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Last Updated: Nov 24, 2017 - 3:49:38 PM |
The board room photo has Left to Right: Felicity Humblestone, Victoria Sarne, Dr. Desiree Cox (seated); and Travis Miller and Dr Charles Diggis (standing). The Cafe photo has (left to right) Dr Desiree Cox, Felicity Humblestone and Michael Fountain Jr. It would be great if you could use all of the photos in the article.
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Singularity University Nassau to Explore and Foster the Use of Exponential Technologies for Impact, Innovation and Change to Address the Grand Challenges Communities face in The Bahamas and Surrounding Region.
Nassau, Bahamas - Singularity University (SU), a global community with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity's grand challenges has established a local SU chapter and formal partnership in Nassau, Bahamas with leadership team members Dr. Desiree Cox, Dr. Charles Diggiss, Travis Miller, Michael Fountain Jr., Mark Palmer, Felicity Humblestone, Stanley ‘Chike’ Burnside, Llewellyn Boyer-Cartwright, Dr. Jonathan Rodgers and Victoria Sarne.
“We’re excited to support The Bahamas as an innovation hub for exponential technologies in this region of the Americas,” said Dr. Desiree Cox, Singularity University social impact fellow and the ambassador of SU Nassau. “I believe we can use exponential technologies to address the challenges of health and social equity in The Bahamas and create an abundant future for everyone. That is what inspired me to reach out to Singularity University to establish a Nassau Chapter and formal partnership. While SU is not a traditional university that offers degrees, its programs are an important complement to the for-credit curricula at select universities and innovative entrepreneurs in The Bahamas.”
SU Chapters are created in partnership with local program participants and SU alumni, and are located in some of the most innovative and upcoming global technology centers in the world.
“As our regional leadership teams build support in local communities for the development of exponential technologies, the ability to make meaningful global and local impact grows,” said Dharmishta Rood, Director of Community Leadership at SU. “Our new Chapter in Nassau marks another milestone in the scale and scope of our Singularity University community and demonstrates that innovation to make an impact is taking place everywhere in the world.”
SU Chapters are central to enabling local regions to jump-start innovation through the curation of events featuring local experts, sponsorship of SU Global Impact Challenges (GICs), and other initiatives at the local level. Since launching the first program in 2015, SU Chapters have hosted a number of unique events focused on applying exponential technologies to create impact. In 2016, SU Chapters launched nearly 200 events, involving more than 13,000 attendees.
SU focuses on solving the world’s greatest challenges through the use of exponential technologies — those which are rapidly accelerating and shaping major industries and all aspects of our lives, including artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), data science, digital biology, medicine, nanotech and digital fabrication, networks and computing systems, and robotics.
SU sits at the intersection of technology, impact, and business, and advances its mission globally through 83 SU Chapters in 48 countries.
“Since the 2013 and 2014 laws and regulations around Stem Cell therapy and research, The Bahamas has been emerging as a leader in Regenerative Medicine,” said Dr. Cox. “As the first SU Chapter in the Caribbean we have an opportunity to lead the cultivation of an ecosystem that inspires innovation and access to new opportunities for local and international inventors, entrepreneurs, champions of sustainability, design-thinkers, and young people from all walks of life.”
The SU Nassau Chapter leadership team aims to create events in the spirit of SU’s mission to increase local awareness, drive ideas, impact, and change using exponential technology while addressing the grand challenges communities face in The Bahamas and the surrounding region.
Upcoming SingularityU Nassau Chapter events include:
A year-long series of monthly ‘Lunch and Learn’ think-tank style talks hosted by Dr. Charles Diggiss and Dr. Desiree Cox. On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 Dr. Desiree Cox kicks off the series with a talk entitled, ‘The HEALinc: Impacting a billion people through Creativity and Health.’ This is an invitation-only event.
On Friday December 8,th 2017, the SingularityU Nassau Chapter comes to the ‘Insight Stage’. Open to the public. This event hosted by Dr. Cox and Michael Fountain Jr (co-founder of Insight Stage Platform along with Marvin Stubbs) will be held at the Taj Mahal restaurant on Parliament Street and will involve a film/video and panel discussion between the leadership of the Chapter and the audience.
On Saturday January 13,th 2018, the SingularityU Nassau Chapter ‘Focus on Exponential Futures’ event will expose approximately 200 children, ages 11 through 16 from the Lyford Cay Foundations’ ‘Focus’ Programme (directed by Felicity Humblestone) to the possibilities of exponential technologies. The event will include a film, panel engagement with the SingularityU Nassau Chapter leadership team, and a game that helps the students who are poised to become the first generation in their families to achieve secondary-school education create the future now.
Follow us on Facebook at SU Nassau Chapter (https://business.facebook.com/SUNassau/) for real-time information on our Chapter events, current progress, and interesting news from all over the world about how the advancement and convergence of exponential technologies is shaping our lives and future. To join, register here: http://www.su-nassauchapter-membership.org/
To learn more about Singularity University visit SU.org, join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @SingularityU, and download the SingularityU Hub mobile app.
ABOUT SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY
Singularity University (SU) is a global learning and innovation community using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges and build an abundant future for all. SU's collaborative platform empowers individuals and organizations across the globe to learn, connect, and innovate breakthrough solutions using accelerating technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital biology. SU was founded in 2008 by renowned innovators Ray Kurzweil and Dr. Peter H. Diamandis and is partnered with leading organizations including Google, Deloitte, and UNICEF. To learn more, visit SU.org, join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @SingularityU, and download the SingularityU Hub mobile app.
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