Cyborgs out of necessity, not by choice
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Date:
21 Jun 2018 - 14:00
Place:
Bozar, Rotonde Bertouille - Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels
Seminar exploring the neurological, ethical and social (security) boundaries of the merge between human bodies and technologies.
Technology has given us the opportunity to heal the human body. With the rise of human bioenhancement 'healing bodies' has become 'making bodies better'. But what is the difference, and will technology make us more humane?
PROGRAM
14:00: Welcome by Marleen Wynants (Director VUB Crosstalks)
14:15: Bernard Dan (neurologist and scientific curator of the exhibition)
14:40: Kristien Hens (Bioethics UA/KULeuven)
15:10: Bart Demyttenaere (Medical Advisor National Union of Socialist Mutual Health Insurance Funds)
15:40: Q&A and Break
16:15: DEMO I - Christophe Van Geel (Handicap International)
16:45: DEMO II - Sébastien Vanderlinden (Ortho-Medico)
17:15: Open discussion
17:30: Drinks
Occasion to visit the expo 'The Art Of Difference' before the seminar or later that day during the nocturne till 22:00. Free entrance.
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