Volunteer for the Singularity Summit, and be an part of integral part of one of the most forward-looking, interdisciplinary, and thought-provoking conferences around. You will build contacts that last for years and enhance your life in novel dimensions.
The Singularity Summit takes a tremendous amount of effort to put on. The process involves organization, promotion, communication, media, registration, negotiation, and much more. The core team putting on the Summit consists of four people -- Michael Vassar, Singularity Institute President; Aruna Vassar, our Director of Partnerships and Volunteer Coordinator; Michael Anissimov, Media Director; and Amy Willey, Director of Operations. At the Summit, most volunteers will be led by Aruna Vassar, with audiovisual/media volunteers led by Michael Anissimov.
Volunteering for the Summit is not an easy way to attend the Summit for free. In fact, as a volunteer, you will probably miss most of the talks. Volunteers care more about the success of the Summit for the attendees than about their own experience. There are also a number of before-the-Summit volunteering opportunities that we encourage you to adopt, however.
Summit volunteers should have excellent English communication skills, agreeable personality, and the ability to quickly follow orders and work in an unsupervised manner. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Aruna Vassar at aruna.vassar(at)singinst.org. Following are some of the tasks for which we need help from volunteers.
Volunteering Prior to the Summit
Summit Promotion (promotional materials provided by Aruna)
The Singularity Summit takes a tremendous amount of effort to put on. The process involves organization, promotion, communication, media, registration, negotiation, and much more. The core team putting on the Summit consists of four people -- Michael Vassar, Singularity Institute President; Aruna Vassar, our Director of Partnerships and Volunteer Coordinator; Michael Anissimov, Media Director; and Amy Willey, Director of Operations. At the Summit, most volunteers will be led by Aruna Vassar, with audiovisual/media volunteers led by Michael Anissimov.
Volunteering for the Summit is not an easy way to attend the Summit for free. In fact, as a volunteer, you will probably miss most of the talks. Volunteers care more about the success of the Summit for the attendees than about their own experience. There are also a number of before-the-Summit volunteering opportunities that we encourage you to adopt, however.
Summit volunteers should have excellent English communication skills, agreeable personality, and the ability to quickly follow orders and work in an unsupervised manner. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Aruna Vassar at aruna.vassar(at)singinst.org. Following are some of the tasks for which we need help from volunteers.
Volunteering Prior to the Summit
Summit Promotion (promotional materials provided by Aruna)
- Flyering on campuses of major West Coast colleges (Caltech, Pomona, Stanford, UCSF, UCLA, UCSB, Harvey Mudd, etc)
- At biotech events that take place in the next 2 months (please first reach out to Aruna with suggestions to attend specific events)
- Contacting relevant departments (Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Biology, etc) and promoting the event via announcements
- Assistance with sponsorships for the Summit (please reach out to Aruna with specific suggestions)
- Research (details will be provided upon the engagement) We are open to further suggestions on making this event a success
- Professional level photographers (with their equipment)
- Professional level videotaping team (with their own equipment, and necessary editing work). Please send sample photo and video work to our media director, Michael Anissimov at main(at)singularitysummit.com. Please refer to our website for examples of photos/videos
- Setting up the foyer and the conference room early mornings of August 14-15
- Assisting summit speakers and sponsors (e.g., with arranging ground transportation, helping sponsors set up booths, etc)
- Registration in the mornings of August 14-15
- T-shirt selling on both days of the event
- Managing the crowd during registration
- Managing and leading the attendee crowd to breakfast and lunch that will be served outside the Hyatt Regency
- Any Emergencies
