As always, drop us a note in the comments if you’re attending any of these, and if you’d like something included in the next roundup, reach out. Be sure to check the new opportunities page on JOPRO.org as well.

Featured: JOPRO Social @ ACM’s NYCWiC — Albany, NY

We’re gathering around ACM’s New York Celebration of Women in Computing — and we’d love to see you there.

JOPRO is a proud supporter and participant of NYCWiC for over 5 years. The social takes place at the close of the conference on Saturday the 11th, at the Hilton Albany. NYCWiC alumni from JOPRO and the Orthogonal Research and Education Laboratory (OREL) will be there, along with friends from University at Albany (SUNY), RPI, and other local universities. It’s an easy, informal close to a great conference weekend.

JOPRO has been part of the NYCWiC community for several years: last year we organized a panel on Careers in Innovation and Research, and have previously presented through our Society Ethics Technology working group. This social is a continuation of that community, in a looser key. All are welcome.

To attend the NYCWiC conference itself,
day-of registration will be limited: nywic.org/registration-1.

🔗 Social RSVP: luma.com/ymubw5pb

🗓 Saturday, April 11 — at the close of NYCWiC 2026 📍 Hilton Albany, 40 Lodge St, Albany, NY

says: “NYCWiC has been one of my favorite events to be part of — the community is genuinely warm, and the research being done by students and scholars in this network is worth paying attention to. Come find us at the close of Saturday.”

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Now, for more events in the larger JOPRO network:

Boston + Cambridge

Imagination in Action @ MIT

The annual convening at MIT focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology’s role in shaping markets and society. A good room if you work at the intersection of research and real-world application.

🗓 Friday, April 10 📍 MIT Media Lab, Cambridge🔗 luma.com/w84qgcoc | imaginationinaction.co

TEDx MIT

TEDx returns to MIT. Full speaker lineup and registration at the link.

🗓 Friday, April 11 📍MIT Museum, Cambridge 🔗 tedx.mit.edu

Innovation in Global Growth Markets: Prosperity through Entrepreneurship — MIT Kuo Sharper Center

A two-day conference at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge bringing together entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, and academics focused on Africa, Latin America, the Arab Region, Central Asia, and South and Southeast Asia. Panels cover everything from fit-for-purpose capital to AI and technological sovereignty in emerging markets. Our friends at aiXplain will be speaking.

🗓 April 22–23 📍 Hyatt Regency Cambridge 🔗 newcalculus.com

NANDA Summit

For those deep in the Agentic AI space, we recommend checking out the NANDA project and the NANDA summit, also this weekend:

🗓 Friday, April 11 📍MIT

See also: MIT Event Page | Luma

USA

UC Launch: Launch-a-thon

Congratulations to team HEXR for their recent second place finish at the Launch-a-thon weekend event! Supported by part of our JOPRO Community, we wish you well in the future!

The event was a precursor to the UC Launch Demo Day proper:

UC Launch Startup Demo Day

University of California founders presenting early-stage ventures. Worth following if you mentor students or work adjacent to the startup ecosystem.

🔗 RSVP on Luma | Wednesday, May 6 📍UC Berkley

StartupYale 2026

Good luck to those participating in Yale’s entrepreneurship showcase and community gathering, StartupYale,

🔗 startup.yale.edu | RSVP on Luma | April 10, 2026 📍 Hotel Marcel

Global

Caroline Cummins: AI and the Novel — Cambridge Literary Festival

A conversation at the Cambridge Literary Festival on AI, authorship, and what the novel becomes when language models enter the picture. Worth attending or following for anyone thinking about the cultural and humanistic dimensions of AI.

📍 Cambridge, UK 🔗 cambridgeliteraryfestival.com

That’s a wrap

Lots on the calendar — let us know what you’re attending, and drop a line if there’s something we should add to the next roundup.

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— The Team

We’ve grouped them across Virtual, Boston/Cambridge, and San Francisco, spanning everything from AI salons and complexity science to moral ambition, brain aging research, and a new gallery of researcher-creatives.

If you’re attending any of these, feel free to drop reflections or notes in the comments — or let us know if you’d like to meet others who will be there.

Virtual Events

The Future of Funding R&D — with Jim O’Shaughnessy & Atman Pandya (Computational Philosophy / Polymath Salon)

Jim O’Shaughnessy and Atman Pandya of O’Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV) joined the Polymath Salon to discuss emerging models for funding R&D in the arts and sciences—especially for creators, researchers, and founders working between or outside traditional academic categories.

🗓 Mon, Nov 10 — 12:30–2:30 PM ET
🔗 Event: luma.com/oshaughnessy
🎥 Replay: YouTube via
🔗 OSV: www.osv.llc

comments: “Worth checking out the video, and following ’s writings and podcast. I’m a fan of his combination of optimism and sobriety, and would encourage our community to check out opportunities from OSV proper, as well as the network present within this conversation. Thanks to Addy & Co for organizing the event — and do check out the Computational Philosophy Club at MIT for more topics; more ahead with this blossoming collective.”

Brain Inspired: Complexity Group — Discussion on Minsky (1961)

A reading and dialogue session unpacking Marvin Minsky’s “Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence,” led by Darren Lott.
🗓 Wed, Nov 12 — 12:30 PM ET
🔗 Zoom, semi-regularly, replays available via Brain Inspired - Complexity Group.

: “Paul Middlebrook (Brain Inspired) is courageously leading us as we deep dive through David Krakauer’s (Santa Fe Institute) Complexity Papers, alongside many intriguing figures (Kevin Mitchell, Anna Riedl, Luiz Pessoa, and many more!) It’s intense but if you’re interested in understanding the roots of modern complexity science, they are invaluable discussions.”

Emergence of Natural & Artificial Patterns (FAU / MPCR)

This session is kindly brought to you by the Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Lab at Florida Atlantic University hosted at the Sandbox AI Center at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus.

🗓 Wed, Nov 12 — 6:00 PM ET
🔗 Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@mpcrlabs9710/streams

Playtest: Small Hassles Court — Metagov Governable Space-Makers Fellows (Plot Twisters)

A live playtest session of Small Hassles Court, a digital game that helps players practice interpersonal conflict resolution and self-governance, developed by the Plot Twisters collective as part of their developing Twisterland project; hosted through Metagov’s playtester community.

🗓 Fri, Nov 14 — 11:30 AM–12:30 PM ET
💻 Zoom (RSVP Required)
🔗 Event: https://luma.com/
🔗 Fellowship Info: (on Substack)

: “Check out our sister group’s progress on one component of Twisterland, our forthcoming EdTech gameworld! There will be multiple iterations of this event, so if this Friday doesn’t work, check Luma for other events. All participation and feedback is welcomed; we’re looking to build something new and quite timely! Last year, we presented at Oxford Internet Institute’s Inclusive Gaming Conference, so check out the latest developments at these playtesting events.”

Boston + Cambridge

Civil Discourse Series — What Ties a Nation Together? (Harvard Safra Center for Ethics)

A panel discussion hosted by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics exploring the cultural, political, and social forces that hold a nation together, with a virtual Q&A component and full livestream access. Attendees must verify registration (HUID if applicable), and accessibility accommodations are available upon request.

🗓 Wed, Nov 12 — 4:30–6:00 PM ET
📍 Smith Campus Center Commons, 1350 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
💻 Also online
🔗 Event Info: @ Harvard Ethics | YouTube Livestream

Measuring Aging Within the Human Brain — Salon with David Bennett (Hosted by MIT Prof. Manolis Kellis)

A dinner salon hosted at the home of MIT Professor Manolis Kellis featuring David Bennett, creator of the 30-year ROSMAP aging-brain cohort, discussing insights from thousands of human brains, the architecture of long-term cohort science, and his new PARDoS initiative expanding diversity and molecular depth in aging research.

🗓 Wed, Nov 12 — 6:30–8:30 PM ET
📍 Brookline, MA (private residence)
🔗 RSVP: https://forms.gle/

Redefining Success: A Conversation with Rutger Bregman on Moral Ambition @ Harvard

Hosted by David Jaffin & Laura Clancy, this talk challenges students to rethink conventional career ladders and embrace “moral ambition,” drawing on historical disruptors and launching the new $15,000 Harvard Moral Ambition Fellowship. Early attendees receive signed pre-release copies of Moral Ambition.

🗓 Fri, Nov 14 — 4:30–5:30 PM ET
📍 Harvard Science Center Room 309A
🔗 Event: https://luma.com/

Harvard x School for Moral Ambition — JOPRO Social (Hybrid)

Following the Rutger Bregman talk, JOPRO Director Jes Parent and community members will host an in-person + virtual discussion on moral ambition, alternative career pathways, and aligned initiatives JOPRO is supporting. Harvard event attendance is recommended but not required; online link provided.

🗓 Fri, Nov 14 — 5:30–6:30 PM ET
📍 Harvard Science Center Plaza, Cambridge (and forthcoming virtual component)
🔗 Event: https://luma.com/

: “See you there! I’ve been a supporter and almost worked on this project; glad to see very intentional Alternative Crafting, particularly for young folks. Stay tuned for similar efforts at Princeton, Stanford - and perhaps a university by you? Or, would you like support making your own event even outside of SMA? We can help - let’s talk!”

San Francisco

VOLUME 1: The Rise of the Researcher-Creative Opening Gala

We have a special message from Jolie Gan of :

“There’s a quiet revolution happening in scientific research.

The Distressed Scientists’ Department opens Volume 1: The Rise of the Researcher Creative, the first creative research exhibit in San Francisco on Mon, Nov 17 -- a 3-day exhibition gallery for researcher-creatives who bring their work beyond papers into tangible artifacts.

Expect code as sculpture, EEG as fashion, and bioengineered flowers, plus gallery walkthroughs, short on-stage conversations with the next generation of researchers, and a printed passport-style booklet to stamp and get signed. If you fund, create, or simply love frontier research made public, this room is for you.”

🗓 Fri, Nov 17-19
📍 Pebblebed, 1417 15th St, San Francisco
🔗 RSVP here: luma.com/

: “This looks to be a wonderful event - I wish I could attend in person! SF crew, please show up and support this. Perhaps we can do a similar event in Boston next year? , looking at you!”

FrontierTower

Multiple Events. Too many to list! Check out the many things going on at Frontier Tower, perhaps best by following them on Luma!

That’s a wrap

There’s everything on our radar for this week — but we’re sure we’ve missed something. If you’re hosting an event, know of one we should include, or want help coordinating a gathering in your city or university, reach out or drop a note in the comments.

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A Sneak Peak at 2026

Stay tuned for JOPRO at Princeton Envision (February) and New York Celebration of Women in Computing (April). The development of the JOPRO Futures Center is also underway — stay tuned for forthcoming newsletters around such.

Get involved!

And if you’d like to collaborate with JOPRO, connect with folks in the network, or explore hosting aligned programming (moral ambition, alternative career paths, operator labs, futurist practice), we’re always happy to talk.

Interested in any of these opportunities — or would you like to collaborate on related projects or initiatives? We’ll send RFPs, dates, and materials as they open. We look forward to hearing from you.

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See you out there — and keep us posted on what you’re building.

— The JOPRO Team