Name: Envision The Future With Famed Sci-Fi Author David Brin and Future Tech Startups
Start: 2015-05-21T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2015-05-21T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Shareablee

Hello Everyone,

We have a special event planned on Thurs May 21st at 7pm with award winning Scientist and Author David Brin, and lightning presentations by a handful of awesome future tech startups. The event will be hosted by Shareablee at 123 William St on the 19th floor. Food and drink will be generously provided. The schedule and details on the lightning talks are as follows:

7-8: Presentation and Q+A with David Brin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brin) to discuss the future of AI, SETI, and the Fermi Paradox.

8-8:20: Presentation by Fabriq (http://ourfabriq.com), a blockchain based shared ownership social network that recently won the MIT-Stanford blockchain hackathon.

8:20-8:40: Presentation by Ivan Kozlov, head of Insignia Research Consortium (http://www.insigniaresearch.org/), on the present state of autonomous aircrafts on the market and his work on a supersonic drone prototype.

8:40-9: Presentation by OpenBCI (http://openbci.com/) Co-Founder & CEO Conor Russomanno on the rapidly emerging space of DIY neurotech and the future of neurohacking.

9-9:20: Presentation by 3d printing company Orange Maker's (https://gigaom.com/2014/07/08/orange-maker-is-building-a-3d-printer-with-a-twist/)Co-Founder and CEO Doug Farber

More details can be found below along with a special discount for the SingularityNYC community for the upcoming Uncubed Event!

David Brin

David Brin is a scientist (http://www.davidbrin.com/science.html), best-selling author (http://www.davidbrin.com/books.html) and tech-futurist (http://www.davidbrin.com/future.html). His novels include Earth (http://www.davidbrin.com/earth.html), The Postman (http://www.davidbrin.com/postman.html) (filmed in 1997 (http://www.davidbrin.com/postmanmovie.html)) and Hugo Award winners Startide Rising (http://www.davidbrin.com/startiderising.html) andThe Uplift War (http://www.davidbrin.com/upliftwar.html). A leading commentator and speaker (http://www.davidbrin.com/speaker.html) on modern trends, his nonfiction book The Transparent Society (http://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety.html) won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin's newest novel EXISTENCE (http://www.davidbrin.com/existence.html) explores the ultimate question: billions of planets are ripe for life. So where is Everybody? David's main thread: how will we shape the days and years ahead -- and how will tomorrow shape us?

Fabriq (http://ourfabriq.com)

Fabriq is a scalable and interoperable identity and reputation management system built with blockchain technology, specifically on Ethereum. It is a flexible framework with customization for various communities and needs. Fabriq will allow communities to self-govern according to liquid democratic principles and manage common resources. Using reputation tokens, it can afford participants governance abilities, the ability to start a separate community, and serves as a contextual value metric.

Orange Maker

Orange Maker uses a unique heliolithography process that uses UV light, directed with ultra-high precision, to polymerize liquid resin into solid plastic. As 3D printing technology emerges as a global phenomenon, Orange Maker's (http://www.orangemaker.com/) mission is to innovate the most advanced systems, foster a global ecosystem, and help make this link between the digital and physical world ubiquitous.

NYC Uncubed - Fri May 8th

Grab a beer with the teams behind NYC's biggest hiring companies like BuzzFeed, AppNexus, Meetup, Knewton, Curalate, & Sailthru (the latter 2 ranked on Inc's "10 Hottest Startups To Work For in NYC") + more.

Interested in one-on-one conversations with Founders, CEOs & CTOs from 80 of NYC's fastest-growing companies? Entrance into the Executive Lounge @ NYC Uncubed is available for the event's most experienced attendees.

Talk shop, company vision, and career opportunities with Founders & C-Level Execs over top-shelf drinks and food in this "speakeasy" atmosphere.Ticketed candidates are reviewed, selected & notified if approved prior to the event.

A few of the folks you'll meet in the Executive Lounge...
Nick Shiftan (Co-Founder/CTO, Curalate)

Malcom Jones (Engineering Lead, Adobe, Inc.)

Mackenzie Kosut (VPE, Oscar Health, early employee of Tumblr)

Steve Milton (Co-Founder/CTO, PlaceIQ)

Adam Pritchard (VP of Product Management, Intent Media, ex-Yahoo! & Rights Media)

To register for the Uncubed event (the meetup event is free) go to nyc.uncubed.com (http://nyc.uncubed.com/singularity) + save 27% with code: SINGULARITY*Prices increase by 50% Tuesday at 11:59PM. Save now & reserve your spot now.

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