World's Fair Co.
Aryé Elfenbein of Wildtype and Cam Wiese on stage in front of a full room at a Pioneers talk

Experience the future.

World’s Fair Co. brings you face to face with bold ideas and the people behind them.

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Our mission

Inspire and enable people
to build the future.

Inspire

Show what’s possible.

Bold ideas, up close, so people leave asking, “What can I go build?”

Enable

Help them go build it.

Introductions, career paths, an audience, and a push to aim higher.

Our view

Bold ideas, past, present, and future

  • The Court of Honor at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, with its domed hall and reflecting basin

    Past

    Great ideas and possibilities from history, and appreciation for the world they built.

  • Will O’Brien of Ulysses laughing on stage with Cam Wiese at a Pioneers talk, with Ulysses’ underwater robot behind them

    Present

    The people building right now, and the problems they’re solving.

  • A painting of the inside of a ring-shaped space settlement, with homes, gardens, and sunlight

    Future

    Positive visions of what could be.

Current series

Evenings with people pursuing bold ideas

Pioneers: a rocket launch, the Unisphere, a scientist at a microscope, and a film camera

Our flagship series, Pioneers, is an in-person evening with someone pursuing a bold idea, telling the story of their work in their own words.

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What people say

Our students rarely meet the people building the future. Programs like this show them it could be them.
Maggie W. San Francisco teacher
Most young builders I know got started after meeting someone doing the work. World’s Fair Co. creates more of those moments.
Sarah S. Attendee
It was so beautiful to see the world below. It made you feel so small.
Melanie Y. One World 2087 guest

The future is here, and you’re invited

  • Come to a program

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  • Bring your class

    Students meet people building the future and can ask them anything.

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  • Work with us

    Host a tour, sponsor a program, create an experience, or bring us a bold idea.

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  • Support our work

    We’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Every gift helps us put on more programs.

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