For the past six months I have been visiting some of the top research labs in the world, meeting with the people who run them and learning all that I can about the work they are doing. It has been an intensely fascinating journey. Prior to I had not grasped just how much progress science has made lately into our understanding of the world and ourselves. Every place I visited and every person involved that I talked to helped open my eyes to some of the truly incredible progress that has been made.
I want to keep going and keep sharing what I have come across with anyone who is interested. I want to help shed light on some of the remarkable things happening in science and technology and foster sorely needed discussion as many of these advances will fundamentally change society and the way each of us choose to live our lives.
Below I have put together a tentative list of the places and conferences I want to visit in the upcoming year. This list is still very fluid, if you know of any places I should go, conferences I should attend or people I should meet feel free to let me know.
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Conferences
Feb 11-16 : San Francisco, Developer Week
Feb 18 : MIT, Technology
March 20-22 :Orlando, Stem Cells
March 21-25 : Phoenix, Genetics
March 29 – April 2 : Vienna, Alzheimers + Parkinson’s disease
May 25 : St. Louis, Space Science
July 20-22 : Munich, Synthetic Biology
July 20-23 : San Diego, Comic-Con
Aug 19-25 : Melbourne, Artificial Intelligence
Aug 31 : Rhodes Greece, Environmental Science and Technology
Sep 21-22 : Toronto, Genetics
Sep 25-27 : Berlin, Biotechnology
Sep 25-29 : Adelaide, Australia, Astronautics
Nov 2-3 : Toronto, Genetics
Nov 6-9 : Lisbon, Tech
Nov 8-9 : Vegas, Nuclear Physics
Nov 11-15 : Washington, Neuroscience
Dec 4-5 : Sao Paulo, Biotech
Projects and Companies shaping the future
Robotics + Drones : Boston Dynamics, Airobotics, Hanson Robotics, 3D robotics, Ekso bionics, Yaskawa, ABB, Airobotics, Kuka, Fanuc, Softbank, Delphi
Genetics + Genetic Engineering : BGI, Amgen, Sangamo, Editas, Caribou, Intellia, Crisprtx
Synthetic Biology : Collectis , Synthase, Gingko bioworks
Medical Sciences : Eu Brain Project, US Brain initiative, Datos, Syqe, Calico labs, Paul Allen Institute for Brain Science, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Gladstone Institute, Buck Institute, Scripps, Sens
Space Programs : Space X, Copernicus Program, Keck, Fluxiot
Alternative Energy : ITER, Solar city, Yingli Solar, Suntech
Physics : FAST, SPPC , LUNA, CERN, SETI, LIGO, Sanford Underground, Snolab, TRIUMF
Transportation : Navlab, Innoviz, hyperloop, QNX, Continental, Autotalks
Artificial Intelligence : Deepmind, Open AI, OpenCog, Amazon, Watson, iCarbonX
Quantum Computing : D-Wave
Virtual + Augmented Reality : HTC, Oculus, Samsung, Holo Lens, Magic Leap
Urban Development: Songdo, Seasteading
Farming : Freight Farms, Verticrop, Aerofarms, Spread
Plus there is a ton of stuff happening at universities throughout the world that I will be adding as I go.
By Geographic Area
Israel : iCarbonX, Innoviz, Airobotics, Datos, Fluxiot, Syqe, Autotalks
North East USA : Sanford Underground, Intellia, Crisprtx, Collectis, Boston Dynamics, Gingko bioworks, Watson, Freight Farms, Aerofarms, Navlab, Delphi
California : LIGO, SETI, Sangamo, Editas, Caribou, Ekso bionics, Calico labs, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Gladstone Institute, Buck Institute, Scripps, Sens, Space X, Solar city, Open AI, Oculus, hyperloop
Other parts of USA : Keck, 3D robotics, Paul Allen Institute for Brain Science, US Brain initiative, Amazon, Holo Lens, Magic Leap
China : SPPC , FAST, BGI, Hanson Robotics, Yingli Solar, Suntech, OpenCog, HTC
Japan : Yaskawa, Spread, Fanuc, Softbank
Korea : Samsung, Songdo
Canada : Amgen, D-Wave, Verticrop, QNX, Snolab, TRIUMF
Switzerland : CERN, ABB
Italy : LUNA
France : ITER
UK : Synthase, Deepmind
Germany : Continental, Kuka
Other : Seasteading
I want to add India, Africa and South America as I am sure there are exciting things happening there but I know little about them.
Tentative Schedule
February – Israel
March/April – Europe
May/June – U.S.A
July – East Asia
August – Australia
Sept to Dec – TBD