‘Homo futuris‘ is a project initiated by the Unesco Center Flanders (Belgium), aimed at investigating the impact of scientific and technological developments on human life in tomorrow’s world. Think: designer babies, bionic bodyparts, mindupgrades, nanorobots to keep our bodies virusfree etc.
The project consists of a whole series of initiatives among which a festival, taking place at the cultural temple De Vooruit in Ghent from September 27th-30th. Central question there will be: “What will human beings look like in the future?”

The festival, with plenty of high-tech media installations, lectures, performances etc., also features what promises to be a fascinating debate between fascinating people:

• Prof. Christine Van Broeckhoven (VIB, molecular biology/biotechnology)
• Prof. Karen Maex (KULeuven, nanotechnology)
• Prof. Luc Steels (AI lab VUB)
• Henk ten Have (UNESCO, Ethics of Science and Technology)
• Robby Berloznik (Viwta, Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment)
• Dirk Draulans (Knack) will be moderating the debate

We wish our futurist colleague and discussion partner Maya Van Leemput good luck with Homo Futuris. Maya is the coordinator behind the event; she recently also interviewed one of Pantopicon’s partners (Nik) for her Futurescales project (video presented at the Antwerp Museum for Contemporary Art on April 23rd 2006)

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