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The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference): Presenters and Participants

Published: April 1, 2008, 6:59 pm
Updated: April 1, 2008, 6:59 pm
Lead Author: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study o
Topics: Human Development
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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Adil Najam

Series: Pardee Center Conference Series
Dates: April 10, 11, and 12, 2003
Location: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, Boston, MA

Presenters and Participants

  • George Annas
    Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Medicine, and School of Law
    Chair of the Health Law Department, Boston University School of Public Health
  • Robert Berwick
    Professor of Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • David Campbell
    Provost ad interim; Dean, College of Engineering, Boston University
  • Charles Cantor
    Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
    Chief Scientific Officer, Sequenom Inc.
    (Member, National Academy of Science)
  • George Church
    Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
    Director, Lipper Center for Computational Genetics
  • Charles DeLisi
    Senior Associate Provost for Biosciences; Arthur G. B. Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering, Boston University
  • David Fromkin
    Pardee Professor of Future Studies; University Professor; Professor of International Relations, History, and Law, Boston University
    Director, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
  • Anthony Gottlieb
    Executive Editor, The Economist
  • Evelyn Fox Keller
    Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Program in Science, Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow
  • Daniel Kevles
    Stanley Woodward Professor of History, Yale University
  • Kenneth Lewes
    Psychoanalyst and Author
  • Lynn Margulis
    University Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  • Marvin Minsky
    Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (Member, National Academy of Science)
  • Christine Peterson
    Cofounder and President, Foresight Institute, Palo Alto, California
  • Steven Pinker
    Peter De Florez Professor of Psychology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Stanley Rosen
    University Professor; Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy, Boston University
  • Richard Schacht
    Professor of Philosophy; Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Roger Shattuck
    University Professor Emeritus, Boston University
    (Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
  • Lee M. Silver
    Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
  • Alfred Tauber
    Professor of Philosophy & Medicine; Director, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
  • Tommaso Toffoli
    Associate Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Boston University



This is a chapter from The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference).
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Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study o (Lead Author);Adil Najam (Topic Editor) "The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference): Presenters and Participants". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth April 1, 2008; Last revised Date April 1, 2008; Retrieved February 10, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/The_Future_of_Human_Nature:_A_Symposium_on_the_Promises_and_Challenges_of_the_Revolutions_in_Genomics_and_Computer_Science_(Conference):_Presenters_and_Participants>

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Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-RangeThe mission of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is to serve as a forum for representatives and experts from a broad range of disciplines to take an informed, rigorous, and thoughtful look at the multiple forces that will shape our global community in the next 35 to 200 years, and determine what specific impact they may have on our lives. The overarching mission of the Center is to serve as a leading academic nucleus for the study of the future and to prod ... (Full Bio)

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