PRODUCER JAMES CAMERON, GOOGLE FOUNDERS
SERGEY BRIN AND LARRY PAGE TO HOST X PRIZE
FOUNDATION $B!G
(BS RADICAL BENEFIT FOR HUMANITY
Luminaries of Entertainment, Business,
Science, Technology and Education to
Unite for Exclusive Benefit to Celebrate X
PRIZE Foundation $B!G
(Bs Legacy of Innovation, Vision for Future
Letterman Digital Arts Center in San
Francisco, May 15
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Saturday, May 15, the
X
PRIZE Foundation will
host a who $B!G (Bs who of international leaders,
entrepreneurs, philanthropists and celebrities at
Lucasfilm $B!G (Bs Letterman Digital Arts Center in
San Francisco for an extraordinary evening of
entertainment, intelligence and vision:
A Radical Benefit for Humanity:
Making the Impossible Possible, One Prize at a Time.
James Cameron, John Doerr, Sergey Brin, Larry Page,
Ratan Tata, Honorable Gavin Newsom, Anousheh Ansari
and Elon Musk are among the high-profile
guests who will be in attendance.
The exclusive charity event for 350 guests will
celebrate X PRIZE $B!G (Bs remarkable
accomplishments as the Foundation unveils its vision
for the future.
CNN $B!G (Bs Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi
will emcee the event.
$B!H (BOur X PRIZE Radical Benefit for Humanity
is a follow-on to the very successful and fun 2007
Benefit hosted at Google HQ, $B!I (B said Peter H.
Diamandis, M.D., Founder and Chairman, X PRIZE. $B!H
(BThis year, our Benefit will be held at Lucasfilm
with hosts James Cameron, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
I $B!G (Bm proud to provide our audience with an
update on our $50 million of incentive prizes and
our vision for the future. Come join us on May 15th
– find out which grand challenges we will be focused
on during the next three years, and learn how
incentive prizes can drive radical breakthroughs for
the benefit of humanity. $B!I (B
Guests will begin the evening with a cocktail
reception overlooking the city $B!G (Bs historic
Presidio, followed by a dinner and evening program
during which they $B!G (Bll be inspired by the world
$B!G (Bs foremost visionaries who are making radical
breakthroughs across the globe.
Following dinner, a live auction led by Sotheby $B!G
(Bs Chairman Jamie Niven will feature a collection
of exceptional offerings that will take guests to
the extremes, from space to the ocean, and from 0-60
in under four seconds. Among the unique bidding
opportunities for guests:
·
Out-of-this-world
space flight with Virgin Galactic,
offering the chance to experience complete
weightlessness onboard SpaceShipTwo, set to launch
later this year
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Exhilarating aquatic safari in one of the world $B!G
(Bs first deep-ocean submersibles to experience
the beauty and mystery of one of the earth $B!G (Bs
most unexplored territories
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Adrenaline-inducing electric 2010 Tesla Roadster
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Chance
to join the likes of Larry King, Michael J. Fox and
be a genomic pioneer, among the first to have their
genome fully sequenced helping usher in an
era of personalized medicine.
Event tickets, table sponsorships and auction
donations are tax deductible; proceeds from the
benefit directly support activities of The
Foundation. For additional information about
sponsorships, table reservations or ticket purchases
for A Radical Benefit for Humanity,
please contact Meghan Murphy, director of alliances,
X PRIZE Foundation,
Meghan@xprize.org,
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The benefit co-chairs are Anne Wojcicki and
Sergey Brin, Suzy Amis and James Cameron, Kristen
and Peter Diamandis, Lucy Southworth and Larry Page.
The Honorary Committee includes Anousheh and
Hamid Ansari, Michael Boustridge, Sir Richard
Branson, Eli and Edythe Broad, Bita Daryabari and
Reza Malek, Ann and John Doerr, Tas and Amir Dossal,
Ann and Jim Gianopulos, Scott Hassan, Jack Hidary,
Michelle Yee and Reid Hoffman, Arianna Huffington,
Kathy and Chad Hurley, Zem and James Joaquin, Steve
Jurvetson, Dean Kamen, Neeru and Vinod Khosla, Lyn
and Norman Lear, Marissa Mayer and Zachary Bogue,
Elon Musk, Honorable Gavin Newsom and Jennifer
Siebel Newsom, Anne and Dean Ornish, Alison and Mark
Pincus, Cindy and Adeo Ressi, Wendy and Eric
Schmidt, Kimberly Sweidy and Raymie Stata, Ratan N.
Tata, Ingrid Vanderveldt, Heather and Craig Venter,
Charles M. Vest, Nadine Weil.
ABOUT X PRIZE:
The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit
prize institute whose mission is to create radical
breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In 2004,
the Foundation captured world headlines when Burt
Rutan, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen,
built and flew the world $B!G (Bs first private
vehicle to space to win the $10 million Ansari X
PRIZE. The Foundation has since launched the $10
million Archon X PRIZE for Genomics, the $30 million
Google Lunar X PRIZE, and the $10 million
Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. The
Foundation is creating and conducting competitions
in four prize groups: Exploration (Space and
Oceans), Life Sciences, Energy & Environment, and
Education & Global Development. The Foundation is
widely recognized as the leader in fostering
innovation through competition.
For more
information, please visit
www.xprize.org.
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