[ExI] Aubrey de Grey in London (ExtroBritannia's July event)

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Living longer and longer yet healthier and healthier: realistic
grounds for hope? Speakers: Aubrey de Grey and Alistair Tweed.

The next ExtroBritannia event is scheduled for Saturday the 12th of
July 2008, 2pm-4pm. Venue: Room 152-153, 1st floor (via lift B), Main
Building, Birkbeck College, Torrington Square, London WC1E 7HX. The
event is free and everyone's welcome.

Alistair Tweed, aging-management.com (Optimising Health for
Longevity): "Finding the right diets, pills, and supplements for a
long and healthy life - assessing the evidence"

Aubrey de Grey, Chairman and Chief Science Officer, The Methuselah
Foundation: "an engineering project for curing human aging within the
present generation"

Join the debate!

Discussion is likely to continue after the event, in a nearby pub, for
those who are able to stay.

There's also the option of joining some of the UKTA regulars for
drinks/lunch beforehand, starting c. 12.30, in "The Friend At Hand"
pub which is situated behind Russell Square tube station on Herbrand
Street. To find us, look out for a table where there's a copy of
Aubrey de Grey's book "Ending Aging" displayed.

Venue:

Room 152-153 is on the first floor (via lift B, down the corridor to
the right of reception) in the main Birkbeck College building, in
Torrington Square (which is a pedestrian-only square). Torrington
Square is about 10 minutes walk from either Russell Square or Goodge
St tube stations. MAP: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps

This event is sponsored by the UKTA (Extrobritannia), the United
Kingdom Transhumanist Association.

Keep an eye on our mailing list and blog for updates:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extrobritannia/
http://extrobritannia.blogspot.com/