Today, Humanity+ officially opens registration for its next conference: Humanity+ @ Caltech: Redefining Humanity in the Era of Radical Technological Change.
Humanity+ @ Caltech will take place on December 4-5 (Saturday/Sunday), at the Beckman Institute at Caltech in Los Angeles, California. Speakers will include many of the top visionaries and leaders of the transhumanist community, as well as new voices from the worlds of science, art, media and business; see http://humanityplus.org/conferences for a speaker list and other relevant information. The Humanity+ @ Caltech program will be divided into four main sessions, each one of which will cover a key area of transhumanist thought: * Re-Imagining Humans: Mind, Media and Methods * Radically Increasing the Human Healthspan * Redefining Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence Enhancement and Substrate-Independent Minds * Business and Economy in the Era of Radical Technomorphosis Tickets for the conference will be $299 per person ($179 for students). If you register before November 1st, you will be eligible for a discounted, Early Registration price of $249 ($149 for students), so register today! There will also be a special banquet for conference attendees after the end of the first day, on Saturday evening. Tickets for the banquet are $39; space is limited, so register soon to ensure your seat. (Breakfast and lunch are included free for both days.) Humanity+ conferences are open to everyone, but there is a discount for members. If you are already a member of Humanity+, the discount code for conference registration should be emailed to you shortly. If you're not a member of Humanity+, it's not too late to join! Follow this link to join Humanity+ before November 1st, http://humanityplus.org/join/join-hplus/ and you can receive all the benefits of membership, including conference discounts. Join today! If you are too far away or otherwise unable to make it to L.A., don't worry! The conference will be presented worldwide in streaming video, courtesy of TechZulu. Also, Humanity+ has chapters all over the world, and many of them hold free local meetups for transhumanists in their area; see http://humanityplus.org/get-involved/chapters-of-humanity/ for more information. If you or your friends are holding a meetup, just email us at [email protected] to let us know, and we'll help you get the word out. Humanity+ @ CalTech is hosted by the California Institute of Technology and ab|inventio, the invention factory behind QLess, Whozat, SocialDiligence and MyNew.TV. Sponsorship is also provided by TechZulu and Vokle. -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC CTO, Genescient Corp Chairman, Humanity+ Advisor, Singularity University and Singularity Institute Adjunct Professor of Cognitive Science, Xiamen University, China [email protected] "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/8660244-d750797a Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
