CONFERENCE: "manTRANSFORMS"

From: Natasha Vita-More (natashavita@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Apr 30 2001 - 11:30:28 MDT


(I will be speaking at the upcoming conference. Please see list of speakers
below in alphabetical order:)

ANNOUNCEMENT: "manTRANSFORMS" Conference

Produced by SPUTNIK Entertainment
June 1-2, 2001, New York City

"Where are we headed as a culture, as a species?
What are the trends that will influence future global business?

manTRANSforms is a cultural event that will present the major trends shaping
our future. For the first time ever at Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for
the Arts, influential artists, scientists, physicists, philosophers,
authors, designers and inventors will join together to discuss emerging
trends and explain their impact on business and our world."

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DAY ONE:
IMMATERIALITY
Keynote Speaker: Brian Green – String Theorist, The Elegant Universe

DAY TWO:
ECOLOGY by DESIGN
Keynote Speaker: Paolo Soleri – Architect and founder of Arcosanti

SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
Theorists, artists, scientists, conceptualizers, experienced thinkers and
transmodern aesthetic engineers who have been invited to participate at
manTRANSforms (the list will evolve and grow):

Avikal: Documentary filmmaker, Kubha Mela

John Perry Barlow: Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Electronic Frontier
Foundation

Lorie Eve Dechar, M.Ac.: Alchemical Acupuncture, expert on psychological and
spiritual aspects of traditional Chinese Medicine and consciousness

Erik Davis: Cultural critic, journalist and author, Techgnosis: myth, magic
+ mysticism in the age of information

Joe Firmage: CEO, co-founder OneCosmos Network, chairman International Space
Sciences Organization (ISSO)

Amy Franceschini: Founder of Future Farmers, San Francisco-based new media
construct specializing in data visualization

Idealogue: Jacqui Millar, conceptual designer

Jaron Lanier: Virtual reality pioneer, technologist

Paul Laffoley: Artist, founder of the Boston Visionary Cell

Paul Miller a.k.a. dj spooky "that subliminal kid:" Artist, sound artist
(Riddim Warfare), author, editor of 21C

Max More: PHD President, Extropy Institute

Bruce Odland: Producer, sound artist and composer, creator of interactive
sonic and multi-media installations

Alex "Sandy" Pentland: Academic head of M.I.T. Media Lab

Bruce Sterling: Science fiction writer and author of various books,
including Distraction

Natasha Vita More: Artist and Cultural Catalyst, founder of Transhumanist
Arts

VIRTUAL DIGITIZED SPEAKERS:
The following interviews from our video library will be featured digitally
via Sputnik's Mindtrends docureport that explores the convergence of ideas
from luminaries and emerging thinkers within all disciplines of the arts,
sciences and technology (the list will evolve and grow):

Robert Adrian X: Artist

ASFOUR: Design collective based in New York City

Sam Auinger: Composer and musician involved in sound design and
psychoacoustics

Rudolph Ballentine MD: Founder of the Center for Holistic Medicine, author,
Radical Healing

Stewart Brand: Founder of The Whole Earth Review, President of The Long Now
Foundation, Co-Founder of Global Business Network and author

C5: Consortium based in San Jose, California working in developing models
for analysis and technical implementation of information technology

Dr. Erwin Chagaff: Pioneer in genetic research

Daniel C. Dennett: Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for
Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, author of several books, including
Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds

Mark Dery: Cultural critic, author, Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End
of the Century

Bridget De Socio: Designer, Founder of Socio X based in NYC, and creative
director of Paper Magazine

Freeman Dyson: Professor of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study,
educator and author

Kodwo Eshun: Concept engineer, author, More Brilliant than the
Sun:Adventures in Sonic Fiction

James Flint: Fiction writer, journalist and author, Habitus

Doze Green: Post-anthromorphic illustrator, a.k.a. the dreaming artist

Berry Gordon: Feng-shui consultant and educator

Paul Hawken: Author of The Ecology of Commerce, entrepreneur in the field of
industrial ecology and sustainability

Naut Humon: Originator and conductor of creative operations for Recombinant
and Sound Traffic Control. Producer, curator and co-founder of the
Asphodel/Sombient label

Karen Kimmel: Interactive installation artist, co-founder KBOND, a retail
space based in Los Angeles which taps into the concept of social interaction
within a space

Dr. Stephen LaBerge: Founder of California-based The Lucidity Institute,
inventor, and co-author of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

John Mini: Healer, educator and founder of the California-based
Trans-Hyborean Institute of Science (T.H.I.S.)

Hans Moravec: Principal Research Scientist at the Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute and author, including Robots: Mere Machines to
Transcendent Mind

Jack Ox: Artist specializing in intermedia and system design

PanOptic: Image makers and specialists in the fourth dimension, based in NYC

Nitin Sawhney: London-based musician, Beyond Skin

Rupert Sheldrake: Biologist and author, Fellow, The Institute of Noetic
Sciences

R.U. Sirius: Cyber culture writer, author, How to Mutate and Take Over the
World

Gerfried Stocker: Visual artist, co-managing director of ARS Electronica
Center and Festival in Linz, Austria

Lester Thurow: Professor of Management and Economics at M.I.T. Sloan School
of Management and author of Building Wealth

Vernor Vinge: Associate Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at
San Diego State University and prolific hard science-fiction author
including, Deepness in the Sky

Steve Wilson: Artist, author and professor of Conceptual Information Arts at
San Francisco State University

Eric White: Illustrator and artist whose work deals with time, space and
multi-realities

Christopher Wodtke: CEO of Holocene, a center specializing in energy,
knowledge, experience and healing

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       http://www.natasha.cc
       ___________________________
Art and Culture:
Book - Create/Recreate: The 3rd Millennial Culture
"Primo 3M+ 2001" Future Physique 3D
       http://www.extropic-art.com
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Culture & Progress: Progress Action Coalition
       http://www.ProgressAction.org
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Transhuman History and Culture:
       http://www.transhuman.org
       http://www.transhumanistfaq.com
 



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