X-Message-Number: 2231
Date: 10 May 93 15:25:39 EDT
From: Saul Kent <>
Subject: Cryonics Conference On Memorial Day Weekend

NEW DIMENSIONS IN CRYONICS - Cryonics Issues For The 21st Century
Memorial Day Weekend - May 28-30, 1993 
Red Lion Hotel - Ontario Airport, California

	The co-sponsors of this unique conference are The Life Extension
Foundation, The Alcor Life Extension Foundation, The Immortalist 
Society, The Cryonics Institute, Alcor Southern California,   
Alcor New York, and Alcor Nevada.
	The conference will begin on Friday evening (May 28) with an
informal session, followed by panel discussions on Saturday, May 29 and
Sunday morning, May 30.  A few of the people who will be participating
are: Paul Genteman (Moderator), Saul Kent, Jim Yount, Mike Darwin,
Steve Harris, M.D., Ralph Merkle, Ph.D., Bob Krueger, Ph.D., Thomas
Donaldson, Ph.D., Maureen Genteman, and Michael Riskin, Ph.D.  There
will be a banquet on Saturday evening.

Saturday, May 29

	9am-10:15am - Panel 1: What's The Best Model For A cryonics
Organization?  Should cryonics organizations be all-purpose
organizations?  Or should there be separate organizations and companies
offering cryonic suspension, long-term patient care, and the other
cryonics services?
	10:15am-10:45am - Mid-Morning Break
	10:45am-12 Noon - Panel 2:  Legal Issues Facing Cryonics - How
can we best protect cryonics organizations against legal attack?  Should
we seek legislation to regulate cryonics?  Should cryonics patients be
granted legal rights?  Should pre-mortem cryonic suspension be legal?
	12 Noon-2pm - Lunch - Red Lion Hotel or local restaurants
	2pm-3:15pm - Panel 3: Financial Issues Facing Cryonics - How can
we best provide for the long-term financial stability of cryonics organ-
izations?  How should cryonics organizations invest their money?  Who
should make the investment decisions?  Is self-insurance desirable for
a cryonics organization?
	3:15pm-3:45pm - Mid-Afternoon Break
	3:45pm-5:45pm - Panel 4: Advances In Cryonic Suspension - How
well are we preserving cryonics patients today  What can be done to
improve cryonic suspension?  This panel will feature special reports on
the long-term patient care research being carried out by The Cryonics
Institute, the deep hypothermia and cerebral resuscitation research
being conducted by 21st Century Medicine, the anti-aging research
planned by 21st Century Medicine, and the brain cryopreservation
research planned by Cryovita Laboratories.
	5:45pm-7:30pm - Early-Evening Break
	7:30pm-pm - Banquet
	9pm-11pm - Panel 5: How Much Democracy Should There Be In
Cryonics?  Should members have any responsibility for governing cryonics	
organizations?  What is the best management structure for a cryonics
organization?  How should the Board Of Directors be elected?

Sunday, May 30

	9am-10:15am - Panel 6: Patient Advocacy Issues - Should
relatives have any control over suspension patients? Should members be
able to designate personal advocates to represent them after they are
suspended?  Who should have the ultimate responsibility for patient
care?
	10:15am-10:45am - Mid Morning Break
	10:45am-12 Noon - Panel 7: How Independent Should Local Cryonics
Groups Be?  Is centralized control the best way of governing a national
cryonics organization?  Is it desirable to have a loose confederation
of relatively independent local groups?
	Rooms at the Red Lion Hotel are $69 per night (single or
double).  For reservations call: 1-800-547-8010 (Say you're with the
Cryonics Conference and tell them whether you want one or two beds). 	
	ROOMS AT $69 A NIGHT MAY ONLY BE AVAILABLE AT THE RED LION HOTEL
UNTIL MAY 15, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM BY MAY 15!  
	If you're driving, take the Vineyard Avenue exit off the 10
Freeway, about 4 miles west of the 15 Freeway.  Go south on Yineyard
towards the airport.  The Red Lion Hotel is on the left.
	Registration is $25 ($30 at the door).  The banquet fee is $25.
	To register call: 1-800-841-5433.  Or send your check or money
order made out to:  The Life Extension Foundation, 16280 Whispering
Spur, Riverside, CA 92504.

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