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