CTA Conference 2018

speaker Aubrey de Grey
followed by CTA Conference 2019
at Lipscomb University

On August 25th, 2018, the first ever Christian Transhumanist Conference—CTA Conference 2018—was held at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, with keynote speaker Aubrey de Grey.

Speakers

• Aubrey de Grey — "Transhumanism is pro-human: highlighting the anti-suffering alignment of pioneering technology with religion"
• Ben Howard — panelist on "How is technology disrupting faith?"
• Braden Molhoek — panelist for "What does it mean to be Human?"
• Blaire Ostler — "Faith, Works, Grace, and Tacos"
• Buckley Rue — panelist for "What does it mean to be Human?"
• Derek Webb — CTRL performance
• Fred DeFalco — panelist for "What does it mean to be Human?"
• J. Jeanine Thweatt — panelist for "What does it mean to be Human?"
• Jonathan Gunnell — "Simulation Theory and the implications for Christian Transhumanism"
• Joseph Fisher — "The Re-Enchantment of the Secularization Thesis"
• Jurnell Cockhren — "Quanta of Social Change"
• Kimberly Lannear — panelist on "How is technology disrupting faith?"
• Lee Camp — panelist on "How is technology disrupting faith?"
• Mark Russell — breakout session facilitator
• Micah Redding — "What is Christian Transhumanism?" and longevity panelist
• Mike Morrell — panelist on "Survival of the Richest" and breakout facilitator
• Neal Locke — breakout facilitator and longevity panelist
• Newton Lee — "What did Jesus teach us about benevolent Transhumanism?"
• Ryan Hogan — panelist on "Survival of the Richest"
• Scott Hawley — "Envisioning a Future of AI Public Servants" and panelist
• Ted Peters — "The Promise and Peril of Technological Hope"
• Travis Kupp — panelist on "Survival of the Richest"

Schedule

• 8:30 – Coffee & Registration (first 100 attendees received Thrivous nootropics)
• 9:00 – Welcome
• 9:15 – Ted Peters — "The Promise and Peril of Technological Hope"
• 9:45 – Newton Lee — "What did Jesus teach us about benevolent Transhumanism?"
• 10:00 – Jurnell Cockhren — "Quanta of Social Change"
• 10:15 – Ryan Hogan, Mike Morrell, Travis Kupp — "Survival of the Richest: Will the rich leave us behind?"
• 10:45 – Break and giveaways
• 11:00 – Micah Redding — "What is Christian Transhumanism?"
• 11:30 – Blaire Ostler — "Faith, Works, Grace, and Tacos"
• 11:45 – J. Jeanine Thweatt, Braden Molhoek, Buckley Rue, Fred DeFalco — "What does it mean to be Human?"
• 12:15 – Lunch on Mars with National Geographic (screening of MARS)
• 1:15 – Breakout sessions with Mark Russell, Neal Locke, Mike Morrell
• 1:45 – Derek Webb — CTRL performance
• 2:15 – Scott Hawley — "Envisioning a Future of AI Public Servants"
• 2:30 – Kimberly Lannear, Scott Hawley, Lee Camp, Ben Howard — "How is technology disrupting faith?"
• 3:00 – Break and giveaways
• 3:15 – Aubrey de Grey — "Transhumanism is pro-human: highlighting the anti-suffering alignment of pioneering technology with religion"
• 4:15 – Break and giveaways
• 4:25 – Neal Locke, Aubrey de Grey, Micah Redding — "Should we live to be 500?"
• 4:55 – Jonathan Gunnell — "Simulation Theory and the implications for Christian Transhumanism"
• 5:10 – Joseph Fisher — "The Re-Enchantment of the Secularization Thesis"