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| Steve
Mann: Considered by many the inventor of the wearable
computer; Faculty member at the University of Toronto, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering; PhD from MIT in 1997; Author of
more than 130 publications including two books, the textbook
Intelligent Image Processing and the popular
autobiographical book Cyborg. Mann's
presentation, "Glogging: Sousveillance, Cyborglogs, and the Right to
Self-modification," will be held on Friday, August 6 at 8:00 PM and
is open
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Stelarc:
Australian artist who uses medical instruments, prosthetics,
robotics, virtual reality systems and the Internet to explore
alternate, intimate and involuntary interfaces with the body;
Principal Research Fellow in the Performance Arts Digital Research
Unit at The Nottingham Trent University, UK. Honorary Professor of
Art and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Honorary
Degree of Laws from Monash University. Stelarc's
presentation, "Alternate Anatomical Architectures: Empty,
Involuntary and Avatar Bodies," will be held on Saturday, August 7
at 8:00 PM and is open
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| Plenary presenters | |||
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| Aubrey de Grey: Biogerontologist, University of Cambridge; Cofounder and chief scientist, Methuselah Foundation; Editor-in-chief, Rejuvenation Research; Spearhead of the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) project to reverse human aging; Chair, Cambridge SENS conferences, 2003 and 2005. | Ronald Bailey:
Science Correspondent, Reason magazine; Editor, Earth
Report 2000: Revisiting The True State of The Planet (McGraw
Hill, 1999); Editor, The True State of the Planet (The Free
Press, 1995). Author, ECOSCAM: The False Prophets of Ecological
Apocalypse (St. Martins Press, 1993); 1993 Warren T. Brookes
Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the Competitive Enterprise
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| Nick Bostrom: British Academy Research Fellow, Oxford University; Chair, World Transhumanist Association. | Max More: Strategic futurist; Cofounder and chairman, Extropy Institute; Author, Beyond Caution (in progress); Consultant, ManyWorlds. | ||
| Other distinguished presenters | |||
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| Jose Cordeiro: President, World Future Society Venezuela; Cofounder, Venezuelan Transhumanist Association. | Ramez Naam: Computer scientist; Author, More Than Human (Doubleday/Random House, March 2005). | Natasha Vita-More: Artist; Author, Transhumanist Arts Statement; President, Extropy Institute; Director, Transhumanist Arts and Culture. | Robin Hanson: Assistant professor of economics, George Mason University. Published in economics, computer science, physics and philosophy, and studies information aggregation mechanisms and the economic consequences of future technologies. |
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| James Hughes: Public Policy Studies, Trinity College, Hartford; Producer, Changesurfer Radio; Secretary, World Transhumanist Association. | Linda Wallace: Feminist and
visual artist; Uses bioethics, new technology, reproduction and women's health as the base for work created primarily in woven tapestry. |
Rafal Smigrodzki: Neurologist and molecular biologist, University of Virginia; Chief Clinical Officer, Gencia Corporation. | Mike
LaTorra: Board member, World Transhumanist Association. Author, A Warrior Blends with Life: A Modern Tao (North Atlantic Books, 1993); English Instructor, New Mexico State University. |
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| Simon Smith: Editor-in-chief, Betterhumans; Vice-president, Toronto Transhumanist Association. | Dale Carrico: PhD Candidate, Department of Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley; Betterhumans columnist. | Robin Zebrowski: Philosopher
and cognitive scientist; Researcher in AI; PhD candidate, University of Oregon. |
George Dvorsky: President, Toronto Transhumanist Association; Deputy Editor, Betterhumans; Chair, TransVision 2004. |
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| Tihamer Toth-Fejel: Research Engineer, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems; Completed design study on self-replicating nanomachines for for the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts; Nanomedical ethicist. | Jende Huang: Field
organizer, American Humanist Association. |
Daniel Wallace: MFA visual artist; Digital and industrial designer specializing in two-dimensional art, mechanical design and steel work. | Monica Bock:
Sculpture and installation artist whose work currently focuses on issues of maternal identity and experience; Associate Professor and Sculpture Area Co-Head, Department of Art & Art History, Univseristy of Connecticut, Storrs. |
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| Joao Pedro de Magalhães:
Biogerontologist, Harvard Medical School; Working on the genetics of human aging. |
Mike Treder: Executive Director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology; Board member, World Transhumanist Association. | Richard Maxwell: Psychologist and utility theorist who studied at MIT, Stanford, Pomona College, University of Chicago and the William Alanson White Institute of Psychoanalysis. | Mark
Walker: Research associate in philosophy, Trinity College,
University of Toronto; Teacher, philosophy and bioethics,
McMaster University. |
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| Ben Hyink: Leader
of transhumanist student movement at the international and local level. |
Anders Sandberg: Bio coming soon. | Patrick Hopkins: Associate Professor of Philosophy, Millsaps College; Editor of Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology (Indiana University Press, 1999); Author of articles on bioethics, technology studies, gender studies and religious studies. | Oliver Hockenhull:Visiting artist, Northwestern University School of Communication. |
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| Simon Levy:
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Washington and Lee University; Research and teaching focus on artificial intelligence, including natural language, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and robotics. PhD, computer science, Brandeis University; MA, linguistics, University. |
Allan Randall:
Teacher, graduate student in philosophy, mathematics and quantum
mechanics, York University; BSc Mathematics (St. F.X.U.) , MSc
Computing (University of Alberta); Worked on AI research at NTT
Systems for the Canadian Department of National Defence. |
Michael Anissimov: Member of the Board of Directors, Immortality Institute; Advocacy Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence; Writer and speaker on futurism, humanism, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. | Jerry
Paffendorf: MS candidate, Studies of the Future, University
of Houston-Clear Lake; Accelerating Change Conference 2004 Director, Institute for the Study of Accelerating Change. |
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| Spot AKA Scott Draves:
San Francisco visualist and programmer; PhD, computer science; Uses complex systems and evolutionary algorithms to create "hypnotic retinal bliss." |
Mark Hopkins: Bio coming soon. | Peter Addy: PhD candidate, Clinical Psychology, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology; Amateur psychonaut and transhumanist. | Daniel Tarr: Cyberguru, Post
Logic Studio, Hungary; "Cyberspiritual weaver of the Web and an illuminated upholder of reality"; Speaker for digital cryonics, lobbying for the creation of the first cyber cemetery of personal Web pages, a database and Web museum for researchers of the past of cyberspace and humanism. |
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| Philippe Van Nedervelde:
Emerging technologies advocate; Award-winning Parallel Entrepreneur
of Transvergent For-profit & Non-profit Ventures; Executive director, Foresight Institute (Europe); Member of Council of Advisors and Executive Advisory Board, Extropy Institute. |
Robert K. Logan: Associate Professor of Physics, University of Toronto. | E. Shaun Russell: Vancouver
independent music producer; Member, Executive Advisory Team, Extropy
Institute. |
Kip Werking: Law student and computer engineer. |
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| Jeff Medina: Information
technology consultant, Spherion; External student member, Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck College London. |
Michael Vassar: BS in biochemistry and Drexel MBA; Consultant for future-oriented Websites and firms. | Michael Deering: Director, SingularityAwareness.com ; Author of several articles on the Singularity, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and molecular biotechnology. | Jordan Paul Amadio: Biophysics candidate, Princeton University; U.S. Goldwater Scholar; National Student Liaison, Foresight Institute; Sci-tech journalist for Associated Press, Natural History, and others; Leader of global development initiatives for emerging technologies. |
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| Phil Goetz: Bio coming soon. | Sean Kearney: Bio coming soon. | ||
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