A presentetaton of Neumann Society's transatlantic innovayion endeavors for the European Parliament delagtion visition Neumann Hosue in Redwood City on 7/23/2015

1. A Silicon Valley transatlantic
innovation community

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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