Session Information
Closing General Session
Session Type: Convention
Location: MB
Speaker: Peter H. Diamandis
Date: Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Time: 9:00 AM
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10:15 AM
Description:
Peter H. Diamandis
Chairman and CEO, X PRIZE Foundation
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, a key figure in the development of the personal spaceflight industry, knows something about exponential technologies and the tools of collaboration that are allowing each of us to transform industries and address humanity’s grand challenges. For over 30 years, he has educated corporations, philanthropists and entrepreneurs on what it takes to drive innovations and breakthroughs in their own organizations.
With degrees in Molecular Genetics and Aerospace Engineering from MIT, as well as an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, Diamandis founded or co-founded many of the leading entrepreneurial companies in the commercial space arena, including Zero Gravity Corporation, the Rocket Racing League and Space Adventures. He also founded Singularity University to teach leaders about technology and innovation. He recently authored Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think.
He also runs the X PRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and launching large incentive prizes to drive radical breakthroughs. Best known for the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight, the Foundation is now launching prizes in Exploration, Life Sciences, Energy, and Education.
Diamandis will share stories of innovations that are changing the way we think, work, and educate future generations with NECA?Conventioneers. He will also discuss intelligent risk-taking, maverick thinking, and environments where failure is allowed and celebrated. His personal motto: “The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!”
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