Five Weeks Until the Imagining Summit

The doors to The Imagining Summit will open in five weeks on October 12th.

• Learn more about the program and people here.
• Don't miss the logistics info for attendees at the bottom of this post.
• We still have a few spots available—so now is the time to sign up if you hadven't already! Just reply to this email and we'll give you the registration details.

Here's what you will experience:

1. Conversations with some incredible members of the Artificiality community, including:
   1. Jonathan Coulton, musician, on AI and Songwriting
   2. Adam Cutler, distinguished designer at IBM, on AI & Innovation
   3. Katie Davis, professor at the University of Washington, on Kids and AI
   4. Jamer Hunt, professor at the Parsons School of Design, on the Power of Scale
   5. Michael Levin, professor of biology at Tufts University, on Synthbio
   6. Josh Lovejoy, designer at Amazon, on Aligning for the Future
   7. Don Norman, himself (he likes that moniker, we promise!), on A Future Vision
   8. John Pasmore, CEO of Latimer.ai, on AI for All
   9. Elena Seergeva, staff scientist at Tufts University, on Biological Substrates for AI
   10. Aekta Shah, principal responsible AI researcher at Salesforce, on AI Inclusion
   11. Steve Sloman, professor of cognitive science at Brown University, on Knowledge & AI
   12. Barbara Tversky, emerita professor of psychology at Stanford University and Columbia Teachers College, on AI's Spatial Challenges
2. An immersive art co-creation experience with Rise, brought to you by our partner, DXM.
3. Five meals (Saturday dinner through Monday breakfast) featuring great local food and beverages.
4. Music, fun, and more!

Some important logistics info:

1. Our discounted hotel rate is good through Friday September 13 so now is the time to get your plans in place.
2. We are hearing that Uber & Lyft surge pricing is getting out of hand with some people reporting that a normal $50-$70 ride from RDM airport to Bend can spike to $250-$500, especially late at night. One theory on Reddit is that the local drivers are colluding by turning phones off together to get the prices to spike. Whatever the cause, we recommend you consider reserving a cab from somewhere like EnviroShuttle.
3. Bend is FULL of great things to do and we highly recommend extending your stay in our beautiful mountain home. And we highly recommend that you reach out to us for personalized ideas about things to do. We really mean this so please send us a message.

And, finally...

We could not pull this off on our own and are deeply grateful to our partners, the House of Beautiful Business, DXM, and Bend Entrepreneur Lab.