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Mortality Transformed

Over the ages, humanity has faced its share of adversaries: ignorance, poverty, disease, predation to name just a few. No enemy has been more persistent than our own individual temporal finiteness. Our mortality has been such a relentless foe that many have attempted to make their peace, claiming that the temporary and transitory nature of our existence is what makes it truly meaningful.

Death is a part of life, they explain.

To which some of us reply: I think not.

A panel of life extension experts explore the possibility of radically extending human lifespan. Are there alternatives to mortality as we have known it?

Join us:

Wednesday, July 6, 2011
7 PM PDT / 10 PM EDT

Our Panelists:

Aubrey de Grey

Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist based in Cambridge, UK, and is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Foundation, a California-based 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to combating the aging process. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, the world’s highest-impact peer-reviewed journal focused on intervention in aging. He received his BA and Ph.D. from …

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Maria Konnovalenko

Maria Konovalenko is a molecular biophysicist and program coordinator for the Science for Life Extension Foundation . The main goal of the Science for Life Extension Foundation is to make radical life extension a global initiative. They integrate efforts in order to increase funding for research in regenerative medicine, gerontology, genetics, neuroscience, systems biology, and …

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Terry Grossman

Terry Grossman, M.D. is the founder and medical director of the Grossman Wellness Center in Denver, Colorado, where his longevity medical practice attracts patients from around the country and the world. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1968 and the University of Florida School of Medicine in 1979. His special field of interest is nutritional …

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