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The future can look pretty bleak. Climate catastrophes, new diseases, crumbling infrastructure, wealth inequality, cyber risks, geopolitical conflicts, and threats to democracy around the globe are just some of the things now shaking people’s confidence in a better tomorrow. Join us on December 5 in San Francisco for a thought-provoking program featuring some of the most influential people in tech, business, science, entertainment, and beyond as we explore technology’s impact on our past, present, and future—and dig into solutions and our optimistic vision for the next 30 years. Steven Amato, founder and CEO, Contend Jade Raymond, president and founder, Haven Studios Jaron Lanier, scientist, writer, musician; prime unifying scientist of Microsoft Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web; CTO and cofounder, Inrupt John Bruce, CEO and cofounder, Inrupt Stephen Curry, CEO, 30 Ink Suresh Singh, secretary-chairman, 30 Ink Blitz Bazawule, musician, author, artist, filmmaker Rodrigo Prieto, cinematographer, Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon Karen Nyberg, retired NASA astronaut, engineer, and textile artist Tierra Whack, artist and musician Tiffany Williams, COO, 30 Ink Chris Helfrich, CEO, Eat. Foundation Erick Peyton, cofounder, co-CEO, and chief creative officer, Unanimous Media Jennifer Doudna, biochemist and Nobel Prize–winning coinventor of Crispr technology Jared Isaacman, CEO, Shift4 ; commander, Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn Aparna Nancherla, comedian and writer Faye Wattleton, cofounder and EVP, EeroQ Rachel Kowert, research director, Take This Fei-Fei Li, Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University; codirector of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute Annalee Newitz, journalist, author, and podcaster Moriba Jah, cofounder and chief scientist at Privateer Space and Moriba Jah Universal Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, author Meredith Whittaker, president, Signal Foundation Catie Cuan, entrepreneur, engineer, and artist Reid Hoffman, cofounder, LinkedIn; partner, Greylock John Hanke, founder and CEO, Niantic Charlie Jane Anders, writer and editor Joe Atkinson, vice chair, chief products and technology officer, PwC Jon Gieselman, president, Expedia Brands, Expedia Group Matthew Butterick, artist and lawyer