November 4, 2005

Rosalyn W. Berne, Conversations and Reflections with Researchers in

 Nanotechnology: Rosalyn Berne will discuss Nanotalk, her book of conversations and explorations with thirty-five individual research scientists and engineers sharing their ideas, experiences, perceptions and beliefs about their work, humanity, nature, chance and the future of the world with nanotechnology.  These conversations are used as the basis of reflection and deliberation, about the possible significance of nanotechnology to humanity and how it might be pursued conscientiously, and ethically.

1:30 pm

Biodesign A Lower Level

Room 10/14

refreshments to follow presentation

October 6, 2005

Gregor Wolbring (University of Calgary) Human Enhancement Medicine: The Final Frontier: Advances in and converging of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive sciences (NBIC) -- increases our abilities to change/modify, ‘enhance’ the human body (structure, function,
capabilities) beyond species typical boundaries. An increasing amount of
people believe that we will and /should/ try to overcome the biological
limitations of the human body. This lecture will explore:

a) the area of human performance enhancements beyond species typical
boundaries

b) the consequences of the appearance of the transhumanist/enhancement
model of health, disease, disability and wellbeing, and the dynamic of
medicalization

c) how the dynamics and arguments around the human performance
enhancement debate as we have it today will make it very likely that a
new field of Enhancement medicine will appear and flourish as the result
of the new scientific and technological capabilities.

Powerpoint Presentation

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