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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Technoprog! <SPAN
class=281591813-07062011>confrence t</SPAN>akes place at the Research House
(Maison de la Recherche) at the L'Universite Paris IV - Sorbonne<SPAN
class=281591813-07062011>, on </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial>Thursday, June 16, 2011 (9:00 - 18:00).
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class=281591813-07062011><STRONG>Topic:</STRONG> </SPAN>The artistic scene has
considerably changed due to the possibilities allowed by new technology:
transmedia art, <SPAN class=281591813-07062011>b</SPAN>ioart, hacklab<SPAN
class=281591813-07062011>. </SPAN>Art has somehow become a “transhumanist
laboratory” where the artistic act itself has yet to be defined. The first part
of the conference will discuss those changes and the new forms of art in the
beginning of the 21th century. Due to recent medical progress (stem cells,
regeneration, nano & biotechnologies, advances in AI)<SPAN
class=281591813-07062011>. Hu</SPAN>mankind now foresees a significant extension
of its lifetime. It becomes necessary to tackle interrogations about the limits
that can be reached on the short, middle and long terms. The consequences of
such a change came to be a major concern for both demographers, sociologists,
economists and psychologists. Is Human enhancement considered immoral today?
Which ethics for the transhuman? Those questions, and others, will be discussed
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size=2> </FONT><A href="http://www.transhumanistes.com/"><FONT
color=#000000 size=2>http://www.transhumanistes.com/</FONT></A><FONT
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=281591813-07062011>Featuring the
following speakers:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<LI><A href="http://transhumanistes.com/conference2.php#NatashaVitaMore"><FONT
color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Natasha Vita-More : Transhumanism and the Art
of Life Expansion</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT>
<LI><A href="http://transhumanistes.com/conference2.php#IngridBrunazzi"><FONT
color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Ingrid Brunazzi : L’ineffabile mano
sinistra</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT>
<LI><A href="http://transhumanistes.com/conference2.php#AubreydeGrey"><FONT
color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Aubrey de Grey : Prospects for defeating aging
altogether</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT>
<LI><A href="http://transhumanistes.com/conference2.php#AlbertoMasala"><FONT
color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Alberto Masala : Sagesse antique et
prolongement de la vie</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT>
<LI><A href="http://transhumanistes.com/conference2.php#OlivierGoulet"><FONT
color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Olivier Goulet : Corps.ext</FONT></A><FONT
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