On April 9, 7-9PM, Manifest Boston will live-stream a conversation about engineering biology, highlighting a new book, Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species. Register here. The conversation will be in Long Conversation format (“a daisy chain of timed but spontaneous 2-person dialogues with no slides and no moderator”) featuring:
- Christina Agapakis — Synthetic biologist, artist, creative director at Ginkgo Bioworks
- Siranush Babakhanova — Transhumanist, founder of the MIT student group Xapiens
- Brian Bergstein — Deputy opinion editor, Boston Globe and coeditor of Neo.Life
- George Church — Harvard professor of health sciences and technology
- Juan Enriquez — Futurist, author, managing director of Excel Venture Management
- Steve Ramirez — Neuroscientist, professor at Boston University
- Jason Kelly — President of Ginkgo Bioworks
- Jen Reddy — Wired Ventures Co-Founder; NEO.LIFE Founder and CEO