GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISKS, a seminar on threats to the future of humanity and how to reduce these risks and build a more resilient civilization, will be held November 14, 2008 at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA.

Organized by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, and the Lifeboat Foundation, the event will precede Convergence 08.

Faculty will include Nick Bostrom, Director, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University; Jamais Cascio, research affiliate, Institute for the Future; James J. Hughes, Exec. Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies; Mike Treder, Executive Director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology; Eliezer Yudkowsky, Research Associate. Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence; and William Potter, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.