Program
TransVision 2006 - Schedule
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2006 | |
| Conference at Metsätalo Building (Unioninkatu 40, quikmaps.com) | |
| 08:00 - 12:00 AM | Conference Registration |
| 08:30 - 09:00 AM | Morning coffee |
| 09:00 - 09:45 AM | An Evolutionary Heuristic for Identifying Promising Human Enhancements Dr. Nick Bostrom |
| 10:00 - 10:45 AM | The Future of the Human Machine Prof. Timo Airaksinen |
| 11:00 - 11:45 AM | Transhumanism and the Freedom of Scientific Research in the EU Dr. Riccardo Campa |
| 12:00 - 02:00 PM | Free Lunch time |
| Conference at University Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33, quikmaps.com) | |
| 12.30 - 02:00 PM | Conference Registration |
| 02:15 - 02:30 PM | Welcome Address Mr. Ari Heljakka, conference chair (GenMind Ltd) |
| 02:30 - 03:15 PM | Wisdom & the Will to Live Prof. Bruce Lloyd |
| 03:15 - 04:00 PM | Speaker canceled due to terrorist threat in UK |
| 04:00 - 05:00 PM | Discussion and caffeine break |
| 05:00 - 08:00 PM | Open to public: |
| 05:15 - 06:15 PM | Keynote Is Life Extension an Enhancement? Dr. Aubrey de Grey |
| 06:15 - 07:00 PM | Technological Evolution Mr. Jose Cordeiro (ACUNU Millennium Project) |
| 07:00 - 07:45 PM | Introduction to Transhumanism Dr. James Hughes (Executive Director, WTA) |
| FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2006 | |
| Conference at University Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33, quikmaps.com) | 08:00 - 11:30 AM | Registration for Friday-Saturday |
| 08:30 - 09:00 AM | Morning coffee |
| 09:00 - 10:45 AM | Keynote Across the Abyss Dr. William Sims Bainbridge |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM | On Infinite Bandwidth Prof. Hannu Kari |
| 11:30 - 01:30 PM | Free Lunch time |
| 01:30 - 02:15 PM | The Mind-boggling Future of the Mobile Phone - Learning from an Example of Accelerated Technology Mr. David Wood (Symbian) |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | Information Technologies, Methods and Practices for Mind Enhancement Dr. Danila Medvedev |
| 03:00 - 03:45 PM | Transhumanism in the Metaverse Mr. Giulio Prisco (FutureTag Inc.) |
| 03:45 - 04:30 PM | Caffeine break |
| 04:30 - 05:15 PM | Philosophy of Immortality And Revival of N. Fedorov (Video conference) Dr. Anastasiya Gacheva |
| 05:30 - 06:30 PM | "Accessibility of Technologies" panel discussion Jose Cordeiro, Riccardo Campa, Ph.D., William Sims Bainbridge, Ph.D., James Hughes, Ph.D., Giulio Prisco (FutureTag Ltd) |
| 07:00 - 09:00 PM | Conference Dinner |
| SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2006 | |
| Conference at University Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33, quikmaps.com) | |
| 08:30 - 11:30 AM | Registration for Saturday |
| 08:30 - 09:00 AM | Morning coffee |
| 09:00 - 09:45 AM | AGI and the Singularity (Video conference) Dr. Ben Goertzel (Novamente LLC) |
| 09:45 - 10:30 AM | Designing Artificial Minds Dr. Harri Valpola |
| 10:30 - 11:15 AM | Vitrification in physics and cryonics Dr. Anatoli Bogdan |
| 11:15 - 12:00 AM | Wisdom through AGI and Macrosensing Ms. Natasha Vita-More |
| 12:00 - 01:30 PM | Free Lunch time |
| 01:30 - 02:15 PM | Mutually Assured Permanent Pervasive Surveillance (Video conference) Mr. Philippe Van Nedervelde (Foresight Nanotech Institute) |
| 02:15 - 03:00 PM | Virtue Engineering: Applications of Neurotechnology to Improve Moral Behavior Dr. James Hughes (Executive director, WTA) |
| 03:00 - 03:45 PM | Cognitive Divide or a Mind-Meld? : Scenarios of Cognitive Enhancement Dr. Anders Sandberg |
| 03:45 - 04:30 PM | Caffeine break |
| 04:30 - 05:30 PM | "Body Enhancement Technologies at 2020" panel discussion Nick Bostrom, Ph.D., Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D ., David Wood (Symbian Ltd), Hannu Kari, D.Sc., Anders Sandberg, Ph.D. |
| 05:30 - 06:00 PM | Announcement of the winners of Wells and Haldane Awards |
| 06:00 - 06:30 PM | Closing address Dr. Nick Bostrom |