Denting the Future at San Diego Comic-Con

Science/Tech Panels, Exclusive Reception, Private Dinner at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC 2019)

Dinners, receptions, and all festivities sponsored by:

Join us at SDCC with your Dent Passport: Get your Passport here

We invite you to join us, our speakers, and members of the Dent community at San Diego Comic-Con. Some of our activities include: panels covering science and tech, an intimate VIP reception, and a private dinner. To be included in many of our social gatherings at SDCC (and many other great experiences nationwide), get your Dent Passport here.

If you are attending SDCC as badged press, we welcome you to request an invitation here.

With special guests:

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton is an Actor, Director, Educator & Cofounder of the award-winning Skybrary App, host and Executive Producer of PBS’s Reading Rainbow and lifelong children’s literacy advocate.

“I know from experience that the Dent the Future team throws a great event. I’m looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting the scientists, athletes, and experts that they are bringing to San Diego.”
– LeVar Burton

Zoë Bell

“I’m excited to be returning to San Diego Comic-Con and am always ready to get together with my fellow Passport pals.”
– Zoë Bell

Also Featuring:

**Barbara Rae-Venter**
*PhD. Genetic Genealogist, named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people 2019*

**Mandy-Rae Krack**
7-time world record holder freediving champion

For the past six years, the Dent team has had the honor of organizing science and tech panels in collaboration with the San Diego Comic-Con editorial team. This effort has resulted in some of the most intriguing and forward-thinking talks to have appeared on the expo stages.

In addition, at our annual speaker reception we’ve hosted some of the most exciting technology demos to have ever been presented during Comic-Con:

Inventor Richard “Iron Man” Browning flies at Dent SDCC reception 2017. Photo by Kendall Whitehouse, copyright.

Thanks to the support of the SDCC team, and the kind efforts of presenter Josh Ray and his team at Accenture LLP, 2019 will be the best year yet for Dent at Comic-Con.

We’d love you to become a member of the Dent community and be a part of our SDCC experience. Several great options are available to you:

Join us at SDCC with your Dent Passport: Get your passport here

Our Panels

Open to all Comic-Con attendees are our two panels for 2019. They are: “Spy and Espionage Tech – Evolution and Storytelling” and “Accelerating Evolution – How Technology is Making Humans Super.” We hope to see you at one (or both!)

Besides the experts listed above, our panelists will also include:

**Jonna Mendez**
Author, Former Chief of Disguise for the CIA

**Josh Ray**
Global Cyber Defense Practice Lead for Accenture Security

**Jason Hanson**
Former CIA agent; founder, Spy Escape and Evasion

**Shane**
**Campbell-Staton**
PhD. Assistant prof. of Biology at UCLA

**Brian Brown**
PhD. Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

**Nathan Lents**
PhD. Professor of Biology, John Jay College

**Poppy Crum**
PhD. Neuroscientist, and Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories

**Peter Ward PhD.**
Professor, University of Washington dept. of Biology

Our Reception

Featuring LeVar Burton, Zoë Bell, and Barbara Rae-Venter

Dent Passport holders, along with all of our speakers/panelists and their invited guests are welcome to attend our private reception on Friday 7/19 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the Gaslamp district. This event is sponsored by Accenture LLP, and SDCC badged members of the press can request an invitation here.

Anyone who is a member of our Dent Passport program is automatically invited to this reception. SDCC is just one of many unforgettable experiences available to Passport members. You can learn more about membership and also get your passport here.

Dent Passport and Speaker Dinner

On Saturday 7/20, at 7:30pm Dent Passport holders and our panelists along with their guests will converge for a private dinner in San Diego.