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      <image:title>Events - Cabinet of Curiosities - Speaker: Adam Woodworth</image:title>
      <image:caption>Adam Woodworth is the CEO of Wing. He served as Wing’s CTO from the time of its graduation from X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, in 2018, and has held a range of engineering leadership roles. He has been a foundational part of Wing’s successes from the early stages of research and development through to the massive growth and commercialization of what has become the world’s leading drone delivery service with commercial services on three continents. Adam started his career as an aircraft designer at an aerospace R&amp;D company building one-of-a-kind airplanes. Over the last two decades, he has designed dozens of aircraft that have operated across the globe, and established himself as an expert in the drone industry. Adam is also a passionate model aircraft hobbyist in his spare time.  He studied Aerospace Engineering at M.I.T.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Cabinet of Curiosities - Speaker: Dmitri Alperovitch</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dmitri Alperovitch is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, national bestselling author of “World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century,” founder of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and Co-Founder and former CTO of CrowdStrike Inc., one of the world's largest cybersecurity firms. A renowned thought leader on geopolitics, great power competition and cybersecurity strategy, technology visionary and business executive, Alperovitch has served as special advisor to the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Homeland Security (DHS) Advisory Council, and was the founding board member of the US Government’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) that conducts reviews of major cyber incidents impacting national security. He is the host and creator of Silverado's popular "Geopolitics Decanted" podcast, dedicated to expert analysis of the most pressing national security and geopolitical challenges of our time.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Cabinet of Curiosities - Speaker: Blessing “Bled” Chimanga</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blessing “Bled” Chimanga is an internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean musician, singer, and songwriter, celebrated for his electrifying stage presence and remarkable talent as a multi-instrumentalist. A virtuoso on the marimba, drums, and vocals, Blessing seamlessly blends Afro-jazz, traditional Zimbabwean sounds, and contemporary rhythms to create music that resonates globally. His performances are vibrant, interactive, and deeply soulful, captivating audiences with his infectious energy and passion. Blessing has toured extensively, gracing stages at major festivals across Africa, Europe, Asia, and America, earning recognition as a true cultural ambassador. His ability to connect with audiences transcends language and borders, making him a perfect fit for festivals seeking an artist who can inspire joy, unity, and celebration. A storyteller and crowd-pleaser, Blessing Chimanga is more than a musician—he is an unforgettable experience.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Cabinet of Curiosities - Speaker: Carrie von Muench</image:title>
      <image:caption>Carrie von Muench is COO of Pacific Fusion. She has spent her career working in technical organizations across industrials and climate tech, most recently as an early-stage investor at Innovation Endeavors. Carrie previously worked as an early pipeline strategist at Alphabet’s X, where she helped launch new bets, and as a consultant in BCG’s industrial goods and public sector practices. She holds a B.S. and M.S from Stanford in Environmental Fluid Dynamics.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Cabinet of Curiosities - Speaker: Vassily Eliopoulos</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos (Dr. Vass) is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Longevity Health. He originally graduated from Trinity College where he earned a bachelors with honors in Neuroscience. He then became a Peace Corps volunteer in the Solomon Islands where he taught secondary school and worked with the World Health Organization on their malaria and filariasis control projects. After the Peace Corps he attended Cornell University Medical College in New York City, and then completed his postgraduate medical training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Denver Health Medical Center in General Surgery and Emergency Medicine. Vass is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and is a member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. After spending over a decade in the traditional healthcare system, Dr. Vass realized the legacy healthcare system focused on “sick care” and there was a better way to improve people’s health by working with them proactively to live a healthy life. He decided to work with people to optimize their health, longevity, and a focus on preventative care. Originally from Westchester, New York, Vass has enjoyed a lifelong passion for grappling. He has a High School State Championship and was captain of both his High School and College wrestling teams. He continues to compete today, recently winning the Masters Championships on the US National and World level in International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation competitions. When not spending time with family or grappling, he also loves to climb rock and ice and whitewater kayak.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Cabinet of Curiosities - Speaker: Cyriac Roeding</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cyriac Roeding is an American-German serial entrepreneur and investor in Silicon Valley on the intersection of the physical and the digital worlds. Earli is the fourth company he has co-founded. Its early cancer treatment technology turns cancer against itself through AI-designed programmable genetic constructs that only switch on in cancer cells and then force them to produce any DNA-encoded protein of choice. The proteins activate the immune system to attack and kill the cancer.  Earli has raised $104m from a16z, Khosla, Perceptive Advisors, Alex Gorsky (former CEO of J&amp;J, and Apple/JPM/IBM Board member), Menlo Ventures, Sands Capital and others. Its Scientific Advisory Board counts some of the world’s leading oncology experts, including Nobel Laureates Jim Allison and Lee Hartwell, Moderna co-founder Bob Langer, Juno co-founder Phil Greenberg, and former principal deputy FDA commissioner Amy Abernethy.  Cyriac’s prior startup Shopkick was acquired for $250M, delivering an 11x investment return for the lead investor Kleiner Perkins.   Through his family office Roeding Ventures, he invested in over 20 startups such as OpenAI, and in some of the world’s leading venture capital funds, including a16z, Founders Fund, Greylock, Bond, IVP, Atomic.  He incubated Shopkick in the basement of Kleiner Perkins during the financial crisis. The shopping app rewards consumers just for physically walking into stores without having to buy anything there. Before that, he built CBS Television’s mobile division in Los Angeles, and co-founded 12snap in Europe, one of the world’s first mobile marketing firms, working with Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Sony Playstation and other brands. Cyriac sold his first computer program in Germany at age 15, attended high school in Texas where he proudly ran the school flag at Friday night football games, and studied Japanese Management in Tokyo. At 25, he co-authored the Harvard Business School management book Secrets of Software Success while at McKinsey, where he devised growth strategies for global software and media firms. He was named a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, a Fortune 40 Under 40 Mobilizer, and in 2021, a World Economic Forum Global Innovator.  He is also actively creating innovation plans for his original home country Germany.  Today, he has three beloved mini children who push him and his startup-loving wife and entrepreneur Angel to the outermost frontier in multitasking.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Cabinet of Curiosities - Speaker: Tyler Bernstein</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tyler Bernstein is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zeno Power, a company building nuclear batteries – compact power systems that can generate reliable electricity for a decade. Founded in 2018, Zeno is developing these systems to power frontier missions, from persistent infrastructure on the ocean seabed to long-duration operations on the lunar surface. Under his leadership, the company has secured more than $135M in funding, including $75M in private capital and $60M in contracts with the Pentagon and NASA, and is on track to commercialize its nuclear batteries for maritime and space applications by 2027. Tyler has been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and as a Thiel Fellow.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Lisa Gevelber</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lisa Gevelber founded Grow with Google – Google’s $1 billion commitment to economic opportunity. Since 2017, Grow with Google has helped over 100 million people worldwide grow their skills, careers, and businesses. One of her most significant contributions is the Google Career Certificates, which have helped over one million people globally upskill from low wage work to well paying jobs. Lisa’s current focus is helping tens of millions of people learn to use AI. Lisa also leads Google for Startups globally and has been the Chief Marketing Officer for the Americas Region at Google since 2010. In this role she leads Marketing for products including Google Search, YouTube, Android, and Google Ads as well as Google’s Brand and Reputation efforts. In 2022, Lisa was named to the inaugural Forbes Future Of Work 50, honoring leaders whose impact, reach and creativity has the potential to affect millions of workers.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Adam Dorsay</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Adam Dorsay is a licensed psychologist and executive coach in Silicon Valley, working with high-achieving adults, including professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and professional athletes. Adam is the host of SuperPsyched, an award-winning podcast with over 250 episodes. He has given two highly regarded TEDx Talks: one about men and emotions and the other about friendship in adulthood. He’s the author of an International Impact Award-winning book Super Psyched: Unleash the Power of the 4 Types of Connection and Live the Life You Love. Beyond his private practice, Adam is a resiliency expert who co-created an international program for Facebook’s Online Safety employees for several years. He now serves as the resiliency consultant to DigitalOcean and has frequent requests from the media for interviews. He has provided keynotes and trainings to multiple corporations and organizations, including Microsoft, Linkedin, and the California Psychological Association. He is happily married and the father of two sons.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Sarah Fox</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sarah Fox serves as the Assistant Head of School for Academics at Charles Armstrong School, where she has dedicated her career to transforming education for students who learn differently. Her journey at Armstrong began as a 4th grade homeroom teacher, where she spent four formative years developing innovative classroom strategies. Sarah's exceptional ability to connect research with practice led to her advancement through several leadership roles—from Instructional Coach to Director of Curriculum and Instruction, then to Lower School Director and Director of Research, before assuming her current position. With a deep commitment to evidence-based methodologies, Sarah bridges the gap between educational research and classroom implementation. Her approach combines rigorous academic frameworks with compassionate, student-centered teaching practices that honor diverse learning styles. Throughout her career, she has remained focused on a singular mission: empowering students who learn differently to discover their unique strengths and achieve their full potential.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Sara Krzyzaniak</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak is an emergency physician at Stanford with nearly two decades of experience. In addition to caring for patients, she leads the emergency medicine residency program, teaches medical students and residents, and conducts research on gender equity, struggling learners, and innovative approaches to teaching and assessment. She values the breadth of a career in academic medicine, but the moments that have shaped her most profoundly are those at the bedside: holding space for patients and families during life’s most vulnerable, uncertain, and often heartbreaking moments.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Danny Clay</image:title>
      <image:caption>Danny Clay is a composer and music educator whose work is deeply rooted in play, curiosity, collaboration, and the sheer joy of creating community experiences with people of all ages and artistic backgrounds. He sees “composing” as the act of putting sounds together, and strives to find ways to utilize this act to foster creativity and connection – whether it be conducting musical games with visitors to Chicago’s Millennium Park, making experimental audio installations with students at Stanford University, or building orchestras of recycled instruments with his elementary schoolers at Alta Vista School in San Francisco. Recent collaborations outside the classroom include a work for Kronos Quartet with members of the Academy for Teachers, interactive children’s programs with the Santa Rosa Symphony and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and instructional videos on composing for Kennedy Center Education. His current interests lie in developing games that explore sound and creativity through interactive music-making.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Frank Rohde</image:title>
      <image:caption>Frank Rohde is the founder of Ownify, a platform created to tackle the growing challenge of housing affordability. By rethinking traditional ownership models, Ownify offers a new path for first-time homebuyers through fractional homeownership—lowering financial barriers by combining shared equity with smarter, AI-driven credit and income assessments. Before launching Ownify, Frank led Nomis Solutions, where he helped transform how mortgages are priced globally. With a track record as a three-time fintech founder, his work bridges data science, real estate, and financial inclusion. Frank began his career at Oliver Wyman and FICO and holds a degree in finance and real estate from Wharton.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Matthew Gasda</image:title>
      <image:caption>Matthew Gasda is a playwright, director, and novelist based in New York City and the founder of the Brooklyn Center for Theater Research. His work explores the emotional and intellectual undercurrents of contemporary life, examining themes of identity, performance, desire, and cultural decay through ensemble casts and stylized dialogue. Known for his commitment to independent theater and DIY production, Gasda has written and staged numerous plays—including Dimes Square, Berlin Story, Ardor, Zoomers, Doomers, and Soonest Mended (that have attracted devoted followings for their incisive wit, philosophical depth, and naturalistic staging). His plays are often set in spaces of social tension (apartments, bars, dinner parties) where intimacy and conflict unfold simultaneously. In addition to his theatrical work, Gasda is the author of several novels, including The Sleepers, and numerous essays. He is deeply engaged with the intersections of aesthetics, history, and thought, and his writing reflects a reverence for classical forms fused with a distinctly modern sensibility. Gasda's work has been compared to that of Eric Rohmer, Richard Linklater, and Wallace Shawn, but his voice remains unmistakably his own: raw, searching, and alert to the beauty and absurdity of everyday life.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Molly Miller</image:title>
      <image:caption>Molly Miller is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer, and educator whose career has unfolded with a natural sense of purpose and curiosity. Known for her versatility and expressive playing, Molly is the leader of the acclaimed Molly Miller Trio and a first-call session and touring guitarist. She has performed and recorded with renowned artists including Jason Mraz, the Black Eyed Peas, and Zayn Malik, showcasing her ability to effortlessly move between genres. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Molly earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Guitar Performance and now serves on the faculty at USC’s Thornton School of Music. Her career spans global tours and performances at iconic venues such as The Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Molly seamlessly balances a dynamic career that includes studio work, touring, leading her trio, and mentoring the next generation of musicians. Her artistry and unique voice on the guitar have been recognized in major publications including Fresh Air, LA Weekly, Guitar World, Guitar Player, Fretboard Journal, Vintage Guitar, Premier Guitar, and The Village Voice.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Brandon Lee</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brandon Lee is the Middle School Director at Charles Armstrong School, a Bay Area institution serving students in grades 2–8 with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. With over 15 years of experience in education, Brandon has developed a unique expertise at the intersection of language development, inclusive learning, and innovative pedagogy. His career began in Deaf education and dual-language schools, later evolving to focus on project-based learning and interdisciplinary teaching practices. At Charles Armstrong, Brandon leads with a belief that education is the great equalizer — a tool to empower students for the future they are growing into, not just the world they see today.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Isobel McCrum</image:title>
      <image:caption>Isobel McCrum is a language engineer and historian investigating the moral and material consequences of large language models—both in product development and at large. At Microsoft, she works at the intersection of ethics, design, and engineering, developing tools and frameworks to better understand model behavior and safeguard the integrity of human cognition in generative systems. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges language patterns, technical architecture, and responsible innovation. As a co-founder of Folly Productions, Isobel also explores these questions through story-telling, confronting the cultural and psychological tension generative technology provokes. Using narrative to generate conversation, Isobel’s creative work embraces ambiguity, asking audiences what it means to be human in an era shaped by transhumanist possibility.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Srinija Srinivasan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Born in India and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, Srinija Srinivasan has followed a lifelong curiosity about consciousness, wondering from a young age what possibilities can arise from believing divinity is in ourselves and all around us.  She studied artificial intelligence at Stanford and then worked at the Cyc Project, a large-scale AI effort to build an immense database of commonsense knowledge. In 1995, she joined Yahoo! as their fifth employee and self-titled Ontological Yahoo, where she continued over 15 years as Vice President, Editor-in-Chief.  She simultaneously chaired the board of non-profit SFJAZZ, leading her to co-found Loove, a Brooklyn-based music venture exploring how commerce and technology can be guided by artistic values rather than letting our culture be led by market values. She has recently cofounded Jubilee College, a two-year school in Dunsmuir, CA where students will be equally rooted in physical work, rigorous liberal arts study, and contemplative practice. Srinija is a board member of the On Being Project and a former vice chair of Stanford University's Board of Trustees.  She lives in Palo Alto, CA and Brooklyn, NY.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, PhD</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas is a cognitive neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at UCSF’s Department of Neurology - Memory and Aging Center - where he directs the NeuroAI Lab at the intersection of human cognition and artificial intelligence. His research explores the foundations of intelligence—how our brains represent symbols, numbers, and language—and how these uniquely human abilities develop and sometimes falter with age or disease. Using advanced computational methods and neuroimaging, Pedro’s current projects include building AI-driven technologies for earlier, more accurate diagnosis of neurological disorders; voice agents to streamline data collection and clinical care; and systems harnessing large-scale medical datasets to accelerate discovery. Originally from Brazil, Pedro studied at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, received his PhD from Sorbonne University in Paris, and completed postdoctoral research at Stanford. Outside the lab, he is an ultrarunner and photographer, passionate about exploring both the mind and the world around us.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Yobie Benjamin</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yobie Benjamin is an AI architect and venture investor who has worked on artificial intelligence implementations across various industries. Recognized as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, he co-founded Token.io, which helped develop Open Banking innovation used by 80 UK and European banks serving 210 million users. During his time as Global CTO at Citibank, he contributed to the technological infrastructure supporting Apple Pay and Google Pay. Benjamin focuses on exploring practical and technical approaches to AI safety while developing beneficial applications. His experimental projects include AI tools for analyzing dog health through movement patterns trained on thousands of videos, and systems for assessing skin health combining image processing, skin and gut microbiome analysis. Through his writings and essays, he shares perspectives on responsible AI development and brings unique insights to enterprises navigating complex AI deployments and risk mitigation. He volunteers as Digital Innovation Advisor to the UN's World Food Programme and serves on the California Healthcare Facilities Funding Authority Board. Drawing from decades of hands-on experience solving enterprise-scale AI challenges, he helps organizations balance innovation with safety in their AI implementations.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Andrey Sushko</image:title>
      <image:caption>Andrey Sushko is a hands-on engineer with a physics background who sees his career as identifying what the laws of physics allow, and then finding the right arrangement of matter to achieve that end. His passion, though, is finding where the 'letter' of said laws diverges from common interpretations of their 'spirit', and then exploiting those loopholes to push the boundary of what is possible. While completing an experimental physics PhD at Harvard as a Hertz Fellow, Andrey returned to a project he had started as a Stanford undergrad, co-founding WindBorne Systems to tackle weather forecasting by filling the global atmospheric data gap with long-duration balloons. As CTO at WindBorne, his overall focus remains consistent: taking exciting ideas from the realm of physical possibility into reality by building an exceptional team and doing a lot of weird engineering.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Janice Chen</image:title>
      <image:caption>Janice Chen is the co-founder and CTO of Mammoth Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area that is harnessing the diversity of nature to develop in vivo gene editing therapies. Through its discovery of novel CRISPR systems, the company is enabling the full potential of its platform to read and write the code of life. Janice received her PhD from the lab of Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at University of California, Berkeley, where she investigated mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas proteins and is an inventor of several CRISPR-based technologies. Janice's work has been recognized by several organizations, including Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare, Endpoints Top 20 Women in Biopharma, and MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Speaker: Julia Doscher</image:title>
      <image:caption>Julia Doscher is the Math and Science Specialist and STEM Team Lead at Khan Lab School, where she has spent the past eight years leading innovative approaches to STEM education. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Florida State University and completed a year of service with AmeriCorps at an educational nonprofit. Julia creates classroom environments where student voice, choice, and mastery-based learning are central. As a teacher and team lead, she develops curriculum and advocates for high expectations that empower students to exceed age-based assumptions about academic ability. Julia coaches Girls’ Adventures in Math and Math Olympiads teams, supporting students in building both confidence and competence in math. Her work reflects a belief that all students thrive when challenged, supported, and encouraged to lead their own learning journey.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Marilu Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD, is a behavioral neurologist and the Charles Schwab Distinguished Professor in Dyslexia and Neurodevelopment at the University of California, San Francisco. She directs the Language Neurobiology Lab, the UCSF Dyslexia Center and the Multitudes Universal Screening Project. Her clinical and research work focuses on speech and language disorders in children with neurodevelopmental differences and adults with neurodegenerative conditions. The aim of her program is to improve screening, diagnosis, and care for individuals living with language and behavioral challenges, as well as to enhance our understanding of the cognitive and brain mechanisms underlying oral and written language abilities in diverse populations.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - The New Renaissance - Master of Ceremonies: Connie Yang</image:title>
      <image:caption>Connie Yang is a design leader turned artist and creative connector, bringing heart, humor, and curiosity to everything she does. Her career began at the forefront of the tech world—shaping early products at Facebook, serving as a Design Director at Stripe, and leading design at Coinbase. But over time, her focus shifted from building digital experiences to exploring the human experience behind creativity. Today, Connie channels her energy into podcasting, public speaking, and interviewing as an expressive art form. She hosts a show on modern friendship, uplifts local artist communities, and writes poetry that reflects the wonder of everyday life. Driven by a passion for uncovering magic and sharing collective wisdom, Connie thrives at the intersection of storytelling, connection, and creative exploration. As MC of TEDxPaloAlto, she brings her love of ideas—and the people behind them—to the stage with warmth and intention.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Abraham Sofaer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Abraham D. Sofaer is the first George P. Shultz Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a position he has held since 1994. His research focuses on war powers within the US government, international law, terrorism, diplomacy, and national security. Sofaer served as Legal Adviser to the US Department of State (1985–1990) and as a US district judge in New York (1979–1985). He was Professor of Law at Columbia University, 1969-1979. His books include Taking on Iran (2013) and The Best Defense? (2010). Sofaer received the State Department's Distinguished Service Award in 1989.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Larry Diamond</image:title>
      <image:caption>Larry Diamond is William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. His research focuses on global trends affecting freedom and democracy, and US and international policies to advance democracy and counter authoritarian influence. He was the founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy and he remains a consultant to the National Endowment for Democracy. Among his books is Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency. (photo by Rod Searcey)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Gunhild Carling</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar with over 50 million viewers on social media whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many 11 instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale – spoiler alert – she plays three trumpets at once! Gunhild comes to TEDx Palo Alto this time, to expound on her influences and passion for the trumpet .</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Liam deClive-Lowe</image:title>
      <image:caption>Liam deClive-Lowe is Co-Founder &amp; Co-President at American Policy Ventures, an organization that works to de-risk cross-partisan problem-solving on the critical issues of our time. He also serves as Executive Director of Humanity Forward, where he led the creation of a bipartisan impact fund focused on economic opportunity. In 2020, Liam led a campaign to enable the successful passage of historic bipartisan economic recovery legislation. Prior to his work in DC, Liam advised and worked on federal and statewide campaigns across the country. A native of Kentucky and Hawai’i, Liam lives in D.C. with his partner.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Leila Takayama</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Leila Takayama is a Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) specialist in the psychology of people's interactions with robotic products and services. She is the VP of Design and HRI at Robust.AI. She has contributed to over a dozen robotic products that have shipped, including drones in the air; industrial, service, and consumer robots on the ground; and uncrewed robotic systems in the ocean. Before joining Robust.AI, she was a tenured associate professor at University of California, Santa Cruz; researcher at GoogleX; and scientist at Willow Garage. She completed her PhD at Stanford University and Bachelors degrees at UC Berkeley. Her work has been recognized by the IEEE Robotics &amp; Automation Society Early Career Award, MIT Tech Review TR35, Fast Company, and World Economic Forum.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Sophia Velastegui</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sophia Velastegui is a renowned tech industry leader with wide-ranging expertise in corporate strategy, product development, and AI for Fortune 200 companies, startups, government, and academia. She is the former General Manager, AI Products and Chief AI Technology Officer at Microsoft and an alum of Google, Apple, Aptiv, and the World Economic Forum.  Sophia currently advises Fortune 500 companies on planning and executing right-sized and scalable AI business strategies. She also serves as a board director at Blackline, as a board member of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering President's Board, and as an AI advisor for the National Science Foundation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Crying Uncle Bluegrass</image:title>
      <image:caption>Widely recognized as one of the most exciting bands in acoustic music, Crying Uncle Bluegrass plays a unique mix of bluegrass, Dawg (David Grisman music), jazz, and modern originals. Brothers Miles and Teo Quale are joined by bassist Andrew Osborn and guitarist Ian Ly, all outstanding young musicians of the vibrant California bluegrass scene. Founded in 2016 as a Duo band, Miles and Teo formed the bluegrass band in 2017 and since then, they have continued to make waves in the world of bluegrass and acoustic music. The bluegrass band was the recipient of the 2023 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum Band of the Year award. In 2024, the band had their Grand Ole Opry debut.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Marylene Delbourg-Delphis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Marylene Delbourg-Delphis is a serial entrepreneur who became one of the first European women to co-found a technology company in Silicon Valley, alongside Guy Kawasaki. She later led three additional companies as CEO and has advised many others as a “shadow” CEO, board member, and strategy advisor in fields such as AI, Big Data, and digital transformation. A prolific author, she has written several books, with her most recent work on innovation, Beyond Eureka!, published in June 2024. She holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from l’Ecole Normale Supérieure and has received honors like the Legion of Honor in 2018 and the Woman Leadership Award in 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Jonathan “JB” Berent</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jonathan “JB” Berent is the CEO and Founder of NextSense, Inc., a neurotechnology company spun out of X, Google’s Moonshot Factory. With a mission to unlock human potential through biosensing wearables, JB has led research in sleep science and consciousness, briefed the National Academy of Sciences on brain-monitoring technology, and spoken at prestigious events like Stanford's Big Data and Precision Medicine and regularly lectures at Stanford Sleep &amp; Dreams class. His work has been featured in Wired, and he continues to pioneer digital health advancements, publishing papers on sleep metrics and brain technology.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: Saman Farid</image:title>
      <image:caption>Saman Farid is the founder and CEO of Formic, a company revitalizing American manufacturing by deploying robots. So far they’ve helped 100+ facilities adopt robots for the first time. Before Formic, he led Baidu Ventures' $600M AI investment fund and founded Comet Labs, an AI-focused incubator where he invested in 25+ AI startups. He has built and sold two software companies and holds engineering and business degrees from MIT, Tsinghua University, and The Cooper Union. Saman is passionate about community empowerment, supporting local growth and development, and mentoring youth.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - Speaker: William (Bill) Welser IV</image:title>
      <image:caption>William (Bill) Welser IV is the CEO, CTO, and Cofounder of Lotic.ai, a privacy-first, story-powered insights ecosystem. Welser is accustomed to tackling, communicating, and solving complex problems using expert multidisciplinary teams and state-of-the-art methods and technologies. Welser previously was an executive for a handful of advanced technology start-ups. Before entering the for-profit space, Welser spent 10 years at the RAND Corporation, leading the Engineering and Applied Sciences Department, while also executing a research portfolio exploring human behavior and advanced technologies. He began his career designing and building complex technology systems (e.g. satellites and high-powered lasers) as an USAF officer.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Ideas &amp; Ideals - MC: Ben Russo</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ben Russo is a seasoned HR professional and founder of TurboCulture, which helps organizations preserve, create, and amplify their culture. Ben spent a decade at UserTesting helping to lead the  company's transformative journey from a modest, single-location team of 50 to a thriving global workforce of 1,000 and an IPO. Ben's greatest achievement in life is being a dad to his one-year-old son, Rami, and a husband to his wife, Hala. If for some reason you ever find yourself looking for Ben at the weekends, you can probably find him watching or playing soccer. He had no choice in liking soccer as his mother is English and father is Italian. He also loves being the center of attention, so eagerly accepted the role of MCing this event.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Scott Aaronson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Scott Aaronson is Schlumberger Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, and founding director of its Quantum Information Center, currently on leave at OpenAI to work on theoretical foundations of AI safety. He received his bachelor's from Cornell University and his PhD from UC Berkeley. Before coming to UT Austin, he spent nine years as a professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Aaronson's research in theoretical computer science has focused mainly on the capabilities and limits of quantum computers. His first book, Quantum Computing Since Democritus, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. He received the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award, the United States PECASE Award, the Tomassoni-Chisesi Prize in Physics, and the ACM Prize in Computing, and is a Fellow of the ACM and the AAAS.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Guy Kawasaki</image:title>
      <image:caption>Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. He is an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley), and adjunct professor of the University of New South Wales. He was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. He has written Think Remarkable, Wise Guy, The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and eleven other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Irena Smith</image:title>
      <image:caption>Irena Smith is a former Stanford admissions officer turned college counselor and acclaimed author. After emigrating from the Soviet Union at age nine and overcoming her conviction that she would never learn English, she earned a PhD in Comparative Literature and taught literature and composition at UCLA and Stanford before transitioning to admissions counseling and writing. Her memoir, "The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays," recently won the 2023 Best Book Award for creative nonfiction. Forbes lauds it as "captivating and smart," an antidote to conventional thinking about elite college admissions.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Judith Finell</image:title>
      <image:caption>Renowned musicologist Judith Finell presides over Judith Finell MusicServices Inc. in New York and Los Angeles, a music consultancy established 25 years ago. A leading expert witness in many high-profile copyright disputes, she has shaped pivotal legal outcomes, including in the landmark "Blurred Lines" trial. Her firm advises industry giants including Disney, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, and Sony Pictures on music integration in films, media, TV, and commercials. Standing at the intersection of music, law, and technology, she was the 2018 UCLA School of Music commencement speaker and featured in NBC/Universal's documentary "The Universality of Music." At UCLA, Finell co-teaches the sole Forensic Musicology course nationwide and is a frequent guest speaker at law schools including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and international legal forums.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Andy Gass</image:title>
      <image:caption>Partner at Latham &amp; Watkins Andy has been writing and speaking on technological innovation and intellectual property issues for more than 20 years. He is currently a litigator at the law firm Latham &amp; Watkins, where he represents startups and technology companies in high-stakes disputes over how the law deals with novel digital tools. And he teaches a variety of courses—currently one titled “Copyright, Competition &amp; Technology”—at the UC Berkeley Law School, which boasts the top-ranked IP law program in the country. Andy graduated from Yale College and Berkeley Law, and served as a law clerk to the late Stephen Williams on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He currently sits on the Board of the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, and lives in Healdsburg, California.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Mike Dougherty</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mike Dougherty is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Remix AI, the first social app for AI creation. He has over 20 years of experience with consumer technology and digital media. Prior to Remix AI, he was CEO and co-founder of Jelli (acquired by iHeartMedia), a social audio and advertising platform reaching hundreds of millions of people. Before this he was the head of business development and strategy at Tellme, a speech recognition platform (acquired by Microsoft), and Loudeye, a global digital music platform (acquired by Nokia). Mike was also COO/CFO of Outdoorsy, an online marketplace for outdoor experiences. Dougherty is named on 9 issued US technology patents and is an avid collector of generative and AI digital art. Dougherty has appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box and NBC Press:Here, and at TEDxSF, NAB, CES, Digital Hollywood, Intel’s CEO Summit, The Paley Center, RAIN, Radio Ink’s Convergence, NARM, and he was named a Power Player by All Access.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Leila Takayama</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Leila Takayama is a Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) specialist in the psychology of people's interactions with robotic products and services. She is the VP of Design and HRI at Robust.AI. She has contributed to over a dozen robotic products that have shipped, including drones in the air; industrial, service, and consumer robots on the ground; and uncrewed robotic systems in the ocean. Before joining Robust.AI, she was a tenured associate professor at University of California, Santa Cruz; researcher at GoogleX; and scientist at Willow Garage. She completed her PhD at Stanford University and Bachelors degrees at UC Berkeley. Her work has been recognized by the IEEE Robotics &amp; Automation Society Early Career Award, MIT Tech Review TR35, Fast Company, and World Economic Forum.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Maja Matarić</image:title>
      <image:caption>Maja Matarić is a Chaired and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics at the University of Southern California and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind. Her PhD is from MIT. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow of AAAS, IEEE, AAAI, and ACM, recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics &amp; Engineering Mentoring, Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision, NSF Career, MIT TR35 Innovation, and IEEE RAS Early Career Awards, and authored "The Robotics Primer" (MIT Press). A pioneer of socially assistive robotics, her research is developing human-machine interaction methods for personalized support for users with challenges, including autism, stroke, dementia, anxiety, and other major health and wellness challenges.  She is also co-founder of Embodied, Inc.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Oded Gal</image:title>
      <image:caption>Oded Gal is an investor, advisor, and board member of startups building the future of work. He is an Independent Board Member for Neat, an LP and Advisor for R-Squared Ventures, and an Advisor for Flexspace. Oded was the Chief Product Officer at Zoom for seven years, helming product development and UI design from video conferencing software to a broad-based communications platform including conference room system, phone system, chat, contact center, and developer and partner ecosystems. Prior to Zoom, Oded held product leadership roles at BlueJeans and Cisco and led business development for Radvision. Oded has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - Speaker: Vilas Dhar</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vilas Dhar is an artificial intelligence policy expert, human rights advocate, and a champion for equity in a tech-enabled world. He has held a lifelong commitment to creating human-centered institutions, and his experiences as a lawyer, technologist, investor, and philanthropist shape his approach to enabling communities to build solutions to the world’s most difficult challenges: climate and disaster impacts, last mile health delivery, and digital autonomy and dignity.  He has been appointed to the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on AI and serves as the President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, where he oversees one of the largest philanthropic campaigns to build a thriving AI enabled future.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - MC: Adam Dorsay</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Adam Dorsay is a licensed psychologist and executive coach in Silicon Valley where he serves high-achieving adults (including professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and professional athletes). Adam is the host SuperPsyched, an award-winning podcast, and he’s given two highly-regarded TEDx Talks: one about men and their emotions and the other about friendship in adulthood. Beyond his private practice, Adam is a resiliency expert who co-created an international program for Facebook’s Online Safety employees for several years. He now serves as the resiliency consultant to DigitalOcean and has frequent requests from the media for interviews and corporations to provide keynotes and training.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Le Jazz Hot (the Quartet/Trio of the Hot Club of San Francisco) is an ensemble of accomplished and versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s pioneering Hot Club de France. The ensemble borrows the all-string instrumentation of violin, bass and guitars from the original Hot Club, but breathes new life into the music with innovative arrangements of classic tunes and original compositions from the group’s superb lead guitarist Paul Mehling.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - AI and Human Potential - GUNHILD CARLING Sweden’s Queen of Swing SINGER | MUSICIAN | DANCER | ENTERTAINER</image:title>
      <image:caption>Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of the 11 many instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale – spoiler alert – she plays three trumpets at once!</image:caption>
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