Life is good, death is bad. How can we have more of life and less of death? And more is not enough - how can life be good itself. Longevity is not only a question for life scientists and engineers, it also touches on question of philosophy, law and economics. In this theme week, we introduce longevity as a concept linked with all aspects of human improvement, and aim to gain a comprehensive understanding.

Subtopics:

• The Bioscience of Longevity
• Business Models for Longevity Companies
• Economics and Incentives of Healthcare Systems
• Philosophical Views and Ethics of Life Extension

Satoshi Nakamoto opened the Pandora's Box to a paradigm shift that touches the fabric of society: how we exchange value, how we assign and track ownership, how we govern communities and whole civilizations. This is a crypto-focused theme week that looks at the big picture: the shifts that crypto-technology is causing to empires, nations and cities alike and the modern forms of governance that come out of it.

Subtopics:

• Frontiers in Crypto-Technology: Money, Identity and Finance
• Network States and the Disruption of Governance
• Real-Life Crypto-Economies and Communities

Technological shifts inspire hope and fear. The hope of AI is to become a technological accelerant that solves problems of modern life and in nearly all areas of industry - it touches everything.

Subtopics:

• The 80-Year History of the Final Technology
• Progress and Stagnation in the History of Technology
• AI x Longevity - How Intelligence Can Extend Life
• AI x Everything - From Art to Industry

This will be a time to present solutions and promising pathways for healthy life extension, including ones generated during Vitalia. This week is an opportunity for our residents to collaborate with the broader aging research and longevity biotech industry.

Subtopics:

• New Drug Development
• Clinical and Healthcare
• Biohacking and Self-Improvement
• Incentive Design Solutions