Peter Hinssen & Steven Van Belleghem will be your guides on this exciting exploration. Their insights into the Day After Tomorrow will help stimulate discussion and provide food for thought. Throughout the Tour, they will be your catfish, during this session they kick-off the journey!

Founded in 2010 by a team of ex-NASA scientists, Planet is driven by a mission to image the entire Earth every day, and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable. 

Discover their story, their past & future & see how it translates into a demo product. Fan of satellites? This visit might be one to look forward for you!

Presentation on Carbon 3D's next generation 3D printing technology. 

The M1 is a powerful new tool for design & manufacturing. For the first time, it’s possible to 3D print isotropic parts with mechanical properties and surface finish like injection-molded plastics. No other additive technology delivers the synthesis of fit, form, and function needed to bridge the gap between prototyping and manufacturing.

After the presentation you'll be able to enjoy lunch, connect with Carbon 3D's employees. During this session you'll be invited to join a smaller group to go see the M1 in action!

Founded in 2015 by Healey Cypher, Michael Franklin, Darren Endo and Flynn Joffray, Oak Labs was developed to beautifully embed technology into brick-and-mortar stores and bring the best of online into the physical world. Created with seasoned veterans in retail, e-commerce, technology, finance, manufacturing and design experience at Google, eBay, PayPal, Blackstone, Gap and Microsoft, Oak Labs’ infuses the best technologies into the physical world with a simple philosophy: in-store experience and human interactions come first; tech comes second. The OAK Mirror, the first iteration of the company’s immersive retail experience, was launched with Ralph Lauren in November 2015 and is currently being rolled-out in retail locations around the globe. The company received an initial funding round of $4.1 million led by Wing Venture Capital.

Espetus Churrascaria is a Brazilian steakhouse. This restaurant began in 2003, as an homage to the Brazilian cowboys who would cook each night by roasting meat over an open flame. Today, this form of dining has evolved to a totally unique culinary experience.

Join Crowd Company founder, Jeremiah Owyang as he leads you on a tour of the new business models needed to compete in today’s digital world. From the Collaborative Economy like Airbnb, Uber, and LendingClub, to the Autonomous World where self driving cars replace human workers. These two megatrends have impacts to every industry, and require business model shift. Get ready to change.

The world is connecting. There will be 75B devices online by 2020. Wifi/LTE/4G growing everyday; that's 2.8B people online & 2.1B smart phones right now with 5.6hrs/day ave usage. Devices & cloud services are unique to the individual & business; Tech & Fashion are starting to blend. Voice, touch, virtual/augmented reality have all made major advances. The variety of devices will grow as prototyping & low volume production becomes possible for anyone; Manufacturing, components, distribution prices will continue to drop. Yet there is consolidation and companies are still failing. New companies will have to contend with ever tightening ecosystems. How will your company handle the new hardware world?

As you may or may not know, the Food sector is one of the least ‘modernised’ industries, and has not yet gone through the technical revolution that has come to every other major industry. And 13%-20% of the world’s GDP is tied up in food, from farming to consumer goods. Its also the 3rd highest spend of US household income just behind housing & transportation, which have already undergone massive reinvention with technology. Brian Frank has founded FTW Ventures to foster disruptive innovations for the 'new' food industry - one that feeds us all better food. Over the last several years, he’s brought exciting digital technologies (software + hardware) & advanced scientific practices (biotech) into this underserved sector. He will take us through some of the most exciting areas in FoodTech that are helping the world to eat better

In technology, we often focus on the future of output. We look at hardware, software, input and output as the indicators of our progressive innovation. But what about the people? Advances in technology are also bringing communities together, through collaboration and connection. In this talk, Savannah will talk about the role of the individual, the team, and the community at large in our innovation future.

Nearpod is an award-winning platform, used by thousands of schools across the country, transforming classroom engagement. At Nearpod, we strive to empower educators to create learning experiences that engage and inspire millions of students around the world.Olivia is an AI-powered financial assistant app that helps you stretch your paycheck and better spend your hard-earned money.Olivia is revolutionizing the way people manage their money. By applying Artificial Intelligence and Behavioral Economics to personal finance, they want to change managing money from hard and boring to fun and effortless.

Frank Dellaert is currently on leave from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a Technical Project Lead at Facebook's Building 8. Before that, he was Chief Scientist at Skydio, a startup founded by MIT grads to create intuitive interfaces for micro-aerial vehicles. When not on leave, he is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing and Director of the Robotics PhD program at Georgia Tech. His research interests lie in the overlap of Robotics and Computer vision, and he is particularly interested in graphical model techniques to solve large-scale problems in mapping and 3D reconstruction.

EatWith chef - Kellan Hori, will cook up a wonderful experience for you! After four years in the kitchen and many extraordinary events, Kellan has become more than a chef, he's cooking up experiences. From small intimate dinner parties, cooking lessons, and family meals to large corporate bar-b-ques, beer dinners, and holiday soirées, the Kitchen has it covered. Kellan and crew are not just cooks and servers, they're hosts, cocktail gurus, and burgeoning sommeliers. With a focus always on the food, Kellan's Kitchen also pays great attention to hosting, vibe, comfort and the vision of the host. Everyone must walk out with a smile, full belly, and sometimes a nice buzz.

Programming robots remains notoriously difficult. Equipping robots with the ability to learn would by-pass the need for what often ends up being time-consuming task specific programming. In this talk I will describe the ideas behind two promising types of robot learning: Apprenticeship learning, in which robots learn from human demonstrations. Reinforcement learning, in which robots learn through their own trial and error. I will highlight capabilities enabled by these approaches, such as autonomous helicopter aerobatics, knot-tying, cloth manipulation, basic suturing, and locomotion. I will also discuss some of our latest work in deep reinforcement learning, which I believe has the potential to significantly advance robotics in the foreseeable future.

Fyusion’s vision is to combine the power of computer vision and machine learning to make images as intelligent as they are beautiful. Their technology gives deep super powers to images, making 3D photography more valuable than 2D imaging, and our goal is to make it similarly pervasive.

Lily started in September 2013 in the basement of a UC Berkeley robotics lab, where Henry and Antoine built the first prototype using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. In Spring of 2014, leading investors Shana Fisher and SV Angel supported the Lily vision and showed them the yellow brick road. Along the way, Robb gave Lily a heart, Rowland gave Lily courage, and Nghia gave Lily a brain. Their mission was to release human creativity by inventing tools that allow for effortless expression. They believed that great products are built with a clear purpose.

The design of the Ling Ling, a signature feature of Hakkasan brand, reflects the oldschool decadence of Chinoiserie, punctuated by latticed “cages” for semi-private dining. The Ling Ling can host groups of 60 for a seated dinner or 70 guests for a reception. 

Udacity is democratizing education to make it affordable and accessible for people around the world to get the jobs they want to improve their lives. Based in Silicon Valley, Udacity provides online education to millions of students. Its Nanodegree program, a credential built and backed by industry, is designed to give individuals the skills they need to "be in demand" for the global workforce. The company offers Nanodegree programs across a range of subjects including machine learning, web and mobile development and data analytics, with dozens more in development. Vish & Anke will share the story of Udacity's mission. Anke will share her personal development story & how it has impacted her professional & educational development. You'll learn how Udacity works together with industry partners like Facebook & Google to deliver highly relevant degrees. The company will also present their newest proposition which entails students to gain real life experience via freelance & paid jobs. Without a doubt you'll return with reflections on your own education, development & future.

Andreessen Horowitz backs bold entrepreneurs who move fast, think big, and are committed to building the next major franchises in technology. Founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the firm provides entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights in innovation, executive and technical talent, market intelligence, policy and regulatory affairs, business development, and marketing and brand-building.

Capriza is a provider of mobility solutions for corporations and enterprises.Capriza enables you to extend any enterprise web applications to your mobile device with no coding. Just use the point-click Capriza Designer and you'll have an enterprise mobile app in minutes.As you navigate a website, Capriza automatically creates a mobile app that emulates your workflow. Take an action, highlight the content you want, and in minutes, you've got mobile access to the information you need.No coding required, just a desire to get stuff done.

We help employers and health plans tackle chronic disease in the most engaging, effective, and scalable way possible.Chronic disease now kills more people than infectious disease. That’s a big shift. And a big deal. In fact, three out of four Americans will die prematurely from a condition that is mostly related to lifestyle, to habit, or to circumstance. These are conditions that a pill or procedure can’t easily fix. We’re on a mission to design highly engaging, effective, and scalable ways to inspire lasting behavior change in anyone at risk for chronic disease.

21 has developed an embeddable bitcoin mining chip. They built an embeddable mining chip that can be integrated into any internet-connected device, thereby enabling a continuous stream of digital currency for use in a wide variety of applications.

zSpace integrates into users’ normal lives with desktop virtual reality and allows them to move in and out of zSpace back to the real world. This experience is enabled by a combination of polarized eyewear with high definition stereopsis, integrated head tracking with full motion parallax, and a precision interactive stylus.

NeuroSky technologies enables insightful and easy-to-understand health and wellness biometrics for mobile solutions. The NeuroSky MindWave is exercise equipment for children's minds. It safely monitors electrical EEG brainwave impulses from the forehead, which pass through mathematical algorithms determining mental states.  Ten neuroscience apps, featuring BrainCubed mental scoring, are bundled, including intelligence, mental fitness and game applications. NeuroSky technology is found in more EEG devices than any company. NeuroSky MindWave headset is their first product available for the consumer market.

Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. Dr. Kraft has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation. Daniel is the Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience for Singularity University and is Founding Executive Director for Exponential Medicine, a program which explores convergent, exponentially developing technologies and their potential in biomedicine and healthcare. His various TEDTalks have over 1 Million Views. Daniel was recently named a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute’s Healthcare Innovator Fellows.Following undergraduate degrees at Brown University and medical school at Stanford, Dr. Kraft was board certified in the Harvard combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. He went on to complete Stanford fellowships in hematology/oncology & bone marrow transplantation, and extensive research in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. He has multiple scientific publications (Nature and Science) and medical device, immunology and stem cell related patents through faculty positions with Stanford University School of Medicine and as clinical faculty for the pediatric bone marrow transplantation service at University of California San Francisco.Dr. Kraft is the inventor of the MarrowMiner, an FDA approved device for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow, and founded RegenMed Systems, a company developing technologies to enable adult stem cell based regenerative therapies. He serves as an advisor to the X-Prize, Nokia, Qualcomm Life, and a variety of healthcare startups.Daniel is an avid pilot and has served in the Massachusetts and California Air National Guard as an officer and flight surgeon with an F-16 fighter Squadron. He has conducted research on aerospace medicine published with NASA, and was a finalist for astronaut selection.

Peter Light - Google X - Makani project

Makani is working to make clean energy accessible for everyone. We’re developing energy kites, a new type of wind turbine that can access stronger and steadier winds at higher altitudes to generate more energy with less materials.Joshua Muxen - Business Partner L&D

Younes Boutini will be the group's host.