All times, sessions, speakers, and panels are subject to change.
Wednesday, Nov 9
10AM
Registration Opens
12:00
Welcoming Remarks
Steve Buri— President, Discovery Institute Matt McIlwain — Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
12:10
Keynote Luncheon
Peter Thiel (via video conference) – Investor and Philanthropist George Gilder – Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
Fireside Chat presented by
1PM
The Future of the Self-Sovereign Web3 Economy
Kate Mitselmakher (Moderator) — CEO, Founder & General Partner of Bloccelerate VC Joe Lubin (via videoconference) — CEO, ConsenSys George Gilder — Author, Conference Architect
Panel Discussion
1:45
Is the Future Really on the Chain?
Sam Yilmaz (Moderator) — COO Bloccelerate Wyatt Robinson — Principal Corporate Counsel, Microsoft Gregory Meredith — President, RChain Cooperative William Dembski — Mathematician and Philosopher John DeVadoss — GBBC Board Member and Cofounder, InterWork Alliance
2:45
Networking Break
3:15
Eric Schmidt (via video conference) — Schmidt Futures and Former CEO & Chairman, Google
Fireside Chat
4PM
China Decoupling: The Clean Network as a Trusted Network?
Keith Krach—Former U.S. Undersecretary of State Andre Fuetsch — Former CTO, AT&T
5PM
Adjournment
Thursday, Nov 10
7:30-
Thursday Breakfast (provided)
Panel Discussion
8:30
The New Nanocosm
Steve Waite (Moderator) — Founder, Consilient Capital Chris Harrison — CEO, CTEC Energy John van Leeuwen — CEO, Universal Matter Shlomo Nedvetzki — CTO, Nanorobotics
Panel Discussion
9:30
AI: Friend or Foe?
Matt McIlwain (Moderator) — Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group Blake Lemoine — Software Engineer and AI Researcher Robert Marks — Director, Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence George Montañez – Professor of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College
10:30
Networking Break
Panel Discussion
11AM
Electric Cars: Salvation or Fantasy?
Bryan Mistele (Moderator) – CEO, INRIX Tony Posawatz – President and CEO, Invictus iCar Walter Myers — Principal Engineering Manager, Microsoft Howard Hayden — Retired Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut
Luncheon
NOON
Remarks from The Hon. Lynne Robinson, Mayor of Bellevue
Countering Doom with Superabundance
Dr. Marian Tupy – Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
1:30
Networking Break
Response Panel
2PM
Secular Slump or Superabundance?
George Gilder (Moderator) Gale Pooley — Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute Jeffrey Funk — Technology Consultant
2:45
Break
Panel Discussion
3PM
Synthetic Biology: What New Therapies Are in Store?
Babak Parviz (Moderator) — Vice President, Amazon Matt Scholz — CEO, Oisin Biotechnologies Ryan Emerson — VP of Data Science, A-Alpha Bio Georg Seelig — Paul G. Allen School for Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
4PM
Engineering Famine
Josh Gilder – Founding Partner, Reach Global Strategies
4:30
Break
6PM
Cocktail Reception
7PM
On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating the Internet Pioneers
Steven Koonin — Undersecretary, US Department of Energy, Obama Administration
9:45
Break
Panel Discussion
10AM
Digital and Physical Spaces for Work and Play
Daniel Li (Moderator)— Cofounder and CEO at Plus, Venture Partner at Madrona Jules Urbach – CEO, OTOY Nicole Herskowitz — Vice President, Microsoft Nick Fajt — CEO and Co-Founder of Rec Room
11AM
The Future of Money: Is it Blockchain or a Renewed Dollar?
Bret Swanson — Technology Analyst and Visiting Fellow, AEI John Tamny — Political Economy Editor, Forbes George Gilder
11:45
Closing Remarks, Conference Wrap-up and Adjournment
Carver Mead — Kyoto Prize Winner (2022) George Gilder
