From Homo sapiens to Homo stellaris: The Bioscience of Humanity's Next Evolution
Deep Tech Week Seattle closes Bio Upgrades Day with the Advanced SpaceLife Research Institute (ASRI), the world's first scientific institution dedicated to human sexual health, reproduction, and biological adaptation for space.
ASRI is executing the SHARP Mission Roadmap (Sexual Health and Reproductive Planning), a 30-year blueprint of 200+ experiments aimed at the first safe human birth off-world around 2055.
Join us to for an intro into the bioscience of humanity becoming a spacefaring species.
What to Expect
Multi-scientist panel — Scientists across the four SHARP pillars: reproductive biology, long-term human adaptation and genetic evolution, sexual health and behavior, and psychosocial factors. Moderated discussion plus open Q&A.
Fireside chat with the founder — Dr. Alexander Layendecker on where ASRI is headed and how deep tech integrates into the SHARP Roadmap, from today's foundational research to the first off-world human birth around 2055.
Sponsored networking opportunities— Direct access to ASRI scientists and leadership plus our expanding PNW space tech community.
Speakers
Dr. Alexander Layendecker (Founder & Director, ASRI)
Former USAF Space Operations Officer (Launch & Recovery) & Combat Pilot, PhD in Human
Sexuality with focus in off-Earth environments. Space Rescue operations subject matter expert.
Dr. Shawna Pandya (Virgin Galactic astronaut, ASRI Chief of Space Medicine)
Physician, TED Speaker, aquanaut, and commercial astronaut. One of a rare cohort credentialed across human medicine, underwater operations, and spaceflight.
Dr. James Logan (former NASA JSC Chief of Medical Operations)
Former Chief of Medical Operations, NASA Johnson Space Center; 20+ year NASA career; flight
surgeon for 25 Space Shuttle missions; Project Manager for the Space Station Medical Facility; founding board member of the American Telemedicine Association.
Morgan Kainu (Chief of Staff & Research Fellow, ASRI)
Applied space anthropologist specializing in human culture, behavior, and operational systems in extreme environments; Analog Astronaut & Mission Development Director, Space Nation.
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