Toronto Transhumanist Association events for April

The Toronto Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce
a pair of upcoming events.

First, on Thursday April 6 at 7:00 PM, Allan Randall will
introduce us to the fascinating world of cryonics and
cryonicists. Mr Randall is the current Secretary and Director
for the Cryonics Society of Canada.

Mr Randall is also a teacher and graduate student in
philosophy, mathematics and quantum mechanics at York
University. He has a BSc in mathematics and an Msc in
Computing. Mr Randall has worked on AI research at NTT
Systems for the Canadian Department of National Defence.

Allan Randall’s talk will be held at the Bahen Centre for
Information Technology, 40 St. George Street, Room 1200 (see
BA on the map at http://www.osm.utoronto.ca/map).

Second, on Thursday April 20 at 7:00 PM, Mark Walker Ph.D.
will be presenting a talk on the ethics and merits of radical
life extension.
The talk will be based on his recent paper, “Universal
Superlongevity:
Is It Inevitable And Is It Good?”

Dr Walker is a research associate in philosophy at Trinity
College, University of Toronto. He is founder and president
of Permanent End International, a nonprofit organization
devoted to ending hunger, illiteracy and environmental
degradation. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal
of Evolution and Technology and served on the Board of
Directors of the World Transhumanist Association from 2002 to 2006.
He is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

Mark Walker’s talk will also be held at the Bahen Centre for
Information Technology, 40 St. George Street, Room 1200 (see
BA on the map at http://www.osm.utoronto.ca/map).