January 5, 2009

Global Catastrophic Risks talks now available online

Welcome and IntroductionsWATCH - LISTEN

Anders Sandberg PhD, Oxford University
“Global Catastrophic Risks: An Overview, and Caution about Risk Assessments”
WATCH - LISTEN

Jamais Cascio, IEET Fellow, and research affiliate, Institute for the Future
“Building Civilizational Resilience”
WATCH - LISTEN

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Research Associate. Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
“Cognitive Biases in the Assessment of Risk”
WATCH - LISTEN

Martin Hellman PhD, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
“Risk Analysis of Nuclear Deterrence”
WATCH - LISTEN

Bruce Damer, CEO, DigitalSpace & Director, Contact Consortium
“Asteroids and Comets: Mitigating Impact Risks and Stepping Stones to a Sustainable Space Program”
WATCH - LISTEN

Mike Treder, Executive Director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
“Nanotechnology’s Global Risk and Promises of Resilience”
WATCH - LISTEN

Tad Hogg PhD, Social Computing Laboratory, Hewlett Packard
“Distributed Surveillance with MEMS or Nano-scale Sensors”
WATCH - LISTEN

Kattesh V. Katti PhD, Director, Cancer Nanotechnology Platform, Professor of Radiology, University of Missouri
“Green Nanotechnology: An Economic And Scientific Initiative For the Future Of Human Civilization”
WATCH - LISTEN

Alan Goldstein PhD, CEO of Industrial Nanobiotechnology
“The A-Prize: Tracking The Global Race To Break The Carbon Barrier”
WATCH - LISTEN

J. Storrs Hall PhD, author Beyond AI
“The Weather Machine: Nano-enabled Climate Control for the Earth”
WATCH - LISTEN

George Dvorsky, Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
“Risks Posed by Political Extremism”
WATCH - LISTEN

James J. Hughes PhD, Exec. Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
“Strengthening Transnational Governance to Mitigate Risks”
WATCH - LISTEN

Jamais Cascio, IEET Fellow, and research affiliate, Institute for the Future
“Strategies for Civilizational Resilience in the Face of Global Catastrophic Risks” WATCH - LISTEN

No comments: