X-Message-Number: 19410
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 22:12:31 -0700
From: "Ralph C. Merkle" <>
Subject: Alcor Conference on Extreme Life Extension, Nov. 16-17 2002
Fifth Alcor Conference on Extreme Life Extension
Saturday November 16 and Sunday November 17, 2002
at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel near Los Angeles, California
Conference URL: http://www.alcor.org/conferences/2002/
Register by July 15th for our drawing for a FREE CRUISE!!
Please forward to appropriate newsgroups, lists, or individuals
OVERVIEW
We live longer and healthier lives today than in centuries past because of
remarkable advances in medical technology. We've already sequenced the
human genome, cloned mammals, and replaced the human heart with an
artificial pump. Soon we will understand the basic mechanisms of life. Not
only is our understanding deepening, we are also gaining the ability to
modify, control and repair the fundamental molecular and cellular
structures from which we are made. Age and infirmity will become as rare as
bubonic plague and smallpox. Youthful vigor and long lasting good health
will be the norm. How rapidly these advances take place and the extent to
which we as individuals benefit from them depends very much on what we do.
The Fifth Alcor Conference on Extreme Life Extension is a meeting of
scientists and individuals who are working toward the expansion of human
health and longevity.
SPEAKERS
Michael D. West, President & CEO of Advanced Cell Technology
Human Therapeutic Cloning: Opportunities and Challenges
Ray Kurzweil, recipient of the 1999 National Medal of Technology
The Singularity is Near
Michael Rose, Professor, Evolutionary Biology of Aging, Evolutionary
Genetics; University of California at Irvine
Prospects for Biological Immortality
Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics, University of California, Irvine.
Cryonics in the Long View
Aubrey de Grey, Department of Genetics University of Cambridge
Engineering Negligible Senescence: rational design of feasible,
comprehensive rejuvenation biotechnology
Jerry Lemler, President and CEO, Alcor
Alcor at 30: Where Do We Go From Here?
Kat Cotter, D.C., Vice President, Maximum Life Foundation
Extending Your Healthspan Now
Gregory Fahy, Chief Scientific Officer, 21st Century Medicine
Organ Cryopreservation Research at 21st Century Medicine
Robert A. Freitas, Jr., author, Nanomedicine; Research Scientist, Zyvex
Death is an Outrage
Steven B. Harris, MD, Director of Research, Critical Care Research
Post Resuscitation Cooling
Rudi Hoffman, Certified Financial Planner
The Affordable Immortal: How YOU can fund the new science of Biostasis
Max More, President, Extropy Institute
Mind the Gap: Strategic Scenario Analysis for Your Second Life
Harvey Newstrom, co-Founder, Newstaff
A Security Response to the Luddite Position
Christine Peterson, President, Foresight Institute
Judging Life Extension Technologies
Stephen Spindler, Professor of Biochemistry, University of California,
Riverside
Chipping Away at the Mysteries of Aging: what you don't eat can't
hurt you.
Brian Wowk, Research Scientist, 21st Century Medicine
Issues and Technologies for Long-Term Tissue Storage
OPTIONAL TUTORIAL (Friday, November 15th): Fundamental Issues in Extreme
Life Extension
Gregory Fahy, Chief Scientific Officer, 21st Century Medicine
Brian Wowk, Research Scientist, 21st Century Medicine
Extreme Life Prolongation at Cryogenic Temperatures
Ralph C. Merkle, Alcor Director; Vice President, Technology Assessment,
Foresight Institute
Nanotechnology: how it will transform medicine and enable repair
of cryopreserved tissue
Aubrey de Grey
Cancer, Telomerase and Aging
Fourth speaker and subject TBD
REGISTRATION FEES
Registration Fee for the conference including the gala Friday night
reception, continental breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks Saturday and Sunday:
$475 General Registration before September 15
$575 Late Registration after September 15
$625 At-the-Door Registration after November 1
Registration Fee for the conference without the Friday night reception and
without lunches is $100 less:
$375 General Registration before September 15
$475 Late Registration after September 15
$525 At-the-Door Registration after November 1
Friday Tutorial Registration Fee (includes Friday continental breakfast,
lunch, and coffee breaks only; does not include the Saturday/Sunday
conference. You can register for the conference only, the tutorial only, or
both the conference and the tutorial).
$295 Friday Tutorial Registration before September 15
$395 Late Tutorial Registration after September 15
$445 At-the-Door Tutorial Registration after November 1
HOW TO REGISTER
You can register on-line by going to
http://www.alcor.org/conferences/2002/reginfo.html
Or you can print out the form at
http://www.alcor.org/conferences/2002/printreg.html and mail or fax it to
Alcor to register for the conference. You may use VISA, MasterCard, AMEX,
check or international money order valid in the U.S. Make checks payable to
"Alcor", checks and bank drafts must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. Bank.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation
7895 E. Acoma Dr., #110
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Fax: 480-922-9027
Or you can register by telephone: call Alcor at 800-482-6791
FREE ALCOR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Alcor will waive the normal $150 Membership Application Fee for
conference attendees joining Alcor. Alcor staff will be available at the
conference to assist in the sign-up process and to answer any questions you
may have.
HOTEL
Room Rate (Single/Double): $119/night. Mention Alcor conference to
obtain the group rate of $119. Hotel reservations should be made by October
24, 2002 to obtain the special rate.
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel
900 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660 USA
Phone: 1-949-640-4000
Fax: 1-949-640-5055
http://www.marriotthotels.com/
TRAVEL
John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County California is 15 minutes
from the Conference hotel by complimentary shuttle.
FREE CRUISE
Register by July 15th for our drawing for a FREE CRUISE!!
Win a four-day cruise for two! Choice of three cruises: leave from
Los Angeles to Catalina Island and Ensenada Mexico; leave from Miami to Key
West and Cozumel; or leave from Port Canaveral to Nassau and Freeport.
(Airfare not included, must be over 21). Eight meals a day, free
entertainment on the ship, Captain's cocktail party included.
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