Draft Agenda

2018

OCT

15

FORESIGHTS that Matter | Opening Theatre

On YOU. THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE.

15 designers and machine makers share their inspiring signals and 
practical signposts on the future of Intelligence. They will debate how 
to drive future beautiful, intelligent & functional innovations.

FUSIONS | AM/PM – Plenary Innovation Sessions

28 game-changers and disruptors debate how the four ecosystems 
of Intelligent Disruptions are reshaping people, products, places and
prosperity across seven industries?

Artificial Intelligence

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Internet of Things

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Digital Commerce

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Experience Engineering

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FABS | PM – Un-Boardrooms, Salons & Labs

Parallel sessions on the shape of intelligent innovations to come. Will
they sense, think & decide, act & effectively team up with humans?

TWO WORLDS & YOU | Closing Scenarios

Join the moderators to Imagine the future of business — and how we 
can re-program our designs and innovations to reshape next steps.

OCT

16

APPLICATIONS that Push Boundaries | Opening Theatre

On  INTELLIGENT INNOVATIONS WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE

15 business leaders and entrepreneurs advise attending executives 
on the key channels to tune into to be more social-led, market-driven, 
science-oriented and technology-centered to transform their business.

ACTIONS| AM/PM – Plenary Innovation Sessions

28 mavericks, geniuses and icons debate key areas, technologies & platforms within each ecosystem and how they are being applied to solve for capacity, productivity, wellness, experiences & more.

AWARDS | World’s Most Innovative People Awards

Honor remarkable leaders whose contributions to design, business, 
and technology have benefited the prosperity of people everywhere.

MONDAY

October 2, 2017

7:30AM – 4:00PM
Registration

63 Fifth Ave, The New School

8:30AM – 8:45AM
Logistics Remarks

SUMMIT ORIENTATION & DAILY SCHEDULE

8:45AM – 9:15AM
Setting the Scene

HOW WILL INTELLIGENCE CHANGE OUR WAY OF LIVING?

Two opening talks on how intelligence will shape how we work, learn, innovate and live together.

9:15AM – 10:20AM
Innovation Salons

INNOVATION & THE PLATFORM ECONOMY: ARE YOU READY?

Meet the pioneer who has already built part of our future of abundance.

 

THE FUTURE OF FUTURE-X: A NEW PHASE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE

A candid discussion with the head of one of the world’s most innovative labs who is driving the development of a network that will connect our senses, objects and infrastructure.

 

SINGULARITY IS NOT NEAR

And the debate continues…

10:30AM – 11:00AM
Intersection Break

11:00AM – 12:30PM
Opening Town Hall

MAN x MACHINE: BUSINESS IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENCE

Proposition: The Future Does Not Need Us.

 

A cast of 12 characters will debate the controversial proposition and share stories on how the four ecosystems of intelligent disruptions are transforming design, services, lifestyle, health, cities and industrials. A fusion of game-changers who will reveal that intelligence is good for business and social growth – and more of it is coming. But how much is too much before it is too late?

2:00PM – 3:15PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS

The Theatre provides an experience that distills the foresights of true disruptors into 3min WIZZIE stories.
The Mashup intersects improbable designs and solutions from diverse worlds to create meaningful collisions.

Foresight Studios

Experience Theatre

 

HOW CAN BUSINESS DESIGN & SCALE-UP INTELLIGENT PRODUCTS, SERVICES & PLACES?

 

  • Factory of the Future
  • Banking on Big Data
  • Wiring Empathy
  • Real Sensations
  • Pedaling for Life
  • 40 Bytes Revolution
  • The Experience City
  • Robots of Grace
  • Curing With Light
  • Embedded Intelligence
  • Hacking Life
  • Solving Big Ones

Intersection Mashup

 

HOW CAN BUSINESS APPLY INTELLIGENT DISRUPTIONS TO ENRICH LIVES?

 

  • Smarter Security
  • Experiencing Space
  • The AI Cloud
  • Mobile Conversions
  • 1 Terawatt, $1 Trillion
  • Crowdfunding Cities
  • Instant Wellbeing
  • Analog to Celestial
  • Replacing Silicon
  • Home, Safe Home
  • Empathy for Peace
  • Frugal InsurTech

Un-Boardroom

SUBJECT: AI IS SEXIST.
ACTION: DO DIVERSITY – AND ETHICS.

How will our future prosperity depend on better design intelligence rooted in culture and diversity?

3:30PM – 4:45PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS

The Theatre summarizes the group intersections from the earlier mashup and stages them as WIZZIE stories.
The Mashup debates the foresights from the earlier theatre to drive tangible actions and commitments.

Outcome Studios

Intersection Mashup

 

HOW WILL YOU PREPARE
FOR THE INTELLIGENT FUTURE?

Experience Theatre

 

WHAT DO WE REALLY
VALUE THE MOST?

4:45AM – 5:30PM
Intersection Break

5:30PM – 7:00PM
Futures Lab

THE [x] IN MAN x MACHINE = INNOVATING FROM 0 TO 1

This is all about tomorrow’s intelligent disruptions and what it really means to go from 0 to 1. Join our futures journey to see what 10 leaders see for venture financing, security, cities, industrial ubiquity, immersive education, extremism, travel, infrastructure and diversity.

7:15PM – 7:45PM
Reflections

INTELLIGENCE IS HYBRID AND HYPER-CONNECTED

Rapporteurs Summary
This plenary engages five unlikely personalities in an unscripted conversation to summarize the day’s findings and connect the dots of our hybrid and hyper-connected future.

TUESDAY

October 3, 2017

7:30AM-4:00PM
Registration

7:30AM – 11:00AM

63 Fifth Ave, The New School

11:00AM – 4:00PM

66 West 12 Street, The New School

8:30AM – 10:00AM
PARALLEL SESSIONS

The Garage is a stage to hear the voice of the Millennials to inform our thinking about the future of intelligence.

The Theatre provides an experience that distills the foresights of great innovators into 3min WIZZIE stories.

The Mashup intersects improbable designs and solutions from diverse worlds to create meaningful collisions.

Innovation Garage

WHAT IS YOUR VISION OF [x] IN MAN x MACHINE?

The Millennials of The New School Meet the Fellows of the World Innovation Organization.
A dialogue on how to design, use and apply intelligence. Featuring YOU: The Millennials.

Foresight Studios

Experience Theatre

 

WHAT INTELLIGENCE MOVES YOU?

 

  • Predicting the World
  • Terminating Toxicity
  • Science of Smile
  • Shaping Mindsets
  • Better Justice, Now
  • Business Eject Button
  • Creating Future Materials
  • Intelligent Vibrations
  • Provocative Storytelling
  • Treating Cancer
  • Extending Human Senses
  • Turning Time Into Currency

Intersection Mashup

 

WHAT SHALL TOMORROW’S SCIENCES BRING?

 

  • Shaping Financial Lives
  • No AI Sexism
  • No Terrorist Finances
  • Mixed Reality: AR/VR
  • Happiness First
  • Enterprise Empathy
  • Economic Revitalization
  • Booming Brains
  • Sustainable Living
  • Non-invasive Devices
  • Food Security & Nutrition
  • Responsible Urbanization

10:00AM – 10:30AM
Intersection Break

10:30AM – 11:55AM
Innovation Salons

THE WORLD IN 2037: VISIONS OF X

A post card from the future that tells the story of what the world will look like. Ready?

 

ENTERPRISE 2037: STAYING AHEAD OF THE DIGITAL CURVE

See what a digital visionary sees for the next wave of intelligent technologies? What strategies does he recommend to fuel growth? And what can you do to stay ahead of the digital curve?

 

HEALTH 2037: THE FUTURE WE WILL CREATE

Experience where the future of the healthcare industry is heading. Learn what you can do to use intelligent disruptions to solve some of the world’s most pressing human wellbeing issues.

12:00PM – 1:00PM
Innovation Town Hall

PRESERVING SANITY, SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENCE

Proposition: Intelligence Will Create Sane, Secure And Sustainable Systems

 

A cast of seven leaders express how intelligent disruptions will change the world for the better. Themes include securing cities, better media ethics, new block chain innovations, applying AI and IoT to design smarter electronics, enabling a new additive economy, saving more lives at birth and creating record breaking brands.

1:00PM – 2:00PM
Fusion Lunch

2:30PM – 3:45PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS

The town hall is an open, creative and evidence-based discussion between disruptors and game-changers.
The outcome un-boardroom summarizes the foresights captured in the AM theatre and mashup.

Innovation Town Hall

HEALTHCARE IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENCE

Proposition: Intelligence Will Create New Beings by 2037.

 

Seven disruptors share their secret sauce from successful case studies in drug development and biological engineering, cognitive computing and individualized care, autonomous supply chains and digital automation. This town hall showcases how intelligence can improve health outcomes and quality of life for millions of people in the coming years. What can business, government and research institutions do to prepare for path ahead? And why is it critical for society to understand the impact of these bio-digital innovations on trust, privacy, identity, happiness and wellbeing?

Outcome Studio
Dark Un-Boardroom

HOW WILL YOU EFFECT NEW BREAKTHROUGHS IN SCIENCES AND INTELLIGENCE?

A summary session conducted in the dark to suppress visual communication.

 

This session places the discussion leaders from the earlier Theatre and Mashup in a darkened environment to create an action plan for shifting mindsets and promoting transparency about the design, sciences and applications of intelligence during a time of populist skepticism.

3:45PM – 5:45PM
PARALLEL SESSIONS

The town hall is an open, creative and evidence-based discussion between disruptors and game-changers.
The outcome un-boardroom summarizes the foresights captured in the AM theatre and mashup.

4:00PM – 5:15PM
Innovation Town Hall

DIGITAL EVERYTHING: STOP THINKING AND GO IN

Proposition: Digital Disruptions Will Fuel Growth & Prosperity

 

In 2016, 53.2% of the world population was connected to the Internet. Social Media platforms connected 2.8bn people, more than 1/3 of the world population. China alone has an untapped potential of 676m awakening digital customers. Global e-Commerce revenue is expected to almost double to US$2,1tn by 2021. The Sharing Economy alone presents a market opportunity of over $450bn, Internet of Things is expected to be a $7tn by 2020. And the Top 10 digital CEOs manage revenues of $846bn and own a combined fortune of $312bn.

 

Yet across the developing world, many people still lack internet access and suffer from climate change, pervasive poverty, lack of quality education and infectious diseases.

 

This town hall features nine leaders who will look at key digital disruptions through several lenses and debates its impact to transform lives and play a critical role in driving positive business and social results in numerous ways. We will explore Digital Disruptions & Machines; Digital Disruptions & Humans; Digital Disruptions & Creativity.

3:45PM – 5:45PM
Intersection Mashup
(BY INVITATION ONLY)

FELLOWS 100: LAUNCH OF THE WORLD INNOVATION ORGANIZATION (WIO)

Exploding with sensational ideas, surprising voices and passionate solutions, this jam brings together interesting people from all walks of life to propose meaningful actions that can make the world a better place. This unrehearsed jam mixes and matches the Fellows of the WIO in creative and imaginative ways to cross-pollinate perspectives to shape the future of the WIO.

 

An artist with a gene sequencer… A foodie with a solar cell engineer…
A social entrepreneur with a hydrogen fuel innovator… A designer with a biologist…
A philanthropist with a stem cell researcher… An educator with a technologist…
An anthropologist with a security engineer… And many more…

 

A fray like no other. It’s fun and serious and there are no wrong answers. The WIO is a new initiative of the World Summit on Innovation designed to engage the Millennials with design, investment, scientific and technological leaders to change the lives of millions of people in the coming years.

5:00PM – 5:45PM
Intersection Break

5:45PM – 7:30PM
Closing Plenary & Reflections

THE FUTURE OF OUR FUTURE IS INTELLIGENT

Proposition: Design Intelligence Will Power Our Fates… Not Lead Us to World War III

What will be the true impact of singularity on business and society? How will the result of today’s shake-up of climate deals, trade relations, immigration policies, business disruptions, economic nationalism and automation affect humanity? Some businesses and cities will see their leadership diminish. Some certainly will survive and thrive. Others will emerge as the world’s next innovators.

 

This town hall meeting will feature designers who are using biological, physical, natural and digital innovations in the implementation of intelligent products and places, and services and systems that are resilient, sustainable, competitive and safe. It will debate the proposition that design intelligence will power our fates and not lead us to World War III.

 

Intelligent designers will not allow machine markers to gloom the fabric of our human identity. They will work together with scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, policy makers, investors and the public to solve the intelligence trilemma: singularity design as a catalyst for moral exponential growth, technology as a transformation tool that enables hybridity between human and machines, and livability as a driver for intelligent products, places, services and experiences.

 

Can they? Will they?

8:30PM – 11:00PM
Private Dinner
(BY INVITATION ONLY)

WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE PEOPLE AWARD CEREMONY