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Selected Lectures, Seminars, and Broadcast Appearances
2004
BIOAGENDA Coming Biotech Challenges. Palm Springs, December, 2004
Center for Public Policy Germline Research Policy Options, Washington DC, December, 2004
Princeton University, Stem Cell Research Distinguished Panel: Science, Ethics, and the Human Future. Princeton, November 2004
Economist Pharma Conference: The Future of the Pharmaceutical Environment.
Keynote, From Darwin to Destiny. Athens, Greece, November 2004.
Royal Society of London. A Look at Our Reproductive Future, London, October. 2004
TEDMED Afflicted by the FDA A Look Towards the Future of Pharmaceutical Regulation and Healthcare, Charleston, October 2004
High Tech Showcase Biotechnology and the Human Future. Princeton, Sept 2004
NPR: To The Point with Warren Olney, Human Error and Technology, June 2004
Harvard Medical School, Genetics and Society: The Challenges Ahead. Cambridge, June 2004
Harvard Business School. The Economic Impacts of Biotechnology, Cambridge, June 2004
Nissan Motor Company Evolution, Enhancement and the Automobile. Los Angeles, May 2004
GlaxoSmithKline. Keynote on Risk Assessment and Genomics. Wilmington, June, 2004
UC Irvine, Schneiderman Distinguished Lecture, From Regenerative Medicine to Genetic Design, Irvine, June 2004
University of Texas LBJ Distinguished Speaker Lecture: Genetics, Biomedicine, and Healthcare, Austin, April 2004
University of Richmond, Questions and Risk Taking, Richmond, February, 2004
University of Delaware, Biotech and Bioethics, Wilmington, February 2004
Center for Society and Genetics: Nurturing our Nature: Genetics,Nutrition and Health, Moderator and Host, February, UCLA, February 2004
2003
Kronos, Longevity Health Science Symposium. Keynote Debate with Daniel Callahan: Should we try to Control Human Aging? Phoenix, December 2003
Environmental Protection Agency SAB Meeting. Panel Moderator: The Challenge of Nanotechnology. Washington, DC, December 2003
Environmental Protection Agency SAB Meeting. Panel Moderator: Genomics and Risk Assessment. Washington, DC, December 2003
National Philanthropy Roundtable Debate with William Hurlbrut Our Genetic Future, San Diego, November 2003
FM4 Vienna The New Nuclear Family. November 2003 University of Texas, Brave New World: The Challenges to Come, Brownsville, Oct 2003
Poptech, Redesigning Humans, Portland, Maine, October, 2003 Wired Radio Growth Hormones and Human Enhancement, October 2003
Ethica Society Biotech, Medicine, and the Challenges Ahead, Los Angeles, Sept 2003 Summit on Biotechnology Biotechnology and the Human Future, Denver,
International Association of Biomedical Gerontology, Preparing society for a possible second epidemiological transition, Queens' College, Cambridge, Sept 2003
World Future Society, Opening Keynote: 21st Century Opportunities and Challenges, San Francisco, July 2003
Transhumanism and Bioethics in the 21st Century. Keynote debate with George Annas Should Humanity Resist Genetic Paths Towards the Posthuman? Yale. July 2003
Arthur Rupp Great Debate Series Should we Ban Cloning and Other Advanced Reproductive Technologies, Santa Barbara, May 2003
Johnson & Johnson Strategy Meeting Genomics and Healthcare, May 2003
Center for Life. The Future of Genetics: Debate between Gregory Stock and Francis Fukuyama moderated by Matt Ridley to commemorate 50th Anniversary of the determination of the structure of DNA. Newcastle, Britain April 2003
Christ Hospital Health Alliance, Research on Aging in America, Cincinnati, April 2003
Alliance on Aging Crossroads Debate Should we unravel the biology of aging? Gregory Stock vs. Bill McKibben moderated by Morton Kondracke. Washington DC, March 2003
San Diego Science and Technology Council Challenges of the Biotech Revolution, San Diego, March 2003
Reason Foundation. Keynote: Future Challenges in Biotechnology. San Diego, Mar 2003
ISFAHSIM (Intl. Soc. for Advancement of Humanistic Studies in Medicine) Genetics and Reproductive Biology: A look Ahead Steamboat, Colorado, March 2003
TED 2003 (Technology, Education, and Design Conference). Redesigning Humans: Best Hope or Worst Fear. www.ted.com Monterey, February, 2003
MIT Tech Review Interview print, Feb 2003. www.technologyreview.com/TKTK KPCC Genomics and our Health: Gregory Stock, Ed McCabe, Larry Mantle. Jan 2003
Houston Womens Forum, Keynote: The Human Future. Houston, January, 2003
UCLA Center for Society, the Individual and Genetics. The Storefront Genome. http://www.arc2.ucla.edu/csig/symp1sb.htm Convener and Moderator Los Angeles, January 2003
Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Biotechnology and the Future of Medicine. Abu Dhabi, UAE, January, 2003
2002
Interviews on Human Cloning, CNN (Wolf Blitzer), FOX (Neal Cavuto), KABC (Kim Sarafin), WMAL (Charlie Warren) , Radio Australia, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, People Magazine, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, LA Times. Dec. 2002
Regenerative Medicine Conference: keynote From Regenerative Medicine to Redesigning Humans: What are we really afraid of? Washington, DC. Dec. 2002
ARTE Television Host: Brave New Man. Filmed in China, Iceland, US Nov, 2002
ABC National Radio Our Biotech Future. Nov, 2002
University of Louisville. Keynote: Bio-technology, Bio-innovation, Bio-ethics. Louisville Oct. 2002
PBS Uncommon Wisdom: The Challenges of Biotechnology: A debate with Leon Kass San Francisco, Oct 2002
National Quality Congress, Keynote: Innovation in a shifting world, Istanbul, Oct. 2002
Venturewire. Lifescience Portfolio Conference, Keynote: Biotechnology and Bioethics. http://www.lifescienceportfolio.com/ San Francisco. Oct. 2002
Rice University. Genomics and the Future of Medicine. Presidential Lecture. Houston. Sept 2002
Cato Institute. Keynote: Biotechnology, Medicine, and the Human Future. Carmel. Sept, 2002
GlaxoSmithKline. Keynote: Our biotech Future, Toronto, Sept 2002
Tennessee State Univ. Enhancing The Human: Genomics, Science Fiction, and Ethics Collide. Nashville, Sept. 2002.
NPR (KPCC) The search of Immortality Discussion with Jay Olshanky, Pasadena, Aug. 2003.
Minnesota Public Radio To The Best of Our Knowledge: Human Evolution. June, 2002. http://wpr.org.book
PBS David Gergen Are We Playing God? A discussion with Michael West and Thomas Murray. World at Large. New York, June, 2002
American Society of Gene Therapy: Ethics: Can we make germline modification and acceptable procedure: Panel with Michael Blaese, Jacques Cohen, Mark Frankel, Eric Parens. Boston, June 2002
HIMS (Healthcare Information Management Society). Opening Keynote: The Coming HealthcareRevolution, Las Vegas, June 2002
Tech TV A look at the Human Future. June 2002
PBS Charlie Rose. New York, June 2002
AM-Radio Redesigning Humans, Art Bell.
Channel 4, Richard & Judy Show, The Truth about Cloning, London, May 2002
Institute of Ideas, A Posthuman Future? Public Debate between Gregory Stock & Frank Fukuyama, Logan Hall, Institute of Education, London, May, 2002
Bloomberg, Our Biotech Future, May 2002
BBC World Service, News Hour, London, May 2002
BBC World Service, Science in Action, London, May 2002
BBC Radio 4. Today Programme, London, May 2002
Coast-to-Coast AM. Future Human Evolution -- Art Bell. www.artbell.com May 2002
Princeton University Point-counterpoint with Rudi Jaenish on Cloning. Princeton, May, 2002
CBS -- The Early Show, Discussion of Redesigning Humans with Bryan Gumble. May, 2002
KOA Redesigning Humans. May 2002
USA Radio Network with Dan Miles. Cloning and Beyond. May, 2002
Carnegie Museum of Science. Keynote: Science, Medicine, and Technology. Pittsburg May, 2002
The Futurist Online. Germinal Choice Technology: Our Evolutionary Future Online commentary and interview. May 2002. see http://www.wfs.org/
NPR (KPCC) -- Redesigning Humans: Larry Mantle Show. Los Angeles. May 2002
MSNBC Regulating Cloning. A Critique of the Brownback Bill. April 2002
NPR (KQED). -- Tech Nation with Moira Gunn Redesigning Humans. San Francisco, April 2002.
Univ. of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs: A look at the Human Future. Seattle, April 2002
Microsoft -- Genomics meets Reproductive Biology: Challenges to the Human Future. Bellevue, April 2002
NPR Talk of the Nation, Debate with Leon Kass: Bioethics and Policy, http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=04/15/2002&PrgID=5 April 2002
UC Santa Barbara Arts and Letters -- Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future. Santa Barbara April 2002
Foresight Institute Biotech Future vs. Human Future: Keynote Debate with Ray Kurzweil. Palo Alto, April 2002
New America Foundation -- Public Policy Implications of the Genomics Revolution, Santa Cruz, April 2002
Hewlett Packard Keynote: Future Visions. Zurich, April 2002.
Foundation for the Future: Keynote: Visions of the Coming Millennium, Seattle, April 2002
Sarasota Town Hall Genomics and The Human Future. Sarasota, Florida, Mar2002.
SINAPSE -- UCLA Dept of Design and Media Arts Webcast: Genetics and Culture http://sinapse.arts.ucla.edu/genetics.htm Mar 2002
PBS Closer to Truth: What Unifies Art and Science. Mar 2002
Cato Institute The Genetic Future Is Now Redesigning Humans vs. Regulating Science. Debate with Francis Fukuyama. Washington DC. Mar 2002
Reason Online What is the case for allowing genetic and other biological manipulations with the potential to change human beings?"A Point-Counterpoint with Francis Fukuyama. Mar 2002.
Dallas Woman's Club -- The Human Genome Project. Dallas, Feb 2002
Fort Worth Lecture Foundation The Human Genome Project and Humanity's Future. Fort Worth, Feb 2002
France 2 Regulatory questions: stem cells, clones, and designer children. Jan 2002.
Lloyds (IT Direct) The Implications of the Human Genome Project for Business and Insurance, London. Jan. 2002.
BBC Science Talking about Designer Children, Internet Live Chat. Jan 2002
ARTE Television -- The Embryo Protection Law, Jan 2002
2001
Investment Funds Institute of Canada, Brave New World: Investing in the Genetic Era Toronto. Dec 2001
University of Michigan. Braving the New World: Benefits and Challenges of Genetic Knowledge. Designing Life, Ann Arbor, Dec, 2001
North Rhine-Westphalia Science Center: Homo ex Machina: Tied to our Flesh Dusseldorf, Dec 2001.
Commonwealth Club, The Perils and Promise of Genomics -- San Francisco, Nov 2001.
To The Point NPR (Warren Olney) Commentary on Therapeutic Cloning. Nov. 2001
Business Radio Network Future Talk: Engineering the Human Germline. Nov. 2001
UCLA. Frontiers of Aging: The Ethics of Extending the Human Life Span. Nov. 2001
Texas A&M International. The Human Genome Project: Implications for the Human Future, Texas, Oct 2001
Regulatory Affairs Professional Association, Opening Keynote: Debate with Jeremy Rifkin: Regulating Biotechnology? Baltimore, Oct 2001.
UCLA Alumni Relations. Selecting the Future: Should we be able to choose the Sex of Our Children? Host and Moderator. Westwood, Oct.2001
BBC Horizon Cloning the First Human. Oct 2000 For transcript see http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/cloningfirsttrans.shtml
Florida College, Genomics and Biotech, Jacksonville, Florida, Sept 2001
ABC Radio The Charlie Warner Show, Assessments of Cloning, Aug 2001.
CNN International Q&A, The Science of Cloning, Aug 2001
MTS Program (UCLA). Strategies for Engineering Negligible Senescence II: In praise of prizes, Los Angeles, Aug 2001
Chinese Academy of Sciences. International Symposium on Genomics & Biotechnology Plenary address. Genomics meets Reproductive Biology: A look at the Human Future. Hangzhou, China. Aug 2001
Boston Fertility Society. From IVF to Germline Modification: Coming Challenges and Possibilities in Reproductive Medicine. Boston, June, 2001
FOX The Weldon Bill, Cloning, and Research: Point - Counterpoint. July, 2001
NPR To The Point, Warren Olney. Genetic Privacy and Insurance. June, 2001
UCLA Dept. of Design and Architecture. Streaming Culture Series. Genomics meets Design: A Look at the Human Future. Westwood May, 2001
The Design Group. Applied Brilliance Summit Keynote. Genomics and its Impacts on Society and Medicine, Sedona, Arizona May, 2001.
Frontiers of Knowledge (UCLA Foundation Retreat). Coming Ethical Challenges. San Diego May 2001
MacKenzie Financial Conference. Keynote: BioTech Futures. San Francisco, May 2001
PBS Beyond Human: The Body Electric. Thomas Lucas Productions, May 2001.
University of Texas, Gilbert Endowed Lecture The Human Genome Project Ethical Impacts and the Future of Medicine. Austin, April 2001
Newport Beach Public Library Assoc. The Human Genome Project: The Next Frontier, Newport Beach, April 2001
CNN International, Q & A -- The Question of Cloning. Mar 2001
ABC Justice Talking Live. Washington, Mar 2001
Solucient National Conference, The Road To Discovery. Keynote.The Human Genome Project Meets the Internet The Coming Revolution in Healthcare and Medicine, Orlando, Mar 2001
UCSD Bioethics Debate: Strategies for Regulating Germline Engineering. La Jolla, California. Feb 2001
NPR To The Point, Warren Olney. How distant is Human Cloning? Feb 2001
Columbus Medical Association Keynote: The Genomics Revolution and The Future of Medicine. Ohio, Feb 2001
MediaOne The Human Race:Into The Body, Jan 2001
Wisdom Radio Live from the Peace Room: Visions of a Universal Humanity, Jan 2001
2000
NPR -- KQED Health Dialogues Longevity and Aging Research. Dec 2000
TD Asset Management. Brave New World:Investing in the Genetic Age. Toronto, Nov, 2000.
Liberation. What We Can Expect From Genetic Engineering. Transcribed Interview Paris, September 26, 2000.
Oakland Childrens Hospital The Ethical, Social, and Political implications of retarding or even reversing aging, SENS Conference, Oakland, Oct 2000
Millennium Days: Impulse Speaker: Ethics and Hope The Future of Medicine in The Genomic Era, Kassel, Germany. Oct 2000
BBC Radio Scotland Newsweek: Designer Children Oct 2000
ASRM (The American Society of Reproductive Medicine) Keynote: Bruce Stewart Memorial Lecture. In vitro fertilization and Germline modification A Look Ahead. San Diego, Oct 2000.
FOX News Gene Futures, Oct 2000
German National Radio Genetics and the Future, Sept 2000
Foundation for the Future. Facing The Next Millennium. Seattle. Aug 2000
The History Channel Eugenics and the Nazi Lebensborn Program, July 2000
ESPN It Runs In the Family Sports Dynasties: Genetics or Environment. July 2000
UCLA The Human Experience: At the Crossroads of Medicine, Science, and Technology, Los Angeles, June 2000
Goethe Institute Science, Medicine, and Ethics in Diagnosing and Treating Embryos. San Diego, June 2000.
Alcor Foundation Cryogenic Preservation Prelude to Non-destructive or Destructive Information Retrieval, Asilomar June 2000
CNN Talk Back Live: Beyond the Human Genome Project. June, 2000 Goethe Institute Keynote. Future Human Evolution: Reflections on the Challenges Ahead at Enhancing The Human:Genomics, Science Fiction And Ethics Collide. Los Angeles, May 2000
ABC Television Designer Children May 2000
Bavarian Broadcasting Corp -The New Man -Biotechnology driven Change in Humans and Society, Munich, April 2000.
UCLA From Darwin to Destiny: Panel: Computational Biology: Tracking the Genetic Blueprint, Los Angeles, April 2000
Center for Bioethics (Univ.of Penn) & Templeton Foundation. Our Biological Future: a look 10, 1000 and 1,000,000 years into the future. Philadelphia. Mar 2000
Herbert Quant Foundation, Transatlantic Forum, The Challenge of Innovation in the Life Sciences, March, 2000
N3TV Canadian Television Designer Babies, March, 2000
Science Fiction Channel The Atomic Man, March, 2000
BBC - Closer to the Heart. TV Special on Retarded Aging Feb 2000
ARTE - German Public Television, Human Genetic Engineering, Feb 2000
CNN Babies by Design. Jan 2000.
ESPN - Athletes of the 21st Century Jan 2000
CNN - Talkback Live: Debate with Jeremy Rifkin -- Cloning - Jan 2000
BBC - Genetic Engineering and the Future. Live Web Chat event. Jan 2000
1999
NPR-KPCC Visions of the Future Dec 1999
BBC, Fox News -- Millennial Specials - Dec 1999
NPR-KCRW Which Way LA: Looking at Gene Patenting. Oct 1999
The Kronos Group How a Genetic Double-Screening Strategy can Elucidate Human Aging, Phoenix, Oct 1999.
Foresight Institute: Nanotech and Biotech. Facing Biological Limits. San Francisco. Sept 1999
Hoechst Triangle Forum: Policy Roundtable. Frankfurt, Germany, Sept 1999
Foundation for the Future Humanity 3000. Seattle, Sept 1999
NPR-KCRW Which Way LA: Will machines be conscious? Sept 1999
Extro-4 Conference: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Stanford, Aug 1999
University of California at Irvine. Biology, Technology, and Human Future Evolution. Irvine, June 1999
Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research: The New Genetics and Reproduction. Prospects for Human Design. Squaw Valley, June 1999
Decisions Makers 2010: Shaping Future Societies: The Digital and Biotech Revolutions Frankfurt, Germany, May 1999
Foresight Group Genius Weekend. Why Humans wont Internalize Microchip-based Enhancement Technology in the Immediate Future. Palo Alto, May 1999
NPR-KPCC Will We Extend the Human Lifespan? April 1999
PBS Closer to the Truth: Will Gene Therapy Change the Human Race? April 1999
PBS Closer to the Truth: Can You Really Extend Your life? April 1999
PBS Closer to the Truth: Does Sex Have a Future? April 1999
PBS Closer to the Truth: Can We Imagine The Far Future Year 3000? April 1999
PBS Closer to the Truth: How Does Technology Transform Society? April 1999
University of Memphis, Hard Cases in Genethics Memphis, Tennessee. March 1999
Argentinas Center of Studies in Gynecology and Reproduction -- Magisterial Tribune: Cloning in Biomedicine: Applications and Controversies. Human Germline Engineering A look ahead. Buenos Aires. March 1999
Dynamic Visions: Exploring Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress,Humans: Objects of Conscious Design. San Jose, CA Feb 1999
University of California, Symposium moderator: Future Milestones in Biomedical Gerontology Los Angeles. Feb 1999.
BBC: Horizons: Babies, Genetic Engineering and the Future, Feb 1999
Elfnet Symposium on Radical Connectionism, From Human Brain to Global Consciousness: An Evolutionary Perspective on High Technology. Pepperdine Univ. CA, Jan. 1999
1998
Belgian National Television: Technocalypse: Future Humans November 1998
The History Channel: The Truth about Science Fiction, November 1998
German Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology, The Human Analyzed. Ethical and Legal Problems Confronting Human Genome Research. . The Prospects and Implications of Human Germline Work. Frankfurt Aug. 1998
Second Annual Conf. on Mammalian Cloning: Implications for Sci. and Soc. Wash DC June 1998. The Prospects for Human Germline Engineering
Danish National Television Cloning and Beyond. June 1998.
NPR-KCRW Which Way LA: Satellites & Telecommunications. June 1998
American Society of Artificial Internal Organs. Ann. Symp. NY April 1998
Cloning and Germline Engineering. Univ. of California at Los Angeles. Engineering the Human Germline Symposium, March 1998. Opening Remarks: An Evolutionary Perspective.
NPR-The Morning Edition: Revisiting Germline Engineering March 1998
NPR-KPCC Fresh Air: Human Germline Engineering A New Look. Mar. 1998
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: The Challenge of Cloning March 1998.
NPR-KCRW Which Way LA: The Future of Genetic Testing. February 1998