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Global Catastrophic Risks Conference, Oxford, UK 17-20 July, 2008

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Hosted by the Future of Humanity Institute, University of OxfordThe conference will bring together leading experts working in a number of different disciplines, but who all study possible catastrophes that would inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. It will be a forum to bring together scholars from different disciplines to discuss the common problems and methodologies which affect the study of global catastrophic risks.Topics treated will include:Nuclear terrorismCosmic threats such as supernova, comets and asteroidsThe long term fate of the universePandemicsNanotechnologyEcological disasters which drastically reduce biodiversityClimate changeBiotechnology and biosecurityThe cognitive biases associated with making judgements in the context of global catastrophic riskSocial collapseThe role of the insurance industry in mitigating and quantifying risk.Visit our website: http://www.global-catastrophic-risks.com for more detailed information about our speakers and their lectures and to register for the conference.The deadline for registration is Wednesday, 18 June, 2008.Any other enquiries should be directed to the conference coordinator, at risks@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.-------------------------------------------The Future of Humanity Institute is a multidisciplinary Research Institute at the University of Oxford and is part of the Philosophy Faculty and the James Martin 21st Century School. FHI's mission is to bring excellent scholarship to bear on big picture questions for humanity. One of our research areas is global catastrophic risk.
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