Existential risks | Futures Week 2023

13 15,16
https://www.youtube.com/embed/CcBkVjZQl0s

Futures Week is an annual virtual conference that allows participants to explore the future. Futures Week 2023 was held May 16 – 18, 2023.

Exploring threats to humanity: what is an existential risk and why is it important to be aware of them.

Moderator

  • Duncan Cass-Beggs, Former Counsellor for the Strategic Foresight, General Secretariat, OECD

Speakers

  • Rosa Alegria, Co-chair, The Millennium Project Brazil
  • Jessica Bland, Deputy Director, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), Cambridge University
  • Paul Edwards, Co-Director, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative; Director, Program in Science, Technology & Society, Stanford University
  • Brian Tse, Founder & CEO, Concordia Consulting
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