The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity Presents the “Titans of Immortality”
Debate
February 28, 2008 – Phoenix, Arizona
– The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) announces a
public debate on radical life extension technology between the
"Titans of Immortality Research," S. Jay Olshanksy, PhD, a professor
at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Aubrey de Grey, PhD, a
biomedical gerontologist with The Methuselah Foundation. The evening
will be moderated by Anne McNamara, PhD, Grand Canyon University and
will center on the question "Do you want to live forever?" The
debate is free to the public and will be held in the Irene P. Flinn
IMAX theater at the Arizona Science Center on March 6 beginning at
7:30 p.m. Olshanksy is coauthor of The Quest for Immortality,
while de Grey is coauthor of Ending Aging and editor-in-chief
of Rejuvenation Research.
The debate is in conjunction with CBHD’s
conference Extending Life: Setting the Agenda for the Ethics of
Aging, Death and Immortality, which is being held in Phoenix,
Arizona, March 6-8. Visit
www.cbhd.org/conferences/2008/phoenix for updated information on
the conference and the debate, or contact the Center at
info@cbhd.org or toll free at 1.888.246.3844. Audio of this
debate will be made available online at the Center’s website (www.cbhd.org)
in the coming weeks.
About The Center for Bioethics & Human
Dignity
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity is dedicated to
exploring the nexus of biomedicine, biotechnology, and our common
humanity. The Center exists to equip thought leaders to engage the
issues of bioethics using the tools of rigorous research, conceptual
analysis, charitable critique, leading-edge publication, and
effective teaching.CBHD |