The Mercedes-Maybach brand welcomes Maybach Foundation Supporters, Contributors, and Patrons to a private luncheon at the Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California

San Fran­cis­co, CA. The May­bach Foun­da­tion joined an array of its sup­port­ers, con­trib­u­tors, and patrons at a pri­vate lun­cheon host­ed by the May­bach brand at this year’s Con­cours d’Elegance. This inti­mate, invite-only gath­er­ing, which took place at Peb­ble Beach, Cal­i­for­nia on Sat­ur­day, August 19^th, 2023, was a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty for Mer­cedes-May­bach enthu­si­asts, exclu­sive May­bach Foun­da­tion Con­trib­u­tors and Patrons, as well as indus­try exec­u­tives to come togeth­er in sup­port of men­tor­ing, sophis­ti­ca­tion, & innovation.

In addi­tion to an exquis­ite lunch, guests of the foun­da­tion were treat­ed to an intrigu­ing May­bach pan­el dis­cus­sion which saw the likes of Dr. Pop­py Crum (An Expert in Tech­nol­o­gy-Dri­ven Inno­va­tion & Human Evo­lu­tion at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty), Daniel Lescow (CEO of Mer­cedes-May­bach), as well as Ulrich Schmid-May­bach (Pres­i­dent and Founder of the May­bach Foun­da­tion) exchange their thoughts and ideas on the role of mod­ern tech­nolo­gies and the rise of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence. The dis­cus­sion, mod­er­at­ed by well-renowned tele­vi­sion talk-show host, Chi-Lan Lieu, both invig­o­rat­ed and enlight­ened all who were for­tu­nate enough to be in attendance.

“Dur­ing these avant-garde, expe­di­tious, and con­tin­u­ous­ly evolv­ing times, it is imper­a­tive for us to focus on build­ing, and main­tain­ing trust. Trust with­in our orga­ni­za­tions, trust amongst our com­mu­ni­ties, and trust with­in our­selves. We, as the May­bach Foun­da­tion, want to be involved, and for that mat­ter asso­ci­at­ed, with mem­bers, cor­po­ra­tions, and projects that stand for some­thing inno­v­a­tive and pio­neer­ing, but more impor­tant­ly, trust­wor­thy,” explained Ulrich Schmid-May­bach, Pres­i­dent, and Founder of the May­bach Foun­da­tion. “There is no doubt that tech­nol­o­gy and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence will con­tin­ue to shape the mod­ern world, how­ev­er it is what we do with these tech­nolo­gies, and how we use them to sup­port one anoth­er that will define us.” 

Mr. Schmid-May­bach fur­ther out­lined the pur­pose of the Foun­da­tion, as well as upcom­ing ini­tia­tives and col­lab­o­ra­tives efforts, while oth­er mem­bers of the pan­el includ­ed their own take on arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, and tech­nol­o­gy, and how these top­ics con­tin­ue to be incor­po­rat­ed into their own orga­ni­za­tions and indus­tries. Robert Land­sness from Engel & Voelk­ers stat­ed: “It was excit­ing to join the May­bach Lunch dur­ing this year’s Peb­ble Beach Con­cours d’Elegance. The thought lead­er­ship pan­el on the sub­ject of AI was tru­ly remark­able. We at Engel & Voelk­ers share the vision that men­tor­ship is cru­cial to the future of our soci­ety. Togeth­er we achieve more!”

Last­ly, a spe­cial men­tion went to the May­bach Foundation’s gen­er­al con­trib­u­tors, sup­port­ers, and patrons whose gen­eros­i­ty con­tin­ues to inspire, as well as pro­vide a plat­form for the next gen­er­a­tion of inno­va­tors. Name­ly, Mr. Schmid-May­bach thanked the fol­low­ing orga­ni­za­tions on behalf of the May­bach Foundation: