MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – July 11, 2019 – Singularity University, a global community with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to help solve humanity’s grand challenges, has announced the formation of 17 new community Chapters and 21 Chapter renewals. The addition of new Chapters in Bangladesh, Trinidad & Tobago, and Sri Lanka brings the total number of SingularityU Chapters to 172 in 72 countries.New SingularityU Chapters have been formed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Abuja, Nigeria; Adelaide, Australia; Ahmedabad, India; Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala; Betim, Brazil; Brisbane, Australia; Canberra, Australia; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Debe-Penal, Trinidad & Tobago; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Erode, India; Fairfield-Westchester, USA; Guarulhos, Brazil; Pucon, Chile; Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; and Washington DC Metro, USA.Chapter license renewals have been granted to Bogotá, Colombia; Bordeaux, France; Campinas, Brazil; Cascais Lisbon, Portugal; Cordoba, Argentina; Curitiba, Brazil; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Manila, Philippines; Monterrey, Mexico; Porto Alegre, Brazil; Salamanca, Spain; San Jose, Costa Rica; Sydney, Australia; Trieste, Italy; Trivandrum, India; Vancouver, Canada; and Vienna, Austria.There are now 25 Chapters located across the United States, and growing interest and community membership has led to the addition of a second Chapter in four countries: Chile, Guatemala, Nigeria, and United Arab Emirates.Chapter application and review periods occur quarterly, with the Q3 Chapter application process opening today, July 11th. Innovators interested in supporting the SU mission by establishing a SingularityU Chapter can learn more by visiting su.org/chapters/apply.“The global network of Chapters at Singularity University hosts events in their local communities to explore and develop skills around the ideas of exponential technology, social impact, and abundance,” said Dharmishta Rood, Singularity University’s Managing Director of Community. “By participating in these events, attendees gain access to a network of impact-driven peers, mentors, and potential collaborators from a wide range of professional experiences including entrepreneurs, policymakers, designers, academics, and business and NGO leaders.”The newly approved SingularityU Abuja Chapter in Nigeria is jumping straight into the mix by holding its Chapter Launch today at the Redbridge Healthcare Innovation Place (RHIPFactory) in Abuja, Nigeria, at 6pm local time. Interested members of the public are invited to attend.Chapter leadership teams represent a diversity of perspectives and experiences and demonstrate community-building skills that align with overall SingularityU Chapter goals. New Chapter and leadership team information is listed below, and you can read about these Chapters in their founders’ own words on the SU Blog.
Anas Zeineddine, David Provenzani, Gozde Demir, Hanan Khaldi, Maria del Mar Navarro, Mohammed Shahin, Dr. Mohammed Adnan
Ighodalo Eromosele, Joshua Agbomedarho, Mariam Chukwuemeka, Patricia Eromosele, Paul Omugbe
Alessandra Menezes Rodrigues, Daniel Roman Caceres, Erick Quan, Leandro Mauricio Porras, Rafael Davini, Yara Morales Trujillo, Ziomara Estrada
Daniel Vidigal, Paulo Henrique, Rodrigo Carneiro, Vinicius Debian
Hendrik Brandenburger, Thorsten Linz
Carlos Castellanos, Claudia Aparicio, Isabel Espinosa, Juan Carlos Guaqueta, Santiago Pinzón
Aidan O'Brien, Bertrand Bussac, Pierre Segalen
Olena Tymchenko, Rodney Persky
Daniel Cobianchi, Mauricio de Campos Bueno, Stefanie M. Falconi
Belinda Newham, Carly Hayes, Craig Barnard, Paul Grant
Francisca Pereira, João Mil-Homens, Luís Franco, Maria Pedro Silva, Ricardo Marvão
Fazal Fausz, Subramaniam Eassuwaren, Upamali Perera
Horacio Caceres, Laercio Simões
Osmar Zózimo De Souza Jr, Francisco Rodrigues Gomes
Amit Islam, Anik Al Fahad, Mahid Hasan
Nazar Khan, Ommsharravana Sendamaraai, Prasanna Krishna Subramanian, Siva Balakrishnan
Devone McLeod, Doug Kuring, Robert Reby
Avelino Nader, Leandro Correia, Matheus Pinheiro de Oliveira e Silva, Ricardo França, Roberto Ueno, Rodrigo Azevedo
Ahmed Taibah, Alaa Al-Sharif, Duaa Al-Sharif
Benjie So, Dino Lising, Jasen Ko, Venu Kotamraju
Eduardo Valdez, Jorge Lerdo de Tejada, Manuel Alejandro Sanchez
Cristian Basilio De Almeida, Diana Werlang, Leandro Pompermaier, Marcelo Paes, Maria Julia Bezzi, Rafael Prikladnicki, Renato Cunha
Eduardo Cicconi, Matheus Lima, Priscila Santarosa, Reneide Melo
Marjorie Hernandez De Vogelsteller, Sylvia Taudien, Teresa María Alarcos Tamayo
Maricel Saenz, Priscila Chaves Martinez
Dong Ho Hwang, Juno Ko, San Ko, Tony Lyu
Alex Baker, Lennaert van Dijke
Bucky Beyer, Kelly Knueven, Lucy Buchanan, Peter Corbett
Georgios Kourousias, Giovanni Loser, Guido Bortoluzzi, Roberto Pugliese
Anoop Thomas, Ashok Kurian Panjikaran, Binu Koshy, Deepu S Nath, Dr Jayasankar Prasad C, Dr Saji Gopinath, Varun Geethamony
Eesmyal Santos-Brault, Greg FitzGerald, Min FitzGerald, Soushiant Zanganehpour
Margit Berner, Petra Hauser, Philip Gabriel
Bevon Moore, Corina LJ DuBois, David Bray, Jennifer Wappaus, Jim Schleckser, Matt Devost, Paul Pagnato, Teri Cochrane
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