SlideShare a Scribd company logo
Overview
Name of Presenter(s)
Singularity University
Month Day, 2015
David Orban
2
OUR MISSION
PETER DIAMANDIS
Co-founder of SU
RAY KURZWEIL
Co-founder of SU
EDUCATE, EMPOWER & INSPIRE
leaders to apply exponential
technologies to addressing
humanity’s grand challenges
Singularity University is a benefit corporation
based on NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley.
3
WHO WE ARE
Singularity Labs The FoundersSingularity University
4
CALL TO ACTION
How would you leverage technology for social impact?
Environment FoodEnergy WaterSecurityPovertyEducation Global Health Space
5
SU MODEL
10^9+
IMPACT
BILLIONS
OF LIVES
6
OUR EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
& ROBOTICS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
& DIGITAL FABRICATION
NETWORKS
& COMPUTING SYSTEMS
7
SPEED, EFFICIENCY, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, POWER
COMPUTING IS ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY
Moore’s Law: Price performance doubles every 18 months. Applies to all information technology.
Integrated CircuitTransistorVacuum TubeRelayElectromechanical
1900 ‘10 ‘20 ‘30 ‘40 ‘50 ‘60 ‘70 ‘80 ‘90 ‘2000 ‘08 ‘10
10-10
10-5
100
105
1010
1015
Performance(Calc./secondper$1000)
Time
8
4DS OF EXPONENTIALS
DECEPTIVE
TO
DISRUPTIVE
D I G I T I Z E D E M A T E R I A L I Z E D E M O N E T I Z E D E M O C R A T I Z E
Disruptive
Stress /
Opportunity
9
4Ds: DIGITIZE
DIGITIZE
Something becomes
information enabled
Music
Photos
GPS
10
4Ds: DEMATERIALIZE
DEMATERIALIZE
Physical products disappear and consolidate
Radio
Microphone/recorder
Camera
Calculator
Video player
Video camera
11
4Ds: DEMONETIZE
Record
Stores
Book
Stores
Long
Distance
Research
& Libraries
Classifieds Local Stores
DEMONETIZE
The cost of products and services decrease significantly
4Ds: DEMOCRATIZE
DEMOCRATIZE
Access is available and affordable to everyone
13
DISRUPTIVE STRESS VS DISRUPTIVE OPPORTUNITY
Large corporations
must now compete
in the collaborative
economy
14
DISRUPTIVE OPPORTUNITY
Exponential technologies empower individuals to affect BILLIONS OF LIVES
The mobile phone is increasing
access to local language services
in remote areas of the world
Use this slide
to show your own example
of Disruptive Opportunity
Flexibility
LOWE’S INNOVATION LABS + FELLOW ROBOTS
Retail service robots to help
customers confidently complete
home improvement projects.
SU Labs Corporate Member
+ SU Labs Startup Company
MIROCULUS
A simple blood test that
can diagnose disease
before symptoms appear.
Graduate Studies Program 2013
+ SU Labs Startup Company
SCANADU
The first medical tricorder,
gathering temperature,
blood pressure, and heart
rate at once.
Exponential Medicine 2011
MADEINSPACE
The first 3D printer designed
to operate in zero gravity.
Graduate Studies Program 2010
+ SU Labs Startup Company
MODERN MEADOW
Cultured leather and meat
from bioprinted tissue.
SynBio Startup LaunchPad 2012
+ SU Labs Startup Company
20
DISASTER MESH
A creative mesh network to help
and connect disaster survivors.
Exponential Youth Camp 2014
21
OUR PROGRAMS
10^9+
IMPACT
BILLIONS
OF LIVES
Graduate Studies Program
Executive Programs
Custom Programs
Exponential Conferences
Singularity University Summits
Faculty Engagements
Exponential Youth Camp
Singularity Hub
SU Labs Startup Program
SU Labs Corporate Program
Innovation Partnership Program
Field Innovation Exchange
Impact Partnerships
Global Impact Competitions
Ambassador Program
Alumni Activities
Exponential Advisory Board
22
OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
4
SU Labs
Corporate
Members
1,700+
SU Alumni
1,800+
SU Participants
870+
SU Faculty Speaking
Engagements
25
SU Companies
50
SU Ambassadors
6Impact
Partnerships
23
OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
12Exponential
Advisory Board
Members
18Innovation
Partnership
Program
Members
87Countries
Represented
77Global Impact
Competition
Winners
55Global Impact
Competitions
500+Singularity HUB
Members
24
OUR GLOBAL VISION
We will develop a global network of local SU innovation ecosystems that are:
Values
Driven
Bold in
Vision
Partner
Oriented
Inclusive
25
Example: What has catalyzed in Quito, Ecuador
SU briefing to community
influencers
Discussion about implications
of self driving cars
Mayor of Quito interested in
alternative transportation
SU Ambassador does community
crowdsourcing for transportation
SU Ambassador connects with
Matternet to test in Quito
Reimagine and Reinvent the Future

More Related Content

PPTX
Cybercrime
PDF
From Linear to Exponential Innovation Mindset
PDF
Exponential Technologies Are Changing The World
PPT
Singularity presentation Ray Kurzweil at Google
PDF
IDFVG - Fare impresa con il crowdfunding
PPT
Essentials of a platform business model
PPTX
Chap 04 course slides disruption dist
PDF
Guide to Multi-sided Platforms
Cybercrime
From Linear to Exponential Innovation Mindset
Exponential Technologies Are Changing The World
Singularity presentation Ray Kurzweil at Google
IDFVG - Fare impresa con il crowdfunding
Essentials of a platform business model
Chap 04 course slides disruption dist
Guide to Multi-sided Platforms

Viewers also liked (13)

PDF
Ssi vision. business continuity per ibm i
PPTX
Kp1 soliano
ODP
La Singolarità Tecnologica - David Orban
PPTX
Beyond Uber: How the Platform Business Model Connects the World
PDF
The Platform Manifesto - 16 principles for digital transformation
PPTX
Platform Revolution: Ch 03 -- Architecture & Design
PDF
Business models in two-sided markets: an assessment of strategies for app pla...
PPTX
Platform Revolution - Ch 01 Intro: How Platforms are Changing Commerce
PPTX
Platforms or Two-sided markets
PPTX
Platform Revolution - Ch 02 Network Effects: Power of the Platform
PPTX
The Next Tsunami AI Blockchain IOT and Our Swarm Evolutionary Singularity
PDF
JWT: The Future 100 - Trends and changes
PPTX
The Technological Singularity
Ssi vision. business continuity per ibm i
Kp1 soliano
La Singolarità Tecnologica - David Orban
Beyond Uber: How the Platform Business Model Connects the World
The Platform Manifesto - 16 principles for digital transformation
Platform Revolution: Ch 03 -- Architecture & Design
Business models in two-sided markets: an assessment of strategies for app pla...
Platform Revolution - Ch 01 Intro: How Platforms are Changing Commerce
Platforms or Two-sided markets
Platform Revolution - Ch 02 Network Effects: Power of the Platform
The Next Tsunami AI Blockchain IOT and Our Swarm Evolutionary Singularity
JWT: The Future 100 - Trends and changes
The Technological Singularity
Ad

Similar to Singularity University Presentation - 2015 (20)

PDF
Introduction to Exponentials Insights 2016
PDF
Singularity University Executive Program - Day 0
PDF
Singularity University Summit Europe Presentation
PDF
Michal Monit | Singularity University fundraising campaign
PPTX
Singularity u 14 16th nov jn
PPTX
Como você vai impactar positivamente bilhões de pessoas?, por Emeline Paat-Da...
PPT
Gabriel baldinucci sumit welcome
PDF
The Edge Group Quito Lima - july 2014
PDF
The Future of Finance 2016
PDF
The Future Is Faster Than You Think
PDF
Nuvolab - We are not startups. We are disruptors - Global Entrepreneurship Co...
PDF
Salim Ismail - Innovation 10^9th
PDF
PREVIEW: Ready For It: Automation & the Future of Work
PDF
How can you become the next exponential catalyst?
PPTX
Roadmap to Society30
PPTX
Roadmap to Society30
PDF
SingularityU Canada Summit 2019 - Wrap Report
PPTX
IPP Briefing Deck
PDF
How to manage the future day 1
PDF
SingularityU Canada Summit 2017 - Wrap Report
Introduction to Exponentials Insights 2016
Singularity University Executive Program - Day 0
Singularity University Summit Europe Presentation
Michal Monit | Singularity University fundraising campaign
Singularity u 14 16th nov jn
Como você vai impactar positivamente bilhões de pessoas?, por Emeline Paat-Da...
Gabriel baldinucci sumit welcome
The Edge Group Quito Lima - july 2014
The Future of Finance 2016
The Future Is Faster Than You Think
Nuvolab - We are not startups. We are disruptors - Global Entrepreneurship Co...
Salim Ismail - Innovation 10^9th
PREVIEW: Ready For It: Automation & the Future of Work
How can you become the next exponential catalyst?
Roadmap to Society30
Roadmap to Society30
SingularityU Canada Summit 2019 - Wrap Report
IPP Briefing Deck
How to manage the future day 1
SingularityU Canada Summit 2017 - Wrap Report
Ad

More from David Orban (20)

PDF
Machines Helping Humans Helping Machines
PDF
TEDx St Peter Port - How To Thrive In The Network Society
PDF
Networked Exponentials
PDF
Exponentials and Networks
PDF
Ontological Cosmology
PDF
Immune Reactions Against The Network Society
PPTX
Network Society - The distributed social organization replacing the nation state
PDF
TechPeaks: Internet Of Money
PDF
Network Society - Login 2014
PDF
Technomadism and the Cult of Done
PDF
Human-Machine Coevolution
PDF
Network Society - TEDx Bologna
PDF
Our Future Is Now - The Future of Computing
PDF
ArLoMoSo Futures
PDF
TEDx Brussels - Every Thing
PDF
The Future of Social Objects - Internetome Conference
PDF
Mobile Monday Amsterdam: Free To Be Human!
PDF
The End Of The End Of The Recession
PDF
Singularity University Spime Design Workshop
ZIP
Consciousness Panopticon
Machines Helping Humans Helping Machines
TEDx St Peter Port - How To Thrive In The Network Society
Networked Exponentials
Exponentials and Networks
Ontological Cosmology
Immune Reactions Against The Network Society
Network Society - The distributed social organization replacing the nation state
TechPeaks: Internet Of Money
Network Society - Login 2014
Technomadism and the Cult of Done
Human-Machine Coevolution
Network Society - TEDx Bologna
Our Future Is Now - The Future of Computing
ArLoMoSo Futures
TEDx Brussels - Every Thing
The Future of Social Objects - Internetome Conference
Mobile Monday Amsterdam: Free To Be Human!
The End Of The End Of The Recession
Singularity University Spime Design Workshop
Consciousness Panopticon

Recently uploaded (20)

PDF
Optimiser vos workloads AI/ML sur Amazon EC2 et AWS Graviton
PPTX
sap open course for s4hana steps from ECC to s4
PPTX
Detection-First SIEM: Rule Types, Dashboards, and Threat-Informed Strategy
PDF
MIND Revenue Release Quarter 2 2025 Press Release
PPT
Teaching material agriculture food technology
PDF
The Rise and Fall of 3GPP – Time for a Sabbatical?
PDF
Advanced methodologies resolving dimensionality complications for autism neur...
PDF
Diabetes mellitus diagnosis method based random forest with bat algorithm
PPTX
20250228 LYD VKU AI Blended-Learning.pptx
PDF
Peak of Data & AI Encore- AI for Metadata and Smarter Workflows
PDF
Chapter 3 Spatial Domain Image Processing.pdf
PDF
Spectral efficient network and resource selection model in 5G networks
PDF
KodekX | Application Modernization Development
PDF
Agricultural_Statistics_at_a_Glance_2022_0.pdf
DOCX
The AUB Centre for AI in Media Proposal.docx
PDF
Unlocking AI with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
PDF
Mobile App Security Testing_ A Comprehensive Guide.pdf
PDF
Build a system with the filesystem maintained by OSTree @ COSCUP 2025
PDF
Encapsulation theory and applications.pdf
PDF
Machine learning based COVID-19 study performance prediction
Optimiser vos workloads AI/ML sur Amazon EC2 et AWS Graviton
sap open course for s4hana steps from ECC to s4
Detection-First SIEM: Rule Types, Dashboards, and Threat-Informed Strategy
MIND Revenue Release Quarter 2 2025 Press Release
Teaching material agriculture food technology
The Rise and Fall of 3GPP – Time for a Sabbatical?
Advanced methodologies resolving dimensionality complications for autism neur...
Diabetes mellitus diagnosis method based random forest with bat algorithm
20250228 LYD VKU AI Blended-Learning.pptx
Peak of Data & AI Encore- AI for Metadata and Smarter Workflows
Chapter 3 Spatial Domain Image Processing.pdf
Spectral efficient network and resource selection model in 5G networks
KodekX | Application Modernization Development
Agricultural_Statistics_at_a_Glance_2022_0.pdf
The AUB Centre for AI in Media Proposal.docx
Unlocking AI with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Mobile App Security Testing_ A Comprehensive Guide.pdf
Build a system with the filesystem maintained by OSTree @ COSCUP 2025
Encapsulation theory and applications.pdf
Machine learning based COVID-19 study performance prediction

Singularity University Presentation - 2015