Most longevity conferences today are technology showcases. What is missing is a serious discussion around a larger question: beyond science, what must change to make death optional for everyone? In 2026, it is time to create such a conference.
Format
Philosophers only. No marketing or promotional talks.
This is a safe space to say what you genuinely think.
Each participant will share their current work or research, followed by a short discussion. Please also explain why you believe this is the right moment for this work.
Each person will have 5 minutes.
We will begin with immortality and the possibility of ending aging, then follow the discussion wherever it leads.
At the end, we will decide together how to continue developing this philosophical circle.
The meeting will be recorded. Please use a clean, pleasant background or a virtual background.
What to say
Instead of your positions and pitches:
Tell us a few sentences about yourself
share your deepest concern across within 500 words, which is 5 minute
Why this event should happen?
Martin Lipovšek
Philosophy addresses fundamental questions of life, meaning, identity, ethics, and justice. Today, rapid scientific and technological progress makes the radical extension of healthy human life increasingly plausible. This raises urgent philosophical and ethical questions. A conference on the philosophy of longevity can help philosophers connect, identify shared positions, guide future research, influence society to better prepare for an ageless future and articulate the urgency of saving millions from aging.
Natasha Vita-More
Critical thinking, curiosity, foresight, and long-term vision are essential in an era of acceleration. Advances in AI, longevity, biotech, and related fields raise questions about the kind of future we want to create. Our decisions made today will influence generations to come. Progress depends not on winning arguments, but on evaluating evidence, communicating ideas clearly, and remaining open to learning. Equally important is intellectual humility. We need not agree with every perspective we encounter, yet engaging with differing viewpoints can reveal blind spots, refine our thinking, and strengthen our understanding.
Andrei Panferov
We will not arrive at a civilisation that refuses to accept death by default. Before death becomes optional for everyone, billions more people will die. That is why life extension is not only a scientific challenge. It requires us to rethink what it means to be human, how justice is defined, how societies govern risk, identity, and power, and what gives life meaning.
Patrick Linden
My interest in longevity and in the philosophy of death stems from my view that it is a terrible thing to exist and then not exist. To object to death itself is to run counter to a long tradition of philosophy that tries to show that death is, for some reason, not fearsome. In my book The Case against Death, I have argued that common philosophical arguments in favor of death are unpersuasive: if death is the end, then death is dreadful. We should want to be able to live for as long as we want to, and we should hope that we will always have a reason to want to live. One of my unusual beliefs is that one does not have to have some important project to carry out in order to want to live; existence is a miracle in itself.
Confirmed to join
Anders Sandberg — Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long Term Futures Research at the Institute for Futures Studies. Background in computational neuroscience and mathematical modelling.
Patrick Linden — Philosopher and author of The Case Against Death. MIT Press 2022 and Mot döden en radikalt livsbejakande filosofi, Volante 2024. Wrote thesis on moral theory: A Critique of Nonnaturalist Moral Realism.
Natasha Vita-More — Futures theorist and author of the Transhumanist Manifesto. Led research proving the persistence of long-term memory after vitrification and revival. Former President Extropy Institute, current Honorary President Humanity+.
Max More — Director of Communications, Biostasis Technologies. Former President, Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Founder of transhumanism. Author, Principles of Extropy and The Proactionary Principle.
Martin Lipovšek — Slovenian philosopher specializing in the ethical and existential questions raised by healthy life extension. Founder and President of the Slovenian Society for Vital Life Extension.
Susan Schneider — Founding Director, Center for the Future of AI, Mind and Society at FAU. Former NASA Chair, NASA/Distinguished Scholar, Library of Congress Author — Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind
Andrei Panferov — Tech entrepreneur, Co-founder of Dowell Bio, which is focused on spinal cord fusion and head transplantation. Co-founder of Fund Longevity — rallies in 16 cities pro government funding of aging research.
Alexey Turchin — Futurist and life-extension researcher; author of the book Immortality, a systematic exploration of life extension philosophy, that summarises the answers to all the philosophical systems of the past
João Pedro de Magalhães — Professor. of Molecular Biogerontology in University of Birmingham. Published 100+ scientific articles, received multiple awards, and delivered over 200 invited talks worldwide. Long-term goal is to harness data science, genomics, and machine learning/AI to make biology programmable
Linus Petersson — Founder of the Swedish Longevity Cluster and author of Medicines Against Aging. Longevity community builder and pharmaceutical-industry specialist.
Kai Micah Mills — Founder of Cryopets, co-founder of CryoDAO and HydraDAO. Works on cryopreservation, replacement biotechnology, and biostasis as a path toward survival beyond current biological limits. Thiel Fellow.
John Martin Fischer — American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside and a leading contributor to the philosophy of free will and moral responsibility
John K. Davis — Philosopher and author of New Methuselahs: The Ethics of Life Extension. Defends aggressive investment in life-extension research while addressing inequality, overpopulation, and access.
Travis Timmerman — An associate professor of philosophy, and chair of the philosophy department, at Seton Hall University. A researcher for Rethink Priorities and focus on the Moral Weight Project. {rimary research interests are in normative ethics, applied ethics, animal welfare, and the philosophy of death.
David Pearce — Director at Knightsbridge Online. Co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association, currently rebranded as Humanity+. Author of The Hedonistic Imperative and founder of the Abolitionist Project, which argues for using biotechnology to eliminate suffering in all sentient life.
Peter Voss — A serial entrepreneur, engineer, and scientist, with a single-minded vision and mission: to bring human-level AI to the world to optimize human flourishing. Credited with coining the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in 2001 alongside fellow AI visionaries.
Mark Walker — Professor of Philosophy at NMSU. Philosopher working on transhumanism, ethics, biohappiness, and human enhancement. Author of Happy-People-Pills for All.
Adam Buben — Adam Buben, lecturer at Universiteit Leiden. Wrote Meaning and Mortality in Kierkegaard and Heidegger: Origins of the Existential Philosophy of Death (2016) — has dealt with the topic of death in the history of philosophy.
Randal Koene — Neuroscientist and neuroengineer working on whole-brain emulation and substrate-independent minds. Co-founder of Carboncopies and a contributor to the first roadmap for whole-brain emulation.
Invite list
Rachel Armstrong — Interdisciplinary researcher and Professor of Experimental Architecture. Works on living architecture, artificial life, and the relationship between human bodies, technology, and living environments.
David Chalmers — Philosopher of mind who formulated the “hard problem of consciousness.” Works on consciousness, virtual reality, AI minds, and the possibility of conscious digital beings.
Mikhail Batin — Transhumanist and co-founder of Open Longevity. Focused on defeating aging and building open research and human-trial infrastructure for life-extension interventions.
Adam Gries — Founder of Vitalism and a technology entrepreneur and investor. Argues that preserving and expanding life should become a central political and civilizational priority.
Nathan Cheng — Co-founder of Vitalism and the Longevity Biotech Fellowship; General Partner at Healthspan Capital. Builds movements, networks, and investment infrastructure around ending biological aging.
Masataka Watanabe — University of Tokyo neuroscientist developing machine-consciousness systems and scientifically plausible approaches to seamless mind uploading. Proposed a subjective test connecting biological and artificial brain hemispheres.
Andrew Steele — Scientist, writer, and author of Ageless. Communicates the science of treating aging while connecting it to broader questions about whether society should pursue radically longer lives.
Raiany Romanni-Klein — Researcher working across the ethics, economics, and science of human longevity. Studies why secular societies often portray aging and death as necessary or beneficial.
Aschwin de Wolf — Cryonics researcher, writer, and CEO of Advanced Neural Biosciences. Co-authored a comprehensive human cryopreservation procedures manual and developed medical and philosophical frameworks for biostasis.
Colin Farrelly — Political philosopher working on justice, gero-science, human enhancement, and the social allocation of biomedical research. Author of Biologically Modified Justice.
Martine Rothblatt — Author of Virtually Human and founder of the Terasem Movement. Developed the mindfile and mindclone framework for technological continuity of identity and possible digital immortality.
Nick Bostrom — Philosopher known for foundational work on existential risk, human enhancement, superintelligence, and humanity’s long-term future. Author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia.
Saturday, 1st of August 2026. Starting - 8 am PST, 5 pm CET
Most longevity conferences today are technology showcases. What is missing is a serious discussion around a larger question: beyond science, what must change to make death optional for everyone? In 2026, it is time to create such a conference.
Format
What to say
Instead of your positions and pitches:
Why this event should happen?
Martin Lipovšek
Natasha Vita-More
Andrei Panferov
Patrick Linden
Confirmed to join
Anders Sandberg — Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long Term Futures Research at the Institute for Futures Studies. Background in computational neuroscience and mathematical modelling.
Patrick Linden — Philosopher and author of The Case Against Death. MIT Press 2022 and Mot döden en radikalt livsbejakande filosofi, Volante 2024. Wrote thesis on moral theory: A Critique of Nonnaturalist Moral Realism.
Natasha Vita-More — Futures theorist and author of the Transhumanist Manifesto. Led research proving the persistence of long-term memory after vitrification and revival. Former President Extropy Institute, current Honorary President Humanity+.
Max More — Director of Communications, Biostasis Technologies. Former President, Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Founder of transhumanism. Author, Principles of Extropy and The Proactionary Principle.
Martin Lipovšek — Slovenian philosopher specializing in the ethical and existential questions raised by healthy life extension. Founder and President of the Slovenian Society for Vital Life Extension.
Susan Schneider — Founding Director, Center for the Future of AI, Mind and Society at FAU. Former NASA Chair, NASA/Distinguished Scholar, Library of Congress Author — Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind
Andrei Panferov — Tech entrepreneur, Co-founder of Dowell Bio, which is focused on spinal cord fusion and head transplantation. Co-founder of Fund Longevity — rallies in 16 cities pro government funding of aging research.
Alexey Turchin — Futurist and life-extension researcher; author of the book Immortality, a systematic exploration of life extension philosophy, that summarises the answers to all the philosophical systems of the past
João Pedro de Magalhães — Professor. of Molecular Biogerontology in University of Birmingham. Published 100+ scientific articles, received multiple awards, and delivered over 200 invited talks worldwide. Long-term goal is to harness data science, genomics, and machine learning/AI to make biology programmable
Linus Petersson — Founder of the Swedish Longevity Cluster and author of Medicines Against Aging. Longevity community builder and pharmaceutical-industry specialist.
Kai Micah Mills — Founder of Cryopets, co-founder of CryoDAO and HydraDAO. Works on cryopreservation, replacement biotechnology, and biostasis as a path toward survival beyond current biological limits. Thiel Fellow.
John Martin Fischer — American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside and a leading contributor to the philosophy of free will and moral responsibility
John K. Davis — Philosopher and author of New Methuselahs: The Ethics of Life Extension. Defends aggressive investment in life-extension research while addressing inequality, overpopulation, and access.
Travis Timmerman — An associate professor of philosophy, and chair of the philosophy department, at Seton Hall University. A researcher for Rethink Priorities and focus on the Moral Weight Project. {rimary research interests are in normative ethics, applied ethics, animal welfare, and the philosophy of death.
David Pearce — Director at Knightsbridge Online. Co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association, currently rebranded as Humanity+. Author of The Hedonistic Imperative and founder of the Abolitionist Project, which argues for using biotechnology to eliminate suffering in all sentient life.
Peter Voss — A serial entrepreneur, engineer, and scientist, with a single-minded vision and mission: to bring human-level AI to the world to optimize human flourishing. Credited with coining the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in 2001 alongside fellow AI visionaries.
Mark Walker — Professor of Philosophy at NMSU. Philosopher working on transhumanism, ethics, biohappiness, and human enhancement. Author of Happy-People-Pills for All.
Adam Buben — Adam Buben, lecturer at Universiteit Leiden. Wrote Meaning and Mortality in Kierkegaard and Heidegger: Origins of the Existential Philosophy of Death (2016) — has dealt with the topic of death in the history of philosophy.
Randal Koene — Neuroscientist and neuroengineer working on whole-brain emulation and substrate-independent minds. Co-founder of Carboncopies and a contributor to the first roadmap for whole-brain emulation.
Invite list
Rachel Armstrong — Interdisciplinary researcher and Professor of Experimental Architecture. Works on living architecture, artificial life, and the relationship between human bodies, technology, and living environments.
David Chalmers — Philosopher of mind who formulated the “hard problem of consciousness.” Works on consciousness, virtual reality, AI minds, and the possibility of conscious digital beings.
Mikhail Batin — Transhumanist and co-founder of Open Longevity. Focused on defeating aging and building open research and human-trial infrastructure for life-extension interventions.
Adam Gries — Founder of Vitalism and a technology entrepreneur and investor. Argues that preserving and expanding life should become a central political and civilizational priority.
Nathan Cheng — Co-founder of Vitalism and the Longevity Biotech Fellowship; General Partner at Healthspan Capital. Builds movements, networks, and investment infrastructure around ending biological aging.
Masataka Watanabe — University of Tokyo neuroscientist developing machine-consciousness systems and scientifically plausible approaches to seamless mind uploading. Proposed a subjective test connecting biological and artificial brain hemispheres.
Andrew Steele — Scientist, writer, and author of Ageless. Communicates the science of treating aging while connecting it to broader questions about whether society should pursue radically longer lives.
Raiany Romanni-Klein — Researcher working across the ethics, economics, and science of human longevity. Studies why secular societies often portray aging and death as necessary or beneficial.
Aschwin de Wolf — Cryonics researcher, writer, and CEO of Advanced Neural Biosciences. Co-authored a comprehensive human cryopreservation procedures manual and developed medical and philosophical frameworks for biostasis.
Colin Farrelly — Political philosopher working on justice, gero-science, human enhancement, and the social allocation of biomedical research. Author of Biologically Modified Justice.
Martine Rothblatt — Author of Virtually Human and founder of the Terasem Movement. Developed the mindfile and mindclone framework for technological continuity of identity and possible digital immortality.
Nick Bostrom — Philosopher known for foundational work on existential risk, human enhancement, superintelligence, and humanity’s long-term future. Author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia.
Saturday, 1st of August 2026. Starting - 8 am PST, 5 pm CET
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