MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – April 25, 2018 – 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 creation of seven new community Chapters, and seven renewal Chapters, bringing the total of SingularityU Chapters worldwide to 107 in 57 countries.
New SingularityU Chapters have been formed in Newcastle, Australia; Vitoria, Brazil; Shenzhen, China; Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic; and Northwest Arkansas, Detroit, and St. Louis in the U.S. Additionally, seven renewal licenses have been issued to existing SingularityU Chapters in Amsterdam and Rotterdam in The Netherlands; Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil; Modena and Rome in Italy; and Kyiv in Ukraine. You can read about these local Chapters in their founders’ own words on Medium.
In 2017, SingularityU Chapters hosted 320 events around the world, attracting more than 25,000 participants focused on employing technological innovation to improve the quality of life in their communities and around the world. Chapter application and review occur quarterly and the SU Q2 Chapter application process is open now for innovators interested in joining the SU mission by establishing a SingularityU Chapter. Visit su.org/chapters/apply to learn more. The application is open from April 25th through May 16th, 2018.
“SU collaborates with its global ecosystem through Chapters, which are locally organized communities focused on social good and exponential technologies,” said Dharmishta Rood, Singularity University’s Senior Program Director of Community Leadership. “Through events hosted by SingularityU Chapter leadership teams, with individuals of diverse professions including entrepreneurs, policymakers, designers, academics, and business and NGO leaders, SingularityU Chapters assemble experts from around the world who advance the use of technology in a number of sectors including medicine, learning, security, energy, and water. Participants in these local communities share SU’s mission to help solve humanity’s greatest challenges through the use of technology.”
SU welcomes applications for new Chapter submissions every quarter. At least one member of the proposed Chapter leadership team must have participated in an SU activity, such as the SU Executive Program, SU Incubator, and/or SU Ventures, and been inspired to empower innovators in their local communities. Chapter leadership teams represent a diversity of perspectives and experiences, and demonstrate community-building skills that align with overall SingularityU Chapter goals.
Andy McKeever, Bo Cheng, Daniel Kostaroff, Evonne Xu, Jay Harrison
Christina Gerakiteys, Lisa Kernes
SingularityU Northwest Arkansas
Alicia Ledlie Brew, Brian Hughes, Clint Johnson
Diego Torres, Frederic Emam-Zade, Santiago Camarena
Joanne Lai Na Chan, Jon Huang, Patrick Wai Keung Mak
Bradley Streeter, Darryl Palmer, Gabe Angieri, Ian Ferguson, Patricia Hagen, Richard Tao, Perrin Reed
Evandro Milet, Gilberto Sudré, Leonardo Carraretto, Marcelo Lage, Rafael Lontra, Renata Saavedra, Renzo Colnago
Alix Rübsaam, Jordy Egging, Maayke Aimée Damen, Peter Maarten Westerhout
Igor Novikov, Maryna Maksymenko, Ron Fridman, Volodymyr Bandura
Chiara Giovenzana, Elisa Scurani
Diego Julidori, Viviane Menezes
Luca La Mesa, Giulia Tatananni, Khaled Kilzie, Arturo Iannotti
Henk Koster, Henk Ras, Seada van den Herik, Yori Kamphuis
More information about SingularityU Chapters can be found at https://su.org/chapters/.
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Singularity University (SU) is a global learning and innovation community using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges and build an abundant future for all. SU's collaborative platform empowers individuals and organizations across the globe to learn, connect, and innovate breakthrough solutions using accelerating technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital biology. A certified benefit corporation headquartered at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley, SU was founded in 2008 by renowned innovators Ray Kurzweil and Peter H. Diamandis with program funding from leading organizations including Google, Deloitte, and UNICEF. To learn more, visit SU.org, join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @SingularityU, and download the SingularityU Hub mobile app.
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