Posts Tagged ‘Robert J. Sawyer’
Synthetic Biology Conference
January 4th, 2011
Feb. 3-4, 2011 – Synthetic Biology conference held at Google’s Washington, D.C. offices
I am participating in a synthetic biology conference called “Here Be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future.”
Stellar cast of speakers from science AND science fiction: Drew Endy, Andrew Hessel, George Church, Robert J. Sawyer, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, Robert Wright, and many more!
Part of the Future Tense series, the event is co-sponsored by Slate magazine, Arizona State University, and the New America Foundation, and will explore governance issues surrounding new, rapidly-developing fields of science.
How do we proceed when we have no maps for these unexplored territories?
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 – 8:30am – Friday, February 4, 2011 – 1:30pm
Google, DC
1101 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
The Scientific Mind Behind FlashForward
October 8th, 2009
Our most recent video for Time.com is about the new ABC series, “FlashForward.” The show is based on the 1999 novel by Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer, whom we met this summer at the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop.
