Existential risks | Futures Week 2023
October 20, 2023
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
