Program for 1st Annual Workshop
on Geoethical Nanotechnology
July 20, 2005
July 19th
| All Day | Arrivals from Burlington Airport. Rent a car or Ask Terasem for a Pickup |
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| Noon - 4 PM | Optional Hikes On the Green Mountains' Long Trail (Part of the Appalachian Trail) Meet in Lobby of Middlebury Inn at 11:45 AM |
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| 6-10 PM | Welcome Reception/Dinner at Middlebury Inn Morgan Tavern Room (Reception) Founders Room (Dinner) |
July 20th
7:00 AM |
Meet in Middlebury Inn Lobby |
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7:10 AM |
Shuttles Leave for Terasem Retreat |
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7:30 AM |
Breakfast Buffet |
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8:00 AM |
Welcome and Workshop Introduction |
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Martine Rothblatt, Workshop Chair & Terasem President |
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Introduction of Amara Angelica, the Workshop's Webcaster, Transcriber, Online Archiver & Realtime CyberQuestion Selector |
Topic A: What's the Problem with Unconstrained Nanotechnology?
| 8:10 AM | Astrobiology: What Are the Characteristics of Life | |
| Barry Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D., Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Founding Director, NASA Astrobiology Institute, Moffett Field, CA | ||
| Author, Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus | ||
| PowerPoint PDF Transcript | ||
| 8:30 AM | Proactionary Nano-Policy: Managing Massive Decisions for Tiny Technologies | |
| Max More, Ph.D., Chairman, Extropy Institute; Director of Content Solutions, ManyWorlds Inc. | ||
| PowerPoint | ||
| 8:50 AM | Group Discussion & Selected CyberQuestion(s) | |
| 9:10 AM | Break and Informal Discussions |
Topic B: Defining Geoethics
| 9:30 AM | The Ethics of Evolution, and the Evolution of Ethics | |
| Walter Anderson, Ph.D., President of World Academy of Art and Science | ||
| Author, Evolution Isn't What It Used to Be; To Govern Evolution | ||
| PDF Transcript | ||
| 9:50 AM | Diagramming Sentences of Value: Evolving Human Rights and the Terms of Geoethical Nanotechnology | |
| Wrye Sententia, Ph.D., Director, Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics | ||
| PowerPoint PDF Transcript | ||
| 10:10 AM | Group Discussion & Selected CyberQuestion(s) | |
| 10:30 AM | Break and Informal Discussions |
Topic C: Implications of Geoethical Nanotechnology for Cultural Diversity
| 10:50 AM | A Moral Audit of Nanotechnology's Ability to Address Basic Human Needs | |
| Prof. Len Doyal, Queen Mary College, University of London | ||
| Author, A Theory of Human Needs | ||
| PDF Paper | ||
| 11:10 AM | Global Design | |
| Natasha Vita-More, President, Extropy Institute | ||
| PowerPoint PDF Transcript | ||
| 11:30 AM | Group Discussion & Selected CyberQuestion(s) |
Topic D: Implications of Geoethical Nanotechnology for World Unity
| 11:50 AM | Keynote Address: How We Can Manage Our Way Through the Intertwined Promise and Peril of Accelerating Change | |
| Ray Kurzweil, President, Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. | ||
| Author, Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever; The Singularity is Near (Fall 2005); The Age of Spiritual Machines; The Age of Intelligent Machines; The 10% Solution For a Healthy Life | ||
| PowerPoint | ||
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Topic E: How Are Threats to Human Longevity Impacted By Geoethical Nanotechnology?
| 1:30 PM | Can Nanotechnology Solve the Problems of Poor Women in Developing Countries? | |
| Martine Rothblatt, Chairman, Unither Telemedicine Services Corp | ||
| Author, Unzipped Genes: Taking Charge of Baby-Making in the New Millennium | ||
| PowerPoint PDF Transcript | ||
| 1:50 PM | Group Discussion & Selected CyberQuestion(s) | |
| 2:10 PM | Break and Informal Discussions |
Topic F: How Are Threats to Terran Society Impacted By Geoethical Nanotechnology?
| 2:30 PM | The Physics of Immortality, Threats to Terran Society, & Self-Replicating Nanotechnology | |
| Prof. Frank Tipler | ||
| Author, The Physics of Immortality | ||
| PowerPoint | ||
| 2:50 PM | Group Discussion & Selected CyberQuestion(s) | |
| 3:10 PM | Break and Informal Discussions |
Topic G: Steps for Implementing Geoethical Nanotechnology
| 3:30 PM | The Risk/Benefit Yardsticks Were Just Moved…Off the Field: How Technological Convergence Renders Current Risk Assessment Models Obsolete, and What to Do About It? | |
| Douglas Mulhall | ||
| Author, The Calcium Bomb; Our Molecular Future | ||
| PowerPoint PDF Transcript | ||
| 3:50 PM | Democratic Transhumanism | |
| James Hughes, Ph.D., Executive Director, World Transhumanist Association, Lecturer, Trinity College | ||
| Author, Citizen Cyborg | ||
| PowerPoint | ||
| 4:10 PM | Group Discussion & Selected CyberQuestion(s) | |
| 4:30 PM | Break and Informal Discussions |
Topic H: Alternative Models for Managing Self-Replicating Nanotechnology
| 4:50 PM |
Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in the Process of Developing Effective Policy and Administrative Structures for Global Geoethical Implementation of an Exponential, General-Purpose, Atomically Precise Manufacturing System | |
| Mike Treder, Executive Director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology | ||
| PowerPoint | ||
| 5:10 PM | Alternative Models for Managing Self-Replicating Nanotechnology, Including Analysis of Foresight Institute Guidelines Applied to Land, Sea & Space-Based Scenarios In Which Self-Replicating Nanotechnology Is Necessary | |
| Martine Rothblatt, CEO, United Therapeutics Corp | ||
| Author, Your Life or Mine: Using Geoethics to Resolve the Conflict Between Private and Public Interests in Xenotransplantation | ||
| PowerPoint PDF Transcript | ||
| 5:30 PM | Group Discussion & Selected CyberQuestion(s) | |
| 5:50 PM | Shuttle Arrives from Middlebury Inn with guests of presenters who did not attend Workshop | |
| 6:00 PM | Cocktail Reception | |
| 7:00 PM | Concluding Dinner | |
| 7-10 PM | Celtic-Inspired Music by Atlantic Crossing | |
| 10 PM | Shuttles Leave Back to Middlebury Inn |