Nobel Sustainability Trust San Francisco Summit & the First Annual Nobel DAO Conference
The Bay Area Founders Club (BFC) is thrilled to serve as the community partner for the upcoming Nobel Sustainability Trust San Francisco Summit and the First Annual Nobel DAO Conference, hosted by the Nobel Sustainability Trust, Nobel DAO, and Berkeley RDI. This prestigious event will take place from November 20-21, 2024, at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Here’s a lineup of our esteemed speakers.
John L. Hennessy, Chairman of the Board of Alphabet (Google), "Godfather of Silicon Valley"
Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Technologies and Atheros, and also the 10th President of Stanford University.
Randy Schekman, 2013 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Schekman is an American cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, former editor-in-chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992. Schekman shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with James Rothman and Thomas C. Südhof for their ground-breaking work on cell membrane vesicle trafficking.
Peter Knez, Former BlackRock Chief Investment Officer
Peter Knez is a former Co-Chief Investment Officer at BlackRock, following its acquisition of Barclays Global Investors (“BGI”) where he was Global Chief Investment Officer for fixed income. In BGI, Peter grew AUM from $5 billion to $40 billion in the U.S., doubled AUM to $80 billion globally, and achieved 28% revenue growth year over year. Prior to that, Peter held positions with Lincoln Capital Management and Goldman Sachs, where he led quantitative research and fixed income. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Peter held professorship positions at Kellogg School of Management, University of Wisconsin and University of Chicago.
Peter Nobel, Member of the Nobel family, Chairman of NST, Initiator of Nobel DAO
Peter Nobel is a Swedish human rights lawyer and a member of the Nobel family, who served as Sweden's first Ombudsman for discrimination(1986–1991), Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross (1991–94), and an expert for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1998–2001). Peter Nobel is a great-grandson of the industrialist and humanitarian Ludvig Nobel, the founder of Branobel.
David Ackerly, Dean of the Rausser College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley
Bernard Kouchner, Former French Foreign Minister and Former Health Minister
Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. From 2007 until 2010, he was the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the center-right Fillon government under president Nicolas Sarkozy, although he had been in the past a minister in socialist governments. In 2010, The Jerusalem Post considered Kouchner the 15th most influential Jew in the world. Since 2015 Kouchner is workstream leader for the AMU (Agency for the Modernisation of Ukraine), where he contributes his expertise in healthcare.
Volker Tuerk, United Nations Commissioner
Takuzo Kaneko, President of Kaneko Group
More details can be found here: https://nobeldaosummit.com
About the Organizers
The Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST) was founded by members of the Nobel family, dedicated to addressing the global issues of destruction and overconsumption of important natural and non-renewable resources. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, NST focuses on the impact of global warming and pollution on land, food, water, and air, emphasizing the importance of renewable energy and sustainable development. NST's mission is to mitigate global warming by promoting sustainable production and consumption, particularly pollution-free and renewable technologies; to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society by promoting initiatives that increase prosperity, improve governance, and enhance transparency; and to ensure a sustainable living environment for all within the Earth's carrying capacity, thereby promoting sustainable economic growth and protecting and ultimately enhancing life systems on Earth.
Nobel DAO was established in late 2023 by members of the Nobel family, upholding the Nobel family's spirit of innovation and pioneering. As a technology innovation ecosystem integrated with a cutting-edge talent accelerator, Nobel DAO is dedicated to gathering the world's smartest talents, to drive major breakthroughs in the technology industries through interdisciplinary collaboration and disruptive innovation. The DAO structure, a decentralized autonomous organization, is also innovative in that it allows reward distributions to members based on their individual and collective contributions. Additionally, Nobel DAO will include a network of global innovation “geek” centers, with the first center to open in Silicon Valley, followed by centers in Boston, New York, London and Stockholm. Nobel DAO has also assembled a top expert advisory team from various fields to provide professional guidance and interdisciplinary communication opportunities for members. Our future world is a competition between ecosystems, and Nobel DAO aims to become one of the world's premier technology innovation ecosystems, driving global efficiencies, conservation of resources, and life-changing innovation toward a greater future for humanity.
The Berkeley Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence (RDI) at the University of California, is a multidisciplinary campus-wide initiative dedicated to advancing the science and technology of decentralization and decentralized AI, making it universally accessible and empowering a responsible digital economy. RDI focuses on fundamental research in decentralization technologies and decentralized AI, including scalability, usability, security, privacy, trustworthiness, incentive compatibility, and more, while also exploring their societal impact and responsible innovation. The center brings together experts from computer science, finance/economics, and law, supporting three pillars: research, education, and entrepreneurship. RDI aims to be a global hub for collaboration, promoting open-source principles and public domain knowledge sharing. RDI is the UC Berkeley lead partner of Nobel DAO.
About the Community Partner
The Bay Area Founders Club (BFC), founded by Dr. Paul Fang in Silicon Valley in 2022 and managed by a dedicated group of Stanford alumni and students, is a thriving community of over 10,000 members, including more than 120 startups and over 200 venture capital firms. With most startups in our network raising $1-10 million, and some exceeding $20 million, our mission is to empower creators who aspire to make a global impact. We provide the essential resources, support, and connections needed to transform visionary ideas into reality.
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