About the Workshop on Geoethical Nanotechnology
Webinar Format
The workshop is conducted online in a webinar format. The live presentations, including audio, video, and PowerPoint slides, are broadcast on the Internet. For complete event details, please view the event program here: Program Details
Purposes of the workshop
First, to provide the public with informed perspectives regarding geoethical nanotechnology via audio/video webcast (including transcripts) of expert presentations, challenges and discussions.
Second, to develop a set of geoethical guidelines that will provide a “safe harbor” within which curative nanotechnology can develop.
Meaning of Geoethical
“Geoethical” means widely agreed-upon principles for guiding the application of curative technologies that can have a general environmental (including people) impact, much like bioethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, nonfeasance, justice) guide the application of curative technologies that specifically impact one or more patients. Nanotechnology raises geoethical issues because the nanomedical treatment of individuals may have a wide socio-environmental impact.
Attendees
Attendees have been invited by the sponsor based on their interest in the subject matter and/or their ability to make a valuable contribution to the discussion. The number of attendees for each year is limited to enhance the interactive atmosphere.
Sponsor
Martine Rothblatt endowed the sponsor to encourage earth to move forward with curative GRAIN (Genomics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology) technologies. Based on her experience in implementing new world-changing technologies, she believes that publicly accessible information and reasonable regulatory controls are essential to overcome resistance to technological change. She was previously responsible for co-founding the first non-governmental international satellite communications system (PanAmSat), launching the global vehicle tracking industry (Geostar), creating the satellite sound broadcasting alternative to shortwave (WorldSpace) and founding/running a major satellite-to-car digital radio company (Sirius Satellite Radio).
She also represented the Radio Astronomy quiet band interests of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Radio Frequencies and led the International Bar Association's effort to provide the United Nations with a draft Human Genome Treaty. In 1996 she formed United Therapeutics, a NASDAQ-traded biotech company with FDA-approved therapies for pulmonary disease, advanced clinical trials in oncology, and one of the world's largest telemedicine networks.
Contact
For questions about any Terasem event, please contact Loraine Rhodes at 321-676-3690 x100 or email her at lori@terasemcentral.org.
