"Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species," says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play.

Gather with those living at the edge of what’s next March 1-4 in San Diego. You’ll meet technologists rewriting the rules of what it means to be human, scientists unlocking biology’s most closely guarded secrets and builders making sense of a world being remade in real time. First-time attendees get access to a special rate for a limited time.