If you happen to live in California, there are two upcoming events that may be of interest:

* The Singularity Summit is this weekend, Oct. 25, in San Jose. It will cover topics like artificial intelligence, robotics, and nanotech.



* Convergence08 is taking place November 15-16 at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. There are presentations on a number of interesting transhuman concepts plus debates on artificial intelligence, longevity, and synthetic biology.