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Charlie Kam

Director of Networking for the California Transhumanist Party.

CEO of a software company that creates interactive, life-like, digital, avatars of humans.
He was the sponsor, organizer, and Master of Ceremonies of the highly successful 3-DAY TRANSVISION 2007 CONFERENCE bringing together over 30 scientists and celebrities from around the world to the Natural History Museum of Chicago to present and discuss technologies that interact with humans for a better future. The event included celebrity icon William Shatner; Director of Engineering at Google, Ray Kurzweil; Emmy nominated and award winning actor Ed Begley Jr; Founder of Sirius Satellite Radio and United Pharmaceuticals, Martine Rothblatt; Founder of the X PRIZE Foundation, and Zero-Gravity Corporation, Peter Diamandis; Robotics designer, David Hanson; Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation, Aubrey De Grey; CEO of the Alcor Foundation, Max More; Chairperson of Humanity+, Natasha Vita More; Award winning author and MIT Cognitive Scientist, Marvin Minsky; Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute, Nick Bostrom; and many others. It was at this conference where the idea for the Singularity University was first conceived by Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis! It was also where Martine Rothblatt met with David Hanson and went on to create the world’s first interactive sentient robot, BINA48.

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See also: Institute US Transhumanist Party - US political party that is based on the ideas and principles of transhumanist politics

Details last updated 24-Dec-2020

Charlie Kam is also referenced in the following:

Global Cryonics Summit

20-Jul-2024

The Cryosphere bringing together the global cryonics community for talks, workshops, and networking (Miami, FL, USA)

Politics for greater liberty: transhumanist perspectives

20-Jun-2020

Online event about transhumanism hosted by London Futurists

Transvision Madrid 2021

08-Oct-2021 to 10-Oct-2021

World congress discussing on futurist concepts like longevity extension, artificial intelligence, human enhancement and other technologies with first humanoid robot speaker, Sophia, organized by HumanityPlus.