I'll be speaking at the NBIC Convergence For Improving Human Performance conference to be held in NYC from February 25-27.

NBIC, pronounced N-bic, stands for the convergence of nanotechnology, information technology, biotechnology and cognitive science. My talk will focus on the legal and ethical implications of NBIC, and how NBIC relates to neurotechnology.

The 2004 conference is a continuation of many of the discussion that took place at UCLA. (NBIC 2003 coverage).

Other talks will cover:
-Converging physical and human dimensions: Brain and Mind
-Converging technologies for the developing world
-Cognitive technology and NBIC
-Collaboration on converging technologies: Education and Practice
-Transforming tools of NBIC
-Integration of drug delivery and artificial tissue
-Biosystems and NBIC
-Neuroscience and NBIC
-NBIC impacts on organizations and business
-Multidisciplinary cooperation opportunities and challenges
-How to move convergence forward

This year's conference is co-chaired by Drs. Mihail C. Roco and William Sims Bainbridge. Join Wrye Sententia (CCLE), Nobel Prize winning memory researcher Eric Kandel (Columbia), Arthur Caplan (Penn. State), and James Canton (Inst. for Global Futures), among others for what should be some very interesting discussions.