In general it's an invite only conference. They invite about 15 speakers and overall ~60 people to the event. Very high level people - from the google co-founders, many google[x] employees, google svp's, investors (Steve Jurveston, Mark Andreessen and other) and google friends.
I got there for two reasons:
1) My company (http://genomecompiler.com) is a Singularity University company and Peter Diamandis referred us
2) We fit the bill for a moonshot (huge problem, breakthrough technology, radical solution)
Like sitting in dinner table with Sergei and hear Peter talking space flights and astroids just to have him launch a astroids mining company after a few month. Or listening to Google Glass head talk about electronics in contact lenses (!) a few months before google glass was released :-)
Anyhow - I love what they are trying to achieve, both in this effort and in supporting Singularity University - to get people to solve humanity grand challenges with the fast moving technologies that are coming online. Be a support group and cheerleader for you while you're in the ups and downs of extremely "out-there" startup.
Solve for X is in collaboration with TED, MIT Technology Review, Singularity University, X PRIZE Foundation, GE Focus Forward, and the ASU Center for Science and Imagination to provide a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork.
It's a place to hear about and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems. Radical in the sense that the solutions could help millions or billions of people. Radical in the sense that the audacity of the proposals makes them sound like science fiction. And radical in the sense that there is some real technology breakthrough on the horizon indicating that these ideas could really be brought to life.
It would be nice if someone who knows what this is about were to explain it. It looks potentially interesting but a quick look at the (slow to load) site didn't immediately reveal it's purpose.
I'm also fairly new to it but it's all about tackling a problem. A world problem at best. Small problems are also welcome. You present your proposed solutions and the community helps at some sort of "best case".....
I think letting anyone submit an idea is interesting but will quickly fail unless they pump a lot of money into ensuring crank stuff doesn't get in.
The difference between science and pseudo science can be hard to tell at times. Unless you have a barrier of entry like for instance being asked to do a talk, then pulling it off, you will get a lot of noise. Even with this TEDx is still getting into issues for instance.
I can see it when I'm logged in (I submitted that one), but not otherwise. Doesn't seem to show up as submitted on my profile either. Perhaps they're leaking videos in moderation on the homepage?
In general it's an invite only conference. They invite about 15 speakers and overall ~60 people to the event. Very high level people - from the google co-founders, many google[x] employees, google svp's, investors (Steve Jurveston, Mark Andreessen and other) and google friends.
I got there for two reasons: 1) My company (http://genomecompiler.com) is a Singularity University company and Peter Diamandis referred us 2) We fit the bill for a moonshot (huge problem, breakthrough technology, radical solution)
It's in a very pleasant cordevalle resort and they treat you to great housing, food and discussions. Like late night slide show from the international space station with astronauts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Garan and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman
Like sitting in dinner table with Sergei and hear Peter talking space flights and astroids just to have him launch a astroids mining company after a few month. Or listening to Google Glass head talk about electronics in contact lenses (!) a few months before google glass was released :-)
Anyhow - I love what they are trying to achieve, both in this effort and in supporting Singularity University - to get people to solve humanity grand challenges with the fast moving technologies that are coming online. Be a support group and cheerleader for you while you're in the ups and downs of extremely "out-there" startup.
Amazing opportunity and the time of my life.