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SUMMARY:SEMINAR WITH JAMES HUGHES
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LOCATION: Av. Jorge Curi\, 550 - 191 - Barra da Tijuca\, Rio de Janeiro -\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil\,  22775-001
DESCRIPTION:<p>Dear all\,</p>\n\n<p>The&nbsp\;<strong>Philosophical Research Group on Transhumanism and Human Bioenhancement (GIFT-H+/Fiocruz/CNPq)</strong>&nbsp\;is pleased to announce the&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Seminar with James Hughes (UMass/IEET)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>(Hybrid Event)</strong></p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp\;https://maps.app.goo.gl/YRYrxgWiy4rrV5y98?g_st=aw</a></p>\n\n<p>PROGRAMME</p>\n<p>(ConferencesandPresentations)</p>\n\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Day 1: </p>\n<p>&ldquo\;Tech Oligarchs\, AI Fascism\, and the Prospect of a Technoprogressive Social Democracy&rdquo\;</p>\n\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Day 2: </p>\n<p>&ldquo\;State Automation\, Digital Democracy and Citizen Agents&rdquo\;</p>\n\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Day 3: </p>\n<p>&ldquo\;Securing the Biotech Dividend&rdquo\;</p>\n\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Day 4: </p>\n<p>"Babies and Life Expectancy: A Grayer but Better Future"</p>\n\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Day 5: </p>\n\n<p>Presentations</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration required:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ye8s5zfoAtEniZLxYC0-dRaI-shJ6DDENJb3MOneqPY/preview</strong></p>\n\n\n<p>As well as inviting you to listen to and debate with James Hughes\, there will be a section (on September 5th) dedicated to the presentation of papers and debate with him.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>We invite you to submit a paper by indicating this option on the registration form (QR Code above)\, with the title and abstract of the work.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTATION OF WORK WILL BE PROVIDED</strong><strong>.</strong></p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>About the organization and the guest:</strong></p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>GIFT-H+</strong>&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;a research group coordinated by&nbsp\;<strong>Murilo Vila&ccedil\;a\, Senior Researcher at</strong>&nbsp\;<strong>Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)</strong>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<strong>Fellow of&nbsp\;the</strong>&nbsp\;<strong>National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)</strong>.&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>We'll host&nbsp\;<strong>James Hughes</strong>\, a renowned sociologist and bioethicist\, an internationally known technoprogressive thinker and a democratic transhumanist. He is a&nbsp\;<strong>Professor at UMass Boston and Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET)</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>He is the author of several articles\, book chapters and books that are a reference for researchers on transhumanism\, posthumanism\, emerging technologies\, technological unemployment\, universal basic income\, human enhancement\, among other central topics of contemporary academic debate.</p>\n\n\n<p>His book&nbsp\;<strong><em>Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Nature</em></strong>&nbsp\;(2004) is one of the main references for scholars of transhumanism. His most recent book\,&nbsp\;<strong><em>The Biopolitics of Human Enhancement&nbsp\;</em></strong>(2025)\, edited together with Steven Umbrello and Cristiano Cal&igrave\;\, addresses a series of aspects of the debate on human enhancement\, bringing together theoretical and practical contributions on it.</p>\n\n<p>We're keen to see you!</p>\n\n<p><strong>Murilo Vila&ccedil\;a (Fiocruz/GIFT-H+/CNPq)</strong>.</p>
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