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In less than a month, Vision Weekend returns to San Francisco. This time to mark 40 years of Foresight!
Across iconic locations like the USS Hornet, @internetarchive, The Fold, and Lighthaven, the weekend brings expert talks, office hours with your favorite orgs, $10K pitch competition, behind-the-scenes lab tours, 1:1 connections, a sci-fi book swap, plus our main 40th anniversary celebration in the US.
Full lineup:
Secure, Sovereign & Resilient AI
• @woj_zaremba, OpenAI Foundation
• @ilblackdragon, NEAR Protocol
• @sebkrier, Google DeepMind
• Jenny Read, ARIA
• @gladstein, Human Rights Foundation
• @zweinberg, ex ante
Neuro AI & AI for Neuro
• @SumnerLN, Merge
• Matt Angle, Paradromics
• Matthew MacDougall, Neuralink
• @maxhodak_, Science Corporation
• @JoanneZPeng, Amaranth Foundation
• @AdamMarblestone, Convergent Research
Life Unlimited: Biotech & Biosecurity
• @thekaransinghal, OpenAI
• @mattkrisiloff, Conception bio
• @hannu, Red Queen Bio
• @velychko_s, Soxogen Bio
Molecular Manufacturing, Nanotech, Energy & Space
• Ralph C. Merkle, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
• Ivan Jayapurna, ARIA
• @schingler, Planet Labs
• @erika_alden_d, Pioneer Labs
• @ltelkins, UC Berkeley - Space Sciences Lab
New Funding & Innovation Paradigms
• @tkalil2050, Renaissance Philanthropy
• @FutureSaenko, Future Ventures
• @v_maini, Mythos
• @_mattmandel, Cosmos Ventures
Nonprofit Funding Perspectives
• @nanransohoff, Public Goods at Stripe
• @rohan_subramani, Coefficient Giving
• @seemaychou, Astera Institute
Existential Hope
• @mattbotvinick, Anthropic
• @RosieCampbell, Eleos AI Research
• @PracheeAC, Astera Institute
• @sreeramkannan, Eigen Labs
• @NicoleOzer, Electronic Frontier Foundation
+ an Anti-Debate hosted by @Liv_Boeree
With the All Access pass, you’re invited to join speakers, sponsors, fellows, and grantees at exclusive gatherings across the Bay Area, including lab tours at @E11BIO, @LongshotSpace, @calwave_energy, @DolphinLabs, and @ScienceCorp_ , plus attend our 40th anniversary soiree. A limited number remain.
Links in thread.
Powered by: @protocollabs, @eigenlabs, @paradromics, @RetroBio_, FUTO, and @d_model_ai
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Matt has fantastic ideas and a great podcast - check it out! Thanks Matt, for including me in your creation!
The best leaders find a way to create a space where people are not afraid.
How you do that is different for every leader.
As leader of NASA's Psyche mission @ltelkins had to find a way to make sure people were willing to speak up and share their ideas to ensure mission success.
Check out the rest of the episode here:
YouTube: piped.video/@builtleaders
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2VxkxO…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Seriously one of the best conversations I've ever had on a podcast, all due to @KLsecondcity's incredible human skills. What a gift! Thank you Kelly!
BONUS POD! Lindy Elkins-Tanton leads NASA's Psyche Mission and her new book, "Mission Ready" has incredible stories and advice for leaders of teams. Spoiler Alert: she's a big fan of #improvisation - Full video episode here: wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/second…
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I'm delighted to be speaking at this event and hope to see you there!
Learn more and register here: invt.io/1txbel9atir
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has left Mars behind. On May 15, it passed within 2,864 miles of the planet, using Martian gravity to gain speed and alter its course. It is now traveling toward the metal rich asteroid Psyche, where it will arrive in 2029. Scientists hope this strange world may contain material from the interior of an early planet, giving us a glimpse into a place we can never reach inside Earth.
@ltelkins is the planetary scientist and principal investigator who has led the mission through years of design, testing, setbacks, and finally flight. As Lindy held the model, I could see the weight of the mission in her eyes. Somewhere beyond Mars, the real spacecraft is moving through the dark toward a world no one has ever seen up close. Read more about Lindy here: explorers.com/lindy-elkins-t… @MissionToPsyche @ucbssl
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
SSL's Weijie Sun & Jiutong Zhao, along with @UMengineering's Ryan Dewey, analyzed MESSENGER mission data and found that Mercury has intermittent radiation belts. The findings could help protect the @BepiColombo mission when it reaches Mercury this year.
news.engin.umich.edu/2026/07…
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
Congratulations to four #APBspeakers whose books were featured on McKinsey & Company's 2026 Annual Reading List!
Powerful ideas. Essential reading. Inspiring conversations.
bit.ly/3R8F8dL @McKinsey @Pogue @DavidEpstein @ltelkins @arthurbrooks
#Leadership #Business
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
Every child deserves the opportunity to discover the joy of reading.
Reading with a child for 10 minutes a day can kick-start a life-changing habit and inspire a lifelong love of books.
Join the movement: joinraisingreaders.com
#RaisingReaders #ReadingIsGolden
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Don't miss this gorgeous Mars gravity assist flyby video from the @MissionToPsyche imager team, led by @Jim_Bell !
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Some great new releases from our @MissionToPsyche Mars gravity assist!
Some things our Psyche spacecraft picked up during its brief visit to Mars in May:
- 1000 MPH speed boost
- 3-degree trajectory adjustment
- Science data
- Lots of pictures!
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
This arm was put together in a few months! Ready for some action on Blue Ring very soon…
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A little weekend reading on the five key superpowers of a team member, and it comes with a little rubric -- you can check yourself and your team. medium.com/p/the-five-superp…
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
1,000 days in space! 🌌📷
As of today, our Psyche spacecraft has been traveling for a thousand days. Watch for more views of its recent Mars flyby soon! Next stop: the intriguing, metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche.
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Congratulations on 1,000 days in flight, Psyche mission!
Here's the moment in 2023 when 1 hr 2 min 40 sec after liftoff that gorgeous Falcon Heavy (on the right) gave our s/c (lower left) a perfect tip-off, no angular momentum, on her way. @MissionToPsyche @NASA
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
Thanks to Dr. Nicky Fox, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, for stopping by SSL to tell us about the latest opportunities with NASA science. We were happy to provide an update on
@escapade_mars, and hopefully you’ll enjoy the LEGO
@COSITelescope.
ALT From left to right: Robert Lillis, PI of NASA's ESCAPADE mission, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director of the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab, and Nicky Fox, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Fox holds a . Fox holds a box containing a LEGO set of NASA's Compton Spectrometer and Imager mission.
ALT Dr. Nicky Fox speaking at a lectern at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab.
ALT Dr. Nicky Fox speaking at a lectern at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab.
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Lindy Elkins-Tanton retweeted
NASA leader & #APBspeaker @ltelkins's new book #MissionReady was selected by @AdamMGrant's @NextBigIdeaClub!
Now she's sharing lessons on leadership, teamwork & solving problems under pressure.
bit.ly/3SfdE6e
#Leadership #Innovation #Teamwork
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Everything we do is art...a new essay from Monica Moreno, a Psyche Inspired art intern, about her experience at the intersection of art and space exploration wirh @MissionToPsyche. medium.com/p/a154211fcf9b
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Do you spend more time these days thinking about the value of your work, and what it means to succeed?
Here's an essay abt defining success, reaching more clarity and even joy. I just did this exercise, and I show my results. Let me know what you think!
medium.com/@ltelkins/haunted…
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Undergrads in the US, consider applying, and share with your friends! @MissionToPsyche team loves our art interns.
Looking for something new to spark your creativity? Why not look to a metal-rich asteroid?👩🎨🪨
Undergrads at U.S. universities & community colleges are invited to join the next NASA Psyche Inspired intern cohort. Applications are due Aug. 28.
Learn more: psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu/get-…
ALT This body of work by artist Martha Quirie is called Carrier Craters and is intended to be a functional dining set for four, based on the imagined craters of 16 Psyche. The bowls are all unique and intended to mimic the unique impact craters. Each cup is made with dimple “handles” that look like mini craters for better handability and more consistent connection to the surface of Psyche.
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