From: kqb@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (kevin.q.brown)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Cryonics Conference
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:26:27 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Even though the following announcement of a May 29 cryonics conference
concerns a lot of organizational issues, not just scientific and technical
issues, it will provide an opportunity to meet people who actually do
cryonic suspensions, so I am forwarding it to sci.cryonics.
                              Kevin Q. Brown
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> Date: 03 Jan 93 02:19:32 EST
> From: Saul Kent <71043.1120@CompuServe.COM>
> Message-Subject: CRYONICS:  Cryonics Conference

CRYONICS CONFERENCE ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

	A conference entitled NEW DIMENSIONS IN CRYONICS: Critical
Issues For The 21st Century will be held on Memorial Day Weekend (May
28-30, 1993) at the Marriott Hotel at Ontario jAirport in California.

	The conference will begin on Friday evening (May 28) with an
informal session for those who arrive early.  This will be followed by
seven panel discussions on Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, jMay 30.  There
will be a banquet on Saturday evening, May 29.

	Among the critically important issues to be discussed by the
panels will be the following:

	1.  Is an all-purpose organization the best model for cryonics? 
Would it be better to have long-term storage handled by a separate
organization solely responsible for patient care?

	2.  How much democracy should there be in cryonics?  Should
members (or clients) have any legal responsibility for the governing of
cryonics organizations?

	3.  How well are we preserving cryonics patients today?  What
can be done to preserve cryonics patients more effectively in the
future?  When will cryonic suspension be perfected?

	4.  What can we do to make pre-mortem cryonic suspension legal? 
Should cryonics patients be granted legal rights?  How can we best
protect cryonics organizations against legal attack?  From hostile
relatives?  From the government?  Should we seek legislation to
regulate cryonics?

	5.  What are the best ways of raising money for a cryonics
organization?  How should cryonics organizations invest their money? 
Is self-insurance feasible for cryonics organizations in the
foreseeable future?  How much of their assets should members leave to
their cryonics organization after their suspension?  Should one
all-purpose cryonics organization be solely responsible for all
financial matters related to cryonics?  Or should there be separate
organizations specializing in financial matters?

	6.  Should cryonics organizations have the sole responsibillity
for suspension patients?  Should relatives have any control over
suspension patients?  Should members designate personal advocates to
represent them after they are suspended?  What role should the
government play with regard to the rights of suspension patients?

	7.  How independent should local cryonics groups be?  What
responsibilities should they have?  Is centralized control the best way
of voerning a cryonics organization?  Is it possible to have a loose
confederation of relatively independent local groups?  What are the
strong points and weak points of a confederation of local cryonics
groups?

	The Memorial Day weekend cryonics concerence is intended for
members (or those in the process of becoming members) of ALL cryonics
organizations.  A more complete program for the conference including
many of the panel participants, as well as more details about how to
attend the conference will be available in the near future.
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