Singularity University Global Summit

August 20-22, 2018 • San Francisco, CA

#BeExponential

A Retrospective:

Singularity University’s First

10 Years and a Look Forward
at What’s to Come
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Welcome!
—
Rob Nail
CEO and Associate Founder, SU

Dear Global Summit participant,

Welcome to the Singularity University Global Summit. We con-
vene each year as a community to explore our rapidly changing
world and find new ways to mobilize our global ecosystem for
action.
•Launch a new Digital Learning Platform to deliver online versions
of the best SU has to offer
• Announce several new strategic partnerships that will enable us
to expand our business and impact in exciting new ways

This is an exciting year for our community, as we celebrate the

I invite you to learn more about these and other activities at our
10th anniversary of SU and its impact on the world. Fittingly, our
booth in the EXPO, where members of our team are ready to
theme this year is The Power of 10. Within this publication and
greet you. I also enthusiastically invite inspired solvers every-
over the course of the Global Summit, we’ll be reviewing our col-
where to apply for the first cohort of the redesigned GSP, kicking
lective accomplishments of the past ten years, what the communi-
off next spring!
ty can achieve in the next ten years, and the overall power of the
exponential technology, tools, and mindset that differentiate us.
While the SU organization continues to evolve, one thing that
won’t change is our mission to inspire and empower you with the
You’re a huge reason we’re able to experience the power of 10.
latest insights into the power of exponential technologies to solve
Our growth has been nothing short of phenomenal thanks to the
global grand challenges and to connect you to an incredible glob-
work you’re doing at SingularityU Summits, Country Partnerships,
al ecosystem to support your impact initiatives. We’re here to help
Chapters, Global Impact Challenges, Smart City Accelerators, im-
you succeed, whether you’re working to make positive change at
pact initiatives, and SU portfolio companies. We appreciate your
the personal, organizational, local, or global level. As this year’s
participation in our programs as organizations and individuals, as
theme suggests, the impact of our community is larger than the
well as the service you provide as members of our extended fac-
sum of its parts. As our community grows exponentially, so will our
ulty and growing network of experts, mentors, and advisors. SU’s
ability to effect positive exponential change.
global influence is undeniable as the interest in exponential tech-
nologies and their impact to make the world a better and more
We pledge to continue helping you navigate to the future faster
equitable place also grows at an accelerating pace.
and identify new opportunities to create value. I hope you discov-
er inspiration here to fuel your important work and new partners to
And we’re just getting started! What I’m most excited about is what
help drive it forward. We look forward to supporting you.
lies ahead for us over the next ten years. We’re already off to a
great start and in the coming months will:
Let’s work together to catalyze a better future and make amazing
• Relaunch our flagship GSP, now the Global Startup Program, to things happen!
be more hands-on, scalable, transformative, impactful, and glob-
al in order to include more startups and launch more moonshots
• Unveil DASH, a new digital platform that leverages predictive an-
alytics to help leaders see the future so they can make smarter
decisions and get there successfully

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SU and The Power of 10:

Making an Impact From
Founding to the Future
—
 Our Origin Story 5
Singularity University (SU) was founded in 2008 based on an idea from Dr. Peter H.
Diamandis, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and Chairman and CEO of the XPRIZE
Foundation. After reading Ray Kurzweil’s iconic book, The Singularity is Near, Diamandis
concluded that leaders urgently needed to understand and prepare for the rapid pace of
change that was coming as a result of the acceleration and convergence of exponential
technologies like artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics, nanotech, digital biology, and
quantum computing.

Over dinner with Kurzweil, renowned inventor, futurist, and accurate predictor of technol-
ogy breakthroughs, Diamandis pitched the idea of creating the world’s first university to
teach the wide range of technology disciplines required to adequately prepare leaders for
the future. Kurzweil was similarly inspired, and Singularity University was born.

Their vision was to convene leaders from around the world and show them how expo-
nential technologies were going to massively impact the future of every organization, SCAN FOR AR EXPERIENCE
government, industry, and way of life. These leaders would learn how to thrive amid an
unprecedented pace of change, fueled by the power, speed, and capacity of technologies
doubling every 12-18 months, and costs dropping by half. Guided by SU’s world-class fac-
ulty, executives and entrepreneurs would understand how to identify opportunities arising
from rapid technology growth and how organizations could design and build the future.
Against the backdrop of increasingly democratized technology and ubiquitous internet
access, anyone, anywhere could create world-changing innovations.

At SU’s Founding Conference, held in October 2008 and attended by tech luminaries,
visionaries, investors, and other changemakers, Google’s Larry Page suggested that SU
point these leaders at the world’s biggest challenges: “I think we need to be training peo-
ple on how to change the world.” This sentiment shaped SU’s mission: To educate, inspire,
and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s grand
challenges.

2017
First online
cohort;
2014
exceeded
2010 First alumni-led impact goal 2018
First Executive Chapter of 5,000 Completed
Program, Custom (now 116 in initiatives Series B
Program, and 61 countries) capital raise;
Global Impact 2015
2009 active global
Challenge Completed community
First GSP to Series A of nearly
address global 2013
capital raise 200,000
challenges First Corporate
2016
(now Global Innovation
2008 Startup Programs First Country
2012
Formed as Program) Partner (The
Converted to Netherlands);
a 501c3 with
Singularity 4 Int Summits
co-founders
Education
and corporate
Group, a
sponsors
Benefit
Corporation
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Our Diverse Global Community

In fulfilling this mission, SU encourages leaders, innovators, and
changemakers to embrace and propagate a new, optimistic
narrative for the world—a better, more equitable future for all.
To that end, we’ve spent the past ten years convening a
diverse global community that shares our mission to help
create this future:

Startups & Entrepreneurs 

Small, scrappy teams with audacious goals able to learn quickly
from trial and error

Corporations & Executives 

Established organizations with the resources and assets need-
ed to scale solutions, motivated by market forces

Governments & Policymakers 

Those who formulate  and apply policies, regulations, and gov-
ernment funding to accelerate creation and scaling of solutions

Nonprofits & Philanthropists 

Organizations and individuals with a unique understanding
of root problems committed to addressing market gaps and
failures

Academic Institutions & Thought Leaders 

Framers of scientific thinking and storytelling who inspire
societal understanding with their breakthroughs

Financial Institutions & Investors 

Providers of risk-tolerant, adaptable, and market-based funding
to enable experiments and scale successful models

In working with these individuals and organizations, we’ve

come to appreciate how critical diverse perspectives are to
the creativity required for mindset shifts and moonshots. We
recognize that diversity extends to many dimensions —socio-
economic, geographic, gender, sexual orientation, political, reli-
gious, generational, etc. —and we work hard to be inclusive and
ensure many worldviews are represented in our classrooms
and on our stages. We believe solutions to the world’s biggest
challenges can only be achieved when everyone contributes,
and we make collaboration an integral part of the learning, in-
novation, and community experiences we deliver.
our approach Our Unique Approach
There are many organizations today that can
teach leaders about the latest technologies and
trends.
What most sets SU apart:
• Our future focus (versus case studies and best
practices from the past)
• Our commitment to using exponential technol-
ogies to solve the world’s most intractable and
urgent challenges, which also represent signifi-
cant business opportunities
• Our multidisciplinary, global network of experts
and practitioners (versus tenured faculty)
• Our emphasis on mindset and new mental mod-
els (in addition to tools, methodologies, and
frameworks)
• Our nearly 200,000-strong diverse global com-
munity for ideas, collaboration, and co-creation
(in addition to organizational and individual net-
works)
• Our focus on long-term value creation and im-
pact (in addition to quick wins and next quarter’s
earnings report)
•
Our ability to articulate visions of the future
co-created by diverse forums that productively
challenge assumptions; debate ethical, moral,
regulatory, and other critical considerations; and
discuss the broad implications of technology
on the future of humans, organizations, ecosys-
tems, and civilization
As such, individual learners come to SU for val-
uable content and programs to broaden their
perspectives. Entrepreneurs come to SU to build
and scale profitable, impact-driven ventures. En-
terprise leaders come to SU to define a new fu-
ture narrative and strategy that include both profit
and purpose, harness technology to leap ahead
of new competitive forces, and create a more
resilient and adaptable culture.
In working with these audiences, our unique
approach centers around three areas: Mindset,
Tools & Resources, and Network which together
provide the blueprint for positive change:
Mindset
Having an exponential mindset implies a recog-
nition that incremental ideas and growth are no
longer sufficient and that big, bold, 10x, moon-
shot ideas are mandatory if we are to harness the
power of technology and solve the most intracta-
ble problems. Our tagline — Be Exponential — is a
call to action to think bigger than today, beyond
the comfort of business-as-usual, and to push
ourselves to embrace change, overcome short-
term hurdles, and vigorously pursue a better
future. A concrete example of this ethos is the
challenge we often issue to our program par-
ticipants to build moonshot companies that can
positively impact a billion people within a dec-
ade. From individuals to startups to large organ-
izations—everyone in our community focuses
on ideas and projects that can have large-scale
global impact.
Tools & Resources
Core disciplines like strategy, leadership, and in-
novation must evolve in order to accommodate
the accelerating pace of change and persistent
uncertainty about the future. It’s risky to rely on
linear thinking, outmoded frameworks, case stud-
ies reflecting the past, and best practices every-
one else is using. At SU, our curriculum empow-
ers participants with new tools and resources
designed for an exponential world: Design for
Exponentials, future forecasting, narrative-driv-
en innovation (SciFi D.I., or Design Intelligence),
exponential leadership and organizations,
and more.
Network
SU attracts a diverse group of individuals and or-
ganizations with a common desire to positively
impact the future. Through events, programs, and
volunteer and licensing partners, we enable our
community to convene, connect, and collaborate
on a wide range of impact initiatives at both the
global and local levels. We are investing signifi-
cantly in new tools, programs, and structures that
will help us scale this network and its impact.
With this three-pronged approach, SU endeavors
to bring people together to collaborate on inno-
vative solutions; debate ethical implications of
technology; consider legal, regulatory, economic,
and societal shifts that could require intervention;
scrutinize potential scenarios; and embrace the
agency we have as humans to choose which
paths we want our technology to lead us down.
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SU Alumni Countries

1,000+ 116 6
Faculty, Mentors and Experts Global Chapters Country Partners

~200,000
SU
Community
Members

58 raised $312M funding

SU Ventures Portfolio Companies

130 21
Global Impact Challenges Countries Held SingularityU Summits

5,000+
Impact Initiatives Launched
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Our Global Impact Our Next 10 Years

The ultimate measure of our collective success is the positive
change and impact we’re able to catalyze in the world. We
empower our community to apply exponential thinking and tech-
nologies to tackle global challenges like health, shelter, food,
water, energy, environment, and security, among others.
We try to inspire every individual to think more boldly, creative-
ly, collaboratively, and exponentially...because opportunities for
meaningful change and impact exist in every family, neighbor-
hood, organization, and government. And when we set audacious
goals and work together, anything is possible. The world needs
more stewards of this new narrative—optimistic, credible, and
empowering—to serve as beacons of hope and inspiration for
others to take on and solve the biggest challenges of our time.
We are proud of what we have accomplished over the past ten
years. We have become a leader in understanding and educat-
ing others about the growth, convergence, and future implications
of the most cutting-edge technologies and how they can unlock
solutions to the world’s biggest problems. We have inspired a
large, diverse, mission-driven community that is connecting, col-
laborating, and creating impact together around the world. We
have one of the most respected, credible, multidisciplinary expert
networks that we deploy to programs, events, and clients globally.
But there is so much more to do!
In our next ten years, we plan to achieve the following:
•
Make exponential thinking accessible to more than 1 billion
people. Use VR and digital platforms and tools to bring afforda-
ble content, curriculum, and courses to anyone, anywhere,

—
anytime.
• Connect people, projects, and resources—both in person and
digitally—for inspiration, collaboration, partnerships, and to
launch and support 100,000 impact initiatives. These include
new companies, business innovation, R&D, policy creation/
change, education and awareness, and resource mobilization
DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT FOOD projects that leverage exponential technology, have potential to
RESILIENCE
impact billions of lives, and address a global grand challenge.
• Catalyze more than 10,000 impact startups using exponential
technologies to solve grand challenges.
• Grow our global ecosystem to over 100 million members, includ-
HEALTH GOVERNANCE LEARNING PROSPERITY ing Country Partners, Chapters, SingularityU Summit organizing
teams, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, policymakers, edu-
cators, and technologists, etc.
• Build a world-class predictive analytics platform that leverages
intel and insights from our global community to more accurately
SHELTER SECURITY SPACE WATER forecast the future.
•Articulate an inspiring, compelling, and credible vision of a future
that is equitable, sustainable, and prosperous for all...and devel-
op tangible roadmaps for getting there.
• Convene “uncommon partners” to collaboratively tackle criti-
cal milestones on our future roadmaps (e.g., future of work and
learning, future of democracy and governance, etc.).

And perhaps most importantly, we aspire to live up to the vision,

ideals, shared purpose, and dreams that SU has come to rep-
resent. Our journey thus far has truly been exponential...which
means, by definition, that the best is yet to come!
Empowering
People
to Create
Positive
Change
—
Start Creating the
Future Today
—
SU has a variety of programs for people seeking to transform
themselves and make a positive difference in the world—from
those with an idea they want to turn into a business, to those who
are looking for a community to engage with, to those who are
successful executives and world leaders who want to stay ahead
of change and seize opportunity for themselves and their organ-
izations. Leaders come to SU to understand how exponential
technologies are accelerating and converging and to learn how
to identify and act on opportunities to create a better future. What-
ever role you play, we have a place for you.
You’ve Found Your Tribe!
Have you ever felt that you see things a bit differently than every-
one else? Are you hoping to serve a larger purpose in the world?
Do you want to help others, but need a better way to get involved
and make an impact?
Maybe you’re the first to think of a new way to use a particular
technology to solve a problem, or the first to spot a trend and
see an opportunity no one else is addressing. Perhaps you’re an
executive who wants to drive more innovation and generate more
value or an intrapreneur who wants to find new ways to help your
company stay ahead.
If we’re describing you, then you know how hard it can be to
translate your observations and interests into action. You also
know how challenging it can be to get others to see the possibili-
ties you do, to see the world in a new light.
Are you looking for others who share your interests—your tribe,
people with whom you’re comfortable sharing and validating your
ideas and who will challenge you to make them better? Do you
know how to discover the next trend or technology advance-
ment? And, most importantly, are you wondering what one person
can actually do to make a difference in the world?
At SU, It’s You Who Inspires Us!
Your spirit and drive can absolutely make a world of difference
not only to your own journey, but also to your community, to your
organization, or your future startup. We know this because we
have attracted the talents and seen the incredible outcomes of a
diverse, motivated global community of people.
The first step to realizing your unique potential is to find a commu-
nity of people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives who
share a commitment to creating positive change. Such a commu-
nity provides valuable opportunities to share and validate ideas
and to create fruitful partnerships. You will also want to learn about
the different journeys others have created for themselves in or-
der to shape your own. Have they volunteered their time in their
communities? Have they organized or led projects outside of their
day-to-day work at their jobs? How have they led or transformed
their divisions or organizations? Where do they learn about what
is coming and how to prepare for it? How can they actually ex-
perience the future? How do they plan and execute a successful
impact startup?
Where can you find all of this? At Singularity University and in our
global ecosystem, where you’ll be challenged to learn how to
think with a new mindset about opportunity and be empowered
to take charge of your future. We invite you to nurture your own
personal power to make a positive difference.
Stop by the SU HQ
in the EXPO hall
and talk with us!
—
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Get the tools and
inspiration you need to
build toward tomorrow.
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STRATEGY, AND R&D LEADERS
Spend three energizing days on campus with other passionate innovation and strategy leaders to map out your
innovation journey, learn the latest innovation approaches and methodologies for succeeding in an exponential
world, and examine the emerging leadership and organizational models to support innovation.

Learn more and apply at su.org/innovate or email programs@su.org.

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and Make a Difference:

Finding your Impact Pathway
There are many ways to get involved with
SU to make connections, find your path, and
create positive impact. Here are just a few!

Take Your Moonshot

If you have a startup that is working to meet an urgent global need, apply to the next co-
hort of the newly rebooted Global Startup Program (GSP). You’ll learn how exponential
technologies and thinking can elevate your startup into a moonshot with the potential
to impact a billion people. You can also enter Global Impact Challenges, competitions
held around the world to discover talented entrepreneurs with solutions for solving urgent
problems. Once you have your moonshot, SU Ventures will help you build and scale a
business by connecting you with capital, customers, and connections throughout the life-
time of your company.

See Innovation in Action

While you’re already doing this at Global Summit (yay, you!), there are plenty of other ways
to broaden your perspective. Learn what impact-focused startups and large organizations
are already doing to help shape a better future at any of the SingularityU Internation-
al Summits held around the world or at Exponential Medicine, offered annually in San
Diego. You’ll meet people who can guide you to the next step in your journey or serve as
partners for your endeavors. You’ll also attend hands-on workshops and hear keynotes
from leading experts who will inspire you with the ways they’re leveraging exponential
technologies to address our world’s most persistent challenges.

Discover SU’s Digital Content

For content closer to home, you might enroll in SU’s Online Courses. The Exponential
Foundation Series consists of three courses: Practicing Exponential Foresight, Founda-
tions of Exponential Thinking, and Impact Lab. You’ll gain a foundational SU skill set and
apply it by creating and sharing a project proposal to address a specific global grand chal-
lenge with others who share your interests. All are four-week courses delivered right to
your device, and you can also arrange a cohort for your organization to let your employees
take this transformational journey with you.
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 Deliver SU Content in Your Country
If you have experience as a SingularityU Summit organizer and
would like to deliver SU content localized for your region, apply
to become a Country Partner, the most significant level of part-
nership we offer. Current country partners include SingularityU
Nordics, SingularityU The Netherlands, and SingularityU Canada.
We’re delighted to welcome our newest Country Partners, Singu-
larityU Portugal, SingularityU Italy, and SingularityU South Africa.

Photo Credit: Nick Otto

Equip Yourself to Lead

If you’re a senior leader in business, government, or the nonprofit
sector, apply to our popular Executive Program and take the deep
dive of your life during an immersive week-long program in Silicon Photo Credit: Nick Otto
Valley. We’ll reshape your view of the future as you hear about
the latest technological advancements and how they’ll impact
your life, your industry, and our world. Armed with a new mind-
set and valuable frameworks for leading in times of rapid change, Never Miss a Trend
you’ll emerge with new knowledge, perspectives, and confidence
about the future. Finally, you’ll meet with and be inspired by SU’s Stay aware of developments in exponential technology and why it
faculty and founders and come away with 90 amazing new friends matters by visiting Singularity Hub. Keep up with SU happenings
who make up your diverse cohort of talented leaders. by subscribing to our newsletters at su.org/subscribe.

Learn New Ways to Innovate

If you’re focused on innovation or charting the course of your or-
ganization’s future, attend our three-day Exponential Innovation
Program, also held at SU headquarters. You’ll map out a success-
ful innovation journey to help you propel your organization for-
ward. You‘ll also learn how to apply the latest leadership and or-
ganizational models to help you achieve your strategic objectives.

Meet Others on Your Path

Find the perfect
Looking to make meaningful connections in your local communi-
ty? Build connections with others in the SU community by down-
loading the SU mobile app at su.org/app. Create a profile to tell
program for you by
others your skills and interests, share what you’re working on,
find inspiration and potential partners, and learn about upcoming
events. You can also engage with others in your city or region
visiting su.org/start.
who are already actively working to fulfill our shared mission by
joining one of our 116 (and growing) Chapters around the world.
No Chapter where you live? Form a team to establish a new one!
—
 “Moves your thinking completely and shows what’s possible for the future.”
— Marcus Vinicius Freire, Executive Director, Brazilian Olympic Committee

A transformative experience for senior leaders from every industry and sector
Spend six unforgettable, intensive days in Silicon Valley with 90 global executives. You’ll develop an understanding of how the
convergence of exponential technologies is changing the world and gain new perspectives on the leadership, strategic, and ethical
challenges future leaders will face.

SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY
The leaders of tomorrow are training here today. Don’t miss out.
Learn more and apply at su.org/executive or email ep@su.org. EXECUTIVE
PROGRAM
 It is really difficult to translate in words this week’s
experience at Singularity University. It is not only
overwhelming in terms of possibilities for a better
future, it is also about finding new meanings
and perspectives to the present. Couldn’t be
more grateful to have had the opportunity to be
in this program, learn so much and meet such
Photo Credit: Nick Otto

spectacular people!”
Érica Virgili, Director, Unilever, and Executive Program participant
 SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY
ONLINE
COURSES

Is your
Interactive courses delivering SU’s best content
to help people prepare for an exponential future

organization The Exponential Foundation Series includes three successive

online courses that help people develop a new mindset
and learn essential skills to drive their business forward in

thinking big the exponential age. Each course lasts four weeks and
contains three hours of work per week, facilitated through
our mobile-friendly learning platform.

enough about Get your leaders and employees engaged in creating a bold

the future? new future. Empower your teams to build skills together.

Learn more and register at “I have never been short of ideas, but this
su.org/courses or email digital@su.org. course has me thinking crazy bold thoughts
about everything! Not just here - in ‘everyday’
business as well it has turbocharged my thinking!”
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Global
a Passionate
Community
Our
Passionate
The unique power of SU is a thriving global community

Global of nearly 200,000 program participants, partners, en-

trepreneurs, experts, Singularity Hub readers, social
followers, and others looking to make a difference in

Community the world. The SU community leads the way in trans-

lating an understanding of exponential technologies
into action and represents the very best of SU and

is the
what we can accomplish.

Our community fulfills SU’s mission around the world through a

variety of programs, initiatives, and partnerships. To date, there

Heart
are 116 Chapters in 61 countries, each organizing local initiatives
as well as connecting and mobilizing people with a desire to use
technology for good. The community also includes Country Part-
ners, SU alumni who have chosen to work with local governments,
educational institutions, foundations and NGOs, and corporate

of SU
sponsors in partnership with SU to achieve our shared mission.
These partners customize the best of what SU has to offer to
local markets, provide a platform for local exponential experts
and faculty, establish innovation hubs to support and engage
with innovators, sponsor Global Impact Challenges, and run
SingularityU International Summits.

Turning Vision into Action

The SU community enables an entrepreneur to imagine with a
nanotechnologist, experiment with a synthetic biology algorithm,
build with a prototype machinist, collaborate with a manufacturing
engineer, prove a new concept in the field with a global NGO,
scale it with a venture capitalist, and finally emerge with an expo-
nential solution to an urgent global challenge.

Our community has a shared purpose to be exponential in mind-

SCAN FOR AR EXPERIENCE set, behaviors, and impact, and to help others to do so, as well.
The community also shares core beliefs about how to accomplish
its purpose. People who connect and engage with SU are bold,
open to diverse opinions, focused on creating meaningful con-
nections, generous with other members and within their commu-
nities, impact-driven for the betterment of humanity, and optimistic
about the future and their ability to make a real difference.

As we look to the future of our community and what we aim to

accomplish together, the Power of 10 theme resonates strongly.
We’re just a tenth of the size we hope to be in ten years, and we’re
making room for those yet to join us. You’re already here...so we
hope you’ll bring 10 friends along to the next Chapter meeting,
Summit, or other SU event you attend! ;-)
The World is
Waiting for You
—
There are many ways to get involved with the SU community at
any stage of your journey. Whether you simply want to explore ex-
ponential technologies and their impact, find others with comple-
mentary skills or interests, organize locally for action, participate in
events, apply for an SU program, or turn an idea into a successful
moonshot, we’ve got a world of opportunity for you.
Explore Exponential Thinking and Technologies
If you’re just beginning your impact journey, visit su.org to learn
about our mission and be inspired. Enroll in our online courses.
Read fascinating articles on Singularity Hub about exponential
technologies to stay ahead of important trends. To keep up with
the latest SU news, sign up for our newsletters at su.org/subscribe.
Find Your Tribe and Organize for Action
Ready to engage with others about exponential technologies and
their impact on your city or region? Join a Chapter in your area, or
start a new one! Visit su.org/app to download our mobile app and
create a profile to find and be found by others in the community.
Support Your Local Innovation Ecosystem
In addition to joining or leading a Chapter, consider attending a
SingularityU Summit to make valuable connections with innova-
tors and impact-minded peers. Sponsor or attend a Global Impact
Challenge to support the efforts of talented entrepreneurs ad-
dressing urgent humanitarian challenges in your area. And when
you’re ready to deepen your involvement with SU, organize a Sin-
gularityU Summit and then consider becoming a Country Partner.
Get Involved in Making an Impact
Do you have your own big idea to help millions or even billions of
people? Take aim at a huge problem by turning your idea into a
thriving impact startup leveraging exponential technologies. Apply
for the Global Startup Program or participate in a Global Impact
Challenge and enter the realm of SU Ventures where you’ll re-
ceive the kind of support and expertise for your startup that only
SU can provide. Are you a leader looking to have a positive impact
at scale? Apply to our popular Executive Program.
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Featured Community Members
Fehran Cook, Executive Program ’15
Co-founder, m-spark
London, United Kingdom
“SU solidified my passion for making an impact in people’s lives
by supporting programs that are scalable by technologies such
as mobile, AI, or robotics. Being part of the SU community allows
me stay on top of all the latest innovations in health, education,
food, which are the areas I care the most about. I feel empow-
ered by the SU Community, which provides a constant learning for
the taking. It enables me to carry out the mission of m-spark.org,
‘impacting the impacter’ in tech-powered social entrepreneurship.
Thanks SU!”
Massimiliano Ventimiglia, Executive Program ’14
Founder and Managing Director, H-ART (AKQA ITALY)
Treviso, Italy
“The EP was an inspiring moment for my life. One of the best de-
cisions I took in my career. It gave me a new dimension of thinking
about what I do and why I do it. The best learning piece I took
away from it was the commitment towards the major problems
we experience as humans and the will to act and do something
for them.”
Mic Mann, Executive Program ’15
Director, Mann Made Media
Johannesburg, South Africa
“SU taught me how to open my mind to the future and the possibil-
ities of the future. The conversations, the education, the network
have all been invaluable and changed my life. . . .The best part
about SU is that the network keeps growing stronger, and being
part of this awesome network means I feel like I’m a part of the
future and am fully connected to the best minds in the world.”
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participants of SU programs to create their own Singularity University in their region by delivering local-
ized versions of SU’s programs, community activities, and innovation hubs. All activities are delivered
by expert local faculty who are trained and certified by Singularity University.

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Location: Copenhagen, DK
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SingularityU
The Netherlands
SingularityU The Netherlands recently or-
ganized its first youth program. A group of
30 young people from Finland, Germany,
and the Netherlands joined the Singulari-
tyU NL team and faculty in our Innovation
Hub for an interactive and immersive pro-
gram on exponential technologies.
The SingularityU NL team is also proud to
welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama in
September for a unique dialogue on com-
passion and technology. Both our youth
program and the dialogue event illustrate
how important it is for us to broaden our
reach and invite multiple perspectives in
our programs.
Events
SingularityU Nordic Executive Program
September 3-5, 2018 • Copenhagen, Denmark
SingularityU Nordic Summit
October 25-26, 2018 • Stockholm, Sweden
SingularityU The Netherlands Executive Program
November 5-7, 2018 • Eindhoven, The Netherlands
SingularityU Nordic Executive Program
December 3-5, 2018 • Copenhagen, Denmark
SingularityU Nordic Executive Program
February 25-27, 2019 • Copenhagen, Denmark
SingularityU The Netherlands Executive Program
March 25-27, 2019 • Eindhoven, The Netherlands
SingularityU
Nordic
SingularityU Nordic is a certified Benefit
Corporation with an innovation and edu-
cation campus and ecosystem for thou-
sands of future leaders, entrepreneurs,
and changemakers who come together
to find solutions to the global grand chal-
lenges. With a 7000 m2 facility, SU Nordic
is the biggest SU venture outside the US
and has partnerships with some of the
largest and most respected organizations
in the Nordics. The innovation campus
includes a co-working and networking
space with startup and corporate inno-
vation divisions, makerspace, tech lab, as
well as event spaces and a cafe.
SingularityU
Canada
SingularityU Canada is establishing a
Pan-Canadian network of strategic part-
ners across content, space, and reach.
We are creating a distinct Canadian com-
munity and activating it to create value
and global impact. We are offering ongo-
ing education programs in multiple loca-
tions for executives and entrepreneurs in
partnership with public, private, and aca-
demic organisations.
The SingularityU Canada Summit was the
beginning of this movement in Canada.
Supporting SingularityU Canada’s mis-
sion to create an inclusive Pan-Canadian
movement, the Summit convened more
than 1,300 of the most senior and influ-
ential Canadian leaders in person, and
an additional 6,000 Canadians joined
through more than 42 satellite events
across the country.
SingularityU Canada is building on that
success with exceptional Executive Pro-
grams, bespoke member experiences,
and a clear vision to catalyze a Pan-Ca-
nadian community with a shared commit-
ment to transforming our communities,
our business, our country, and our world.
Singularity University Alumni
Making an Impact
Over the past 10 years, Singularity University’s alumni have made outstanding contributions in
their fields, leveraging an exponential mindset, tools, and technologies to develop the most
innovative ideas to create a positive future for our world. While we wish we had enough space
here to celebrate all of our alumni, we’d be remiss if we didn’t recognize a few shining exam-
ples. Meet more amazing alumni and learn about the projects they’re working on by download-
ing the SU Mobile App at su.org/app.

Select SU Alumni
Lucrezia Bisignani Shiza Shahid Teodor Panayotov
Edtech, Africa Co-founder NOW.Ventures Founder, global IT training
& Malala Fund marketplace in Bulgaria
Nichol Bradford
Transformative technology leader Barbara Silva Troncoso Eric Ezechieli
Women and global impact Instrumental in launching Benefit
Marita Cheng and Alberto Rizzoli in Latin America Corporation structure in Italy
Aipoly - helping people with visual
impairments Christina Souffrant Ntim and Uly Ogwah
Einstein Kofi Ntim Co-Founder, African Art Archive
Anielle Guedes Innovation center in Haiti; space and art broker in Nigeria
Housing, Brazil technology projects
Si Shen
Emiliano Kargieman Michael Vergalla Founder, mobile technology
Satellogic - live geo-information Free Flight Research Lab, USA company in China
analytics
Jack Sim Puruesh Chaudhary
Sara Naseri and Providing free, sanitary toilets Founder, Innovation and strategy
Søren Ronne Therkelson worldwide organization in Pakistan
Qurasense - smart menstrual pads
Desiree Cox
Shawna Pandya Rhodes Scholar, medical doctor,
Citizen-scientist astronaut creative artist, and author in the
Bahamas
Alicia Chong Rodriguez
Smart bra
Renato Cunha
Ricardo Sabatini Professor and medical device expert
Research in genomics, AI, longevity in Brazil
“I know I probably wouldn’t have taken the risk if I hadn’t been
surrounded by people who also believed in big ideas and could
talk in practical terms about what the right risks were and how
and when to take them....And that’s what Singularity gave me.
SU leaves a mark on the people it touches.”
— Andre Wegner, CEO of Authentise

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Global Impact Challenges
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—
Global Impact Challenges (GICs) are regionally-based events that showcase outstanding
leaders, entrepreneurs, and startups with the most innovative ideas to solve regional and
global grand challenges and positively impact a billion people in 10 years.

By the Numbers

GSP challenged my assumption about

how to build a huge scalable company.
Don’t limit yourself.
Christianna Taylor
2016 GIC Winner
Select GIC Success Stories
Hypercubes
A sensor network integrated
into space technologies
Fabio Teixeira, 2010 Brazil
GIC Winner
Leveraging advanced
satellite imaging, new space-
based technologies will
unveil unprecedented details
of Earth and help us make
smarter decisions about our
resources.
Meet Some of Our GIC Sponsors
Corporations
Sony - Japan
DNB - Norway
Samsung - Finland
Foundations
Fundacion Mustakis - Chili
Industrien Fond - Denmark
Be a catalyst for local innovation, and be the first
to spot top talent and solutions. Sponsor a GIC.
Visit su.org/sponsorgic.
ImpactVision
A more transparent and
secure global food system
Abi Ramanan, GSP’15
Gustave Nipe, 2015 GIC
Winner, Sweden
Applying image recognition
to non-invasively assess food
quality, it is now easier to
determine the freshness of
food and reduce global food
waste.
Raised $1.4M in seed
funding.
Awake Labs
Empowered care for brain
and mental health disorders
Andrea Palmer, 2015 GIC
Canada Winner
With this new wearable band,
patients and caregivers can
measure and track physio-
logical indicators of anxiety to
prevent anxiety incidents.
Governments
City of Buenos Aires - Argentina
CONCYTEC - Government of Peru
NGOs
World Food Programme - United Nations
Universities
University of Georgia - USA
Universidade Positivo - Brazil
GITAI
A humanoid telepresence
robot
Sho Nakanose, 2017 GIC
Japan Winner
With this new humanoid
telepresence robot, it will be
possible to use virtual reality
and communication technol-
ogies to enable teleportation.
Raised $1.2M in seed
funding.
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an Impact
—
Singularity University’s community of
action, nearly 200,000 strong across 127
countries, comprises people who have
participated in our programs, events, chal-
lenges, and collaborations worldwide—in
SCAN FOR AR EXPERIENCE person and, increasingly, online. While
our ecosystem is diverse by all measures,
01
ReGen Villages it is united by a shared purpose: to use
2016 Global Grand Challenge Award Winner for Shelter
World’s first tech-integrated eco-village approved to be built technology to positively impact billions of
in the Netherlands
ReGenVillages.com people and to work together to create a
02 better future for all. Here are just a few
360ed
GSP, 2017 examples of the impact being created
Using augmented and virtual reality to reinvent Myanmar’s
education system by our incredible community. To learn
360ed.org
more, check out our impact dashboard at
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X2AI impact.su.org.
Field Innovation Exchange, 2016
SU staff, X2AI, and Field Innovation Team visit Lebanon for
housing innovation project and field testing of Tess, an
AI-powered mental health chatbot
x2ai.com
fieldinnovationteam.org
 Supporting
Entrepreneurs
for the Lifetime of their Startups

Photo Credit: Nick Otto

We realized that we are a
technology company that has
a platform that can scale to solve
a global problem. That’s exactly
the type of work that SU is
organized to support. It’s a
really good fit.
Troy Hickerson, Active For Good
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Global Impact Startups and
SU’s Formula for Success
Impact startups follow a different path to
success. We know this because we’ve
learned and developed best practices
by helping to launch some of the most
innovative startups around today.
SU portfolio companies are pioneering
compelling products and services and,
with the help of SU’s programs, faculty,
mentors, and advisors, are well-
positioned for both commercial success
and moonshot-level impact.
SU companies such as Made In Space (space-based manu-
facturing), Matternet (medical diagnostics by drone delivery),
Getaround (peer-to-peer car sharing), Modern Meadow (lab-
grown, cultured clothing), and Basepaws (cat genetics as a mod-
el for eradicating human disease) have all been the first of their
kind and all created new industries.
We’ve chosen to support impact-focused startups that are dedi-
cated not only to solving humanity’s most urgent challenges, but
doing so at a global scale. These startups need longer runways
to succeed because, as noted in the above examples, they often
must create new industries, new business models, and/or new
regulatory paradigms to achieve their vision. Such ventures need
to focus more on long-term outcomes and less on generating
short-term returns and therefore require a different kind of capital,
a different kind of support system, and a different definition of
return and success.
That’s why we created SU Ventures, the division of Singularity
University devoted to helping impact startups grow and thrive
which provides vital access to programs and support throughout
the lifetime of the company.
Your Journey to Massive Global Impact
Starts Here
Are you a founder aiming for global, billion-scale impact? We
have programs to support you at any stage of your startup’s evo-
lution. First, we’ll help you answer key questions, starting with the
basics. What global challenge are you tackling, and what type of
product or service would you build in order to have the greatest
impact? What technologies are converging to help you grow and
scale faster? What does your industry look like in 10, 20, and 30
years, and how will technologies and social trends affect your
startup, sector, and the problem you’re trying to solve? What can
you build now or put in your roadmap to ensure your company
will have lasting relevance in the future? Then we’ll examine a key
question that will shape your business: What multiple exponential
technologies might you apply to turn your idea into a moonshot
startup, one with the potential to impact a billion people within
10 years?
Once you’re confident you’re building for 10x impact, we’ll help
you focus your attention on key startup needs: capital, custom-
ers, and connections. We’ll help you identify investors and hone
your presentations, introduce you to our corporate partners in
your sector who can support your pilots with actual customers,
get you access to the right people who can make connections for
you, connect you with a team of advisors, and offer you our boot-
camps to learn critical skills. We also help our portfolio companies
by curating a temporary board of advisors to help guide the way
forward. At SU Ventures, you’ll never have to go it alone. The
global ecosystem will be there to help you sharpen your focus on
the challenges and opportunities you face and navigate the best
path to success.
I was tired of founding companies
that just cared about the bottom
line. I needed to put my skills toward
something else, something more
positive and impactful.
Anna Skaya
Co-founder and CEO at Basepaws
GSP 2016 and SU Incubator 2017
 Global Impact Challenges
Challenging Entrepreneurs to Take On Local
and Global Grand Challenges

Global Impact Challenges (GICs) are an open call to entrepre-

neurs, leaders, scientists, and engineers with the most innovative
ideas for addressing local and global grand challenges. SU has
run over 100 GICs in the last ten years in partnership with alum-
ni organizers and a range of private and public sector sponsors.
Challenge winners receive full sponsorships to attend one of SU’s
transformational programs.

The Global Startup Program

Helping Entrepreneurs Activate, Accelerate,
and Connect

SU’s first program ever offered, the GSP inspires the world’s
most forward-thinking entrepreneurs to positively impact billions.
As Ray Kurzweil has said, “the GSP is the heart and soul of SU.”
Indeed, GSP sits at the junction of exponential technologies, fu-
ture thinking, and impact, where revolutionary ideas become bil-
lion scale solutions. We’ve redesigned the program to make this
transformative experience even more global and hands-on. If you
want to grow your startup, 10x your mindset, validate your prod-
ucts, and gain access to capital, the new and improved GSP is for
you! Applications are open now for our spring 2019 cohort!

You have a
chance to see
several SU portfolio
companies here at
Global Summit!

Visit the EXPO and

meet the founders.
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SU Portfolio Companies
Finding the Right Capital, Customers, Connections

SU Ventures offers the right environment for later-stage, incorpo-

rated startups to test, prototype, iterate, collaborate, partner, and
scale globally. Our programs include sprints for targeting key mile-

Charting
stones in a six-month execution plan to drive your business, and
funding bootcamps—everything a startup needs to be successful.
SU Ventures provides access to:

Capital
Including pitching best practices and identifying the right angels,
VCs, foundations, and grantmakers; targeted bootcamps on im-
Your Path to
10x Impact
pact investing and VC fundraising; and potential investment op-
portunities through the SU Fund

Customers
From market validation strategies to go-to-market planning, and

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potential pilots with our F1000 partners and field deployments
with our impact partners

Connections
To our global network of experts, faculty, and industry leaders with
a curated Board of Advisors, SU faculty lead advisor, and mentor-
ing from business leaders in your industry, not to mention impres-
sive colleagues and alumni who provide invaluable peer-to-peer
support
Singularity University Ventures
SU Ventures currently supports 58 portfolio companies, which offers multiple programs to
have collectively raised $312 million in funding. Each company has
followed its own path to success. We are proud of these dedicat-
ed entrepreneurs and what they’ve accomplished (see pg. 40-42
provide specific support for
for a list of our current portfolio companies and to see how they
describe their SU experience). entrepreneurs and startups at
any stage, including the Global
SU Incubator Startup Program (GSP), Global
Moving from Ground-breaking Ideas to
Exponential Startups Impact Challenges (GICs), and a
This 10-week program is designed for entrepreneurs from idea- series of sprints and bootcamps.
stage startups and corporate spin-outs who want to come with a
moonshot idea and leave with the mindset, tools, and network to
turn their vision into reality. The Incubator helps teams with future
forecasting, problem and solution validation, rapid prototyping,
legal structures, business fundamentals, sales and go-to-market
programs, pitching, and funding. Participants gain unparalleled
access to our large and growing global network of mentors and
experts and the chance to engage with key experts curated in
advance based on their specific needs​. The program ends with a
Demo Faire featuring pitch presentations to top investors.
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SU
Portfolio Companies
—
Our portfolio of SU companies includes startups using exponential technologies to address the
world’s most intractable problems. They apply artificial intelligence, digital biology, nanotechnol-
ogy, robotics, and more to global issues such as food, energy, water, security, health, and the en-
vironment. SU companies are for-profit and nonprofit organizations helping to positively impact
the world of tomorrow.

1QBit Be-Novative
As a disruptive technology Rebeam Oppticity
Semtive Genius Foods
inside a conservative Hexagro Urban Farming
Nanobinoids
market, we’ve had to Optineo Group Inc. Active For Good
look for very non-traditional billionBricks ImpactVision
ways of financing our Miroculus Getaround
MZP Tech Modern Meadow
business and moving
X2AI Swift Tram
it forward. SU helped us Nutrigene BlueOak Resources
devise that investment Basepaws Hardera
strategy. Sentrian Biko
Nexleaf Analytics Hypercubes
Emily Hicks
Organ Preservation Alliance Justdiggit
FREDsense Technologies
Be My Eyes Afforest4Future
Muzi Network Society Research
Ourotech Authentise
Braincare Radiomaze
Thanks to SU, we can
Human Longevity Inc. Iota Security
see how we are going CLINICAI Inc. Hala Systems, Inc.
to get there and in what Janus Choice Deep Blocks
order we need to Matternet Golden Financial
do things. Made In Space KASHIO INC
MorphOptic Key2enable Assistive Technology
Duleek Ranatunga Focus@Will ixo Foundation
Ourotech Flow FREDsense Technologies
RoboLoco, Inc. Field Ready
Emerge Fellow Robots
Fastrack Institute, Inc.
From the Founders:
How SU Launches Moonshots
At Singularity University, we’re helping turn moonshot ideas into commercially viable
businesses. See what some of the founders have to say about working with SU.
“The program offers a short route to meet
the right contacts, and the network is
incredibly valuable. . . .This company is
a direct outcome of attending the GSP,
and being equipped with the mindset,
tools, and knowledge to address a global
challenge.”
—Abi Ramanan, CEO and
Co-founder of ImpactVision
su.org/impactvision
“All of a sudden, we realized if we expand
from a micro-volunteering perspective to
a design perspective, then this now be-
comes an ecosystem that companies can
join. And then we can have a way to make
a business model such that everybody
only wins, and nobody loses.”
— Christian Erfurt,
CEO at Be My Eyes
su.org/bemyeyes
“As a result of being a part of the SU com-
munity, we’ve made a lot of headway with
running pilots at technology companies,
completing design sprints that helped
refine our business model, and the like
. . . . Nailing down what your slide deck
looks like, how to get in front of a compa-
ny and explain what you do in a way that
they understand and can get behind has
been invaluable.”
— T
 roy Hickerson,
Co-founder,
Active For Good
su.org/activeforgood
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“SU has been invaluable to us. First they
put our initial team together. They gave
us the inspiration to work in this field and
were there to counsel us in business and
technology. They gave us the contacts we
needed, including Lowe’s, to help us cre-
ate some initial revenue and introduced
us to our biggest investor, an Italian family.
. . . And now, SU is providing us with the
platform from which to develop our tech-
nology and our leadership—which is a big
reason why people want to work with us
or talk with us initially. . . . There are always
the traditional metrics of money raised
and number of customers, but I think even
more important is finding the right market
niche and staying on track to realizing it.
Finding that niche market that is still true
to the vision of the company and then
helping to manage the narrative of where
the industry must go—that is the measure
of success for me”
— Andre Wegner,
CEO of Authentise
su.org/authentise
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“I believe Singularity University works so
well because it has the experts who can
educate people about new technologies,
and it attracts large companies that may
not have participated in exponential tech-
nologies before but now want a conserv-
ative way to test the exponential waters.
These large brands are looking for smaller
companies like X2AI that are successful
and creating value for others. They then
slowly adapt our cutting-edge technology
into their own businesses where they be-
come part of the core offering and assets.
— Michiel Rauws, CEO of X2AI
su.org/x2ai
“A lot of good came out of the Business
Model Workshop we did with SU and Ro-
toplas. We talked with developers. . . and
got some great feedback to support our
go-to-market plans. . . . As a result of the
introduction SU helped us make with Ro-
toplas, we expect to see exponential sales
going forward and have met all the right
people to help us grow our business.”
— Bob Brill, President
and Co-founder of
Sanzfield Technologies
su.org/sanzfield
“It was one epiphany after another for the
first month of the GSP. But it wasn’t only
a change in mindset to what’s possible. It
was also the way I learned to practically
apply that mindset to what I was trying to
accomplish. . . .The SU Ventures Incubator
provided me with the first infrastructure for
a startup. . . . An advisory board was curat-
ed for us and we met with many real es-
tate developers, architects, and brokers to
show them our demo prototype and get
their feedback. . . . Beyond helping us test
our assumptions, many of these industry
players also helped us test the software—
and that is when some decided to also
fund us.”
— Olivia Ramos, Co-founder
and CEO at Deep Blocks
su.org/deepblocks
“Thanks to SU, we have a 10 year-plan
for bringing our advances to patients. SU
has helped us make the connections to
pharmaceutical companies, researchers,
and mentors who are helping to refine
and broaden the impact of our work. They
have helped us understand the process
for protecting our innovations and making
them compliant. And, most importantly,
our work with SU has meant we are hav-
ing a positive disruptive influence on how
to maximize the impact cancer drugs and
therapies have on individual patients.”
— Duleek Ranatunga,
Co-founder of
Ourotech
su.org/ourotech
“SU is the place where we went from an
idea we posted on the board as ‘23and-
Me for cats,’ to ‘pet genetics that can im-
pact human drug discovery,’ an idea for a
company that will impact a billion people
in 10 years. The pitch I make to investors
is that we have this great company that is
already making money from a product we
developed 3x faster than other biotech
firms because, thanks to SU and what we
learned there, our R&D process is really,
really fast. More than that impressive fact,
we also have a vision for how this tech-
nology will change the way that drugs are
created for people, as well as for pets.”
—A
 nna Skaya, Co-founder
and CEO at Basepaws
su.org/basepaws
 Do you have a
monumental idea?
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VENTURES

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Building
Exponential
Enterprises
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 The Global Business
Landscape is Changing
Exponentially
by Carin Watson, EVP, Learning & Innovation at Singularity University
—
Leading an organization, business unit, or team
to success in times of exponentially accelerat-
ing change is incredibly hard. Most CEOs today
feel a profound sense of urgency to transform
everything about their organization—strategy,
culture, structure, leadership, innovation—to en-
sure they’re able to avoid disruption and harness
technology in order to thrive in the future.
Every company on the planet seems to have
a “digital transformation” initiative underway.
Based on hundreds of conversations we’ve had
with executives, it seems many of them are fail-
ing. Or at least not progressing as fast as expect-
ed, or achieving the impact originally anticipated.
And with expert forecasts like, “nearly 50% of
the current S&P 500 will be replaced over the
next ten years,”1 assertions like, “Generation Y
expects to work in communities of mutual inter-
est and passion—not structured hierarchies,”2
and headlines like, “Will Today’s Corporations
Exist in a Decade?”3 it’s no wonder boards and
executive teams around the world are desper-
ately seeking more solid footing amidst an expo-
nentially shifting landscape.
¹ 2018 Corporate Longevity Forecast: Creative Destruction is Accelerating, Innosight
² Vineet Nayar, Vice Chairman and CEO of HCL Technologies, quoted “Will Today’s Corporations Exist In A Decade?” Forbes, Jan 25, 2016
³ “Will Today’s Corporations Exist In A Decade?” Forbes, Jan 25, 2016
Your Guide to Navigating
Uncharted Territory
Thanks in large part to the exponential growth of technologies,
the terrain facing companies today is very different from that of the
past. However, most leaders are still relying on old maps to help
them navigate. And while those maps may have been invaluable
in driving past successes, they are no longer sufficient or reliable.
Leaders who assume their old models, data, and experiences can
just be extrapolated into an unknown and unpredictable future do
so at their own peril.
We don’t claim to offer a silver bullet, one-size-fits-all solution.
Instead, SU provides a new lens to help leaders understand the
limitations of existing maps and the contexts in which any map
or model might be useful. Leaders must deeply understand the
underlying drivers of exponential change and think differently
about the implications to their organizations. We enable leaders
to see further into the future with tools for forecasting and sce-
nario planning as well as build long-term visions and narratives
with methodologies like SciFi DI (Design Intelligence). We teach
leaders to learn and embrace new mental models that can help
them achieve their goals. And just as importantly, we help them
unlearn outdated mental models that they have come to depend
on, often unconsciously.
As the famous scholar Alfred Korzybski said, “The map is not the
territory.” Consider Singularity University as your guide to better
understand, navigate, and anticipate the new, largely uncharted
territory we must traverse to get to the future.
The First Step is Shifting Your Mindset
We often say, “Nothing changes without people.” While our solu-
tions largely focus on evolving and fortifying the functions of strat-
egy, leadership, and innovation, the foundation for sustained suc-
cess begins and ends with people.
In redesigning their organization, leaders, and businesses to
adapt to this new paradigm of exponential change, and ready
themselves for the future, most leaders tend to focus on what they
should do. Should we teach design thinking? Run ideation chal-
lenges? Launch an accelerator? Experiment with AI? But the first
step must be how to think, not what to do.
As Albert Einstein famously said, “We cannot solve our problems
with the same thinking we used when we created them.” At SU,
we help leaders learn how to shift their mindset from linear to ex-
ponential. We empower the organization with new mental models,
a new common language, and metrics that better measure and
incentivize exponential results. And, importantly, we teach ambi-
dexterity, a critical capability during this time of massive transition.
While it may appear contrary to SU’s perspective and refrain, linear
models are actually necessary to run many aspects of a business.
Today’s enterprises must be nimble and have the ability to em-
brace both—and toggle between—linear and exponential models
and mindsets, depending on the situation. To that end, we help
leaders practice unlearning, which requires time and patience
given the process is often exponential, not linear. We discuss the
conditions needed for innovation to thrive, which must be defined,
modeled, and credibly supported by leaders.
How We Work With Organizations
SU has a decade-long track record of transforming leaders’ per-
spectives about the future. We help them explore the role of expo-
nentially accelerating technologies; opportunities for established
organizations to drive disruption (vs. be crushed by it); and new
organizational, learning, leadership, and innovation models that
will help build the competencies and culture required to navigate
the increasing pace of change.
Our global network of faculty, alumni, and practitioners ensures
we are always bringing you the cutting-edge across a wide range
of disciplines. Our job is to push your thinking about the future
by exposing you to the latest perspectives and breakthroughs,
by challenging your ingrained assumptions, by inspiring you to
think beyond business-as-usual, and by encouraging you to think
about 10 years out and 10x solutions (vs. just 10% improvements).
We help leaders realize that transformation is a journey; it’s not
just about the destination, but also the learning, mindset shift, and
myriad wins that happen along the way.
We help leaders:
• Understand and anticipate disruptive opportunities and threats
from exponential technologies and new business models
• Define and communicate a new future vision and road map
• Align their entire organization on a shared mindset, language,
and context for transformation
•Engage their ecosystem of partners, clients, and investors in their
vision and journey
• Train current and future leaders to think and act exponentially
• Execute 10x projects for profit and/or purpose
• Identify new market opportunities by understanding the global
grand challenges
• Collaborate with a diverse global network of faculty, startups, cor-
porations, governments, nonprofits, academic institutions, inves-
tor groups, and passionate individuals
SU believes every organization has the capacity to achieve what
it considers improbable, impossible—or has yet to imagine. To un-
lock an organization’s potential, we offer a portfolio of solutions
designed to support enterprises on their transformational journey.
We’ve helped leading global companies such as Airbus, Bayer,
Lowe’s, Lufthansa, AEP, and Rotoplas, among others, become ex-
ponential in their thinking, planning, execution, and results. We’ll
share some of their stories here.
Shifting your perspective is better
than being smart.
Astro Teller, CEO of X
10x Strategy Development
To many executives, “strategy” calls to mind Porter’s Five Forces
and management consulting frameworks. But the way we strate-
gize is changing. Traditional models and approaches are no
longer sufficient. Given the increasing pace of change, companies
now need to toggle frequently between 10-20 years out and the
next 6-12 months (Deloitte’s Center for the Edge calls this Zoom
Out, Zoom In), to ensure they are investing at the right time and
iterating quickly and incrementally as new information emerges.
We work with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to help them
contemplate the potential impact of—and opportunities created
by—exponential technologies, digital tools, and emerging busi-
ness models. We help them define what business they are really
in (or will be in) within the next 5, 10, and 30 years, and bring that
vision to life through narratives and experimentation road maps.
You can see evidence of our strategy solution in action by looking
at how Lowe’s worked with us to re-envision its future.
There is really only one way to live
in a world of speed, surprise, noise,
and responsiveness, and that’s to
visit the future frequently.
Grant McCracken, “The Corporation is at
Odds with the Future,” HBR, May 29, 2013

The Company:
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 home
improvement company serving more than 18
million customers a week in the United States,
Canada, and Mexico. With fiscal year 2017 sales
of $68.6 billion, Lowe’s and its related business-
es operate or service more than 2,390 home
improvement and hardware stores and employ
over 310,000 people.
The Challenge:
SU was engaged to help turn a “big box home
improvement retailer” into a center of excellence
for delivering meaningful innovation.
The Lowe’s SU Story:
Lowe’s has completely embraced exponential thinking, with
results that go well beyond innovation in its stores, a motivat-
ed and loyal employee base, and breakthroughs that address
global grand challenges. Lowe’s has innovated 3D printing at
the International Space Station and is pushing the envelope
on robotics and virtual and augmented reality. Lowe’s is now a
sought-after innovation partner of companies like Google and
Microsoft, as well as startup organizations such as the SU port-
folio company Made In Space, and Lowe’s has been recog-
nized by the White House as a Champion of Change.
“We went from selling sheet rock and hammers to completely
transforming the entire company,” said Kyle Nel, Founder and
former Executive Director of Lowe’s Innovation Labs. “What I
needed was a network, a community, a team. I found it at SU. I
needed help to refine and scale my vision and to be surround-
ed by people who could impact me and help me feel like I
was either on the right track or not, and could explain why.
Most innovation programs or spaces are focused on two-by-
two charts and a review of case studies having nothing to do
with the unique challenges I faced at Lowe’s. People attend
these ‘innovation’ programs so they can check the innovation
box by completing the program. SU is different; everyone that
comes in the SU door is self-selecting to be oriented towards
action. People are trying to partner, trying to co-create, pushing
the technology frontier, and trying to uplift to create a world
of abundance.”
Lowe’s has developed a reputation for leading corporate in-
novation using exponential technologies such as artificial in-
telligence, robotics, virtual reality, additive manufacturing, and
others. This methodology for understanding the future and
changing the way people think, feel, and act is no longer solely
being used inside Lowe’s Innovation Labs. What was initially at
the edge of the company is now a core strategic framework for
the entire Lowe’s organization.
3D Printing of Parts at the International
Space Station with Made In Space
Another challenge Lowe’s Innovation Labs tackled was how to
advance real-time, local manufacturing. In an early pilot con-
ducted in partnership with Authentise, another SU portfolio
company, customers could simply bring in an object, such as
a broken or out of production part, and Lowe’s could digitally
scan it for the customer to create a 3D model that could be
used for printing, among other applications. Broken parts could
even be pieced back together. Customers could also modify
and print objects designed by Lowe’s, in just about any material
they wanted.
In another partnership, Lowe’s exemplified moonshot thinking.
“We learned a lot from partnering in 3D printing with Made In
Space, a connection we made at SU,” noted Nel. “We essential-
ly put a Lowe’s store in space at the International Space Station!
We figured it would be a good test: if 3D printing could work
flawlessly in the extreme conditions in space to produce parts
that wear out or break, then it could also work in our stores.”
Lowe’s and Made In Space have also brought forward a more
holistic view of additive manufacturing that include applications
like recycling. The two companies created a prototype demon-
stration of technology that would allow customers to bring in
plastic bags or anything else made of plastic they’re ready to
discard, and recycle it into 3D printing filament to be used over
and over and over again for products like Lowe’s buckets. “We
see things in a constant state of transition, which helps the
planet by reducing unnecessary waste,” said Nel. In 2016, the
Obama administration recognized Lowe’s and Made In Space
as Champions of Change for this effort.
To learn more about the programs and services SU
customized for Lowe’s, read the whole case study at
su.org/lowes.
10x Leadership Training
To transition their business in ways that today’s business climate requires, leaders must first unlearn outdated approaches and legacy
behaviors that impede progress. They must become what we at SU call exponential leaders—leaders who can adapt to any situation and
drive 10x results for themselves, their teams, and their networks. Exponential leaders are futurists, innovators, technologists, and humani-
tarians...not necessarily by title or official function, but by the skills and behaviors they strive to master.

Many organizations are realizing that their existing leadership development programs are ill-equipped to prepare current and future lead-
ers to meet rapidly evolving business needs. Traditional programs often use outdated methods, set inadequate context, offer insufficient
coaching, and are generally too slow to keep up with the rapid pace of change. SU’s programs teach participants about exponential
technologies and thinking, use 10x projects that endure beyond the classroom to allow on-the-job experimentation and learning, include
ongoing coaching to lock in new concepts and methods, and leverage diverse peer and expert networks for on-demand support. As a
result, leaders are better prepared to champion and lead the company’s transformation agenda through uncertain times.

As a case in point, SU helped The Executive Network (TEN), a Dutch executive search firm, turn its country’s CEOs into exponential leaders
and their companies into exponential enterprises. Here’s a look at how that happened.

TEN and SU worked together to create a customized three-day

The Company:
The Executive Network is the largest Dutch exec-
utive search firm in the Netherlands.
The Challenge:
Become the leading Dutch executive search firm
in the Netherlands—and build better business-
es—by educating the country’s top CEOs about
exponential leadership models to help them
thrive in today’s business climate of rapid change
and disruption.
Exponential Technology and Strategy Program for groups of 55
executives at a time, as often as needed, calling it The Execu-
tive Network Innovation Program. The executives who attend
the program are leaders of the largest Dutch companies in-
cluding the CEOs of the top 10 banks, pension funds, insurance
companies; transportation, infrastructure, construction and en-
gineering companies; professional services firms; hospitals;
real estate companies; energy; and telecom.
With 300 SU-educated CEOs and board members (as of ear-
ly 2018), representing the full gamut of Dutch industry as part
of its network, TEN has created a strong base of innovation
and change in Dutch business. Pre-SU, many CEOs had equat-
ed high-speed change with risk. Post-SU, they are aware that
not changing is the risk. Across industries, there is now a core
Dutch business group whose members realize they need to
move beyond thinking of themselves as competitors and un-
derstand that they are often facing the same issues. They’re
open to sharing with each other how they are going to imple-
ment what they have learned at SU. Tuk explains,“With SU,
we’ve been able to develop a very, very strong network of peo-
ple with the same experience, knowledge set, and expectation
for what is possible. It is good for the Netherlands.”

The TEN SU Story:
The Executive Network (TEN) has differentiated its search and
recruiting business by building a strong, cross-industry network
of over 300 inspired Dutch CEOs and board members who
have learned at SU how to recognize and leverage the oppor-
tunities presented by exponential technologies.
Marty Tuk, Co-founder of TEN, said of his unusual business
model, “Of course, we get paid for executive search, but TEN’s
raison d’être is that we have a very strong will to create bet-
ter leaders. And better leaders create better companies, and
better companies need better people.” The business model
becomes a virtuous circle.
“The SU course in 2016 was the most inspiring education-
al experience I have had in my life. The key players them-
selves in the field of AI, robotics, 3D printing, cybersecurity,
self-driving cars, energy, and healthcare presented their vi-
sion and recent developments. After this week I realized that
the future was much closer than I thought. We actually imple-
mented some innovations in our organization shortly after
attending SU. Without this experience, we most likely would
have waited to do so.”
— Gertjan van der Baan, CEO, Vesteda
To learn more about the programs and services SU
customized for The Executive Network, read the whole
case study at su.org/ten.
10x Innovation Sprints
To build the future of your organization, you must be able to innovate incredibly fast—to ideate far beyond business-as-usual. You must
dedicate funding to early-stage “crazy” ideas and learn through rapid experimentation and failure. You need to progress projects through
your stage gate using the right metrics at the right time, determine the best structure for new ventures, and design optimal relationships
for them with the core business or spin them out. Finally, leaders need to mobilize their internal organization and external ecosystem to
support these new future businesses, which often reflect a new vision and narrative.

Our future-focused design and innovation methodologies help innovation, technology, and new product development teams ideate,
prototype, and validate potentially breakthrough ideas, then prepare to bring them to market. We push teams to 10x their solutions by
leveraging exponential technologies. We engage our faculty and portfolio companies to support these initiatives. We also pull in experts
and practitioners from our network as ideators, collaborators, and builders...and rely on them to bring both industry expertise as well as,
importantly, diverse perspectives that will inspire and expand your thinking, and challenge your current assumptions.

Working with SU, global life sciences leader Bayer created a new center of innovation to help propel the company’s efforts to reshape the
future of digital health.

In Schapeler’s own words:

“SU helps us understand the digital industry and puts us in

The Company:
Bayer is a 45 billion EUR giant with three busi-
nesses: pharmaceuticals; consumer health prod-
ucts; and crop sciences devoted to fertilizers,
seeds, and other products.
The Challenge:
The Life Science industry faces massive changes
and opportunities due to ongoing digital transfor-
mation. Bayer seeks to develop new life science
solutions based on digital technology, machine
learning, sensors, and new business models,
as well as define faster, less-costly develop-
ment, testing, and go-to-market processes
and solutions.
The Bayer SU Story:
In 2015—in yet another advancement in innovation—Bayer es-
tablished its Bayer iHUB lab that is embedded at the Singularity
University (SU) campus in Silicon Valley. Led by Dirk Schapeler,
iHUB’s VP Digital Innovation U.S., the iHUB’s focus is on digital
innovations in the life sciences space and incorporates emerg-
ing or exponential technologies such as sensors to monitor vi-
tal signs, as well as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and
big data to identify patients and analyze results.
touch with the right players in the industry. They help us under-
stand what is coming next in the future—not just in technology,
but also how they will affect human trends. That’s where we
have the most benefit from the SU ecosystem. You get tons of
ideas; can find the right players, and the right startups to work
with. For instance, we’ve been introduced to a startup working
on a vital sign sensor, another working on an idea to look at
crops using drones, and another that is exploring how to use
drones to transport drugs into remote areas.
“The innovators, startups, and SU faculty have helped us under-
stand the technologies, trends, and business models behind
innovations taking place in AI, Big Data, and Social Learning.
We are looking at ‘beyond the pill’ tools to design treatments
to help people get healthy, such as new ways to deal with data
and approvals. In pharmaceuticals, it isn’t unusual for a compa-
ny such as ours to spend 12 years and between $800 million
and $2.5 billion working to get a single drug to market. Digital
technology tools evolve in months for much less money. This
digital transformation brings tremendous opportunities and
challenges with it that we have now managed to leverage and
deal with faster due to our connection with SU.
“What we see as really unique about SU, is the SU ecosys-
tem—a very diverse mix of people. People who are very smart
and focused on doing something to fix broken systems or help
people living in less fortunate places, or people who just want
to make the planet a better place. At Bayer, we also have a
strong link to some of those same challenges, such as how to
feed nine billion people and how to provide healthcare for all,
which trigger our own thoughts about how to deploy technol-
ogy for the benefit of humans. Bayer finds SU serious about
the same concerns we have. Elsewhere you may hear peo-
ple speak about the challenges, but they are not seriously ad-
dressed as they are at SU.”
To learn more about the innovation programs Bayer
has partnered with SU on, read the whole case study
by visiting su.org/bayer.
A great example of how we’ve helped a company tackle strategy, leadership, and innovation is the work we did with energy provider AEP.

pany expected 250 applications, but received more than 400

The Company:
American Electric Power (AEP) delivers electricity
and custom energy solutions to nearly 5.4 million
customers across 11 states. It owns the largest
electricity transmission system in the U.S. and de-
submissions from more than 600 employees. Many proposals
came from long-time customer service representatives who’d
heard first-hand about the problems their customers were
facing and who had ideas about how to fix the common pain
points. SU designed the challenge, helped the finalist teams
hone their presentations, complete business models describ-
ing their ideas, and co-judged the final presentations which
were videotaped and shared with all employees.
The stakes were high. Some employees who won temporarily
left their current day jobs to be placed on special assignment to
incubate their ideas as a startup, bring them to minimum viable
product status, iterate them through field testing, scale them,
and bring them to market.

livers power from a balanced mix of coal, natural
gas, nuclear, hydro, wind, and solar.
The Challenge:
SU was engaged to help transform a traditional
utility into an agile organization that can rapidly
deliver innovative new products and services for
customers.
All eight finalist teams were declared winners. These teams
developed compelling ideas that address valid pain points and
growing expectations for new services among customers. All
eight teams were invited to participate in an internal Innovation
Workshop to help them further develop their startup plans and
business models, while the top three will build capacity in the
short-term through participation in internal or external acceler-
ators.
To learn more about all the programs and services
SU customized for AEP, read the whole case study at
su.org/aep.

The AEP SU Story:

Remarkable changes are happening at one of the largest elec-
tric utilities in the U.S., thanks to a new focus among executives
to encourage employees to use exponential thinking and tech-
nologies to deliver new services and products for customers.
With SU’s assistance, AEP is developing expertise in seeing the
potential of exponential technologies and how to rapidly exe-
cute and iterate new ideas to benefit customers. SU is helping
lead change at AEP by providing a mechanism for moving from
idea to new offering in weeks and months instead of years.
AEP is building an innovative culture and displaying thought
leadership to spur innovations in thinking and technologies
among employees.

AEP Taps Into Most Important Asset –

Its Employees – in SU Open Innovation
Challenge
In the Spring of 2017, AEP rolled out an Open Innovation Chal-
lenge. Its 17,000 employees were invited to propose new,
cutting-edge products and services for customers. The com-
52 Creating Long-term Value
and Impact
At the end of the day, businesses must still create
value for shareholders and investors. But their typi-
cal expectation of short-term return and predictability
makes “transformation” a tough pill to swallow. We
help leaders think about how to bring along this criti-
cal group—to communicate a new narrative, perspec-
tive about the future, and metrics that matter. We’re
also working to incorporate new strategy and financial
modeling tools that will help leaders make the case
for long-term value creation over short-term return.
The most audacious
innovations—like developing
a smart, green, livable city—
simply cannot be created
by single companies or by
industries operating alone.
Amy C. Edmondson, “Wicked-Problem
Solvers,” HBR, June 2016 Issue
In addition to creating long-term value, companies
also have a huge opportunity—and in our view, re-
sponsibility—to create long-term impact. As Black-
Rock CEO Larry Fink said recently in his annual letter
to CEOs, “To prosper over time, every company must
not only deliver financial performance, but also show
how it makes a positive contribution to society.” At SU,
we believe every individual and organization must
work together to solve the world’s biggest problems—
water, food, education, energy, poverty, governance,
etc.—many of which are quickly becoming existential
threats. And we firmly believe that large, global organ-
izations have an outsized opportunity to contribute...
they have the brand, capital, distribution networks, ca-
pabilities, and people, and can really move the needle
and make a difference. In working with organizations,
our job is to expose leaders to specific opportuni-
ties and projects that represent both social and bot-
tom-line impact. This is version 2.0 of Corporate Social
Responsibility. And not only is it good business, your
future customers, employees, suppliers, partners, and
shareholders will come to expect it.
DASH: Mission Control For Your
Transformation Journey
Transformation is hard, especially when you’re look-
ing ahead to an unknown future. And if you’re re-
sponsible for overseeing the initiative across a large,
complex organization and delivering results, it can be
downright overwhelming. To help organizations make
smarter, faster decisions, we’ve built DASH, a digital
platform that will serve as “mission control” for your
transformation journey to the future.
DASH is the closest thing to a crystal ball, helping you
see and prepare for the future ahead. Its Technology
Forecast module tracks the exponential trajectory of
a wide range of technologies, helping you better time
your investments and experiments. DASH also tracks
the progress and performance of your 10x projects,
allowing you to better manage your portfolio of ideas
and investments. The exponential leader and enter-
prise diagnostics help companies assess their internal
capabilities and prioritize areas for skill development.
DASH also delivers the latest, most relevant articles
and courses to you, based on your priorities and ar-
eas of interest.
Join us.
It has never been a more exciting time to be alive.
Organizations have a profound opportunity to har-
ness powerful technologies, to leverage exponential
models and mindsets, and to reinvent themselves as
nimble, resilient organizations prepared to ride each
coming wave of change.
We invite you to join our growing, global community
of exponential leaders who are evolving their organ-
izations and impacting the world. As our CEO Rob
Nail has said, “We ultimately want to connect people,
projects, partners, programs, ideas, and resources
across the globe and will be developing and exper-
imenting with new ways to do so. Our ability to make
unexpected connections (we call these “uncommon
partners”) can ultimately result in unique and valuable
outcomes.”
Let’s start building the future
together. Are you ready?
Start charting your new path
today by visiting su.org/go.
 What if you could transport yourself
a decade into the future?
“With DASH, I was able
to see the technologies
that are likely to impact
our business much earlier,
and develop a plan for
turning those insights into
opportunities before they
became disruptors.”
— Strategy Leader at Global CPG Firm
YOU’D KNOW:
The best tech to invest in
The startups to watch (or acquire)
The competitors that would impact your business
The future of your industry
While we haven’t invented a teleportation device (yet!),
we do have DASH. This digital platform will help you see
the future more clearly and provide valuable data and
insights to inform your mission-critical decisions.
Designed by seasoned innovators, strategists, and futurists, DASH
leverages predictive analytics to help you forecast and respond
proactively to exponential trends and technologies, and advance your
leadership and innovation capabilities through diagnostics, customized
content, and on-demand learning.
Whether you’re leading strategy, innovation, HR, finance, or other key
functions, DASH provides the intel you need in real-time to support your
company’s transformation initiative and get you to the future faster.
Learn more at su.org/getdash.
To Global
Summit 55
Participants...
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Erik Anderson
Chairman of the Board, SU

As the Chairman of the Board for Singularity University, I’d like to

welcome you to the Global Summit and what promises to be an
inspiring and invigorating three days together!

As we reflect on SU’s growth and impact in our first ten years, it

is time to both celebrate and renew our commitment to work to-
gether to ensure technology is used to create a better future for
everyone. There is no organization today that is better equipped
to convene smart, creative, diverse, bold, action-oriented think-
ers, leaders, and builders than Singularity University. Through our
shared purpose, inspiring narrative, strong capital partners, and
global network of collaborators and innovators, the SU communi-
ty is an unbridled force in solving the world’s most intractable and
urgent challenges. We are now well-positioned as the leading
brand in the global innovation-for-good economy. What an excit-
ing way to begin our next ten-year journey!

Thank you to those of you who are already contributing to the

great work Singularity University is doing—it is because of you
that lives have been changed for the better. If you are not yet
involved, I urge you to find a way this week. Visit the EXPO hall
to speak with staff members who can help you learn more and
define your first step. While you’re there, meet some of the ex-
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sustainable businesses that will positively impact the world.

I look forward to meeting many of you this week and hope you
will share with me your ideas and dreams for how Singularity Uni-
versity can make a bigger difference in your organization, com-
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