I’ll be on a number of panels that revolve around trying to make sense of the future (very in line with my books and editorial work at Scout): Art Without Borders (9-10:20AM on 4/10), SciFi Influencing Society (2-3:15PM on 4/11), Bioengineering: Designer Babies and More (9-10:20AM on 4/12), Singularity: When the Real World Becomes Westworld (12:30-1:45PM on 4/13), and “Hacktivism” and Cyber Security (11-12:20PM on 4/14). Basically, Black Mirror in a conference format. 😱
It will be particularly cool to talk with the students, given that the protagonists of my first three novels are Boulder-loving CU dropouts who take their tech startup from garage to IPO and get caught up in an international conspiracy along the way. If you’re in Boulder next week, let me know. I’d love to see you at one of the panels or grab a coffee/beer.
You’ll notice the breadth of panel topics. Nobody could possibly be an expert in all of these things, least of all me, but I love learning about them. If you’ve read a particularly good article/essay/book on any of them, let me know. I’d love to channel your best ideas!
Huge thanks to Bob Baskerville for inviting me to participate and to Brad Feld for making the trip possible.