	5th Alcor Conference on Extreme Life Extension Preliminary Conference Program
	Final Program

FREE session: What is Cryonics? A Free Introduction to Life Extension Sponsored by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation

Tutorial, Friday November 15th

Friday Night Reception

Saturday, Nov. 16

Sunday, Nov. 17

Thursday, November 14th *FREE session*
6:30 PM	Staff meeting
7:00-8:30 PM	*What is Cryonics?* A Free Introduction to Life Extension Sponsored by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Lobby Level of the Marriott. Call 800-482-6791 to RSVP
		*Will Cryonics Work?* Ralph C. Merkle, Vice President, Technology Assessment, Foresight Institute
		*You Only Go Around Twice* Jerry Lemler, President and CEO, Alcor
		*Life Insurance for Cryonics* Mary Naples, CLU, ChFC
		Panel and audience Q&A
		Socializing
Friday, November 15th
7:50 AM	Staff meeting
8:00 AM	Registration open till 10:00 AM
8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:50 AM	Tutorial
	8:50 AM	*Tutorial Introduction* Ralph C. Merkle, Foresight Institute
	9:00 AM	*Nanotechnology: how it will transform medicine and enable repair of cryopreserved tissue* Ralph C. Merkle, Foresight Institute
	10:30 AM	Break
	11:00 AM	*Extreme Life Prolongation at Cryogenic Temperatures* Gregory Fahy and Brian Wowk, 21st Century Medicine
	12:30 PM	Lunch
	1:30 PM	*Cancer, telomerase and aging* Aubrey de Grey, University of Cambridge
	3:00 PM	Break
	3:30 PM	*The New Alcor Cryonic Suspension Protocols* Jerry Lemler and Alcor Staff, Alcor Life Extension Foundation
	5:00 PM	Closing Remarks, Ralph Merkle
6:00 PM	Conference Registration open till 10:00 pm
7:00 PM	Conference Reception

Saturday, November 16th
7:15 AM	Staff meeting
7:30 AM	Conference Registration open till 10:00 AM
8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:50 AM	Introduction and Welcome Ralph C. Merkle, Conference Chair,
9:00 AM	*Alcor at 30: Where Do We Go from Here?* Jerry Lemler
9:30 AM	Nanomedicine: impact on global mortality Robert Freitas
10:10 AM	Break
10:40 AM	*The Singularity is Near* Ray Kurzweil
11:20 AM	*Engineering Negligible Senescence* Aubrey de Grey
12:00 Noon	Lunch
1:30 PM	Cryonics in the Long View Gregory Benford
2:10 PM	Judging Life Extension Technologies Christine Peterson
2:50 PM	Mind the Gap: Strategic Scenario Analysis for Your Second Life Max More
3:30 PM	Break
4:00 PM	Extending Your Healthspan Now Kat Cotter
4:40 PM	*Improvements in Rapid Cooling to Save the Brain* Steve Harris
5:20 PM	Closing remarks
5:30 PM	End of Session
5:30 PM	Alcor membership application and discussions (informal)
8:00 PM	Speaker/VIP reception (invitation only)
Sunday, November 17th
8:00 AM	Staff meeting
8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:10 AM	The Affordable Immortal: How YOU can fund the new science of Biostasis Rudi Hoffman
8:50 AM	*Opening Remarks* Kat Cotter
9:00 AM	Keynote: Human Therapeutic Cloning: Opportunities and Challenges Michael D. West, President and CEO, Advanced Cell Technology
10:00 AM	*Organ Cryopreservation Research at 21st Century Medicine* Gregory Fahy
10:40 AM	Break
11:10 AM	Issues and Technologies for Long-Term Tissue Storage Brian Wowk
11:50 AM	Prospects for Biological Immortality Michael Rose
12:30 AM	Lunch and Leonard N. Zubkoff Memorial Award
2:00 PM	Chipping Away at the Mysteries of Aging: what you don't eat can't hurt you. Stephen Spindler
2:40 PM	A Bridge to a Bridge to a Bridge Ray Kurzweil
3:20 PM	Break
3:50 PM	Women in Cryonics Moderator: Kat Cotter Panelists: Christine Peterson, Natasha Vita-More, Kathy Kriese, Gilda Cabral
4:30 PM	*Nanotechnology: the upside* K. Eric Drexler
5:10 PM	*New Venture Capital Solution For Life Extension Projects* Dave Kekich
5:40 PM	Closing remarks