Richard Leis
Richard Leis, Jr. is Operations Specialist for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) at the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Arizona. He is co-founder of two transhumanist clubs in Arizona and founded an affiliation of transhumanist and related local clubs. He founded and writes for the Frontier Channel, and hosted the RADIO Frontier Channel podcast.
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Nick Bostrom Ph.D.
Nick Bostrom Ph.D. is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and Director of
the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. He is a co-founder
of Humanity+ (WTA) and is a frequent spokesperson and commentator in the
media. He previously taught at Yale University. He has consulted briefly
for the Central Intelligence Agency (Washington, DC), and for the European
Commission and the European Group on Ethics (Brussels) and has served as an
expert advisor to the British House of Common's Science and Technology
Select Committee. He has a background in physics, computational
neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy. His research
interests include ethics, foundations of probability theory, global
catastrophic risk, implications of future technology, and big picture
questions for humanity. He has published more than 150 papers and books.
(Many preprints can be found on his homepage: http://www.nickbostrom.com.)
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James Hughes Ph.D.
James Hughes is a bioethicist and sociologist teaching and working at Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut. He serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and produces the IEET's syndicated weekly radio program and podcast Changesurfer Radio. He is the author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future. He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, and a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and the Working Group on Ethics and Technology at Yale University. Dr. Hughes speaks on medical ethics, health care policy and future studies worldwide, and appears often radio and television.
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Ben Goertzel
Ben Goertzel (goertzel.org) is founder and CEO of two computer science firms Novamente LLC (novamente.net) and Biomind LLC (biomind.com), and of the non-profit AGIRI (Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute). He has served as a university faculty in several departments of mathematics, computer science and cognitive science, in the US, Australia and New Zealand. He is author of two books focused on the future of technology and society Creating Internet Intelligence (Plenum, 2001) and The Path to Posthumanity (Academica, 2006). He serves as Director of Research for the Singularity Institute for AI.
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Mike LaTorra
Mike LaTorra writes and teaches in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. He is author of A Warrior Blends with Life: A Modern Tao. He serves on the
WTA Membership Committee and the Editorial Committee for Transhumanity.
He also serves as President of the Daibutsuji Zen Temple where he is in training to become a Zen priest.
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Mike Treder
Mike Treder is a business professional with a background in technology and communications company management. He is Director of the non-profit Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, an organization working to raise awareness of the issues presented by advanced nanotechnology. He is previous Executive Director of the New York Transhumanist Association, blogs at miketreder.blogspot.com and manages the Incipient Posthuman website.
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Bonnie Magee
Bonnie Magee is an accountant, living in San Diego, California. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2001 with a Bachelor in Accounting and has worked in public accounting for the past seven years. She specializes in audits of retirement plans, and is currently working towards becoming a CPA.
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Jonas Lamis
Jonas Lamis is a technology entrepreneur, catalyst and consultant. He is founder of SciVestor, a research firm focused on emerging technologies and their implications on society. He is partner at Tech Ranch Austin, a technology venture incubator in Austin Texas. He is the founding editor of Architecture & Governance Magazine and is a founding member of Singularity Univerisity.
Jonas has ten years of experience in corporate strategy, business development, and technology marketing with venture-backed software companies. He received his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, an MS in Systems Engineering and Optimization from The Georgia Institute of Technology, and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. Jonas lives in Austin Texas with his wife and four children. In his copius spare time, he enjoys blowing glass.
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George Dvorsky
George Dvorsky is Canada's leading futurist, activist and award winning blogger. He has written and spoken extensively about the impacts of cutting-edge science and technology. He is the Director of Operations for Commune Media, an advertising and marketing firm that specializes in marketing science. George has more than 10 years' experience in media, arts and communications. With relationships forged across several continents, he has managed international accounts for leading brands. In addition to his work with Commune, George serves on the Board of Directors for Humanity+ and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. He is the co-founder and president of the Toronto Transhumanist Association. George has been interviewed by such publications as The Guardian, the BBC, Radio Free Europe, and Beliefnet. He made an appearance on the CBC's The Hour and has been profiled in NOW and This Magazine.
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Sonia Arrison
Sonia Arrison is a futurist and policy analyst who has studied the
impact of new technologies on society for the better part of a decade.
A Senior Fellow at the California-based Pacific Research Institute
and a columnist for TechNewsWorld, she is author of two previous books
(Western Visions and Digital Dialog) as well as numerous PRI studies
on technology issues. A frequent media contributor and guest, her
work has appeared in many publications including CBS MarketWatch, CNN,
Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.
Often asked for advice on technology issues, Sonia has given testimony
and served as an expert witness for various government committees such
as the Congressional Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce and
the California Commission on Internet Political Practices. She is an
instructor for California's Command College and serves on the advisory
boards for the Acceleration Studies Foundation and the Lifeboat
Foundation. Her forthcoming book addresses the political, social, and individual
impacts of radical human longevity.
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Patri Friedman
Patri Friedman attended HMC where he received a bachelor's degree in math, then Stanford University for an MS in Computer Science and Cardean University for an MBA. He worked for Google as a software engineer from 2004 to 2008, when he left to found TSI. Patri is an avid poker player, a prolific writer on political theory and philosophy, and an active participant in festivals such as Burning Man and Pennsic.
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Todd Huffman
Todd Huffman is a technologist and entrepreneur in Phoenix, AZ. He
co-founded the sStitch project, a mobile computing company developing
geospatial and social data organization techniques. He is co-founder
of the BIL Conference, an open-culture big-ideas forum. He has worked
or published in a variety of areas including neuroscience, cryonics,
body modification, sustainable technology, tech in developing
countries, technology transfer, and open-culture.
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