In 2012, "The sixth annual Singularity Summit, hosted by the [[Machine Intelligence Research Institute]] (formerly the [[Singularity Institute]]), was held at the Masonic Center in San Francisco on October 13-14. More than 500 of the Bay Area’s top futurists, geneticists, robotics engineers and technologists attended the two-day conference to hear from a world class lineup of speakers who presented the latest advances and trends in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and more. The headliner for the 2012 Singularity Summit was the Transcendent Man himself, [[Ray Kurzweil]], delivering the keynote address. Kurzweil was joined by experimental psychologist [[Steven Pinker]], 23andme c0founder [[Linda Avey]], autism advocate [[Temple Grandin]], bestselling author [[Carl Zimmer]], technology superstars Peter Norvig and Vernor Vinge, and many more. Nobel prize-winning physiologist Daniel Kahneman joined the Summit by webcast from his home in Princeton, New Jersey." [http://www.e2k.com/portfolio-post/singularity-summit/]
"In both 2012 and 2013, e2k | events for change produced the fundraising benefit for the [[Tipping Point Community]], a San Francisco-based non-profit that is working to alleviate poverty in the Bay Area. " [http://www.e2k.com/portfolio-post/tipping-point-community-benefit/]
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