Our understanding of life and its determinants continues to expand at a quickened pace. We are curing disease, extending life and eradicating poverty. What do these advancements mean for our future bodies? What will it mean to be human in the future?

The development of processing capabilities and varying types of intelligence will form the evolving basis of how we accomplish personal, industrial and societal tasks at scale. As these engineering substrates solidify, how will this ecology of machine-aided intelligence grow? What opportunities lie in this still uncharted territory?

The planetary life support systems vital to human survival are at a tipping point, risking abrupt and long-term damage to our ecology. For the sake of our longevity, how must our relationships with the material world be transformed to halt the destruction of this planet’s life support systems?

From how we navigate our cities to colonising our solar system, our spaces have gotten a whole lot bigger. What are the solutions that bring us closer in both our physical and social spaces? What perspectives should we adopt even as we look to the stars to meet current and future needs?