MC Chris Denson welcomes delegates to the inaugural CogX Festival LA and introduces a morning of content on aerospace, robotics and beyond.

Advances in AI are poised to empower citizens like never before. Modern western society relies on specialised professional humans - lawyers - to defend citizens rights. Complexity of the legal system and structural injustices make it nearly impossible for citizens of modern democracies to exercise their rights on their own - whether that is in defending against criminal charges or understanding how to build new AI innovations in a world of emerging and inconsistent regulations. Technological breakthroughs now give rise to the question: Can we chuck the lawyers and build a future resting on self-representation? An expert panel discusses if the legal system is about to have its crypto moment - when decentralisation and empowerment of individuals has the chance to shift entire organs of government and the economy.

Embark on an illuminating journey into key advances of the technology transforming space exploration, and its impact back on earth. In this thought-provoking discussion that bridges the realms of AI, science, innovation, and sustainability, we’ll uncover the pivotal role space exploration plays in technological breakthroughs and safeguarding the future of humanity and our planet.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Terry Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, and later Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor, where Terry was the architect of many groundbreaking sustainability policies. These include California’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the Hydrogen Highway Network, and the Million Solar Roofs initiative. His ample experience has led him to specialised insights across business, farming, education, the environment, the non-profit space, the arts, and government.

In 2010, Terry co-founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action public-private partnership, bringing together sub-national governments, businesses, financial markets, NGOs and academia to implement measurable, large-scale, low-carbon economic development projects. Together, they aimed to simultaneously solve the climate crisis, and build a sustainable global economy.

Belonging to the 7th Generation Advisors group, Terry also provides insights for Pegasus Capital Advisors, the Green Climate Fund and other global companies, as well as governments and philanthropists — including Fiji, India, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation — on climate solutions, sustainability, and green investing.

With the world's oceans facing unprecedented challenges, such as overfishing, pollution, and climate change, innovative solutions are imperative for the preservation and responsible use of marine resources. This session brings together experts and innovators, to explore how cutting-edge technologies, like artificial intelligence, remote sensing, robotics, and biotechnology can be harnessed to promote sustainable practices in ocean-based industries.

Join us for a groundbreaking discussion on the cutting-edge field of de-extinction, where visionary entrepreneur Ben Lamm pushes the boundaries of biotechnology to bring extinct species, like the woolly mammoth, back to life.

Ben, Colossal's Founder and CEO joins the multi-talented Lauren Selig, Founder of Shake and Bake Productions, Curiosity Ink, V.A.L.I.S. and Tangled Little Dragon, who will lead a fascinating conversation around the science of de-extinction.

New tools are being developed for conservation, propelled by the science of de-extinction, that use the past to stop the crisis of the present. Lamm and Selig will break down the real-world science that is being utilised to bring back extinct animals like the Woolly Mammoth, Tasmanian Tiger and Dodo, while showcasing new advancements from those efforts for modern conservation of existing species.

Explore the potentially world altering impact of this revolutionary work, on the future of conservation, and discover how it could forever alter our understanding of the natural world.

An internationally recognized thought leader on geopolitics, and national security, Dmitri Alperovitch currently serves as the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator — an innovative, non-profit think tank, focused on advancing American competitiveness, and global leadership. Also the host and creator of Silverado's popular 'Geopolitics Decanted' podcast, he's dedicated to expert analysis of the war in Ukraine, other global powers such as China and Russia, security in the Indo-Pacific, industrial policy, semiconductors and cybersecurity.

John B. Quinn is the Founder and Chairman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, a 1000 lawyer firm which is the largest in the world devoted to business litigation. In polls across large law firms, John has been named the “most famous practicing lawyer in the world”, and his firm has been named the “most feared” firm in the world four times.

Since its foundation in 1986, John and his partners have built an institution that The Wall Street Journal eventually termed as a “global litigation powerhouse.” The firm has recovered over $70 billion for plaintiffs, and has won comparable results for defendants. It's recently been engaged to represent Ukraine in proceedings against Russia, before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, arising from their invasion of Ukraine.

Embark on a journey into the future of healthcare, as we explore the convergence of artificial intelligence, precision medicine, and personalised healthcare. Discover how groundbreaking advancements in AI are revolutionising medical diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. Join us to uncover the latest tech innovations shaping tomorrow's healthcare landscape, and learn how personalised approaches are driving better outcomes for patients worldwide.

Discover the pivotal role of genetics, and the microbiome, in shaping lifelong health from infancy. This session delves into cutting-edge strategies aimed at optimising health outcomes, by harnessing the power of genetics, and nurturing a balanced microbiome during the crucial stages of early life.

Serial entrepreneur, futurist, technologist, and New York Times Bestselling Author, Dr. Peter H. Diamandis has founded over 25 companies, and was named one of the 'World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ by Fortune magazine. A visionary, founder, and thought leader in the longevity space, Diamandis will discuss his venture fund, BOLD Capital Partners, which is deploying $600M+ into exponential technologies and longevity biotech.

He will also walk you through the innovation driving his Fountain Life clinics, with functional medicine at their core, highlighting their utility of advancements in technology and AI. They are using these strides in tech to revolutionize the current healthcare system, by shifting the primary focus to proactive and preventative care. He'll also give an overview of the XPRIZE Healthspan, a $101 million global competition, aimed at transforming the way we restore functionality, and enhance vitality, as we age.

We are living in wildly disruptive times, maybe more than we have seen in the last 50 years. This talk will take the biggest lessons from my past 50 years of entrepreneurship and summarize them into an actionable guide for greater success in life and business in today’s world.

Daniel Saks reveals his key insights for anyone looking to build, or buy, the next generation of AI-native applications.

Pablos is a notorious hacker, inventor and technology futurist. The Managing Director of Deep Future, he invests in the people who think differently to solve the world’s biggest problems, by inventing new technology. Previously, at the Intellectual Ventures Lab, he worked on a brain surgery tool, a machine to suppress hurricanes, 3D food printers, and a laser that can shoot down mosquitos – part of an impact invention effort to eradicate malaria with Bill Gates. Pablos also helped build spaceships with Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin, the world’s smallest PC, 3D printers at Makerbot, artificial intelligence agent systems, and the Hackerbot, a robot that can steal passwords over a Wi-Fi network.

Billions of dollars are being poured into Generative AI. CFOs are increasingly demanding proof of a return of investment on these initiatives. Which solutions are scaling and which are going to disappear? Enterprise AI has enormous potential – however, there will be blood on the way to that future. Join the fireside chat between Erik Roth, the global head of innovation and AI for McKinsey & Company, and AI entrepreneur turned VC, Wes Nichols, partner at growth equity firm March Capital, whose firm has invested over $700 million Enterprise AI-focused start-ups.

The discussion will cover what’s working and what’s not, best practices technology (and team) transformation, build vs buy decisions and investment strategy, and how to prioritize enterprise use cases including financial planning, sales ops, customer care, marketing automation, product innovation and the like. Learn about what the optimal technology stack for enterprise ai looks like- what companies must be part of that stack and which ones need to be avoided.

Founder of New Native, Pawel Czech hosts a conversation on how to accelerate innovation, by providing equal opportunity, and equal access.

Speakers will explore the complex landscape of AI governance, the delicate balance between regulatory oversight, data optimisation, and ethical considerations, as we navigate the frontier of artificial intelligence.

Over the past few centuries, humans have accidentally and chaotically transformed Earth’s ecosystems. Our awareness of the scope of these disruptions has been enabled by the deployment of an emergent megastructure of satellites, sensors, networks, and supercomputers, that together are rendering planetary systems increasingly visible, comprehensible, and foreseeable.

This recently-evolved, smart exoskeleton — in essence a distributed sensory organ, and cognitive layer for the planet — is fostering an unprecedented form of planetary sapience, sagacity concerning planetary-scale phenomena. This emergent intelligence is now rapidly maturing into a technostructure, that makes it possible, and necessary, to pursue a planetary-scale terraforming.

Explore the forefront of mental health innovation, where we spotlight the intersection of artificial intelligence and mental wellness. From groundbreaking research on psychedelics, to cutting-edge applications in psychiatry, discover how AI is revolutionising the way we understand and address mental health challenges.

Most health and wellbeing is determined by the ‘exposome’ (wider determinants and environmental factors external to us) and how we interact with it, making this a wicked, complex problem. But now a tractable metric, by harnessing AI, quantum computing and systems biology. This session will delve into cutting-edge technologies, groundbreaking research, emerging trends, and practical applications that will create environments for people to flourish, and lead longer, healthier lives.

In an era of rapid technological evolution, artificial intelligence and innovations in design are reshaping the landscape of transportation. Join us as we delve into transformative technologies - from autonomous vehicles, to cutting-edge, blended wing technology, that are reshaping transportation as we know it.

This panel will focus on how spatial and edge computing, supported by AI, are redefining urban development. We'll examine AI's role in streamlining city infrastructure and services, while also restructuring the way humans live, spend, and play in cities. The discussion will highlight the importance of combining human-centered and systemic design approaches to foster sustainable, livable urban spaces that align with community identities and needs.

Andy Bird is the former CEO of Pearson plc, the worlds leading learning company. Prior to Pearson, Andy was Chairman of Walt Disney International, responsible for the company’s activities outside the United States. During his tenure, Andy realigned Disney to become an entrepreneurial, locally-driven organisation.