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Anti-Aging

Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey, Ph.D.
Research Associate; University of Cambridge - SENS ( Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) a detailed plan for curing human aging - ImmInst Book Contribution - ImmInst Chat

Artificial Intelligence

Eliezer Yudkowsky
Director, Singularity Institute For Artificial Intelligence - Creating Artificial Intelligence - ImmInst Chat

Biological Immortality

Michael R. Rose, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; Author of Evolutionary Biology of Aging- ImmInst Book

Brain-computer Interfacing

Peter A. Passaro
Laboratory for Neuroengineering; Georgia Institute of Technology - Multielectrode array culture, neural signaling,interfacing biological to artificial systems such as robotics and virtual environments - ImmInst Article - ImmInst Chat

Suspended Animation by Vitrification

Cryonics

Ralph C. Merkle, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Computing; Georgia Tech College of Computing; Board Member, Alcor Life Extension Foundation - Cryonics and Nanotechnology

Cryonics Affordability

Rudi Hoffman, CFP
Independent Certified Financial Planner and world's leading cryonics signup specialist, Hoffman has helped hundreds of people make cryonics affordable through insurance - ImmInst Chat

Cryonics Standby

Charles Platt
Director of Suspended Animation Inc. Author of many popular science fiction novels, co-founder of CryoCare and former director of suspension services for Alcor Foundation - ImmInst Chat

Cryopreserving the Brain

Ben Best
President of Cryonics Institute will speak on Cryopreserving the Brain, including challenges posed by dementia, stroke, vitrification and ischemia. - ImmInst Book Contribution

The Strategic Brain

Natasha Vita-More BFA, MA
Cultural strategist and designer. As a futurist, she consults for such companies as IBM, NESEA Building Energy 2005, EU Cumulus, and the Telluride Institute. Vita-More is President of Extropy Institute and a member of the World Future Society and Association of Professional Futurists - ImmInst Chat

Superlongevity: How to Argue and Win Every Time

Max More, Ph.D.
Founder, Extropy Institute. Strategic futurist who writes, speaks, and organizes events about the fundamental challenges of emerging technologies - The Diachronic Self - ImmInst Chat

Ethical and Theological Considerations

Brad F. Mellon, Ph.D.
Dr. Mellon has a Master of Divinity degree from Biblical Theological Seminary, a Master of Sacred Theology degree, and is aDoctor of Philosophy in Hermeneutics from Westminster Seminary. Director of Pastoral Care for the Frederick Mennonite Community - ImmInst Book Contribution

Ben Goertzel, Ph.D.
CEO of Biomind LLC and Novamente LLC and and former founder of Webmind Inc., Ben discusses from the perspective of a unified theory of mind the "Immortalizing of Brains, Mind and Selves" by way of AI, neuromodification and gradual uploading - ImmInst Chat

Christopher B. Heward, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Arizona; Senior Research Fellow in the UCLA Program on Medicine, Technology, and Society; President of Kronos Science Laboratories, Inc. subsidiary of Kronos Company. The Kronos Optimal Health Centre is focused on the science of healthy living and aging.

James J. Hughes, Ph.D.
Author of Citizen Cyborg and Sec. of the World Transhumanist Association - Neurological Remediation and the Shifting Boundaries of Death - ImmInst Chat

Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A.
Responsible for launching several satellite communications companies including Sirius and WorldSpace. Founder and CEO of United Therapeutics. Lead the International Bar Association's project to develop a draft Human Genome Treaty for the United Nations. Founder of the Teresem Movement. Filed the first court motion on AI Legal Rights.

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