RE.WORK Cities Summit
The Lifeboat Foundation is now Media Partner of the RE.WORK Cities
Summit which will be held December 13, 2013 in London.
RE.WORK Cities brings together the most influential technologists,
entrepreneurs, academics, business leaders, and government officials to
collaborate and reshape our future cities. Attendees will gain insight
into breakthrough innovations that will have an impact on our future
urban areas through the world's leading technologists and
decision-makers. Some of the new products and advances explored at
RE.WORK will include progress in the internet of things, sensors, 3D
printing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, robotics, and artificial
intelligence.
Use the discount code LIFEBOAT40 to get 40% off the attendance fee.
As an extra bonus, you can apply to get a free ticket by sending a
message to
Learn more at https://www.re-work.co/cities
Dupont Summit 2013 Final Update
The Dupont Summit 2013 will be held Friday, December 6th at the historic
Whittemore House in Washington DC. The purpose of the Dupont Summit is
to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about pressing issues related to
science, technology, and the environment. Read "Lifeboat Foundation at
Dupont Summit 2013 — Sci., Tech., and Environmental Policy" at
http://immortallife.info/articles/entry...tal-poli
Dustin Ashley will be speaking about "Increase interest of emerging
technologies within students and improvement within STEM education". Kevin Berry and Anmol Singh will be speaking about "Lifeboat
Foundation's Response to NASA's Asteroid Initiative Public Engagement
Request". Martin J. Dudziak will be speaking about "Workshop on the
'Great STEM Disconnect and Divide'". Paula Gordon will be speaking about
"March 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: Some Implications for the
Safety of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants in Seismically Active Areas".
Jim Hamilton will be speaking about "Breaking The Nuclear Waste Impasse — Progress in the Face of Federal Government Inaction". Keith Henson
will be speaking about "'Design to cost' analysis of Space Based Solar
Power". Phil Ice will be speaking about "Surveying the E-Learning
Landscape". András Kornai will be speaking about "Language Death in the
Digital Age". Ed Liebow will be speaking about "Anthropological
Engagements with Climate & Environmental Change: Whither Policy?"
Arnauld Nicogossian will be speaking about "Technology and Global Health
Policy: Focus Transportation Description".
Joseph N. Pelton will be speaking about "The Leadership Challenge of
Cosmic Hazards and Planetary Defense in Modern Technological World". Manuel Perez will be speaking about "Changes in Citizenship due to
Technological Advances in Western Civilization". Amalie Sinclair will be
speaking about "US Space Policy for Treaty". John K. Strickland will be
speaking about "Development of routine and inexpensive access to space
and space based solar power". Willard Wells will be speaking about the
"Survivability of Humankind".
Learn more at http://www.ipsonet.org/conferences/the-...t-summit
World's First Bitcoin Endowment Fund Exceeds $350,000
Thanks to a large pledge of 500 BTC (bitcoins) by Brian Cartmell,
Lifeboat Foundation's bitcoin endowment fund at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/bitcoins has soared to over $350,000. Brian
will match the next 500 BTC donated to Lifeboat Foundation.
We are at 35% of our long-term goal to have a million dollar bitcoin
endowment fund which will greatly improve our ability to fund exciting
activities.
Thanks to the surge in our Bitcoin Endowment Fund you can now submit
your suggestions on how to spend it at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/bitcoin.suggestions
June Scobee Rodgers
June Scobee Rodgers has joined our Space Settlement Board. The widow of
Challenger Space Shuttle Commander Dick Scobee, June remembers every one
of the 73 seconds leading up to the Challenger accident. It marked the
first time American lives were lost in space flight. An inspiration to
everyone she meets, June has dedicated her life to writing, speaking,
and education.
Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.june.scobee.rodgers
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Juan Llanos: $100,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
J. Broadbent: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Frank Sudia: $20,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Benjamin T. Solomon: $10,
and Ryan Witt: $10.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
