“Inspirando o Futuro – SingularityU Portugal” is a documentary series with a focus on different topics in relation to current affairs, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The 13 episodes of the series are dedicated to a number of renowned thinkers discussing the future and the manner in which technologies will dramatically change our lives.
The opening programme addressed the role of Singularity University in the world and the vision of its partners and faculties. The following programmes consisted of a more thematic format, featuring interviews with global specialists including Alex Gladstein, an expert in governance, Esther Wojcicki, a professor and journalist, Ramez Naam, an expert in energy, Robin Teigland, a professor of information strategy, Nathaniel Calhoun, an entrepreneur, and Vivienne Ming, a neuroscientist, among others.
The series, produced by Panavídeo, is the result of a partnership forged between RTP and SingularityU Portugal.
SINGULARITYU IN PORTUGAL
Portugal is the fourth partner country of Singularity University (SU), joining the expanding global network of partners involved in this project, and which already boasts the presence of SingularityU Nordics, SingularityU Netherlands and SingularityU Canada. SU collaborates with leaders from the aforementioned countries as a means of disclosing its programme to local executives, businessmen, politicians and entrepreneurs.
SingularityU was created based its founders' conviction that the biggest global challenges consist of major concurrent opportunities to shape a new world. In order to develop this idea, Diamandis and Kurzweil decided not to create a university in the ‘traditional’ academic sense, but a think-tank to enable new ways of thinking to flourish, to change paradigms and to foster new learning experiences in a global and interconnected ecosystem.
Galp is one of the founding members of Singularity University Portugal and has joined this format to create new educational programmes focused on the technologies and areas with the greatest impact on the country's energy sector. This partnership is designed to promote and encourage Portuguese innovation, fostering the association between good ideas and emerging technologies on a global scale.
