Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 08:30
LSBU Hub, 116, 100 London Rd, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6NJ
The Technoprogressive Opportunity is a two-day in-person conference in Central London (SE1), organised by the IEET and London Futurists, on the subject of "The future of ethics and emerging technologies". Brief description We live in a time of dramatic changes in the capabilities of technologies. Political and social norms are being disrupted as never before. The future is deeply uncertain. Humanity faces a bewildering mix of risks of catastrophe. But we also have the potential to transition to a new state of civilisation – a new relationship with technology and the environment – featuring unparalleled increases in all-round flourishing. In this state of confusion and turmoil, how can society reach the wisest decisions about which technologies to encourage and which to constrain? How can society ensure that these decisions are followed in practice, rather than being ignored or subverted by powerful short-sighted forces? How can a technoprogressive coalition grow in strength, as a decisive counter to existing worldviews which are more likely to leave humanity diminished, fragmented, or even extinct? These are the questions at the heart of the technoprogressive opportunity. Registration There will be no charge to attend, or for morning and afternoon refreshments. Important: RSVPs on this Meetup page have been closed, in order to consolidate all registrations on a single tool, namely Luma. To register, please visit Luma: https://luma.com/bk22gy6s. Themes Speakers are being invited to address themes such as: • Trust and democracy in the wake of AI • Technologies for collaboration • Politics and human enhancement • Abundance: Creating it, sustaining it, and sharing it • The techlash as a catalyst for profound change • The Technoprogressive Declaration, 12 years later • Beyond the Green New Deal: global health and technological justice • Society as a Service – assessing the Network State • The impending Economic Singularity: myth or reality? • AI misalignment: how bad could things get? • Regulation in the era of augmented capabilities • PostCapitalism and PostSocialism • Progressive politics if there’s no working class • Escaping from Moloch: avoiding the race to the bottom • The Longevity Dividend: making it real • Alternative banners: Transhumanism, Vitalism, Ecomodernism, or what? • From Cold War 2.0 to a new world order? • Ethics: by whom and for whom? • Lobbying for better policies: dos and don’ts • Concrete next steps in building the technoprogressive coalition Venue The conference will take place in the LSBU Hub, part of London South Bank University, which is a short distance from London Waterloo, London Bridge Station, and London Borough Market. Address: 100-116 London Road, SE1 6LN. We’ll be in the Southwark Lecture Theatre. Note that this is an in-person event. All speakers will be giving their presentation in person, at the LSBU Hub venue. There will be no live-streaming from the event - although all presentations will be recorded and subsequently uploaded for wider viewing. Speakers This conference brings together leading thinkers from technology, economics, politics, philosophy, sustainability, and futures studies. Together they will explore both the opportunities opened by accelerating technology and the institutional and political changes needed to ensure those opportunities benefit humanity. Rather than discussing emerging technologies in isolation, the speakers will examine how technological possibilities might interact radically with economics, politics, institutions, culture, and the planetary environment. For their individual biographies, see https://londonfuturists.com/forthcoming-meetings/the-technoprogressive-opportunity/speakers/. Schedule The conference will run from 9:30am to 5pm on the Saturday and from 10am to 5pm on the Sunday. It will include networking time as well as presentations and dialogues. For more details about the schedule, see https://luma.com/bk22gy6s.
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