Brighton Skeptics in the Cafe. If you happen to be in one of these neighbourhoods, and the timing works for you, it would be great to see you there.

The future and all that jazz. The next few years are likely to bring unprecedented change. Accelerating changes in numerous fields of technology. Deepening impacts of technologies into many new areas of life and society. Stresses and strains of rapidly increasing resource usage. Untested ideas and fads, often with little substance, spreading like wildfire.

Anticipate the better political practices of an envisaged transhuman future. Advocate the practical policies that will advance that future. Engage people at all levels of politics and society around the world, to support and implement these policies.

Google Campus, London - 17th November 2014. Now in its 5th year, Augmented Planet, the leading augmented reality blog is back with our annual AR conference and expo.

The forthcoming radical extension of healthy human longevity. The goals and motivations of key players in this field. The rapid progress that has been achieved in the last few years. The challenges that threaten to thwart further development. The critical questions that need to be faced. For more details, see the Foreword.