Near future summiT
We are a curated community of brilliant leaders catalyzing world positive business across trillion-dollar industries. Together we can identify, share, and accelerate solutions to improve societal, individual, and planetary health. Shape the Near Future with us!
2025 PRESENTERS
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AHINOAM POLLACK
Head of Research
Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals -
ANNA CHENIUNTAI
Co-Founder & CEO
Apis Cor -
ANYA FREEMAN
Founder & CEO
Kind Designs -
BEN DAVIS
Founder & Chief Visionary Officer
Illuminate -
BEN PARKER
Co-founder & CPO
Lightship -
BLAKE BYERS
Co-Founder
NewLimit -
CATRIONA JAMIESON
Founder & CEO
Aspera Biomedicines -
CHRIS KANTROWITZ
Founder & CEO
Quorum Earth -
DAVID HERTZ
Architech & Brigade Leader
Community Brigade -
DAVID KIM
CEO
CyanoCapture -
DAWN OLIVIERI
Founder & CEO
Ashva Prasada Inc -
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Dean Ornish
Founder
PMRI -
FORREST NORTH
Co-Founder
Telo Trucks -
GARRETT GERSON
Co-Founder & CEO
VARIANT3D -
ISABELLE BOEMEKE
Founder
Isodope -
Jennifer Aaker
Professor
Stanford -
JENNIFER GRAY THOMPSON
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JIM MARGGRAFF
Founder & CEO
KiBeam Learning -
JOHN MILLS
Co-Founder & CEO
Watch Duty -
KEN HERTZ
Partner
memBrain -
KEVIN NOERKER
Co-founder & CEO
Ampaire -
LISA DYSON
Founder & CEO
Air Protein -
MICHAEL LEON
Founder
Memory Air -
MONICA PLATH
Founder & CEO
Little Bird -
NICK FOLEY
Co-Founder
Seneca -
NICOLÒ BINI
Founder
Binishells -
Paul Coletta
Co-Founder
Vero Bioscience -
REBECCA MINK
Co-Founder & CEO
Plhyde -
STEPHANIE VENN-WATSON
Co-CEO
Fatty15 -
UMA VALETI
Founder & CEO
UPSIDE Foods -
YVES BEHAR
Co-Founder
Telo Trucks
OUR INSPIRING PARTNERS
Solutions Mix
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Age of Regeneration
This panel brewed up stories of land stewards, soil whisperers, and a bio-powered workforce growing the future from the ground up.
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Bio Logical
A deep dive into the body’s circuit breakers—switch off cancer, switch on metabolism, and tune up the brain. Come for the science, stay for the organ recital.
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Eco Fab
From runway to roadway, these talks explore how the future gets fabricated—cleaner, smarter, and with far less cow. It's sustainable manufacturing with style, sizzle, and zero landfill.
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Fire
When the heat is on, this panel keeps their cool—prevention, preparedness, and community action that doesn’t just stop the burn, but builds back better. Let's fight fire with innovation!
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Gimme Shelter
When buildings fight back and coastlines adapt, resilience gets a redesign. From 3D-printed shelters to eco-seawalls, this is protection with purpose—and style.
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Modern Family
From storytime to scent therapy, these talks reimagine care for every generation—tech that protects and teaches. Because today’s modern family deserves tomorrow’s tools.
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Right Brain
Hot takes with your hot tea—on AI law, screen sanity for teens, and making machine-made movies without stealing the show. A morning feast for minds that like their ethics sunny side up
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Super Charged
Plug into the bold side of climate tech—nuclear gets a glow-up, carbon becomes chemistry, and AI looks for Earth’s hidden heat. Get ready to leave inspired and maybe a little more charged up.
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Trip Advisors
This discussion explores the cutting edge of psychedelic medicine—where science, healing, and storytelling come together. A grounded look at journeys that open the mind and mend it.