


COSM Speaker Hopes To Put Creativity Within Every Human’s Reach

How Federico Faggin Put the Computer’s Brain on a Chip

Software Pioneer David Gelernter to Speak at COSM 2022, November

COSM | A National Tech Summit Coming in 2023
COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it. From artificial intelligence to 5G and WiFi6, from tokenized time to blockchain, from cloud computing to the quantum revolution, from the “spatial web” to the efflorescence of space flight, the future is meeting 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. Held at the Bellevue Hyatt, the summit illuminates the synergy between Seattle and the world and provides a scene of civilized conversation and exchange. Learn more and register: https://cosm.tech

Reflections on Twenty COSMs
Dr. Carver Mead, computer pioneer and Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at California Institute of Technology, reflects on the promise of self-training neural networks.

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence with Erik Larson at COSM 2021
Author Erik Larson discusses ideas underlying his book, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, as well what he is exploring in his next book, which focuses on the history of the 21st Century so far.

NFTs The Reinvention of Property
In the case of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain, actual ownership with legal standing is never in fact transferred for the underlying digital file. What makes NFTs valuable? And what does it mean to own them?

You Control the Algorithm
r. Phil Parker, INSEAD Chair Professor of Management Science and Founder of Botipedia, discusses how his team has unlocked the power of algorithm-based content creation to create the revolutionary new search engine technology of Botipedia/Totosearch, which promises to be a dramatic improvement over Wikipedia and Google.

The Nanotech Revolution: Our Zero-Waste Energy Future
Dr. Jim Tour, Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, gives a riveting tour of how waste products can be converted to graphene, an extremely valuable material with a host of useful applications—from medical applications to new strong and lightweight materials to an energy source for zero CO2 emissions.