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Video of my Singularity Summit Talk

sonia — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:42:03 +0000

In case you didn’t make the Singularity Summit, here is the talk I delivered there. As I’ve said before, this conference was a really great production this year. Can’t wait to see what next year brings!

Singularity Summit was Excellent — MSNBC Article

sonia — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:51:46 +0000

Last weekend’s Singularity Summit in NYC was an excellent event. I enjoyed meeting many smart folks interested in future tech issues. Here’s an article from MSNBC about the event, as well as a photo taken by my friend Steve Rosenbaum:

Having healthier people around for longer means that they can remain productive far later in life, Arrison pointed out. Many past innovators accomplished some of their greatest or most creative work relatively late in life — Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa at 51, and Benjamin Franklin conducted his kite experiment at 46.

“Innovation is a late-peak field,” Arrison told the audience gathered at the Singularity Summit.

Singularity Summit in NYC Next Week

sonia — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:34:55 +0000

I’ll be speaking at the Singularity Summit next week in NYC and (if you haven’t bought it yet) I’ve been told that you can pick up a copy of my book, 100 Plus there. Below is a description of the conference, which promises to be exhilarating.

The Singularity Summit 2011 will be a TED-style two-day event at the historic 92nd Street Y in New York City. Speakers include futurist Ray Kurzweil, visionary scientist Stephen Wolfram, IBM manager Dan Cerutti, longevity expert Sonia Arrison, author David Brin, neuroscientist Christof Koch, PayPal founder Peter Thiel, MIT cosmologist Max Tegmark, AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky, MIT polymath Alexander Wissner-Gross, DARPA challenge winner Riley Crane, Skype founder Jaan Tallinn, Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, economist Tyler Cowen, television personalities Jason Silva and Casey Pieretti, and robotics professors James McLurnkin and Robin Murphy.

This week: Fortune MPW, Guest Blogging at the Volokh Conspiracy

sonia — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:54:15 +0000

There is a lot going on this week, reminding me once again of how I’d like to have more time. I’m in southern California today attending the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference and I’m also guest blogging over at the Volokh Conspiracy.

The fun doesn’t end there, though. Following this, I will be headed back to NYC to speak at the Singularity Summit with a line up of fascinating speakers including Ken Jennings (former Jeopardy! champion), Dan Cerutti (VP of Commercialization for Watson at IBM), Stephen Wolfram, Ray Kurzweil, Christof Koch, Tyler Cowen, Max Tegmark, Peter Thiel, John Mauldin, David Brin and many others.

Women @ the Frontier — tomorrow night at SU

sonia — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:32:51 +0000

I’m moderating a panel of cool women entrepreneurs and scientists at SU tomorrow night. If you’re around and interested in attending, here’s the link: http://singularityu.org/women2010/

On my way to TED

sonia — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57:05 +0000

I’m looking forward to attending the TED2010 conference this week in Long Beach. If you’re going, I recommend hitting all the Singularity University events, one of which I’ll be leading on Friday at 12:45 in the Dome (topic is how exponential advances in technology will affect the future of social communications).

Speaking at H+ conference tomorrow

sonia — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:39:58 +0000

If you’re in the LA area and interested in longevity issues, I’ll be speaking at the H plus summit tomorrow.

Radio show on risk tonight at 7:30pm PT

sonia — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:02:02 +0000

I’ll be on Fastforward radio tonight at 7:30 PT. Topic is “Risks, Dystopias, and Unsettling Futures” and other guests include David Brin (author of Transparent Society) and the Lifeboat Foundation’s Philippe Van Nedervelde. If you listen live, you can contribute to the show by joining the live text chat.

I’m speaking on longevity issues at the Foresight Vision Weekend today

Sonia — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:24:08 +0000

The Foresight Institute is holding its Vision 2007 “unconference” this weekend. I was there yesterday and will be speaking today. So far, the conference has been amazing — talks I attended yesterday included the latest on nanotech and stem cell research, as well as a fascinating discussion on risk and longevity.