#Hunnovators from Silicon Valley

#Hunnovators15 - The movie

Image: John von Neumann and Marina von Neumann Whitman

A glorious past to build on

Hungarian-American Nobel Prize Winner Scientists

Physiology, stimulation of the cochlea

George von Bekesy, 1961

Atomic nucleus symmetry principles

Eugene Wigner, 1963

Discovered super-acids

George Olah, 1994

Economic game theory

John Harsanyi, 1994

Meet The Martians behind Project Manhattan

Szilard

Teller

Wigner Neumann

A-bomb

H-bomb

You are surrounded by Hungarian inventions

Matches Dynamo Ford Model T

Supersonic airplane

Ballpoint Pen Hologram Color TV Seat Belt

Contact lenses Stress

"The scientist describes what is; the engineer creates what never was."

Silicon Hungarians

Father of the Computer

John (von) Neumann

Intel Founder, Man of the Year

Andrew Grove

BASIC language, e-mail

John Kemeny

Microsoft Word, Excel

Charles SimonyiWho’s next?

Image: The community’s first group photo at Fort Mason

Birth of the #Hunnovators community

The need identified

• Thousands of high-level Hungary-affiliated professionals in the Bay Area and a lot more across the US

• Success stories Prezi, Ustream, LogMeIn and an influx of startups

• A distributed pool of scientists, fledgling communities

• Fertile ground in SV: the world’s innovation capital and the mindset to succeed here

• Nextgen values and cross-cultural communication ability connect us

• Help local nextgen talent to network and newcomers to land safely

• Promote Hungarian talent, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship

Our approach

• We want a strong, 21st century community of the best Hungarian minds in the US and globally

• We want Hungarian talent to learn, cooperate, succeed and be recognized as exceptional

• We want to share our knowledge, nurture talent and give back

• We want to create practical community solutions with strong, measurable impact

• We see this embedded in the transatlantic knowledge transfer imperative, set up the right platform and infrastructure

About Neumann Society

• A nonprofit transatlantic innovation community

• A California 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit

• Silicon Valley/US/Global

• “The Hungarian voice of Silicon Valley”

• Following the footsteps of John von Neumann, probably the most widely admired Hungarian-American mind and gifted innovator of the 20th century

• Promotes the advancement of socially responsible innovation in the fields of education, science, technology and entrepreneurship with the aim of empowering the next generation of excellence

with talent, creativity, mindset and skills.

The #Hunnovators15 event

Please click here for the multimedia event report!

What happened at #Hunnovators15?

• 150 participants, 1000+ watching

• VIP Keynote speeches: von Neumann Whitman, Zimbardo, Kounalakis, Koltai, Sabharwal, Arvai, Fellegi, Horwitch

• Audience raised 5k for Heroic Imagination Project

• 10 project workgroups• Networking Evening• Great PR, KTVU morning

news announcement

Programmatic Areas

• #Hunnovators program: to organize innovation cooperation and act as a nextgen talent network for global Hungarians and their friends. – We create, enable and scale a mindful, creative, cooperative,

socially responsible 21st century Hungarian community.

• Transatlantic Innovation: to strengthen knowledge transfer and innovation cooperation between the EU and the US. – Convene all EU Innovators in Silicon Valley and foster a

platform for new transatlantic joint projects.

• Mindful Innovation: to harmonize a rising tide of Silicon Valley and global thought leaders with the aim of putting innovation back on track with what we believe it was meant to serve: the challenges all humanity faces. – Create a forum and platform for replicable next practices to

local problems in need of innovative solutions.

Partnerships – We4Startups

• Visegrad 4 countries, 12 startups, 3 days in Silicon Valley

• Rebranding Central Europe as an Innovative Region

• Neumann Society is project partner

• It needs to be taken to the next level

Image: Presentation of #Hunnovators seed projects

The future we build together

Academic and Startup Scholarships

Connect next generation excellence and mindfulness with the best opportunities at the best institutions for talent to learn, thrive and scale.

Comprehensive Innovation Assistance Program

Establish, validate and manage a network of subject matter experts (Mentors and Advisors) in the Valley and globally who are generously giving time and knowledge back to less experienced innovators in need.

#Hunnovators Global Community Network

Congregate and empower a unique next generation community of 21st century global Hungarian and hungarophile innovators around the collaborative power of entrepreneurial spirit, talent and creativity.

Mindful Innovation Movement

Foster and reward innovation next practices spreading mindfulness and social responsibility through social innovation projects, awards & a dedicated speaker series. Refocus on 21st century values (such as Everyday Heroism), cross-pollinate with luminaries, transform mindsets and create positive change on a planetary scope.

Neumann House of Innovation

Create and run a physical innovation hub in Silicon Valley: a co-working, co-living, meeting and education space as well as a living museum.  

Transatlantic Innovation Platform

Build a digital solution for scale to aggregate all components that work in the innovation ecosystem for supercharged cross-fertilization of ideas, solutions, stakeholders and resources between the US and Europe.

The future…is bright!

• 3 prior projects under development

• Donated HQ at White Summers in Redwood city, Silicon Valley

• Currently 35-strong volunteer workforce

• Chapters to open in DC, Boston, LA, NY…and global

Neumann Society in 5 years

Community

2015Network

2016Platform

2017Influencer

2019

We need your help!

We need:• Skilled Volunteers• Corporate Members• Infrastructural and

Project Funders

Join us at: http://neumannsociety.org/