Human Augmentation Summit @ MIT

Early-bird registration ends Sunday, August 17!

Join us on August 23, 2025, at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA, for a full-day summit exploring the frontiers of human potential. The 2025 Human Augmentation Summit is a gathering of creators - from innovative startups and global companies to independent researchers and artists - all shaping the future of the human condition.

Expect a day packed with live demos, provocative talks, a live in-person Q&A from Stephen Wolfram, immersive exhibits, and hands-on tech experiences that push the boundaries of what it means to be human.

Speakers & Special Guests: Stephen Wolfram, Curt Jaimungal from Theories of Everything, Niamh Peren from Foresight Institute, Nataliya Kosmyna, Pat Pataranutaporn, Thiel Fellow Harry Gandhi from 1517 Fund, Albert Nerenberg, Andrés Gómez Emilsson from Qualia Research Institute, Pantheon creator Ken Liu, and more TBA!

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EXHIBIT YOUR STARTUP, RESEARCH, PROJECT, OR ART AT THE SUMMIT - receive feedback, engage with potential customers, find talent:

Present Your Startup: https://forms.gle/TBTsPQ6nnxD716kS8
Present Your Project: https://forms.gle/ZwRoYKxv9v3LcYAZA

Register by August 17!

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EVENT DETAILS

• 9 AM – 9 PM (+ Afterparty) | Saturday, August 23, 2025
• MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
• Researchers, developers, artists, founders, futurists, and anyone curious about the future of humanity

Areas of exhibited work include:

• AI & Cognitive Augmentation
• Cyborgism, Sensors & Bio-Interfaces
• Longevity, Genetics, Biotech
• Spiritual, Ethical & Civilizational Frames
• Planetary Intelligence & Complexity
• Tech Governance
• Consciousness

Some of our former/current speakers and partners:

• Stephen Wolfram, PhD – Creator of Wolfram Alpha & Mathematica, pioneer in computational science.
• Steve Mann, PhD – Known as the father of wearable computing, early cyborg figure.
• Pattie Maes, PhD – Visionary in Human-Computer Interaction, professor at MIT Media Lab.
• Joscha Bach, PhD – Prominent AI researcher and thinker on consciousness and AGI.
• Meta, AWS, 1517 Fund, MIT Media Lab, Magic Leap, Harvard Innovation Lab, OpenBCI, Neurable, True Ventures, MuseBio, Symbiont Labs

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SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS:

(Schedule is Tentative and Subject to Change!)

INTRO:

• 9:00AM to 9:30AM: Arrival + Check-In

• 9:30AM to 10:30AM: Opening Talks from Augmentation Lab, Ekkolapto Research, and Pulse

SHOWCASES:

• 10:30AM to 11:30AM: Augmentation Lab’s Summer Residency Presentations + Demos

BREAK + EXHIBITIONS + HYPNOSIS:

• 11:30AM to 12:30PM: Live Hypnosis Performance from Albert Nerenberg

• 12:30PM to 1:30PM: Lunch + Exhibitions

KEYNOTES + PANELS:

• 1:30PM to 2:30PM: Longevity & Bio-Enhancement Panel with Lifebiosciences' Michael Ringel and more TBA!

• 2:30PM to 3:10PM: Art Presentations from Elen Capri (Art & Longevity), Future Humans, and AugTwins.

• 3:10PM to 3:20PM: Break!

• 3:20PM to 4:10PM: Cyborg Psychology, Human-Machine Symbiosis, & Phenomenology Panel featuring MIT's Nataliya Kosmyna and Pat Pataranutaporn, and Qualia Research Institute's Andrés Gómez Emilsson.

• 4:10PM to 4:25PM: Partner Showcases with Alma Jam from MIT’s Program in Media Arts and Sciences, and MIT Media Lab Faculty Director Tod Machover.

• 4:25PM to 4:35PM: Break!

• 4:35PM to 5:40PM: Startup Showcases from MuseBio, Eternas.clinic, CLAi, R3, Frontier Tower, Bio.xyz, Sylvum AI.

• 5:40PM to 6:30PM: The Future of Work & Meaning-Making Panel featuring speculative sci-fi author Ken Liu.

• 6:30PM to 7:00PM: Dinner + Exhibitions!

• 7:00 to 8:00PM: The Future of Scientific and Technological R&D Panel, featuring Prospera's Trey Goff, Foresight Institute's Niamh Peren, 1517 Fund's Harry Gandhi, and Augmentation Lab co-founder Dünya Baradari.

• 8:00PM to 9:00PM: Special Q&A with Stephen Wolfram.

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STARTUP, RESEARCH, & ARTIST EXHIBITIONS:

• MuseBio
• Symbiont Labs: Creating Cyborgs
• CLAi: Your Digital Self
• Frontier Tower: Sixteen floors in the heart of San Francisco filled with people advancing deep tech and frontier technologies.
• Dugan Hammock (Wolfram Institute): Aperiodic Tilings, Hyperdimensional Geometry
• Elynne DEC (Wolfram Institute): Creating Art for Robots, Computational Perspectives on Art and Symmetry,
• Eliade Weismann (Qualia Research Institute): Olfactory Augmentation
• Michael Ostroff (Wolfram Institute, MPCR Lab, Ekkolapto): Dimensional Collapsar Theory, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils and Stearic Acid
• Ethan Kuntz
• Daniel Van Zant (Sylvum AI, Ekkolapto): Living Knowledge Engines
• Nicholas DePasquale (Ekkolapto)
• Benjamin Lyons: Mainstream Economics in Unconventional Domains.
• ARVACODE (Ekkolapto)
• Avneesh Verma (University of Toronto)
• Tyler Goldstein: Sentient Singularity Theory