WEBINAR FROM SCIENCE. Technology breakthrough of the year: Compelling science driven by curious minds

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New complimentary webinar from Science:

Technology breakthrough of the year: Compelling science driven by curious minds

You are invited to hear our panel of experts on July 17, 2018, in this live, online educational seminar. For more information and complimentary registration visit: webinar.sciencemag.org

Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Time: 10 a.m. Eastern, 7 a.m. Pacific, 3 p.m. UK, 4 p.m. Central Europe

Duration: 1 hour

About This Webinar

Join some of today’s most innovative and accomplished thinkers, scientists, and entrepreneurs as they discuss the future of science and technology. This webinar panel discussion is part of the Curious2018 – Future Insight conference, hosted by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, on the occasion of its 350th anniversary. The illustrious panelists represent a broad range of fields, including synthetic biology, artificial intelligence (AI), astrobiology/solar system exploration, and material sciences. Moderated by Tim Appenzeller, News Editor for Sciencemagazine, the two-hour roundtable discussion will delve into how breakthroughs in science and technology are born, and attempt to predict what direction these fields will take over the next century and beyond, and how advances in technology will impact the planet and its inhabitants. Will AI bring an end to society as we know it, as some anticipate? What impact might the discovery of extraterrestrial life have on our understanding of the universe, and indeed of human evolution? And how might the development of new materials or advances in synthetic biology enhance —or diminish— our lives?

More information on the panelists and their backgrounds can be found atcurious2018.com/agenda/aaas- science-roundtable.

Participants:

Mary A. Voytek, Ph.D.
NASA
Washington, DC

Yang Shao-Horn, Ph.D.
MIT
Cambridge, MA

Christina Smolke, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Friederike Schüür, Ph.D.
Cloudera
New York, NY

Matt Rosseinsky, Ph.D.
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, U.K.

Emmanuel Charpentier, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Berlin, Germany

Register at:
webinar.sciencemag.org

Questions? Email: webinar@aaas.org.

Produced by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office and sponsored by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.