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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 08:44:17 EDT
Subject: Looking forward to conference, Bruce/Conference promo

In a message dated 10/7/2005 5:00:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Message  #27176
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:38:53 -0500
From: "Bruce J. Klein"  <>
Subject: Life Extension Conference 
References:  <>

Dear CryoNet Members,  

Your invited to a Life Extension Conference - Nov. 5, 2005 in Atlanta,  GA

Meet Aubrey de Grey and sixteen other life extension visionaries  to
discuss advanced ideas and methods in anti-aging,  artificial
intelligence, cryonics, brain-computer interfacing and  more.

Hosted at GA Tech's modern Conference Center in downtown  Atlanta,
this full day event will focus on the human brain and life  extension.

Speakers:

Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey, Ph.D. - Leading  Anti-aging Scientist
Ben Best - President of Cryonics Institute
Ben  Goertzel, Ph.D. - Immortalizing Brains, Mind and Selves
Brad F. Mellon,  Ph.D. - Ethical and Theological Considerations
Brian Wowk, Ph.D. -  Cryobiology, 21st Century Medicine
Christopher B. Heward, Ph.D. - Optimal  Health Medicine
Eliezer Yudkowsky - Creating Artificial  Intelligence
James J. Hughes, Ph.D. - Neurological Remediation
Martine  Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. - Computers & Legal Rights
Max More,  Ph.D. - Diachronic Self: Continuity, Transformation
Michael R. Rose, Ph.D.  - Author of Evolutionary Biology of Aging
Natasha Vita-More - President of  Extropy Institute
Peter A. Passaro - Brain-computer Interfacing
Peter  Haughton - Longest survivor with Artificial Heart pump
Ralph C. Merkle,  Ph.D. - Cryonics and Nanotechnology
Rudi Hoffman, CFP - Cryonics  Affordability
Sonia Arrison - Dir. of Technology Studies, Pacific Research  Inst.

Register: www.imminst.org/conference

Forever!
Bruce  Klein
http://www.imminst.org/bjklein 



Wow...what a great lineup of speakers, Bruce.
 
This is truly going to be an historic meeting.  My wife Dawn and I are  
really looking forward to it.  
 
I have been talking this conference up for many months, encouraging my  
friends to attend.  
 
Since there is no ALCOR conference this year, and none on the horizon, this  
will be THE get together, folks.
 
I just made reservations at the Tech center for the full weekend.   Rooms 
about 149 a night plus 15% room tax.  

If Dawn wasn't with me,  I'd invite you all and we'd have 17 people in a room 
and get our costs down.  :)
 
C'mon, folks, let's do some networking, make some plans to share rides and  
rooms, break out the old Visa or Mastercard, and suck it up to get to this  
amazing gathering.  
 
It is NEVER convenient, easy, or nontrivial to attend such functions.   It 

involves "cost justification" to spouses, friends, and self, hassles of  airline
booking and travel, rescheduling other opportunities, spending more  money on 
hard costs like airlines, rooms, and registration than you'd probably  like, 
getting on the net and garnering roomies, getting lost a bunch of  times (I 
like to average three per trip!), putting MORE money on the cards when  we're 

all trying like hell to pay off the goddam things, etc. etc. etc...as the  King
of Siam says.

In short, it ain't CONVENIENT!
 
But it IS very IMPORTANT!  

The relationships, attitudes,  information, mannerisms, interactions, 

information, values, and FRIENDSHIPS you  pick up at events are LIFE CHANGING.
 
These are the folks you are going to WANT in your future.  Man, do I  love 
these kind of people!  

You will find that the Imminst  attendees tend to have values that you will 

resonate with.  Unlike the  majority of folks we all have around us much of the
time, who think we are a bit  kooky.  

To be around people who LOVE life, who want to extend and  expand their 
possibilities, is exciting and FUN.  
 
I could be wrong, but I think this conference will be better than sex  and 

recreational drugs.  But you won't see this comparison on the promo  literature,
so you'll have to take my word for it.  
 
PLEASE make arrangements to get to Atlanta if you possibly can.  It  won't be 
the same without YOU. 
 
Right now, while it is on your mind and before the next crisis of the  moment 
hits you, scroll up to the top of this posting and click on the hypertext  to 
go to the conference registration site.  If you can't afford it, get  some 
roommates, share some rides, beg Bruce for the student rate, or break that  
piggy bank.  You'll be glad you did.
 
Hope to see you the weekend of Nov 4, 5, and 6 in Atlanta!
 
Rudi


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