NYC Symposium "World Futures: The Science of Humanity in the Epoch of Technology"

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 12:33:36 MST

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    "World Futures: The Science of Humanity in the Epoch of Technology"
    A FUTURIST SYMPOSIUM

    sponsored and organized by Colleges Against Cancer, NYU Chapter
    co-sponsored by the Draper Society at NYU

    Friday, February 21, 2003 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM
    Thompson Center at New York University

    TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE:

    Human life extension
    Environmental challenges and responses
    Directed evolution of humanity
    Morphological freedom
    Future definitions of "human"
    CONFIRMED SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

    Arnell Dowret, Center for Inquiry
    James Hughes, Ph.D., Bioethicist, Trinity College
    Simon Levy, Ph.D.
    David McFadzean, Founder, The Daemon Maxwell Group
    Hatuna R. Pokrovskaia, President, Colleges Against Cancer
    Rafal Smigrodzki, M.D., Ph.D., University of Virginia Medical Center
    Eric Sun, Chief Executive Officer, Nanocs
    Mike Treder, Executive Director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
    Natasha Vita-More, President Extropy Institute, Founder Transhumanist Arts
    Andrew Zolli, President, Z+ Partners
    Randolfe H. Wicker, Founder, Clone Rights United Front
    Eliezer Yudkowsky, Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial
    Intelligence (Keynote)

    _____________________________________
    FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
    hrp205@nyu.edu - Hatuna R. Pokrovskaia, Founder and President of Colleges
    Against Cancer

    Location: 238 Thompson Street between West 3rd and Washington Square South
    FREE ADMISSION! DINNER INCLUDED!
    Attendance is limited to 125 persons RSVP REQUIRED
    Email: hrp205@nyu.edu to attend
    NOTE: Picture ID required for admittance!



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