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30 May

Think & Drink: Future of Food

18 July

Think & Drink: Future of Human and Artificial Intelligence

24 October

Think & Drink: Future of Robotic Warfare

Calendar: Think & Drink

Events and important dates from the Oregon Humanities calendar.

30 May 2012 | Wednesday
Think & Drink: Future of Food

The second Think & Drink of 2012 looks at the future of food with Robert Paarlberg, professor of political science at Wellesley College and author of Food Politics: What Everyone Should Know, and Susan Bragdon, advisor to the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, and Rockefeller Foundation on international sustainable development

6:30 p.m., The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, Portland

18 July 2012 | Wednesday
Think & Drink: Future of Human and Artificial Intelligence

The third Think & Drink of 2012 looks at the future of human and artificial intelligence with Ramez Naam, senior associate of the Foresight Institute and author of More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement, and Mott Greene, John Magee Professor of Science and Values at the University of Puget Sound

6:30 p.m., The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, Portland

24 October 2012 | Wednesday
Think & Drink: Future of Robotic Warfare

The fourth and final Think & Drink of 2012 looks at the future of robotic warfare with General Merrill “Tony” McPeak, retired 14th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, and Tung Yin, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School specializing in post-9/11 national security law

6:30 p.m., The Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, Portland