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“The Future Human” Workshop
November 8–10, 2002 | Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington
summary
 What will being human mean a thousand years from now? Will humans be inseparably blended with technology? What will be the impact of genetic engineering? Will further speciation occur? In November 2002, the Foundation For the Future brought together nine scholars whose backgrounds and expertise ranged from molecular biology and biochemistry to sociology and studies of the future. With this base of knowledge, the gathering of scholars addressed these and related questions concerning “The Future Human.”
Proceedings (4.3
MB PDF) of this workshop, including
transcripts of presentations and all dialogic sessions, available for
download. Featured are short interviews of the scholars individually
addressing the question: What is your vision of the thousand-year
evolution of our species?
Scholar Participants
“The Future Human” Workshop drew upon the combined knowledge of experts who have dedicated research to what humans are likely to become in the upcoming centuries:
 W. French Anderson
Director of Gene Therapy Laboratories,
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA USA
 Athena Andreadis
Associate Director of Research,
Shriver Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Waltham, MA USA
 John Campbell
Professor of Neurobiology,
Geffen School of Medicine
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA USA
 Joseph Coates
President
Consulting Futurist, Inc.
Washington, DC USA
 Gregory Fowler
Founder and Executive Director
Geneforum
Portland, OR USA
 James Hughes
Associate Editor
Journal of Evolution and Technology
Hartford, CT USA
 Gregory Stock
Director of the Program on Medicine, Technology, and Society
University of California School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA USA
 Jeffry Stock
Professor of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ USA
 Burke Zimmerman
President
BKZ Inc. (specializing in immunology)
Oakland, CA USA
Foundation Affiliates
Foundation affiliates participating in “The Future Human” Workshop included:
 Kirk Citron
Advertising Entrepreneur
Mill Valley, CA USA
 Anna Reid Jhirad
Producer and Writer
Marigold Productions
Washington, DC USA
 Barbara Moran
Producer
Palfreman Film Group
Lowell, MA USA
 Jon Palfreman
President, Palfreman Film Group
Executive Producer, The Next Thousand Years
Lowell, MA USA
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