Participate in the Global Impact Competition and win a full scholarship worth 25K$ to attend Singularity University Graduate program. Learn more about Singularity University and its values from the TED talks of its founders, Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future.html http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university.html

2. Graduate Studies Program
Singularity University
Founding Conference

3. September 2008 Founding Conference
SU Founding Meeting @ NASA Ames - Sept 2008; 50 leaders from the Bay Area

4. Larry Page – Go Big
Observation -
many of our
grand challenges
are rooted in
accelerating
factors

5. Founders
Singularity University was founded
in Sept 2008 by Drs. Ray Kurzweil
& Peter Diamandis

6. Mission
Our mission is to
assemble, educate and
inspire a new generation
of leaders who strive to
understand and facilitate
Disruptive
Stress/ the development of
Opportunity
exponentially advancing
technologies to address
humanity’s grand
challenges

7. Educational Programs
Graduate Studies Program
10 Weeks
•1x per year, 80 Rising Leaders, Focus on Team Projects
Executive Programs •Multiplex per year, 60-80 Participants
7 Days •For established Business, policy leaders, entrepreneurs
FutureMed •1x per year, 60-80 Participants
5 Days •Focus on Future of Medicine and Biotech
Future Security •1x per year, 60-80 Participants
3-5 Days •Focus on Future of Info and Personal Security
Custom
•Multiplex per year, XXX Participants
Programs
1 -3 Days
•Tailored for specific organization (corporate, government, etc.)

8. Graduate Studies Program
Singularity University
Graduate Studies Program
NASA Research Park

9. GSP Academic Tracks
Technology Tracks Application Tracks
• Artificial Intelligence & Robotics • Energy &
• Nanotechnology & Digital Fabrication Environmental
Systems
• Networks & Computing Systems
• Space & Physical
• Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
Sciences
• Medicine & Neuroscience
Resource/Mgmt Tracks
• Futures Studies & Forecasting
• Policy, Law & Ethics
• Design
• Finance & Economics
• Entrepreneurship

10. Examples of Advisory Faculty & Speakers
Other Notable:
•Sebastian Thrun, Stanford AI, GoogleX;
Founder – Udacity
•Saul Griffith, PhD, Eyeglasses, Squid
Labs, Instructables.com, Makani Power
•Dan Kammen, PhD – Lead Author, 2007
Nobel Peace Prize-winning IPCC report;
Faculty, UC Berkeley
•Bob Metcalfe, PhD, Founder, 3Com; co-
inventor of Ethernet
•Chris DiBona, Open Source Program
Vint Cerf Will Wright George Smoot, Dean Kamen Manager, Google Inc.
Creator – SimCity, PhD •Larry Smarr, PhD, California Inst. for
Chief Internet Inventor,
Spore; Founder, Telecom & IT
Evangelist, Google UC Berkeley; 2006 Founder DEKA
Maxis (EA) •Chris deCharms, PhD, Founder
Nobel Prize in
Omneruon
Physics
•Tim Ferriss, Author- 4-hour Workweek
Sonia Arrison Aubrey de Grey, PhD Tina Seelig Justin Rattner Yvonne Cagel, Craig Venter
Senior Fellow, Pacific Chairman & CSO, Exec Dir Stanford CTO, Intel Labs M.D. Founder, CEO
Research Institute SENS Foundation Tech Ventures Astronaut, Colonel- Synthetic Genomics
USAF

11. Track Chairs
Dan Barry, MD Neil Jacobstein Daniel Kraft, MD Ralph Merkle, PhD Brad Templeton Raymond McCauley
(Space; AI, (AI, Robotics) (Medicine) (Nanotechnology) (Computer & (Biotechnology)
Robotics) AI CEO, Visiting Stem cell Biology, Inst. for Molecular Networks) CSO-Genomera;
NASA astronaut; Scholar Stanford Stanford Manufacturing Chairman EFF Founder -
Head of Faculty BioCurious
Andrew Hessel Robert Freitas Marc Goodman David S. Rose Gregg Maryniak Jonathan Knowles
(Biotechnology) (Nanotechnology) (Policy Law & (Finance) (Energy) (Design)
Co-Founder Pink Inst for Molecular Ethics) CEO Gust, Chair Founding Exec. Senior Advisor
Army Cooperative Manufacturing Futurist for FBI NY Angels Dir XPrize Found. Autodesk; Apple

12. Who are the students?
GSP Admissions Criteria:
• Extraordinary Brilliance
• Proven entrepreneurs with
proven successes
GSP’11 Class Photo • Proven interest in the
world’s “grand challenges”
• Graduate/post-Grad level
• Average age: 30
GSP-2010: 80 Students / 35 countries

13. Student Selection Criteria
Three primary Selection Criteria for students:
Top in their field Demonstrated Passionate about
academically Entrepreneurs/Leaders Grand Challenges
GSP-2010: 80 Students / 35 countries

14. Innovation Engine
10 Week Program phases:

15. Larry Page – Google
“If I were a student, this
is where I’d want to be”
- Larry Page
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16. GIC
Singularity University
Global Impact Competition

17. Change the World
GIC2012 CEE&SEE summary:
 250 000 technology students reached in 6 countries
 60+ press appearances (online and print) in 6 countries
 50+ project applications from 8 countries
 $85 000 worth of awards for the 6 finalist from 4 countries
 3 acceptances to SU GSP12 from 3 countries (Pl, Hu, Bg)

18. SU CEE Impact Competition
“To win the chance to attend SU and work on projects
to impact a billion people, come up with an idea that
would impact 1 million people within 3 years... and
start implementing it”.
 Winner – receives full scholarship to
attend SU $25k
 2nd Place - $15k to implement project
 3rd Place - $10k to implement project
 4th Place - $5k to implement project
 Top 3 finalists will also receive $10k worth
3
of software from Autodesk

19. The regional SU GIC 2013 covers 10+ countries in CEE&SEE
With the help of 50+
SU Ambassadors, SU
alumni, and
networking partners
(Corporations, VCs,
Angels, Incubators,
R&D centers,
Universities, Gov.
Institutions, etc.) we
could potentially reach
1 million innovators
in 10+ countries

20. Competition finals for CEE&SEE on 14:00 P.M. April 12, 2013
BUDAPEST

21. More info at www.sucee.eu
Csaba Szabó
Singularity University
Emissary
M: +36 20 379 9610
E: csaba.szabo@singularityu.org
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