DAVID BRIN's public speaking & consulting appearances

2019 appearances

"Innovation in an Era of Trade Wars," FiRe (Future in Review) Conference, La Jolla CA (10/2019)

"Artificial Intelligence: Potential Dangers and Opportunities," ApacheCon, Las Vegas NV (09/2019)

"The Future of Urban Design," University of San Diego (USD) Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering (9/2019)

"Opportunities & Dangers Beyond the Solar System," Starship Conference, San Diego Aerospace Museum (9/2019)

"Are We Alone in the Universe?" Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN (09/2019)

Comicon International, San Diego (07/2019)

"Our Future in Space," NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (06/2019)

NASA NIAC Orientation Meeting, Washington DC (06/2019)

"Resilience in Uncertain Times," Potomac Institute, Washington DC (06/2019)

"Blade Runner 2019: Did Life Imitate Art?" UC San Diego Library (05/2019)

Comic Fest, San Diego CA (03/2019)

"Einstein's Quantum Riddle," Arthur C. Clarke Center for the Human Imagination, San Diego CA (03/2019)

"Radical Economies," Speculative Design for Policy Making, Arthur C. Clarke Center for the Human Imagination, San Diego CA (02/2019)

2018 appearances

"Artificial Intelligence: Potential Dangers, Opportunities for Business," VMWare conference, Monterey, CA (11/2018)

"Artificial Intelligence: Potential Dangers, Opportunities for Defense," Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey CA (11/2018)

"Science Fiction as a brainstorming tool," 2018 Xprize SciFi Visioneering Summit Terranea Resort, Los Angeles (10/2018)

"Science Fiction: A Conversation Between Artists and Scientists," for China Central Television (10/2018)

"The impact onrushing technology has on people," NIST Information Technology Lab 'Science Day' (skyped) (10/2018)

"Modified people & AI: Synergies for Humanity in Space," Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop: The Power of Synergy (skyped)(10/2018)

"Ethics in a context of evolution, singularities and the galaxy," World Ethical Data Forum ("WDF") (skyped) (9/2018)

"Destabilizing effects of information tech," Political Instability Task Force / Technology and Governance Conference (skyped for Leidos) (7/2018)

"2001 a Space Odyssey, at 50," Comicon International, San Diego (7/2018)

"Fiction writing tricks of the trade," Gen Con Writer's Symposium (skyped) (7/2018)

"Humanity & the Universe: When Life Meets Life Everything will change," Carnegie Institution, Washington D.C. (by Skype) (6/2018)

"Our ongoing, impudent rebellion against normality," Graduation commencement speech, UC Santa Cruz (Crown College) (6/2018)

"Humanity and the Universe: When Life Meets Life..." Carnegie Origins program (by Skype) Washington DC (6/2018)

"The Solar Probe Mission: envisioning a deeper dive," Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, MD (6/2018)

"Does science fiction still inform space policy?" NASA HQ, Washington DC (6/2018)

"Our minefield of dangers and threats," Aerospace Corp. and a 'DC Agency.' Washington DC (6/2018)

Master of Ceremonies, Pioneer Awards to Frank Drake etc., International Space Development Conference, Los Angeles, CA (5/2018)

"National and planetary security: the danger of conflict in space," Northrup-Grumman, Redondo, CA (5/2018)

"Opportunities, dangers and destiny in the Solar System... and beyond," Julian Schwinger Colloquium at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (5/2018)

"Daily life will change along with technology," STW-2018 corporate conference, Shenzhen, China (5/2018)

"Science Fiction in the Asian Future," Southern Technical University, Shenzhen, China (5/2018)

"Frank Herbert’s mastery of point-of-view," Slusser conference on science fiction literature. UC Irvine, Irvine, CA(4/2018)

"Technological Threats," TRADOC Mad Scientist Program, Palo Alto (3/2018)

"Our Future in Space" and "Fiction Can Change Society," Roscon19: Russia National Science Fiction Convention, Moscow, Russia (3/2018)

"Can we predict?" Bookvoed: St. Petersburg, Russia (3/2018)

"Understanding the Aurorae," AmEx “Northern Lights” expedition, Kaukslattanen Arctic Resort, Finland (3/2018)

"Cyber security and 'pre-crime' predictive policing," Panel at South by Southwest, Austin TX (3/2018)

"Use Political Judo, Not Sumo," California Democratic Party Convention. San Diego, CA (2/2018)

2017 appearances

"The Future of the Cloud," VMWare Corporate Retreat, Palo Alto CA (11/2017)

"The Magic of Reciprocal Accountability,")" Skepticism & Openmindedness in Science Conf, UCSD (10/2017)

"What’s next — and beyond next — in tech business?" Future in Review Conference, Park City UT (10/2017)

"How can we become a multi-planet species?" The Mars Conference panel of SF authors, UC Irvine (9/2017)

NASA Innovative & Advanced Concepts program Symposium & External Council meeting, Denver CO (9/2017)

"Prediction for Fun & Profit," Caltech Alumni (8/2017)

"Interstellar Flight Prospects," Starship Conference, Monterrey CA (8/2017)

Science Foo Camp, Googleplex (8/2017)

"Hard choices in human genetic engineering," Genomics Conf. Minneapolis (7/2017)

"Alien Civilizations," ComiCon International, San Diego (7/2017)

"The Great Flip: Software revolutions replace Moore’s Law," Cloud Computing Conference, San Diego (6/2017)

"CyberSecurity in fast-changing times" (panel), Cerf’s-Up thought-leader meeting, San Diego (6/2017)

"Online learning: changes ahead," Bridgepoint Education, San Diego (6/2017)

"Wealth Management in a Transparent 21st Century" (Private Event) (6/2017)

"Anticipation and Resilience in a Hazard-Rich World," Rand Corp, Santa Monica (6/2017)

"Writing novels: tools for success," Santa Barbara Writers' Conference (6/2017)

"Navigating Shifting Sands," Institute for the Future, Palo Alto CA (6/2017)

"Delusions that stymie foresight," Foresight Institute, San Francisco (6/2017)

"How AI might go wrong... or right," The AI Conference, San Francisco (6/2017)

"Our human future in space," University of St. Andrews, Scotland (4/2017)

"The Surprising Variety of Potential Failure Modes — and Our Amazing Assets," Center for the Study of Existential Risks, Cambridge (4/2017)

"Science Fictional and Other Projections of Tomorrow," London Science Fiction Research Community & Birkbeck/University of London Centre for Contemporary Literature (4/2017)

"What can you do with a PhD?" Sanfored Consortium (3/2017)

"Our Future in Space," B612 Foundation Donors' Dinner, San Jose, CA (3/2017)

"All the threats that might take us down," Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, CA (3/2017)

"Debating transparency, security and freedom," Cal State U. Monterrey Bay, CA (3/2017)

"Inventing the breakthroughs we need," (Google) "X", Mountain View, CA (3/2017)

"Capturing the imagination in a technocratic world," lead-off speaker at Warner Bros. Studio (sponsored by Improbable Ltd.) (2/2017)

"The Future of News Media" Kickoff speaker (by remote), Institute for The Future, San Francisco (1/2017)

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2016 appearances

"The Future of People" (re: Human augmentation) MIT Media Lab (by Skype) (12/2016)

TedX-LA XPrize & ANA Airlines: announce “Avatar” Prize (12/2016)

Raw Science Film Festival, judge (12/2016)

"Technology & Society," “Future Robotics” and "From SciFi to Screen," Oregon State University residency (10/2016)

"Virtual/Augmented Reality & Internet of Things," Viacom Corp, New York (10/2016)

"Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence," GE Global Research, Whitney Symposium, Niskayuna, NY (10/2016)

"Will Artificial Intelligence occur by design, evolution, accident... or at all?" World of Watson: IBM conf, Las Vegas (10/2016)

"Climate Fiction," (by Skype) panel for Society of Environmental Journalists, Sacramento (9/2016)

"Creativity & Business Success," Webinar for Tata Group (India) (9/2016)

"Time, Mathematics, and the Mind of God," a panel with fellow astrophysicists Brian Keating & Andrew Friedman at the Arthur Clarke Center (8/2016)

"Societal aspects of technology," "Prediction," & "Inspiring STEM," World Science Fiction Convention, Kansas City (8/2016)

"Followup on Big Picture Dangers," White House Leadership Development Series, WH-EEOB, Washington DC (8/2016)

NASA Innovative and Advanced Concepts symposium, Raleigh NC (8/2016)

“Human augmentation: Will we change ourselves?” ViaSat Corp. (6/2016)

“Big Picture Perspectives on Future Threats” White House OSTP, Washington DC (6/2016)

“Future of Military Aviation” panel at AIAA forum, Washington DC (6/2016)

“STEM Education: inspiring bright new generations” Caltech Alumni, Washington DC (6/2016)

“Shall we shout ‘messages’ into the cosmos?” Ideacity Conference, Toronto (6/2016)

"David Brin & Kim Stanley Robinson: Our 21st Century" Annual James Arnold Lecture, UCSD (5/2016)

"Boeing at 100: what will the next 100 bring?" Redondo Beach, CA (4/2016)

"The vast array of potential threats, dangers and resilience solutions" for varied intelligence services, Washington, DC (2/2016)

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