2025 Agenda

Stay tuned for COSM 2026 announcements. All times, sessions, speakers, and panels are subject to change.

Wednesday, November 19

10AM		Conference Welcome
		Steve Buri — President, Discovery Institute Cole Smead — CEO and Portfolio Manager, Smead Capital Management

		_{Kickoff Keynote}
10:15		Work Less, Play More
		How The Rise of AI is Transforming Sports and Entertainment
		Ari Emanuel — CEO, TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
		Fireside Chat: Ari Emanuel with George Gilder and Cole Smead

		_{Panel Discussion}
11AM		Educating the Tech Workforce
		Has Arizona Provided a Roadmap?
		Introduction: Sandra Watson — President and CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority Moderator: The Hon. Doug Ducey — Former Arizona Governor Keri Ingraham — Director of American Center for Transforming Education Jenny Clark — School Choice Advocate and Founder of Love Your School

11:45

Break

		_{Keynote Luncheon with thanks to BlackRock}
NOON		The New Paradigm: Life After Chips
		Introduction: Bruce Chapman — Founder and Board Chair, Discovery Insitute George Gilder — Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
		Fireside Chat: Andrew Mayne with George Gilder

1PM

Break

1:15		The Future of GPU Rendering
		Jules Urbach — CEO, OTOY Inc.

1:45		Innovations in AI Compute
		Have We Solved the Energy Puzzle?
		Jim Tour — Professor of Chemistry and Material Science, Rice University

2:15

Break

2:30		Will Decentralized AI Replace Data Centers?
		Andrew Mayne — Founder, Interdimensional AI

		_{Panel Discussion}
3PM		The Circular Economy
		Will Doc Brown’s Vision End Rare Earth Mining and War?
		Moderator: George Gilder — Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute Jim Tour — Professor of Chemistry and Material Science, Rice University Steve Ragiel — President, Flash Metals USA Travis Langster — Founder and CEO, Tora Consulting

		_{Panel Discussion}
4PM		American Energy Dominance
		Past or Present?
		Moderator: Danny Seiden — President and CEO, Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry Cole Smead — Smead Capital Management Henry Hager — Managing Director, Waterous Energy Fund Doug Terreson — Former Head of Energy Research at Evercore ISI

5PM

Break

6PM

Hosted Reception

		_{Keynote Dinner with thanks to Smead Capital Management}
7PM		Understanding Consciousness
		Are Human Beings Machines?
		Moderator: Jay Richards — Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Director, DeVos Center Dr. Michael Egnor – Professor of Neurosurgery, SUNY Stony Brook Michael Shermer – Executive Director, Skeptics Society Robert J. Marks — Director, Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence

9PM

Adjournment

Thursday, November 20

9AM		How 1960s Law Corrodes America’s Can-Do Culture
		Introduction: George Gilder, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute Philip K. Howard — Chairman of the Board, Common Good

9:30

Break

		_{Panel Discussion}
9:45		Innovations in Health Care
		AI and Other Breakthroughs
		Moderator: Eric Garcia — COO at Oisin Biotechnologies Babak Parviz — CEO and Founder, NewDays.ai Dr. Richard Cartledge — Chief Medical Officer, Syntheon

10:45

Break

11AM		Science, Society, and the Next American Edge
		Lev Gonick — Enterprise Chief Information Officer, Arizona State University

11:30

Networking Break

		_{Keynote Luncheon with thanks to NetChoice}
NOON		Has the Bill Come Due?
		Three Views on the Debt Crisis
		Moderator: Jay Richards — Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Director, DeVos Center Steve Forbes — Chairman, Forbes Media Mark Skousen — Doti-Spogli Chair of Enterprise, Chapman University John Tamny — Forbes Editor and Author of The Deficit Delusion

1PM

Break

		_{Fireside Chat with thanks to Microsoft}
1:15		The AI Revolution
		Is it Living Up to the Hype?
		Uli Homann — Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Bob Kelly — Value Accelerator and Advisor

		_{Fireside Chat}
2:00		The Age of Entanglement
		Louisa Gilder — Author, The Age of Entanglement Jay Richards — Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Director, DeVos Center

2:30

Networking Break

		_{Panel Discussion}
3PM		The Great Convergence
		Where Public Policy Meets the Future of Technology
		Moderator: Steve DelBianco — President and CEO, NetChoice Mark Baisley — Colorado State Senator Neil Chilson — Head of AI Policy, Abundance Institute

4PM

Break

4:15		Chains of Command
		The PRC’s Blockchain Strategy for Global Power
		Jinyoung Englund — Strategic Advisor and Independent Board Director
		_Reaction
		George Gilder — Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute

4:45		COSM: Past, Present, and Future
		Steve Buri — President, Discovery Institute

Friday, Nov 21

9AM		Tariffs, Technology, and Grand Strategy
		From Hamilton to Trump
		Thomas Lehrman — Managing Partner, Teamworthy Ventures

9:30

Networking Break

		_{Fireside Chat}
10AM		Reflections on *Genesis* and Henry Kissinger (via live interactive video)
		Eric Schmidt, KBE — Chair and CEO of Relativity Space, Former Chairman and CEO of Google George Gilder — Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute Facilitator: Bob Kelly — Value Accelerator and Advisor

11AM		Revolutionary Superconductivity
		Does it Change Everything?
		Jamil Tahir-Kheli — Physicist and Researcher, CalTech

11:30		Reflections
		Carver Mead — Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, Kyoto Prize Winner (2022) Introduction by George Gilder

11:50		Parting Thoughts
		George Gilder

8AM		Registration Opens
		Continental Breakfast