Peter Xing

Location
Australia
Areas of Expertise
Biotechnology
Purpose
Ethics

Expert Bio

Peter Xing is a Data and AI Specialist in the Public Sector team at Microsoft, where he focuses on accelerating data, analytics, and artificial intelligence adoption on Azure for the education industry and government departments, including solutions such as Azure OpenAI, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Cosmos DB. A recognized keynote speaker and thought leader on transhumanism and emerging technologies, Peter co-founded Transhumanism Australia, a venture studio and community dedicated to advancing the global transhumanism movement, including Transhuman Coin, the official currency of the transhumanism movement designed to fund research and development into science and technologies that extend healthy human lifespans, enhance intelligence, and improve overall wellbeing. He serves as an Expert at Singularity Group on transhumanism and emerging technologies and as an Advisor at WAVIA, formerly SingularityU Australia, on impact investments. Prior to Microsoft, Peter held senior leadership roles as a Global Director at both KPMG and Deloitte, where he led emerging technology initiatives to help organizations navigate and thrive amid accelerating change and digital disruption. With a career spanning enterprise AI, cloud transformation, longevity science, and exponential technologies, Peter Xing is a leading voice at the intersection of technology, humanity, and the future.

Sessions

Our Transhuman Future

Human Augmentation , Longevity, Metaphysics, Human Potential

In this session, participants will be introduced to the concept of Transhumanism, a global philosophical movement of people who want to transcend the limitations of our human biology using science and technology. Science and technology is advancing at an exponential rate, from the latest developments in tackling the hallmarks of aging, to the future of virtual and augmented reality, to the advancements in brain-computer interfaces, to ultimately the rise of artificial general intelligence. But knowledge of these developments remains one of the greatest barriers to adoption. How can individuals adopt a transhumanist mindset in their personal and professional lives, and what impact does this have for society?

After a brief introduction to Transhumanism, participants will be inspired by some of the latest scientific breakthroughs and technology trends that will pave the way for humanity to extend our healthy lifespans, enhance our intelligence and expand our wellbeing. Participants will be guided on what they can do today to embrace a transhumanist mindset and adopt the science and technologies that will shape our transhuman future. This session is perfect for individuals seeking a greater purpose in their lives at a personal, professional and societal level to gain insight into the future of humanity.

Optional workshop element on Our transhuman Future session:

As a follow up to the keynote, there would be an option to provide a workshop ("Cards for Transhumanity"), to have the audience form teams, and each individual receives a card (image attachment) that contains the 3 core pillars of transhumanism: super longevity, super intelligence and super wellbeing. They then draw from a deck of cards containing the technologies discussed from the earlier presentation e.g. CRISPR, brain-computer interfaces, biochips, 3D printed organs, augmented reality, blockchain. The individuals each describe to their team members their vision of our transhuman future in the next 10-15 years based on the cards drawn, and come together as a team selecting one spokesperson from their team to pitch their future vision of humanity to the audience. The winning team by popular vote will receive Transhuman Coin airdrops.

Optional workshop element on The promise & perils of the metaverse

Participants will experience a virtual and mixed reality demo with the latest headset in an enterprise training simulation as well as a work collaboration experience. Participants will also set up a cryptocurrency wallet on their mobiles and experience an airdrop from Transhuman Coin.

Post-Pandemic: AI and Automation Accelerating Our Abundant Future

Automation, Digital Inclusion, Robotic Assistants, Technological Unemployment

In this session, participants will learn how organisations have embraced the unique opportunity in a post-pandemic world to increase the automation and delivery of goods and services with the rapid application of AI and automation technologies. With the challenge of staff shortages and remote working, what will the future of work, consumption and means of production look like?

After a brief overview of the technologies that have enabled the post-pandemic productivity revolution, participants will hear case studies of how factories and fulfillments, transportation, telepresence and other remote delivery of services are being automated and how we can accelerate our journey towards a world of abundance. This session is perfect for executives including CEOs, COOs and CSOs to help accelerate their post-pandemic strategies.

Super-Intelligent Organisations: Business Models For The AI Era

Introduction to Exponentials, Machine Learning, Digital Transformation, Technological Unemployment

In this keynote, Peter will provide an overview of the artificial intelligence landscape and how organisations are taking advantage of the new markets and opportunities being created today. He'll cover the paths to implementation, organisational changes required and strategies to maximise the potential of AI adoption in the near future.

After an overview of the AI landscape, Peter will provide case studies from his experience in AI implementation for multinational organisations working at global consulting firms. He'll also provide scenarios for the implications of increasing automation in our work and its impact on society. This session is perfect for executives such as CDOs, CTOs and CIOs looking to embed AI in their organisation.

The Future of Money

Blockchain, Future of Money, Cryptocurrency, Regulation and Policy

In this session, Peter will give a keynote on the evolution of money and its future as fintech and social e-commerce lead to the adoption of web3 technologies including cryptocurrencies, NFTs, decentralised finance and stablecoins. After an overview of the web3 landscape, participants will hear case studies in its adoption and gain insight into the implications of initiatives such as central bank digital currency initiatives around the world. This session is perfect for executives like CFOs and Corporate Treasury, as well as COOs for managing their supply chain financing.

The iPhone 20: What Will Smart Devices Look Like in 2029?

Brain Computer Interface, Online Identity, Smart Devices, Digital Identity and Relationships

We're used to seeing better smartphones every year, packed with the latest and greatest hardware and software features. So what would they look like in 2029? This session will explore possible future iPhone line-ups and delve into how society might transform over the next 10 years as smart devices and software are able to integrate more and more with our biology by 2029. It will apply the latest predictions and rumours on the Apple roadmap, as well as take into account the broader competitive landscape and smart device ecosystem as the technologies accelerate at an exponential rate. From augmented reality to brain-computer interfaces, could humanity one day become fully integrated with our technology?

After an overview of the smart device roadmap predictions to 2029, Peter will provide case studies of prototypes being tested in the field and implications for industry adoption. This session is perfect for executives such as CIOs and CTOs in organisations anticipating the features from bring-your-own-devices, as well as for customer experience.

The Platform Wars: How competing software, hardware and ideology could accelerate existing divisions in humanity into the future

In this session, Peter will present on the platform wars happening in technology, from the current divisions in software, hardware and ideology stemming from the closed ecosystems enforced by competition among tech giants and nation states. As our society becomes more interconnected online and in the metaverse, how can we ensure that we have more in common than what divides us as a species?

Following an overview of the current challenges for interoperability across devices and software platforms, participants will gain an understanding of open source technologies that will pave a way for greater adoption and developer ecosystems for your solutions. This session is perfect for CIOs and CTOs looking to select vendors to adopt in their organisations for emerging technologies such as AI, web3/blockchain, extended reality, digital twins and IoT.

The Promise & Perils Of The Metaverse

Online Identity, Metaverse, Virtual Reality, Digital Identity and Relationships

In this session, participants will get an overview of the practical applications of the metaverse, its addressable market, and the latest developments and applications of its embedded technologies including extended reality, web3, digital twins and generative AI. So much hype has gone into the metaverse, a concept from science fiction with billions of dollars of investment made by big tech and corporate institutions alike. Will these investments pay off to make the metaverse vision a reality?

After a brief introduction to the metaverse, this session will do a deep dive on the use cases and case studies from the enterprise and consumer applications of the technologies, from success stories to failures of organisations "entering the metaverse" across various industries. Participants will be guided on the promise and perils of the metaverse hype machine, and how to form and execute a metaverse strategy from the learnings of others. This session is perfect for executives looking into or experimenting with metaverse initiatives in their organisation today.

Tokenizing your business as a movement. Transhuman Coin as a case study

Business as movements has moved to a whole new level with the advent of Web3. The tools available are now accessible enough for anyone to mint their own tokens on behalf of your community. Whether it's for your customers, community members, or interest groups, you can now create a truly circular economy whereby the token becomes the means of exchange collectively adopted by the movement to create positive impact.

In this session, Peter Xing, co-founder of Transhumanism Australia will take you on the journey of Transhuman Coin, from the early days of leading the transhumanism community in Sydney, Australia, to managing the Transhuman Coin token which reached a market cap of more than $15 million.

Peter will go through some first principles that enabled the transhumanism community to grow over the years, and the leadership required to nurture your tribe early on. He will then go through the underlying technologies powering Transhuman Coin and the tokenomics supporting its adoption by the community.

Finally, Peter will outline the positive impact community tokens like Transhuman Coin has had, including donations made to charities like Lifespan.io, FOXG1 Research Foundation Australia, and the longevity media community such as the feature film, "The Last Generation To Die". Crypto for good will support achieving the UNSDGs. This session is perfect for executives looking to build a mission for their organisation to make their brands a movement in society.

Wise Mirror - Designing Utopias features

Wise Mirror is a series of interactive talks, workshops and info/edu-tainment programs deployed using transmedia (including via online streaming, 3D interactive environments and immersive experiences in virtual reality and haptics) for individuals and organisations to design the future they want to live in. The purpose of Wise Mirror is to accelerate technology adoption in line with the UN SDGs by having participants opt-in to the positive futures they want to create.

In this workshop, participants will be inspired to adopt technology for a better future. Rather than succumbing to the anxiety-inducing dystopias in popular science fiction (think The Terminator, Black Mirror, Altered Carbon, Westworld and Ready Player One...) this session will help participants envision a future that avoids societal pitfalls and predict the journey we go on to create a positive future for all. It will compare scenarios from those sci-fi dystopias to real life case studies today as we move towards a future of abundance, where science and technology extends our healthy lifespans, enhances our intelligence and improves our wellbeing. Participants will come up with science fiction ideas using emerging technologies and story arc frameworks to create outputs such as comic books, screenplays, and short videos which can be published and shared with the world.

After an introduction to the Wise Mirror concept, participants will be equipped with the latest generative AI and creation tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, ElevenLabs and D-ID to build their utopian futures from a dystopian sci-fi storyline such as episodes in Black Mirror. This session is perfect for executives looking to shape the mission of their organisation to have a positive impact on the future of humanity.

Core components:

- Take a new technology

- Introduce it in a story arc based on Dan Harmon's story circle / Hero's Journey

- Create a plot that is the opposite of Black Mirror where we go from current state to utopia - map to UN SDGs, leveraging tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, ElevenLabs and D-ID

- Outputs can be leveraged for scenes that can be acted out in VR Chat or Engage VR, or shot as a video for a series, or other transmedia e.g. physical cinema experience with haptics as a follow up deep-dive.

The Technological Singularity

This thought-provoking keynote will provide an in-depth look at the concept of the Technological Singularity. We'll examine theories around uncontrollable technological advancement, the acceleration of AI, and the potential for humanity to merge with AI.

Key topics: Origins of the term 'Technological Singularity', accelerating pace of technological progress, profound implications for society, economy, politics, culture, leading Singularity theories and speculations, views of futurists like Vinge, Kurzweil, Altman, Musk, ethical implications and potential risks, and preparing for and shaping this future.

Takeaways: Broad understanding of the Technological Singularity concept, appreciation of accelerating technological growth, perspectives from prominent futurists on the future of AI, ethical considerations around advanced technologies, and insight into how to potentially shape the path ahead.

Perfect for: Technology enthusiasts, futurists, and anyone curious about where technological progress is taking us.

Accelerating Our Abundant Future With AI & Automation

In this session, participants will learn how organisations have embraced the unique opportunity in this intelligence revolution to increase the automation and delivery of goods and services with the rapid application of AI to industry. With the challenge of staff shortages and remote working, what will the future of work, consumption and means of production look like?

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