X-Message-Number: 9375
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:06:15 -0700 (MST)
From: Fred Chamberlain <>
Subject: Cheap Air Fares and Alcor Conference
Date: 3/30/98
From: Linda Chamberlain ()
Subj: Cheap Air Fares and Alcor Conference
A registrant at this years conference (Alcor's Third Annual Cryonics
Conference) who is coming from New York, found they could save $800
per round trip by flying into Tucson and taking a shuttle to the
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. This may be useful information for
others who might have found the cost of attending was prohibitive:
air fare: 1-800-Fly Cheap
shuttle: 1-800-888-2749 or
602-795-6771 in Tucson
For (just one more time) information about the conference, see below:
*** Just Confirmed! Max More, President of the Extropy Institute,
will be participating in two key panels at the conference.
In the first panel, to be chaired by Marvin Minsky at the Saturday
Evening Banquet ("What's in it for me?") the basic question is, "Why
should *you* want to be there in the future, both near term and
indefinitely thereafter?" The next morning, Max will be one of the
panelists in a session led by James Halperin on "Identity and
Reanimation" ***
Below you will find registration information and an updated schedule.
This Conference is almost certain *not* to remain an annual event.
This might be your last chance to attend a large scale, national
cryonics conference before the year 2000 or 2001.
Extensive details are on Alcor's website, at http://www.alcor.org
(just click on "Conference"). The info below is updated as of
3/19/98, and is the most reliable data on the program and how to
register.
(Registration Info):
Regular Rate - $149 (applies to all registrations, but space is not
guaranteed at the sessions or banquet if you register after March 30,
1998 or at the door. - in case of limited seating capacity, those who
registered earlier will have higher priority.) Register by phone:
(800)367-2228; Ask for Joe Hovey. Visa or MasterCard accepted. Full
package includes all presentations and materials, Saturday luncheon
and Saturday evening banquet.
Lodging: $99/night, single or double room. Conference Hotel is the
Holiday Inn Select near Phoenix, AZ's Sky Harbor Airport (24 hour
complimentary shuttle available.) Call 602-273-7778 for reservations.
Mention that you are attending conference code "ALC". For additional
information on lodging, contact the Chamber of Commerce in Scottsdale
at (800)877-1117 or in Phoenix at (602)254-5521.
(UPDATED SCHEDULE BELOW REFLECTS ADDITIONAL PANEL PARTICIPANTS)
Conference Schedule
Friday, April 3, 1998
7:00-10:00 p.m. Welcome: Registration, Reception
Saturday, April 4, 1998
9:00-9:15 a.m. Fred Chamberlain - Introduction
9:15-10:15 a.m. Greg Fahy - "cryopreservation of Complex Systems"
10:15-10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30-11:30 a.m. Mike Darwin - "Newly Developed and Emerging
Technologies for Human cryopreservation"
11:30-1:30 p.m. Luncheon (provided)
1:30-2:30 p.m. Brian Wowk - Toward Human Vitrification
2:30-3:30 p.m. Fred & Linda Chamberlain - "Cryonics Rescue Systems"
3:30-3:45 p.m. BREAK
3:45-4:45 p.m. Ralph Merkle - "Nanotechnology and Cryonics: An Update"
4:45-5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - Cryonics Service Companies - Fred
Chamberlain - other panelists include Brian Wowk, Linda Chamberlain, Bruce
Cohen and Bob Ettinger
5:30-700 p.m. Break
7:00-7:30 p.m. Reception; no host bar
7:30-11:00 p.m. Banquet
8:30-11:00 p.m. Panel: "What's in It for Me?" - Marvin Minsky - Other
Panelists include Ralph Merkle, Greg Fahy, Max More, and (possibly)
James Halperin.
Sunday, April 5, 1998
TRACK-I
8:45-9:30 am Bus to Alcor Facility
9:30-11:15 am Alcor Tour and Sign-up Party
11:15-11:45 am Bus returns to Conference Site
TRACK-II
9:30-11:45 Panel: Identity and Reanimation - James Halperin - other
panelists include Max More, Bob Newport, M.D., Linda Chamberlain and
(possibly) Marvin
Minsky.
11:45 am-1:30 p.m. Lunch (not provided)
1:30-2:30 p.m. Alan Stoner, Mark Thompson and Dave Hill - "Smith
Barney's Cryonics Wealth Preservation Programs"
2:30-3:30pm James Halperin - "Get Ready for a Century of
Ever-Accelerating Change"
3:30-3:45 p.m. BREAK
3:45-4:15 p.m. Michael Cloud - "How to Infectiously Communicate
Cryonics Ideas"
4:15-4:45 p.m. Dave Pizer - "A Retirement Community and Safe Storage"
4:45-5:30 p.m. Robert Ettinger - "Whence & Whither?"
5:30-5:540 p.m. Linda Chamberlain - Closing Comments
(END OF CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - MORE ON CONFERENCE AT ALCOR'S WEBSITE)
Linda Chamberlain ()
CryoTransport Manager
Alcor Life Extension Foundation
Non-profit cryonic suspension services since 1972.
7895 E. Acoma Dr., Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260-6916
Phone (602) 922-9013 (800) 367-2228 FAX (602) 922-9027
for general requests
http://www.alcor.org
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