Search results

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is joining forces with Singularity University to launch a Global Impact Challenge – a call for radical innovations in the fight to end hunger by 2030.

Darlene Damm is an impact-driven visionary who pioneered the impact technology industry. She co-founded two of the world’s first impact technology companies in aerospace and drone transport, and as former Faculty Chair and Vice President of Community and Impact at Singularity University, taught and mentored thousands of founders and executives who went on to build impact technology companies in every industry including Ag Tech, Food Tech, Ed Tech, Climate Tech, Gov Tech, Health Tech, and more. Darlene received her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, her master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS), was a fellow with Japan-US Community Education and Exchange, is an advisor to the UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator, was a mentor with Google’s impact accelerator, a judge for Stanford BASES, and served on the Biden Administration’s Working Group on Cross Border Trade. She holds patents in drone technology and Authority Magazine featured her as a social impact hero. She is also the author of Your Dream Job is Here: The Impact Technology Revolution and the New Jobs Saving the World. Her journey seamlessly merges technology and social impact. As the founder of DIYROCKETS, she pioneered crowdsourced space tech in 2012, and co-founding Matternet in 2011, she reshaped medical deliveries with drones in developing nations. Before Singularity University, Darlene empowered youth across Asia and the US, contributing to economies. Her role at Ashoka led to significant funding and partnerships with tech giants, while initiatives like StartEmpathy impacted over 30 countries. Darlene holds a degree from Stanford University, a master's from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and her patent, speaking engagements and publications attest to her expertise in technology, innovation and social change.

SU announced it is partnering with CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, to launch Exponential Finance, a first-of-its-kind conference to explore the impact of exponential technologies that are disrupting and reshaping finance and the world as we know it.

SU announces personally adaptive virtual reality training system and on-demand classes at 2019 Global Summit

Uncommon Partners’ behavior-based approach to transformation will catalyze action across the Singularity global ecosystem.

SingularityU Brazil will work with local governments, educational institutions, foundations, non-government organizations, and other leaders to address learning, public security, and infrastructure challenges. In addition, SingularityU Brazil will collaborate with other corporate sponsors in partnership with SU to accelerate the pace of innovation in the country.

SU CEO and Associate Founder Rob Nail believe investing in and supporting the APAC region will have a significant global impact due to population size.

As a sought-after speaker, he has given keynote addresses and speeches around the world for organizations including Abbvie, Cisco, Oracle, Roche, E&Y, Accenture, Gilead, ENEL, Intesa, Banca Sella, Mediolanum, Alphabet, Internet Advertising Bureau, European Foundation for Management Development, and H-Farm. He is an author of Something New about the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The book is available in three languages, English, Italian, and Spanish. David is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation, a Founder of the Open Government Data working group, and an Advisor to the Institute of Ethics and Emergent Technologies and numerous startups. He was the Chairman of the Board, and is an Advisor to Humanity+, an organization dedicated to promoting understanding, interest, and participation in fields of scientific advancement and emerging innovation that benefit the human condition. He was an Adjunct Professor at LUISS Business School in Rome, one of Italy’s leading institutions.

Futurism’s digital content, media, and storytelling capabilities will inspire leaders to harness exponential technologies to solve the world’s most pressing challenges