COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it. For decades, George Gilder has written presciently about the technological revolutions shaping our world, from the microchip in Microcosm, broadband in Telecosm, and the cryptocosm in Life After Google. What a world: artificial intelligence, blockchain, 5G, crypto-currency, autonomous vehicles, cloud computing, the biotech revolution, and internet commerce — all are converging in Seattle, and at COSM. The mission of the conference is to stimulate debate and deliberation amongst industry leaders on the unities animating these apparently divergent technology areas. The future meets here.
Cosm — the root of the English words cosmos, microcosm, and cosmopolitan — comes from the Greek word kósmos and means order, government, world, universe.
Held at the Bellevue Hyatt on November 9-11, 2021, the summit illuminates the synergy between Seattle and the world and provides a scene of civilized conversation and exchange. It highlights the global tide of innovations from this pullulating pacific haven of leading tech companies and celebrates innovation and human creativity, while examining threats to its continued dominance both here and abroad. Provoking debate and deliberation on the cosmic unities fusing apparently divergent technologies and conflicting empires, our mission is to acclaim the accomplishments, while reclaiming the values and virtues that made them possible. From artificial intelligence to 5G and WiFi6, tokenized time to blockchain, cloud computing to the quantum revolution, the “spatial web” to the efflorescence of space flight, it is all ascending in Seattle, and at COSM.
