WHAT WILL IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN

DESCRIPTION
The blurring boundaries between human and machine that will have dramatic impact upon our sense of self, the notion of free will, the biotech frontiers, and our ideas about privacy in the cybernetic future.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
• What are the two most revolutionary developments in the technological pipeline that can recreate the human being?
• Which products and services will no longer be necessary in this cybernetic future?
• How will we define "the good life" in the 21st Century?

PANELISTS

Moderator:
Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Medical Correspondent ABC News & Co-Founder Lluminari, Inc.

Panelists:
Ann Cavoukian, Privacy Commissioner for Toronto Information & Privacy Commission, Ontario Rev. Pamela Cooper-White, PhD Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Lutheran Theological Seminary
Esther Dyson, President, EDventure Holdings
Jennifer Giottonini, Vice President, Business Development, Isis Pharmaceuticals
Deborah Hurley, Director, Harvard Information & Infrastructure Project, Harvard University
Mercedes Walton, President & COO, Applied Digital Solutions