Shoma Chaudhury
Founder-Director, SYNAPSE I
Founder, Lucid Lines

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PATRON'S VISION
SHIKHAR MALHOTRA
Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR I
Trustee, Shiv Nadar Foundation I
Vice Chairman & CEO, HCL Healthcare

ALMOST HUMAN

Metal minds. Robots in our shoes. And urgent debates on what it means to be AI

Sophia
World’s 1st Digital Citizen I UN’s Innovation Ambassador I Social Robot

David Hanson
Inventor of a New Race I AI Optimist I CEO, Hanson Robotics

POSTHUMOUS PORTALS

Ancient DNA. The revolutionary science of our lost ancestors. And many plot twists to who we are

David Reich
Sherlock Holmes of Science I Investigator, Extinct Humans I Paleogeneticist, Harvard

UBER MORTALS

The science of extreme performance. Artificial enhancement. And arguments over superhumanity

Dan Turner
Advisor, World’s Most Ambitious Humans I Scientist, Enhanced Games

Pete Naschak
Extreme performance coach I Resilience shepherd I Ex-US Navy SEAL

LIGHT EATERS

The jawdrop story of imaging a Black Hole. A thrilling journey to the end of Time. And why deep science reveals the Divine

Heino Falcke
Interstellar Voyager I Headline Astrophysicist I Protestant Pastor

GUT TRUTH

Moods, microbes. And startling breakthroughs on why our stomach controls the strings to our minds.

John Cryan
Master Interpreter of Bacteria I Pioneer, Psychobiotics I Neuroscientist, University College Cork

MANY TONGUED MACHINE

The ambition & anxiety of AI. Building for 1.4 billion. And sharp insights from the man doing it

Pramod Varma
India’s Tech Magus I Pioneer, Aadhaar & Beckn Protocol I CTO, EkStep Foundation

THIRD EYE

Body, breath, beyond. Ancient wisdom, modern science. And why a punk rocker became a yogi

Eddie Stern
Yoga Yoda I Author I Sensei to the stars

THE SECOND COMING

The rise of robots & AI. An explosion of opportunity. And hot debates on how to control the risks 

The AI that won the Nobel
Pushmeet Kohli
AI Boundary Breaker IScientist, AlphaFold I VP Research, Google DeepMind

How religion could salvage science
Paolo Benanti
AI Advisor to Rome, Pope & UN I Footballer-FriarI Engineer-Ethicist

PEOPLE TREE

Collapsing worlds. Surprise shields. And how the philosophy of the forest could save us

Rita Banerji
3-time Green Oscar Winner I Conservation & wildlife filmmaker I Founder, Green Hub

BEAST MACHINES

Unpacking the puzzle of consciousness. What separates us from AI. And why are humans worth holding on to

Anil Seth
Mindhunter I Neuroscientist, DreamMachine I Author, Being You

MACHINA SAPIENS

Stories as technologies. Engineers as heroes. And how fiction fuels the future

Ken Liu
Sci-Fi Superstar I Award-winning Author I Technologist

HUMANITY, THE SEQUEL

De-Extinction. De-Aging. Ideas without limits.
Enter the brainbreaking world of a gene genius. Recoding Life

George Church
Father of Gene Editing I Founder, 50+ biotech companies I Geneticist, Harvard & MIT

Why a Jurassic Park idea could save the planet
Ben Lamm
Moonshot Conservationist I Tech Solutionist I CEO, Colossal Biosciences

MONEYBALL

Software, hardware. Lessons from China.
And what to bet on to get India to $10 trillion

Nivruti Rai
Investment Sherpa I Veteran Techie I MD & CEO, Invest India

WORLD WIDE WAR

Anonymous. Autonomous. Asymmetrical. And how a new era of couch warriors is menacing us all 

Why data is the new lean mean killing machine
Yigal Unna
Data Warrior I Israel’s Ex-Cyber Chief I Security & Surveillance Expert

How psych wars are destroying democracy – and our minds
Wu Min Hsuan (TtCat)
Disinformation Soldier I Democracy Defender I Founder, DoubleThink Lab

Kabir's Cafe

Shoma Chaudhury
Founder-Director, SYNAPSE I
Founder, Lucid Lines

THE BUDDHA BRAIN

Compassion in a chaotic world. How to build it like a muscle. And unlock the true nature of reality

Matthieu Ricard
Biologist Turned Monk I Interpreter for the Dalai Lama I Humanitarian, Karuna-Shechen

ABUNDANCE, APOCALYPSE

What if AI goes wrong. What if it goes right. Why both are a crisis for humanity

Nick Bostrom
Seer of Silicon Valley I Transhumanist I Author, Deep Utopia

MIND GAMES

New-gen therapies. The crisis of our ancient brain in a hi-tech world. And how to rewire it

Adam Gazzaley
Inventor of Digital Medicine I Pioneering Neuroscientist I Founder, Neuroscape

DEEP TIME TRAVEL

Life, matter, and us. A mind-shifting history of a super molecule you've never heard before

Pranay Lal
Rock Historian I Biochemist-Geologist I Author, Indica

WHALE WHISPERER

Tech to pierce hidden worlds. AI to crack animal languages. And what the giants of the deep are saying

Giovanni Petri
Inter Species Translator I Scientist, Project CETI I AI Researcher, CENTAI

WAR DOGS

Next-gen weapons, techno-battlefields. How they are deciding winners, losers. And the maths of combat

Raj M. Shah
Ex-Pentagon Director, Unit X I F-16 Fighter Pilot I Managing Partner, Shield Capital

ONCE UPON A TIME OF AI

A take two on being human. Narrative engineers argue stories & species

Anurag Kashyap
Trailblazing Filmmaker

Nikkhil Advani
Star Director

Sona Mohapatra
Sonic Star

Vikramaditya Motwane
Maverick Director

BREAKING & ENTERING

Tech that maps, tracks, hacks our most intimate selves. For cure & control. And why there’s a coming battle for our brains

Nita Farahany
Anti Brain-Tracking Ethicist I Frontier Lawyer I Advisor to DARPA, US

TECH TACTIC & DATA KINGS

From street to space. How AI is changing India’s psyche, society. Economy & practices

Kishore Biyani
Pioneer of Modern Retail I Promoter, Broadway

Awais Ahmed
Space Tech’s Rising Star I CEO, Pixxel

Kunal Shah
Start-up Savant I Founder, CRED

SCIENCE & SNAKE OILS

Provocative visions. Mind-bending hacks. The hope & hype of longevity & age reversal

Avi Roy
Co-founder & CSO, Founders Health
I Co-founder, London Longevity Club

Elena Sergeeva
Faculty at Tufts and Harvard I Advisor, Foresight Institute I Co-founder, Tiamat Labs

RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT

Every move you make, every breath you take. Ruins the planet just a bit. Decoding the energy dilemma at our doorstep

An electrical catch-22. And answers in the deep
Gerard Barron
Energy Entrepreneur I CEO, The Metals Company

India: green superpower or overreach?
Arunabha Ghosh
Climate Systems Architect I CEO, CEEW

WAR OF THE WORLDS

Gloves off. The race for AI. And how tech is flipping the global order

Thomas Friedman
3-time Pulitzer Winner I Columnist, New York Times

Carme Artigas
Co-Chair, UN AI Advisory Council I Ex-Minister, AI, Spain

LIFE, EXPLAINED

A new jawdrop science. Redefining body, intelligence, species. And what it means to be human

Michael Levin
Inventor of X-Species I Experimental biologist, Tufts

The Razzmatazz