Our friends at the Foresight Institute are offering BB readers a nice 30 percent discount off registration to attend the 2004 Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology, October 22-24 in Washington DC. Researchers, investors, policymakers, and "interested citizens" will gather to hash out the future of molecular nanotech on all fronts, from medicine and the environment to economics and privacy. The list of nanoworld celebrity speakers include K. Eric Drexler, Ralph Merkle, Ray Kurzweil, and Christine Peterson. We're especially excited that our favorite nanoblogger, Howard Lovy of the NanoBot, was invited to discuss Nanotech Goals and Conflicts. UPDATE: The BB discount code for registration is BOING30-JC
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