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	Friday, Sep 7th
1:00 PM	Mindsets and Decisions Sheraton - Kihei Room Guide: Ellen Leanse The way we think the world works determines how we experience life and make every decision. Ellen will walk us through two important frameworks: the role of unseen brain functions in shaping perception and interpersonal dynamics, and how a mindset toward growth and learning changes the way we navigate the world.
2:15 PM	Break
2:45 PM	Lessons From Design Thinking Sheraton - Kihei Room Guide: Elisa Jagerson Great design comes from deep and thorough thinking — from the basic function of something on a mechanical level, to how it makes people feel about themselves. In this interactive session, Elisa will share with us different aspects of design thinking, her own approach to "experience engineering" — and how we might apply those methods of thought to other decisions we face in life and work.
3:45 PM	Break
4:15 PM	A Physicist Who Thinks Like an Engineer Sheraton - Kihei Room Guide: Laura Ulibarri Laura Ulibarri is often described as a “physicist who thinks like a engineer.” In this talk, she will describe how the two fields align, how they diverge and how both approaches can be used to problem-solve in both work and personal realms.
5:15 PM	Break to prepare for Dinner Sheraton
6:30 PM	Welcome Dinner (hosted by Dent) Various Restaurants Dinners will be at various restaurants around town.
8:30 PM	Hot Seat Exercise Sheraton Maui Getting to know our companions.
	Saturday, Sep 8th
8:00 AM	Coffee Meetup Black Rock Kitchen - Sheraton A-la-carte breakfast is available on the Hula Girl cruise, or eat beforehand if preferred.
9:30 AM	Catamaran Cruise Departs Ka'anapali Beach - Leilani’s Join Denters for a full-day snorkel and/or SCUBA cruise on the “Hula Girl” Catamaran. Cruise along Maui's scenic coastline to premier snorkeling destinations such as Honolua Bay Marine Sanctuary. Knowledgeable captains and crew are marine naturalists who are happy to share information on an informal basis throughout your sailing excursion. Purchase your tickets well in advance, as the cruise does sell out. You can purchase tickets to the cruise here. Alternative: for those who get seasick, wait too long to purchase their seats, or simply prefer a different activity -- some Denters will head to the Maui Aquarium for the day.
12:30 PM	Lunch on Hula Girl Cruise No-host lunch available for purchase on the catamaran.
2:30 PM	Arrival from cruise / Personal Time Ka'anapali Beach - Leilani’s
6:30 PM	Dinner Various Restaurants No-host dinner. Hawaiian eatery on the Plantation Golf Course offers views from the 19th hole & elegant island fare.
	Sunday, September 9th
10:00 AM	Morning Beach Time/Activit(ies) Ka'anapali Snorkel tour of Black Rock option Golf option Walking tour Ka'anapali option
11:00 AM	Book Club Poolside at Sheraton Maui We’ll grab a couple cabanas poolside at Sheraton Maui to discuss the books people have brought with them to Hawaii. The group will split into two or three conversations depending on size; please plan to share a five minute summary of a book you’ve brought with your or have read recently, and any one key lesson or takeaway from the read.
12:30 PM	Lunch Off-Agenda Denters find lunch; there are wonderful options for dining up and down Ka’anapali beach south of Black Rock.
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Workshop/Presentation Sheraton - Kihei Room Guide: Danny Hernandez. Danny will teach us how to use systematic prediction to make better decisions. Danny Hernandez found his calling while working as an early data scientist at Twitch (acquired by Amazon in 2014). At Twitch Danny trained hundreds of staff to systematically and reliably think through their most important bets. It's hard to make a dent in the universe without making some big bets. Danny founded Evident to teach people and organizations to deliberately practice that skill. He currently consults for OpenAI, GiveWell, and Open Philanthropy and his work has been published in HBR and the Associated Press.
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Round Tables Conversations (2) Sheraton - Kihei Room We’ll split into two smaller groups and host round table discussions that dig into topics raised earlier in the conference, lead by two conversational guides.
6:00 PM	Drive to Dinner Find your way to dinner in Lahaina.
6:30 PM	Sunset Dinner Various Restaurants Dinner at various restaurants. Guests are responsible for their own meals.
9:30 PM	Lahaina Pub Crawl The group will tour some of Lahaina’s hot spots. Lahaina
	Monday, September 10th
8:00 AM	Breakfast The Sheraton
9:00 AM	Drive to Maui Makers
9:45 AM	Tour Maui Makers Maui Makers Guide: Laura Ulibarri Maui Makers is a non-profit community workspace that provides access to all kinds of equipment and training to locals working on innovative ideas. Maui Makers President Laura Ulibarri will take us on a tour of the makerspace and the cool stuff being built there.
11:00 PM	Drive to Makawao On the trail / adventure
11:30 AM	Lunch in Makawao Makawao
12:30 PM	Tour Pacific Science Institute PSI Guide: Garrett Lisi We’ll join surfer-physicist and TED Speaker Garrett Lisi for a tour of the Pacific Science Institute on Maui. Garrett will show us the grounds and host a small Q&A with Denters about 8 dimensional models of the universe -- or whatever else we want to talk about.
2:00 PM	Drive back to Ka’anapali Head back to home base and prepare for the evening or get to Lahaina.
5:00 PM	Dinner Various Restaurants No-host dinners near the venue for the evening comedy magic show.
7:30 PM	Warren & Annabelle’s Comedy Magic Show 900 Front Street A202, Lahaina, Maui In one of Maui’s most elegant and intimate settings, Warren Gibson, highly acclaimed showman and one of the country’s premier sleight-of-hand magicians, treats you to the best “close-up” magic, hilarious comedy and southern hospitality in this beautiful, million-dollar Hawaii venue! Please note: Attendees wanting to enjoy the show must purchase tickets through the show's website here. - more info can be found below this schedule.
9:00 PM	Return to Ka’anapali Back in Ka'anapali for the evening.
	Tuesday, September 11th
9:00 AM	Breakfast The Sheraton
10:00 AM	Mental Models for Truth Sheraton - Kihei Room Guide: Mark Duncan In his Dent 2015 talk “lessons of a Consulting Detective,” real-life Sherlock Holmes Mark Duncan gave us a taste of the techniques and secrets he uses to unlock cold cases. On Maui, Mark will delve more deeply into the mental models he uses to get to the truth. One of his central models (which was embraced by Steve Jobs) is the concept of “Shoshin” the Japanese Zen term meaning "beginner's mind.”
12:30 PM	Closing Lunch

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We are returning to San Diego Comic-Con with another set of panels, plus a reception on July 20, where we will be featuring an appearance by exosuit inventor “Iron Man” Richard Browning. Below are the panels currently slated for the #SDCC2017 stage. To be emailed with schedule updates, submit your info here.

Our SDCC panels have now gone live on the Comic-Con site!

The State of Iron Man Tech
Thursday July 20, 2017 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Room 32AB
Tony Stark and the technologies he creates are a part of modern lexicon. Mainstream publications like The Atlantic run articles like “Everyone Wants Elon Musk to Be Tony Stark,” and Musk himself admits that some of his inventions are modeled after Stark creations. While Musk has yet to build a flying exosuit or a J.A.R.V.I.S.-style assistant, others have. Some of these inventors will join moderator Steve Broback (Dent the Future, LLC) to discuss their innovations — ones that could have come straight out of Stark Industries. Panelists include inventor and TED speaker Richard Browning (founder of Gravity.co), who actually flies via his jet engine-powered suit, along with Chris Gerty (informatics subsystem team lead, NASA – Johnson Space Center), Adam Draper (founder & managing director, Boost VC), and Zoë Bell (stunt woman and actress).

The Lazarus Pit Gets Real
Friday July 21, 2017 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Room 28DE
The Marvel and DC (and other) universes universally feature age-inhibiting “renewal elixirs” in their storylines. Nick Fury, Black Canary, and Batman are among the scores of characters who have reversed or delayed the aging process. Thanks to rejuvenation biotechnologies being developed by people like Bill Maris (founder, Section 32) and physician Joon Yun (president of Palo Alto Investors), the Lazarus Pit, Vigoral, Super-Soldier Serum, Extremis serum, Infinity Formula, and Pym Particles are now no longer fantasy concepts. Remarkable progress has been made in extending the life spans of animals and, soon, humans. This panel will cover the latest in anti-aging and cognitive enhancements.

UPDATE: We are currently scheduling his equipment demo for July 20, at 5:30pm near the convention center. If you are interested in being on the priority list and to be notified of specifics, please fill out this short form.

We are excited to announce that noted inventor (and recent TED speaker) Richard Browning will be joining us in San Diego this July! For our fourth year in a row, we are honored to be helping the SDCC programming team produce panels covering science and tech topics, and whenever possible, organize real-life demonstrations of the cool technologies that get presented onstage.

Cnet.com recently wrote that Browning has created “a flying exoskeleton that’s the stuff of superheroes.” We could not agree more, which is why the Dent team jumped at the chance to bring Richard to San Diego Comic-Con.

As Richard himself said recently, “In terms of showing off what our flight suit can do, it’s hard to think of a better place than San Diego Comic-Con.”

If you are interested in being a part of this amazing experience as either a guest or a cohost/sponsor, please email steve [at] dentthefuture etc.