Singularity University Announces 6 New and 28 Renewal SingularityU Chapters
SANTA CLARA, CA – October 3rd, 2019 – Singularity University, a global community with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to help solve humanity’s grand challenges, has announced the formation of 6 new community Chapters and 28 Chapter renewals. With the addition of Romania, there are now a total of 178 SingularityU Chapters in 73 countries.
New SingularityU Chapters have been formed in Bhopal, India; Bucharest, Romania; Calgary, Canada; Galicia, Spain; Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany; and, Salvador, Brazil.
Chapter license renewals have been granted to Athens, Greece; Austin, USA; Bilbao, Spain; Bratislava, Slovakia; Brussels, Belgium; Buenos Aires, Argentina ;Chennai, India; Delhi, India; Guatemala City, Guatemala; Istanbul, Turkey; Kyoto, Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Lima, Peru; Milan, Italy; Minneapolis-St. Paul, USA; Montreal, Canada; Mumbai, India; Munich, Germany; New York City, USA; Phoenix, USA; San Diego, USA; San Salvador, El Salvador; São Paulo, Brazil; Seattle, USA; Sevilla, Spain; St Louis, USA; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan.
There are now 17 Chapters in Brazil, 10 Chapters in India, 7 Chapters in Spain, 6 Chapters in Canada, and 5 Chapters in Germany.
Chapter application and review periods occur quarterly, with the Q4 Chapter application process opening today, October 3rd. Innovators interested in supporting the SU mission by establishing a SingularityU Chapter can learn more by visiting su.org/chapters/apply.
“The global network of Chapters at Singularity University hosts events in their local communities to explore and develop skills around the ideas of exponential technology, social impact, and abundance,” said Dharmishta Rood, Singularity University’s Managing Director of Community. “By participating in these events, attendees gain access to a network of impact-driven peers, mentors, and potential collaborators from a wide range of professional experiences including entrepreneurs, policymakers, designers, academics, and business and NGO leaders.”
Chapter leadership teams represent a diversity of perspectives and experiences and demonstrate community-building skills that align with overall SingularityU Chapter goals. New Chapter and leadership team information is listed below, and you can read about each Chapter in their team’s own words on the SU Blog.
New SingularityU Chapters and leadership teams:
SingularityU Bhopal (India)
Akankssha Gupta, Anurag Padmanabhan, Dilip Dubey
SingularityU Bucharest (Romania)
Ciprian Negura, Diana Stafie, Maria Margarit, Radu Manolescu, Victor Iancu
SingularityU Calgary (Canada)
Justine Croft, Matt Boudreau, Sandi MacGregor, Stephan Becker
SingularityU Galicia (Spain)
Beatriz Lorenzo Miguez, Christian Delgado von Eitzen, Jaime Pérez Martín-Gaitero
SingularityU Mannheim-Heidelberg (Germany)
Andrea Kranzer, Bodo Brückner, Frank Rust, Georg Fischer, Karin Arregui, Raoul Haschke, Thomas Prexl, Ulrike Faye
SingularityU Salvador (Brazil)
Flávia Paixão, Marcus Casaes, Maria Pereira
Renewed SingularityU Chapters and leadership teams
SingularityU Athens (Greece) (renewal – new license holder)
Kallissa Apostolidis, Niki Siropoulou
SingularityU Austin (USA) (renewal – new license holder)
Christa Clark, Cliff Sze, Daniel Marcos, Estuardo Robles, Jase Strasburg, Juan Gonzalez, Olga Pechnenko, Pedro Ruíz, Ricardo Viso
SingularityU Bilbao (Spain) (renewal)
Diego Soroa, Gorka Muñecas, Pablo Orduña
SingularityU Bratislava (Slovakia) (renewal)
David Stancel, Dusky Matuska, Juraj Bednar, Marek Jacko, Marianna Jablonskaa
SingularityU Brussels (Belgium) (renewal)
Johan Cattersel, Jonas Van Riel, Mercy Njima
SingularityU Buenos Aires (Argentina) (renewal – new license holder)
Agustina Paz, Alan Gegenschatz, Diego Rodrigo Pereyra, Federico Marque, Fredi David Vivas
SingularityU Chennai (India) (renewal)
Arun Subbiah, Bhavesh Shah, Kiran Reddy, Monica Sethiya, Ratheesh Krishnan
SingularityU Delhi (India) (renewal)
Nitesh Jain, Rishi Khemka, Vipul Jain
SingularityU Guatemala City (Guatemala) (renewal – new license holder)
Isabella Gonzalez, Paola Fernandez, Sofía Hegel, Ximena Vargas
SingularityU Istanbul (Turkey) (renewal – new license holder)
SingularityU Kyoto (Japan) (renewal)
Jay Klaphake, Jun Suto, Keita Ogushi, Narimasa Makino, Toshiko Asai, Yoshiyasu Kitahara
SingularityU Lagos (Nigeria) (renewal)
Aima Nwafor-Ohiwerei, Damilola Thompson, Samuel Uduma, Uly Ogwah
SingularityU Lima (Peru) (renewal)
SingularityU Milan (Italy) (renewal – new license holder)
Emil Olaru, Giovanni Mocchi, Mauro Blanco
SingularityU Minneapolis-St. Paul (USA) (renewal)
Annie Nelson, Josef Siebert, Joseph Barisonzi, Maria Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mo Schriner, Nick Tietz, Ryan Weber
SingularityU Montreal (Canada) (renewal)
Doron Altman, Hal Myers, Jean-Pierre Arcoragi, Leonardo Mendes, Mathieu Drouin, Tom Boushel
SingularityU Mumbai (India) (renewal)
Bhavik Chinai, Krishna Chokhani, Saket Agarwal
SingularityU Munich (Germany) (renewal – new license holder)
Bettina Redl, Marc Frey, Oliver T. Hellriegel
SingularityU New York City (USA) (renewal – new license holder)
Alan Pereira, Ali Aksu, Brian E. Kurtz, Kunal Sood, Laura Muranaka, Michael Benjamin, Rachel McPherson, Sidney Nakahodo
SingularityU Phoenix (USA) (renewal)
Carl Kasalek, Sheila Kloefkorn
SingularityU San Diego (USA) (renewal – new license holder)
Amber Brandner, Ben Badiee, Elizabeth Dreicer, Niki Faldemolaei, Shay Badiee
SingularityU San Salvador (El Salvador) (renewal)
Edwin Rivas, Federico J. Rivas, Nahomy Hernandez
SingularityU São Paulo (Brazil) (renewal)
Alexandre Uehara, Barbara Olivier, Conrado Schlochauer, Mariane Takahashi, Raul Evangelista
SingularityU Seattle (USA) (renewal)
Ani Chahal Honan, Joe Honan, Manvir Dhaliwal, MyLe Goel
SingularityU Sevilla (Spain) (renewal – new license holder)
David Vidal Lorente, Elena Ibáñez, Jaime Gómez, Luis B. Salgado Benítez, Pepe Zapata, Remedios Fernández, Sara Fontenla
SingularityU St Louis (USA) (renewal – new license holder)
Gabe Angieri, Patricia Hagen, Pradip Das, Tamarah Usher
SingularityU Taipei (Taiwan) (renewal)
Chun-Hao Huang, Ju-Chun (JC) Ko, Kun Chieh (Kim) Chang
SingularityU Tokyo (Japan) (renewal)
Jovan Rebolledo Mendez, Kazunori Saito
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