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Terasem Movement, Inc.
8th Annual Virtual Workshop on
Geoethical Nanotechnology

Terasem Island, Second Life
Second Life Coordinates: 129:195:34

FRIDAY, July 20, 2012

1:00PM – 4:00PM EDT
10:00AM – 1:00PM PDT
PRINCIPLES OF GEOETHICS & THEIR APPLICATION TO LIFE-SAVING NANOTECHNOLOGY

1:00 – 1:05PM – Opening, Conference Center Rules & Convener Introduction

Lori Rhodes, Terasem Event Coordinator
(Avatar Name: Lori Darling)

1:05 – 1:20PM – Welcome by Conference Convener
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
President, Terasem Movement, Inc.

1:20 – 1:40PM – "Nanotechnology and the Environment: Enemies or Allies?"

Peter Wicks (Avatar Name: PeterWicks) Science-Environment Policy Interface European Commission (currently on sabbatical) Brussels, Belgium PowerPoint

1:40 – 2:00PM – Formal Interaction

2:00 – 2:20PM – "Physically Programmable Surfaces"

Alex Wissner-Gross, Ph.D. (Avatar Name: alexwg) Institute Fellow, Harvard San Francisco, CA PowerPoint

2:20 – 2:40PM – "Geoethical Rules for Nanotechnological Advances"

Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D. (Avatar Name: Vitology Destiny) President & Co-founder, Terasem Movement, Inc. Florida, United States PowerPoint

2:40 – 3:00PM – Formal Interaction

3:00 – 3:10PM – Conclusion

3:10 – 4:00PM – Informal Interaction