A Silicon Valley transatlantic innovation community

About Neumann Society

• A nonprofit transatlantic innovation community, est. Oct 2014

• A California 501(c)(3) public charity NGO

• Promotes the advancement of socially responsible transatlantic innovation in the fields of education, science, technology and entrepreneurship with the aim of empowering the next generation of innovators with the right mindset, skills, connections and opportunities.

• Founder Scope: Silicon Valley/US/EU/Global (with #Hunnovators program Hungarian-focused)

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

The need identified

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

• A growing set of local EU success stories and a constant influx of startups to the global innovation capital

• Aggregating the right expertise to help the EU overcome the European innovation paradox

• Nextgen values and cross-cultural communication ability connects us

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

• Promote EU talent, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship

Our approach

• “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”

• We believe this is a watershed moment and the Age of Innovation is a reality here, where we live

• We want a strong, 21st century community of the best EU minds in Silicon Valley to generate value for Europe

• We want EU 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, and we are here to set up the right platform and infrastructure

Programmatic Areas

• 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

dialogue leading to a platform for new transatlantic joint projects.

• Mindful Innovation: to harmonize a rising tide of Silicon Valley 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.

• #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.

Activities so far

• #Hunnovators 15 in March: inspiration and community-generated seed projects, 150+ participants, 1000+ watchers

• We4Startups event in May, V4 Cooperation

• Neumann House: transatlantic innovation hub, community space & incubator opened in June with White Summers

• Neumann Connect: thought leadership event series launched in July

• 60 volunteers work daily, social media followers in the thousands

The future we build together

• Academic and Startup scholarships

• Accelerator at Neumann House• Mentor platform: digitize the

transatlantic ecosystem, supercharge cross-fertilization of ideas, solutions, stakeholders and resources between the US and Europe.

• Expansion: DC, Boston, LA chapters

• Calling all EU Valley innovators to jointly set up an ongoing forum/think-tank to help the EU solve its innovation challenges