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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Book your flights to Beijing sooner rather than later! Here is the website <a href="https://humanityplus.org/events/china-conference-2018/">LINK</a>. Agenda, below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Day 1 - July 14<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Invitation-Only Salon Discussion: AI, Blockchain and the Future of Humanity<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Venue: UCCA (The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art located in 798 art district)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A hand-picked group of ~35 Beijing technology, business and arts luminaries, gathered to discuss AI and decentralization, and their intersection with broader themes such as those in the Humanity+ Symposium. Sponsored by SingularityNET<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Day 2 - July 15<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Humanity+ Symposium: Human Meaning in an AI World<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Venue: UCCA (The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art located in 798 art district)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As AI robotics, and associated technologies advance, more and more of the practical functions now served by humans will be done by automated systems. There will also arise possibilities for humans to fuse with machines in various ways. The impact of all this on human life will depend on psychology, social organization and culture. In the best scenarios, liberation of humans from the necessity to carry out practical tasks, will lead to a flourishing of human and transhuman fulfillment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are planning to be at the Bejing Conference, I wanted you all to know that I reserved a room at the <a href="http://www.graciearthotel.com/en-us">Gracie Art Hotel</a>. It is walking distance to the conference venue at the <span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://ucca.org.cn/en/">UCCA</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Onward!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Natasha<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Dr. Natasha Vita-More<o:p></o:p></a></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><span style='color:#404040'>Professor, Graduate and Undergraduate Departments, <a href="https://www.uat.edu/about-uat"><span style='color:#404040'>UAT</span></a></span><span style='color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'> Executive Director, <a href="http://www.humanityplus.org/"><span style='color:#404040'>Humanity+</span></a>, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'> Author and Co-Editor: <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519771534&sr=8-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader"><span style='color:#404040'>The Transhumanist Reader</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'> Lead Science Researcher: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620520/"><span style='color:#404040'>Memory Project</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#404040'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-vita-more-phd-380363/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 style='width:.3055in;height:.3055in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3DE17.2AC1BBB0" alt="Linkedin logo_`"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NatashaVitaMorePublic/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=29 style='width:.2777in;height:.3055in' id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D3DE17.2AC1BBB0" alt="facebook logo"></span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NatashaVitaMore?lang=en"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=23 height=19 style='width:.2361in;height:.1944in' id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D3DE17.2AC1BBB0" alt="twitter logo_1"></span></a> <img border=0 width=179 height=96 style='width:1.868in;height:1.0in' id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image007.png@01D3DE16.939A3500" alt=Email><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>