Guaranteed Safe AI’ (GS AI), led by our 2024 Fellow Nora Ammann. This work introduces a novel approach to AI safety through a framework comprising a world model, a safety specification, and a verifier. These components ensure AI outputs meet strict safety standards within probabilistic bounds. Read the full paper here.
May Seminars
May Salons
AI x Hope
On Friday, May 24, from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM GMT+2, AI x Hope brought together visionaries and innovators in Berlin to discuss the future of human-AI cooperation.
Longevity Debate
On May 27th, Peter Fedichev and Aubrey de Grey delved into the hard problems, and potential breakthroughs in the field of Longevity. Exploring critical questions like “What is aging?” and “Why do some animals age differently?
Community Updates
Pareto Holdings: pH Fellowship
Pareto Holdings has launched the pH Fellowship to fund, mentor, and support grad students, postdocs, and PIs tackling the hardest problems in aging and age-related diseases. The fellowship includes $200,000 in funding, 12 months of programming, expert guidance, and more.
CERN is hiring for an Agent-Based Digital Twins Simulator (IT-GOV-INN-2024-17-GRAP). This position offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in a renowned research environment.
The University of Cyprus is offering a PhD studentship. This opportunity is ideal for those interested in advancing their research in a supportive academic setting.
Executive Assistant to Niamh Peren, and Communications
Lauren handles communications across newsletters and social media.
Foresight Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donation is tax-deductible in the US as permitted by law. Our tax ID number is 77-0119168.
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