A Radical Benefit for Humanity
On Saturday, May 15, the luminaries of the world will unite in San Francisco for the X PRIZE Foundation’s A Radical Benefit for Humanity: Making the Impossible Possible, One Prize at a Time, an extraordinary evening of entertainment, intelligence and vision, hosted by James Cameron, Larry Page & Sergey Brin at Lucasfilm’s Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco.
The exclusive charity event for an intimate 350 guests will celebrate X PRIZE’s remarkable accomplishments as the Foundation unveils its vision for the future. CNN’s Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi will co-emcee the event with a surprise celebrity host.
The mission of the X PRIZE Foundation is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity by using incentive prizes to change the paradigm of how we think about innovation and solve the world’s greatest challenges in: Energy & the Environment, Exploration, Education & Global Development, and Life Sciences.
At the event…
- Join visionaries and international leaders in technology, entertainment, science, education and business honoring brilliance, accomplishment and innovation.
- Through our live auction, bid to win a trip to space on Virgin Galactic, a 2010 Tesla Roadster, have your personal genome sequenced, lunch with our VIPs and more.
- Enjoy an unforgettable evening of entertainment, intelligence and vision.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Location: Lucasfilm, Letterman Arts Center, The Presidio of San Francisco
Time:
6:30 P.M. Cocktail Reception
7:30 P.M. Seated Dinner and Radical Benefit for Humanity Program
9:00 P.M. Live Auction and Entertainment
Live Auction Information
Following dinner, a live auction led by Sotheby’s Vice Chairman Jamie Niven will feature a collection of exceptional offerings that will take guests to the extremes, from space to the ocean, and from 0-60 in under four seconds. Among the unique bidding opportunities for guests:
- Out-of-this-world suborbital flight with Virgin Galactic, offering the chance to experience complete weightlessness onboard SpaceShipTwo, set to launch later this year
- Exhilarating deep-sea safari to experience the beauty and mystery of the ocean, one of the earth’s most unexplored territories
- Adrenaline-inducing electric 2010 Tesla Roadster
- Chance to join the likes of Larry King, Michael J. Fox and be among the first to have their genome fully sequenced and analyzed. Participants will learn of genetic medical conditions to which they’re susceptible so they may take preventive steps to avoid illness, rather than treating after the fact.
Table Reservations
Platinum Leadership Table*: $50,000
Gold Leadership Table: $25,000
Silver Supporter Table: $10,000
Individuals: Tickets begin at $1,000
All but $250 per person is tax deductible and directly supports the activities of the Foundation. The X PRIZE Foundation will provide appropriate IRS documents with receipt. Payment can be processed by submitting the RSVP Form on our Website.
For additional information about sponsorship or to reserve a table, purchase tickets or receive more information about the X PRIZE Foundation’s A Radical Benefit for Humanity, please contact: Meghan Murphy, Director of Alliances, X PRIZE Foundation, Meghan@xprize.org, or Allison Speer at Allison@allisonspeerpr.com.
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