All times, sessions, speakers, and panels are subject to change.
Wednesday, November 18
10AM
Registration Opens
NOON
Conference Welcome
Steve Buri — President, Discovery Institute Cole Smead — CEO and Portfolio Manager, Smead Capital Management
1PM
Reality Check: Beyond Chips
George Gilder – Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
1:30
Networking Break
2PM
Moore’s Law
Is It the End, or Is It Just Beginning?
Pat Gelsinger – Former CEO, Intel Fireside Chat with George Gilder and Bret Swanson – Director, Heritage Foundation
2:45
Break
Panel Discussion
3PM
The Silicon Miracle
Arizona as the Epicenter of Chip Innovation
Moderator: Jonathan Keyser — Managing Partner, Keyser Commercial Real Estate David Kim — Head of Legal and Compliance, ASML David McCann — Senior VP, Chief of Staff, Business Unit, Amkor Technology
4PM
The Capex Conundrum
AI Data Centers and Distributive AI
Andrew Mayne — Founder, Interdimensional AI; Researcher; Prompt Engineer, OpenAI
4:30
Reaction to the Proceedings
Bob Metcalfe — Inventor of Ethernet and Turing Award Winner (2022) George Gilder — Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
5PM
Break
With Thanks to GPEC and Visit Phoenix
6PM
Hosted Reception
Christine Mackay – President & CEO, Greater Phoenix Economic Council Ron Price – President & CEO, Visit Phoenix
Keynote Dinner with thanks toSmead Capital Management
7PM
Takeoff, Glide Path, or Stall?
Where is the U.S. Economy Headed
Moderator: John Tamny — President, Parkview Institute and Editor, RealClearMarkets Steve Forbes — Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Magazine David Bahnsen — Founder and Chief Investment Officer, The Bahnsen Group Amar Bhide — Economist and Professor at Columbia University George Gilder — Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
9PM
Adjournment
Thursday, November 19
7:30
Breakfast (Provided)
9AM
Foretelling the Future
AI Boom or Bust?
Josh Achiam — Former Chief Futurist, OpenAI Fireside Chat with Andrew Mayne
9:45
The Economics of the Cloud
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Rolf Harms (invited) — Corporate Vice President & Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation Fireside Chat with Bob Kelly — Value Accelerator and Advisor
10:30
Networking Break
11AM
Can AI Replicate the Brain?
Or is it Mind Over Matter?
Moderator: Walter Myers – Principal Engineering Manager, Microsoft Gaurav Suri — Visiting Scientist, Stanford University and Author, The Emergent Mind Jay Richards — Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Director, DeVos Center
11:30
Networking Break
Keynote Luncheon
NOON
TBD
1:15
Networking Break
1:30
The Waymo Way
Leading the Valley’s Autonomous Future
David Margines — Product Management Director, Waymo Fireside Chat with Bryan Mistele – CEO, INRIX
2:15
To Serve Man: The Robotics Revolution
Touraj Parang — President & CEO, Serve Robotics Jonathan Hurst — Co-founder and Chief Robot Officer, Agility Robotics
3:15
Networking Break
Panel Discussion
3:45
The North American Fortress
Powering U.S. Competitiveness
Moderator: Henry Hager — Managing Director, Waterous Energy Fund Cole Smead — CEO and Portfolio Manager, Smead Capital Management
4:30
Adapt and Compete
The Return of Vocational Education
Keri Ingraham – Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Program Director, American Center for Transforming Education
5PM
Adjournment – Dinner on Your Own (Enjoy Scottsdale!)
Friday, Nov 20
8AM
Friday Breakfast (Provided)
9AM
Non-Computable You
Is Human Creativity Irreplaceable?
Moderator: Jay Richards – VP of Social and Domestic Policy, Heritage Foundation Robert Marks – Director, Bradley for Natural and Artificial Intelligence Casey Luskin – Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute Nate Jacobson – Director of Media and Brand, Discovery Institute
10AM
Medical Innovations for Mental and Physical Wellbeing
Richard Cartledge – Thoracic Surgeon and Inventor Robert Cucin – Entrepreneur and CEO, Biosculpture Technologies
10:30
Break
11AM
AI, Intellectual Property, and the Knowledge Economy
Thomas Lehrman — Managing Partner, Teamworthy Ventures
11:45
Reflections
Carver Mead — Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, Kyoto Prize Winner (2022) Introduction by George Gilder
