Foresight Institute (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Executive Director Nicole Ozer will be speaking.
From the Organizers:
2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Foresight Institute. For the past decades, we’ve championed frontier science and technology; supported future Nobel Prize-winning research, hosted the world’s first nanotechnology conference, and provided early platforms for AGI discussions. Now we’re ready to write the next chapter.
This three-day gathering brings together cutting-edge presentations from renowned thought leaders, expert office hours, unconference discussions, 1:1 connections, immersive experiences, and live technology demonstrations. We’ll also award a $10,000 grant to a project advancing the frontiers of science.
When:
Sunday, November 15
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Where:
San Francisco - Location provided after registering.
Cost:
Refer to website.
Event Requirements:
Registration is required.
About the Speaker:
Nicole Ozer is EFF's Executive Director leading cutting-edge law and policy to advance rights, justice, and democracy and is a legal expert on artificial intelligence, privacy and surveillance, and digital speech.
Before becoming Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in June 2026, she had launched the Center for Constitutional Democracy at UC Law San Francisco as its Inaugural Executive Director and earlier was the founding Director and longtime leader of the Technology and Civil Liberties Program at the ACLU of Northern California.
Nicole was also a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, a Fellow at the Stanford Digital Civil Society Lab, a Visiting Researcher at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, and an intellectual property attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco.
About the Foresight Institute:
Foresight Institute is a research organization founded in 1986 by Christine Peterson and Eric Drexler – one of the “founding fathers” of nanotechnology. We work to advance science and technology for the benefit of life – through grants, events, prizes, and fellowships.
This event is organized not by EFF, but by the Foresight Institute.
