SANTA CLARA, CA – October 3rd, 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 6 new community Chapters and 28 Chapter renewals. With the addition of Romania, there are now a total of 178 SingularityU Chapters in 73 countries.New SingularityU Chapters have been formed in Bhopal, India; Bucharest, Romania; Calgary, Canada; Galicia, Spain; Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany; and, Salvador, Brazil.Chapter license renewals have been granted to Athens, Greece; Austin, USA; Bilbao, Spain; Bratislava, Slovakia; Brussels, Belgium; Buenos Aires, Argentina ;Chennai, India; Delhi, India; Guatemala City, Guatemala; Istanbul, Turkey; Kyoto, Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Lima, Peru; Milan, Italy; Minneapolis-St. Paul, USA; Montreal, Canada; Mumbai, India; Munich, Germany; New York City, USA; Phoenix, USA; San Diego, USA; San Salvador, El Salvador; São Paulo, Brazil; Seattle, USA; Sevilla, Spain; St Louis, USA; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan.There are now 17 Chapters in Brazil, 10 Chapters in India, 7 Chapters in Spain, 6 Chapters in Canada, and 5 Chapters in Germany.Chapter application and review periods occur quarterly, with the Q4 Chapter application process opening today, October 3rd. 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.”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 each Chapter in their team’s own words on the SU Blog.
Akankssha Gupta, Anurag Padmanabhan, Dilip Dubey
Ciprian Negura, Diana Stafie, Maria Margarit, Radu Manolescu, Victor Iancu
Justine Croft, Matt Boudreau, Sandi MacGregor, Stephan Becker
Beatriz Lorenzo Miguez, Christian Delgado von Eitzen, Jaime Pérez Martín-Gaitero
Andrea Kranzer, Bodo Brückner, Frank Rust, Georg Fischer, Karin Arregui, Raoul Haschke, Thomas Prexl, Ulrike Faye
Flávia Paixão, Marcus Casaes, Maria Pereira
Kallissa Apostolidis, Niki Siropoulou
Christa Clark, Cliff Sze, Daniel Marcos, Estuardo Robles, Jase Strasburg, Juan Gonzalez, Olga Pechnenko, Pedro Ruíz, Ricardo Viso
Diego Soroa, Gorka Muñecas, Pablo Orduña
David Stancel, Dusky Matuska, Juraj Bednar, Marek Jacko, Marianna Jablonskaa
Johan Cattersel, Jonas Van Riel, Mercy Njima
Agustina Paz, Alan Gegenschatz, Diego Rodrigo Pereyra, Federico Marque, Fredi David Vivas
Arun Subbiah, Bhavesh Shah, Kiran Reddy, Monica Sethiya, Ratheesh Krishnan
Nitesh Jain, Rishi Khemka, Vipul Jain
Isabella Gonzalez, Paola Fernandez, Sofía Hegel, Ximena Vargas
Jay Klaphake, Jun Suto, Keita Ogushi, Narimasa Makino, Toshiko Asai, Yoshiyasu Kitahara
Aima Nwafor-Ohiwerei, Damilola Thompson, Samuel Uduma, Uly Ogwah
Emil Olaru, Giovanni Mocchi, Mauro Blanco
Annie Nelson, Josef Siebert, Joseph Barisonzi, Maria Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mo Schriner, Nick Tietz, Ryan Weber
Doron Altman, Hal Myers, Jean-Pierre Arcoragi, Leonardo Mendes, Mathieu Drouin, Tom Boushel
Bhavik Chinai, Krishna Chokhani, Saket Agarwal
Bettina Redl, Marc Frey, Oliver T. Hellriegel
Alan Pereira, Ali Aksu, Brian E. Kurtz, Kunal Sood, Laura Muranaka, Michael Benjamin, Rachel McPherson, Sidney Nakahodo
Carl Kasalek, Sheila Kloefkorn
Amber Brandner, Ben Badiee, Elizabeth Dreicer, Niki Faldemolaei, Shay Badiee
Edwin Rivas, Federico J. Rivas, Nahomy Hernandez
Alexandre Uehara, Barbara Olivier, Conrado Schlochauer, Mariane Takahashi, Raul Evangelista
Ani Chahal Honan, Joe Honan, Manvir Dhaliwal, MyLe Goel
David Vidal Lorente, Elena Ibáñez, Jaime Gómez, Luis B. Salgado Benítez, Pepe Zapata, Remedios Fernández, Sara Fontenla
Gabe Angieri, Patricia Hagen, Pradip Das, Tamarah Usher
Chun-Hao Huang, Ju-Chun (JC) Ko, Kun Chieh (Kim) Chang
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