Recap: 2022 Breakthrough Science Summit

Prime Movers Lab hosted its third annual Breakthrough Science Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona last week — bringing together leading investors, public policy experts, and researchers from across the breakthrough science ecosystem to share their vision for a better future. If you missed any of the discussions, you can watch the keynote with Heliogen and Idealab Founder Bill Gross and the panels below.

Bill Gross Keynote

Fundamental Research Panel

PlanetaryVC Managing Partner Ramez Naam moderated a panel with The Roots of Progress Founder Jason Crawford, Idea Machines Host Ben Reinhardt, and Prime Movers Lab General Partner Amy Kruse to discuss the fundamental research that the US needs to invest in.

Policy Breakthroughs Panel

For our last panel, The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University Senior Research Fellow Eli Dourado sat down with Institute for Progress Co-Founder Alec Stapp, Prime Movers Lab Research Fellow Liza Reed, and Prime Movers Lab Partner Gaetano Crupi for a review of the regulatory and policy changes that will promote breakthroughs in emerging tech.

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