Oct 2022 Event - Astor Perkins

Focused exclusively on Deep Tech
and Human Survival.

We invite you to join us at our quarterly Astor Perkins’ All Things Deep Tech & Survival series. We back mavericks solving some of the hardest problems facing humanity on Earth and in space. From climate change mitigation and adaptation, longevity and human survival on Earth and in deep space, to the space economy itself, we are tackling some of the most difficult scientific, engineering and technical problems that have global market potential. The Astor Perkins virtual event will gather prominent institutional investors, VCs, family offices and UHNWIs, including luminary investors, speakers, category-winning startups and 500+ attendees.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

PAST EVENTS

ASTOR PERKINS

CLIMATE CHANGE & SUSTAINABILITY

LONGEVITY, BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCES

QUANTUM COMPUTING

SPACE TRACK

AI, ROBOTICS & AUTONOMY

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

OCTOBER 26TH Sessions (All times in New York/ EDT)
OPENING KEYNOTES
8:15 AM: Opening Keynote: Advancing Our Strategic Advantage Scott Amyx, Managing Partner at Astor Perkins
8:30 AM: Keynote: The World of Non-Euclidean Sheets – From Growing Leaves to Curling Pasta and Self-Morphing Architecture Professor Eran Sharon, The Racah Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AI, ROBOTICS & AUTONOMY
9:00 AM: Autonomous Robotics Research Panel: Dr. Ray O. Johnson, CEO of the Technology Innovation Institute Professor Enrico Natalizio, Vice President of the Autonomous Robotics Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute
9:30 AM: The Future of Autonomous Urban Air Mobility Panel: Dr. Eric Muir, Founder & CEO of Volair Stephen Crouch, Co-Founder of Volair
QUANTUM COMPUTING
10:00 AM: Quantum Computing: QC Algorithms & Benchmarking Panel: Dr. Ray O. Johnson, CEO of the Technology Innovation Institute Professor Leandro Aolita, Executive Director of Quantum Research Center’s Quantum Algorithms Division, Technology Innovation Institute
LONGEVITY, BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCES
10:30 AM: Women’s Reproductive Health & Rights Panel: Stasia Obremskey, Managing Director at RH Capital Shelley Alpern, Director of Shareholder Advocacy at Rhia Ventures Dr. Ushma Upadhyay, Professor in Residence at UCSF
11:00 AM: Aging & Longevity: Senescent Cells Panel: Robin Mansukhani, CEO of Deciduous Therapeutics
CLIMATE CHANGE & SUSTAINABILITY
11:30 AM: Sustainable, Cultivated Seafood Panel: Mihir Pershad, CEO of Umami Meats
SPACE
12:00 PM: UCLA Space Institute Panel: Jeff Scheinrock, Assistant Dean and Faculty Director, MBA Applied Management Programs, UCLA Anderson School of Management
12:30 PM: NASA Space Programs (Artemis) Panel: Andre Doumitt, Director of Innovation Development at The Aerospace Corporation Dr. Maxwell Briggs, NASA SBIR Entrepreneurial Portfolio Manager
1:00 PM: Adjournment

OCTOBER 26TH Sessions

(All times in New York/ EDT)

OPENING KEYNOTES

8:15 AM: Opening Keynote: Advancing Our Strategic Advantage

Scott Amyx, Managing Partner at Astor Perkins

8:30 AM: Keynote: The World of Non-Euclidean Sheets – From Growing Leaves to Curling Pasta and Self-Morphing Architecture

Professor Eran Sharon, The Racah Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

AI, ROBOTICS & AUTONOMY

9:00 AM: Autonomous Robotics Research Panel:

Dr. Ray O. Johnson, CEO of the Technology Innovation Institute

Professor Enrico Natalizio, Vice President of the Autonomous Robotics Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute

9:30 AM: The Future of Autonomous Urban Air Mobility Panel:

Dr. Eric Muir, Founder & CEO of Volair

Stephen Crouch, Co-Founder of Volair

QUANTUM COMPUTING

10:00 AM: Quantum Computing: QC Algorithms & Benchmarking Panel:

Dr. Ray O. Johnson, CEO of the Technology Innovation Institute

Professor Leandro Aolita, Executive Director of Quantum Research Center’s Quantum Algorithms Division, Technology Innovation Institute

LONGEVITY, BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCES

10:30 AM: Women’s Reproductive Health & Rights Panel:

Stasia Obremskey, Managing Director at RH Capital

Shelley Alpern, Director of Shareholder Advocacy at Rhia Ventures

Dr. Ushma Upadhyay, Professor in Residence at UCSF

11:00 AM: Aging & Longevity: Senescent Cells Panel:

Robin Mansukhani, CEO of Deciduous Therapeutics

CLIMATE CHANGE & SUSTAINABILITY

11:30 AM: Sustainable, Cultivated Seafood Panel:

Mihir Pershad, CEO of Umami Meats

SPACE

12:00 PM: UCLA Space Institute Panel:

Jeff Scheinrock, Assistant Dean and Faculty Director, MBA Applied Management Programs, UCLA Anderson School of Management

12:30 PM: NASA Space Programs (Artemis) Panel:

Andre Doumitt, Director of Innovation Development at The Aerospace Corporation

Dr. Maxwell Briggs, NASA SBIR Entrepreneurial Portfolio Manager

1:00 PM: Adjournment

PLATINUM PARTNER