Registration |
Alcor is celebrating its 40th Anniversary at this Conference! In trying to keep costs as low as possible, registration includes: Conference materials and all presentations; three meals at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort on Saturday; a continental breakfast at the Resort and an Open House Cookout at the Alcor Foundation on Sunday. Conference Registration is $365 for Alcor members and $385 for non-members. We will give full credit of the registration fee toward Alcor membership sign-up fees. You may register by using the PayPal button below, or with a credit card by calling Bonnie at Alcor: 1-877-462-5267 ext. 114, or by sending a check to Alcor Life Extension Foundation, 7895 East Acoma Drive Suite 110, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260. |
Location & Room Reservations |
7200 North Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85253 800-832-2025 Rooms are $159/night for single and double rooms. You can reserve rooms through our direct conference link.
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Speakers and Panels |
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Panel on Long-Term Financial Planning: Michael Seidl, Ralph Merkle, Rudi Hoffman |
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Panel discussion on investing strategies, inflation protection, and personal trusts, with Alcor Board members Michael Seidl and Ralph Merkle, Certified Financial Planner and insurance agent Rudi Hoffman (speaking on “Cryonics Affordability for the Masses and for All Times”), and others to be confirmed. |
Panel on Medical Monitoring Devices: Led by Aaron Drake with Ben Best, Martine Rothblatt, and Danila Medvedev |
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Panel discussion on improving your chances of a quick response in case of a critical physiological failure, led by Alcor's Medical Response Director, Aaron Drake. Ben Best is CI director and Director of Research Oversight at LEF, and has bachelor's degrees in Pharmacy, Physics, Computing Science, and Business (Accounting and Finance). Martine Rothblatt is co-founder of the Terasem Movement, the chief executive of United Therapeutics, and the creator of Sirius XM Satellite Radio. She has also authored From Transgender to Transhuman: A Manifesto on the Freedom of Form, and was the Executive Producer of the film Singularity Is Near. |
Conference Schedule |
Friday October 19, 2012 |
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Registration | ||
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Reception | ||
Welcome Address | |||
10:00 pm until late | Networking |
Saturday October 20, 2012 |
7:30 am - 12:00 noon | Registration | ||
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast | ||
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Robert Littlefield | Welcome from the City of Scottsdale | |
9:10 am - 9:15 am | Max More | Opening remarks | |
9:15 am - 9:50 am | Greg Fahy | Progress Toward Reversible Cryopreservation of Complex Systems | |
9:50 am - 10:25 am | Chana de Wolf Aschwin de Wolf |
Cryopreservation of the Ischemic Brain | |
10:25 am - 10:50 am | Break | ||
10:50 am - 11:10 pm | Max More | Cryonics Procedures and Improvements at Alcor | |
11:10 am - 11:45 am | Keegan Macintosh | Legal Strategies for Cryonicists | |
11:45 am - 12:35 pm | Panel | Long Term Financial Planning | |
12:35 pm - 2:10 pm | Lunch Buffet | ||
2:10 pm - 3:00 pm | Panel | Medical Monitoring Devices | |
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Anders Sandberg | Rational Decision Making About Future Technology | |
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Max More | Improving Your Prospects for an Optimal Cryopreservation | |
4:00 pm - 4:25 pm | Break | ||
4:25 pm - 5:00 pm | Todd Huffman | Advances in Neuroscience: Implications for Cryonics | |
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm | Sebastian Seung | Connectomics and Cryonics | |
5:35 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion | Discussion of Sebastian Seung’s talk | |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | (continued on Sunday afternoon, by appointment) | ||
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Banquet Dinner | ||
10:00 pm until late | Networking |
Sunday October 21, 2012 |
7:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast | ||
9:30 am - 10:05 am | Catherine Baldwin | From Bedside to Clinic: The Evolving Care of Cryopreservation Patients | |
10:05 am - 10:40 am | Aubrey de Grey | Experimental Rejuvenation Research: An Update | |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Break | ||
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Joshua Mitteldorf | Directions for Medical Research: Four Paths to Extending Life | |
11:35 am - 12:10 pm | Michael Rose | How to Control Your Aging | |
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Break | ||
12:20 pm - 12:55 pm | Panel | Panel with de Grey, Mitteldorf, and Rose | |
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Alcor Open House & Cookout |
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2:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Sign-Up Salon | (by appointment) |