[ExI] TransVision 2010: New confirmed speakers

[Giulio Prisco]

TransVision 2010: New confirmed speakers
http://transvision2010.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/transvision-2010-new-confirmed-speakers/

The following speakers will give talks at TransVision 2010, which
brings the number of confirmed speakers to 24. Other speakers will be
announced in a few days.

Roberto Guerra: writer and video poet. His published works include,
among other writings, “Marinetti e il Duemila” (in AA.VV. “Divenire 3
Futurismo” edited by AIT, 2009, Sestante Edizioni) and  “Moana Lisa
Cyberpunk” (Edizioni Diversa Sintonia, 2010). He participated in “The
Scientist International Videoart Festival” organized by Ferrara
Video&Arte. In 2009 he organized, with Graziano Cecchini “Futurismo
100 live”, dedicated to 100 years of Futurism. Since 2010 he is the
coordinator of the Laboratory of Futurist Literature of AIT (Italian
Transhumanist Association).

Alex Lightman is the Executive Director of Humanity+ (formerly the
World Transhumanist Association), author of over 800,000 words mainly
about science, technology, science fiction, and the future including
Brave New Unwired World: The Digital Big Bang and the Infinite
Internet. He is a graduate of MIT and attended graduate school at MIT
and Harvard. He completed Army Airborne paratrooper training, Navy
Cold Weather Survival School, and over 25 road races including six
marathons in the last 18 months. He got support from 40 countries for
his government policy recommendations for IPv6.

Marta Rossi graduated (B.A.) in Philosophy of Mind and Languages from
San Raffaele University (Milan) with a dissertation on self-reference.
She received her M.A. from the same institution with a final
dissertation on the ontology of functionalism and its consequences in
ethics and social theory. Her research are focused on mind-body
relations, philosophical and scientific accounts of consciousness and
the link between Singularity and social changes. Currently a Ph.D.
Candidate in Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences, she has been working @
iLabs since 2006, where she is Strategic Partnership Manager, leading
the management of projects in ethics, social and political theory.

Jacopo Tagliabue graduated (B.A.) in Philosophy of Mind and Languages
from San Raffaele University (Milan) with a dissertation on formal
ontology. He received his M.A. from the same institution with a final
dissertation on scientific explanations in complex systems. He studied
microeconomics, statistics and complexity theory in renowned
international institutions (London School of Economics, New York
University, Santa Fe Institute) and he is currently a Ph.D. Candidate
in Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences. He has been working @ iLabs
since 2006, where he is now Chief Scientist for Qualitative Modelling.

Francesco Verso is an Italian SF writer (tough he defines his genre as
“future fiction” from a definition of Anthony Burgess for A Clockwork
Orange). He follows transhumanism since many years because its themes
are strictly connected to the ones of his novels. Books: Antidoti
umani – (Human Antidotes) – short-listed for the Urania Mondadori 2004
Award, deals with human augmentation & sensorial prosthetis. e-Doll –
winner of the Urania Mondadori 2008 Award – is about the relationship
between Maya, a moscow teenager, and Angel, an highly sofisticated
replicant  who is employed in the business of sex. The novel talks
about the birth of consciousness and analyses aspects of human
sexuality.

TransVision 2010 is a global transhumanist conference and community
convention, organized by several transhumanist activists, groups and
organizations, under the executive leadership of the Italian
Transhumanist Association (AIT) and with the collaboration of an
Advisory Board. The event will take place on October 22, 23 and 24,
2010 in Milan, Italy with many options for remote online access.

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