The world's problems are not solved by the same mindset that created them.

Founder at Synthetic, Co-founder at Anticip8 Analytics, McKinsey fellow, Singularity University GSP graduate, World Economic Forum Global Shaper. MSc (HHons) in Psychology, Neuroscience. Background includes: McKinsey & Co, Bosch Research & Technology. Chair Silicon Valley Women. Speaks on AI, innovation, the future, and how technology transforms society.

Steve Burgess is a nanotechnology activist, tech writer & speaker, startup mentor, and an internationally recognized computer forensics consultant. A founder of the data recovery industry in 1984 and a pioneer of today’s burgeoning computer forensics and electronic discovery industry, Burgess is active as a digital forensic specialist and testifies widely as an expert witness in the field.
Steve has reported on Japan’s space programs, contributed various Nanotech Glossaries, is the author of "The (Needed) New Economics of Abundance," contributor to the text, "Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases," and regularly writes on cyberissues, tech tips, and CSI stories found at http://burgessforensics.com/articles.php

Christine Peterson is Co-founder and former President of Foresight Institute. She lectures and writes about nanotechnology, AI, and longevity. Christine leads Foresight’s technical workshops and Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology. She is co-author of Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution (Morrow, also free online) and Leaping the Abyss: Putting Group Genius to Work (knOwhere Press, also free online).

She advises the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Global Healthspan Policy Institute, National Space Society, startup Ligandal, and the Voice & Exit conference. She coined the term ‘open source software.’ She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from MIT.

Jim received a BA (University of Pennsylvania, 1967), MA and PhD in chemistry (Harvard University, 1968, 1972). After postdoctoral research in molecular biology at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (1971-1973), Jim continued research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1973-1980), finishing as a Senior Staff Investigator, and then as an Associate Member, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (1980-1988). He joined the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute as a Senior Research Investigator (1988-1996). Since 1996 he has been working with Foresight, and as a consultant on nanotechnology.

Allison is a philosopher by training with a Summa Cum Laude MSc from the London School of Economics, where she developed a moral framework for AGI. She is interested in applying good philosophy to real-world challenges to aid the long-term wellbeing of all species. For this purpose she planned TEDx, workshops and conferences for governments, private sector firms, think tanks and NGO’s in Germany, France, Colombia, the UK and the US.
As Program Manager she helps coordinate Foresight’s workshops, publications, newsletter, donations, informal events and more. If you are interested in any of these, please get in touch at: a.duettmann@foresight.org

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• speed development of nanotechnology and other key fundamental technologies,
• promote beneficial uses of these revolutionary technologies, and
• reduce misuse and accidents potentially associated with them.