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April 2013

Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lecture: “The Higgs Boson and Our Life”

Dates: Apr 8, 2013
Location: Stanford, California

The Higgs Boson and Our Life

Dr. Fabiola Gianotti, Senior Research Scientist at CERN and spokesperson for the ATLAS experiment, will give a lecture entitled “The Higgs Boson and Our Life.”  Abstract:  On 4 July 2012, the ATLAS and CMS experiments operating at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) announced the discovery of a new particle compatible with the Higgs boson (hunted for almost 50 years), which is a crucial piece for our understanding of… read more

Event Site: Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lecture: "The Higgs Boson and Our Life"

Topics: Physics/Cosmology

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ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS: Finding Flow & Resilience through Creativity & the Arts

Dates: Apr 7, 2013
Location: Los Angeles, California

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Sunday April 7, 10 am-5 pm
UCLA Schoenberg Hall

Conference details:
Focusing on enhancing strengths, rather than reducing deficits, creativity and the arts are uniquely able to facilitate flow, mind-body wellness, and transformation. With the growing cost of healthcare and increasing demand for preventative, patient-centered, and chronic care, it is important for future healthcare professionals and artists to be aware of effective and creative positive psychological approaches… read more

Event Site: ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS: Finding Flow & Resilience through Creativity & the Arts

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Cognitive Science/Neuroscience

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2013 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association

Dates: Apr 5, 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

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The 2013 conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association will be held on 5 April 2013 from 9:00am to 5:45pm in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the level four conference room of the Salt Lake City Public Library. Speakers will address the themes of Mormonism, Transhumanism and Transfigurism, with particular attention to topics at the intersection of technology, spirituality, science and religion. Previous conferences sponsored by the Mormon Transhumanist Association include… read more

Event Site: 2013 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Social/Ethical/Legal

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March 2013

Health Extension Salon #7: Aging as the Root Cause of Major Diseases

Dates: Mar 28, 2013
Location: Mountain View, California


Dr. Gordon Lithgow from the Buck Institute, will present surprising research results showing that aging actually *causes* cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc.  He changed aging genes in animals.  Not only were they strong at an age while the control animals were frail, as would be expected, but the control animals were getting diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s, while the changed ones were not.  Can this be… read more

Event Site: Health Extension Salon #7: Aging As The Root Cause Of Major Diseases

Topics: Biomed/Longevity

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Game Developers Conference 2013

Dates: Mar 25 – 29, 2013
Location: San Francisco, California

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The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the world’s largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event.

The GDC attracts over 19,000 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC is produced… read more

Event Site: GDC 2013

Topics: Entertainment/New Media | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Game Developers Conference | San Francisco 2013

Dates: Mar 25 – 29, 2013
Location: San Francisco, California

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The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the world’s largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event.

The GDC attracts over 19,000 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC is produced by the UBM TechWeb Game Network.

This… read more

Event Site: GDC 2013

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Advancing Humanity Symposium 2013

Dates: Mar 23, 2013
Location: Stanford, California

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Nine speakers, divided into three panels, will each present a distinct perspective on how emerging technologies and disruptive innovation may sculpt the near future of humanity.

Defining Human – 10AM

Neil Harbisson (Cyborg Foundation) “I Listen to Color”
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Gregory Stock (Author of Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future) “To Upgrade is Human”
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Natasha Vita-More (Humanity+) “How to Build… read more

Event Site: Advancing Humanity Symposium 2013

Topics: AI/Robotics | Biomed/Longevity | Human Enhancement | Innovation/Entrepreneurship | Singularity/Futures | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Howard Bloom’s God Problem Tour

Dates: Mar 23 – Apr 4, 2013
Location: United States

The God Problem

What the hell is Howard Bloom up to now?  Nothing.  One of the most important nothings confronting science today, he says.

Bloom is a scientific thinker who has been called “next in a lineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein, [and] Freud,” by Britain’s Channel4 TV, “the next Stephen Hawking” by Gear Magazine, and “The Buckminster Fuller and Arthur C. Clarke of the new millennium” by Buckminster… read more

Topics: Physics/Cosmology

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BollyDoll: A Live Cinema Experience

Dates: Mar 22, 2013
Location: Los Angeles, California

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Back by popular demand – A live 360 degree performance at the Vortex Dome LA this Friday. Don’t miss it!

Time: Friday, March 22, 2013
Two shows: 7:00pm and 8:30pm
Location: Vortex Dome at Los Angeles Center Studios
Organized By: Kate McCallum and Ed Lantz

Event Description:
BollyDoll, a Live Cinema Experience, is a live music and dance show based on an old Indian epic dating back to 1000 BC created… read more

Event Site: BollyDoll: A Live Cinema Experience

Topics: Entertainment/New Media

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George Dyson: “No Time Is There— The Digital Universe and Why Things Appear To Be Speeding Up”

Dates: Mar 19, 2013
Location: San Francisco, California

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George Dyson will be presenting “No Time Is There”— The Digital Universe and Why Things Appear To Be Speeding Up” on Tuesday March 19, 02013 at 7:30 pm at the Herbst Theater at Civic Center.

When thinking about the future, it is easy to forget to look behind you. Enter George Dyson, “an historian among futurists”, who does deep research into the history of computing to… read more

Event Site: George Dyson: “No Time Is There--- The Digital Universe and Why Things Appear To Be Speeding Up”

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Singularity/Futures

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60th Anniversary of the Double Helix: a Conversation with James Watson

Dates: Mar 18, 2013
Location: Los Angeles, California

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IMED Seminar Series

Featured Speaker: James Watson, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate, Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories

Host: Lee Goodglick, Ph.D., MBA
Monday, March 18, 2013 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Event Site: 60th Anniversary of the Double Helix

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech

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Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC)

Dates: Mar 17 – 21, 2013
Location: Anaheim, California

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OFC/NFOEC is the largest global conference and exposition for optical communications and networking professionals. No other week is as intense as The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC). For over 38 years people have been coming from all corners of the globe to meet and greet, teach and learn, make connections and move business forward for this one… read more

Event Site: OFC/NFOEC 2013

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Internet/Telecom | Singularity/Futures | Social Networking/Web

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The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America Author Ernest Freeberg in conversation with Museum CEO John Hollar

Dates: Mar 14, 2013
Location: Mountain View, California

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The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but arguably the most important invention of all was Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb. Unveiled in his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory in 1879, the light bulb overwhelmed the American public with the sense of the birth of a new age. More than any other invention, the electric light marked the arrival of modernity.

The Age of Edison places… read more

Event Site: The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America Author Ernest Freeberg in conversation with Museum CEO John Hollar

Topics: Electronics | Innovation/Entrepreneurship

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NIH Brain Awareness Week

Dates: Mar 11 – 17, 2013
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland

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Students explore the wonders of the brain – NIH Brain Awareness Week

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.

Every March, BAW unites the efforts of partner organizations worldwide in a celebration of the brain for people of all ages. Events are limited only by the organizers’ imaginations and include open… read more

Event Site: BAW 2013

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Social Networking/Web

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Augumented Human ’13: 4th International Conference in Cooperation with ACM SIGCHI

Dates: Mar 7 – 8, 2013
Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Augmented Human 2013

The 4th Augmented Human (AH) International Conference in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI will be held in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 7 and 8, 2013, focusing on augmenting human capabilities through technology for increased well-being and enjoyable human experience.

As in previous years, the conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library as a volume in its International Conference Proceedings Series with ISBN.

Topics

  • Wearable Computing and Ubiquitous

… read more

Event Site: Augumented Human ’13

Topics: Human Enhancement | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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