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As a reminder, registration is still open for TransVision 2005, the yearly conference of the World Transhumanist Association to be held in late July in Caracas, Venezuela:

Dear Transhumanist friend,

You can still register for TransVision 2005 (www.TransHumanismO.org/tv05) to take advantage of this great opportunity to talk, meet and share with many Transhumanists from around the world. If you are also interested in presenting at TV05, you can still send us your presentation proposal and your updated picture to: jose_cordeiro@yahoo.com. So far, we have confirmed participants from 21 countries from the Americas (North, Central and South), Asia, Africa and Europe. TV05 will thus be the greatest gathering of international Transhumanists so far in history.

Coming to Venezuela is a lifetime opportunity. The country is beautiful and the people are incredibly friendly (and beautiful too, we have the largest number of official Miss Universes in the world, not per capita, but in total numbers, and the same with Mister Universes:-)

Venezuela has extraordinary natural beauties like the Caribbean beaches for scuba diving, snorkeling or just swimming (see www.venezuelatuya.com). Venezuela also has the highest cable car in the world (up to 15,000 feet high), the highest waterfall in the world (Angel Falls in Canaima, Gran Sabana, with close to 3,000 feet high in the Orinoquia-Amazonia) and the longest cave in the world (Cueva del Guacharo, which was visited several times by French scientist Jacques Cousteau).

You can get a roundtrip airplane ticket from anywhere in North America to Caracas for less than $500, and from Europe for less than $700. From North America, you can probably get the best deals if you book separately first from your city to Miami and then from Miami to Caracas (Miami-Caracas can be as little as $200 roundtrip in advance, for example, check www.travelocity.com with flexible dates). From Europe, there are usually cheap direct flights via Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris and Rome, but you need to book now, since July is high season for travel and the inexpensive tickets go fast.

Most TV05 participants will be staying in a fantastic four star hotel, built by Nelson Rockefeller himself, for as little as $55 single or $30 double rooms, per night, if we book for you here in advance (otherwise it might be over $100 per night). The "Hotel Avila" (www.hotelavila.com.ve) is considered the "Grand Dame" of hotels in Caracas and it is listed as Fodor's Choice in Venezuela. No one can beat that, with free breakfast, swimming pool, gym and everything else expected from such hotels in a marvelous tropical setting.

The TV05 Caracas Organizing Committee is here to help you with any questions and/or doubts so that we will have a very successful TV05: the first international Transhumanist conference in the developing world.

Transhumanistically yours,

Josi Cordeiro, M.S. (jose_cordeiro@yahoo.com)
Conference Chair (www.cordeiro.org)

James Hughes, Ph.D.
International Organizing Committee (www.TransHumanism.org)

Santiago Ochoa, M.S.
Venezuelan Organizing Committee (www.TransHumanismO.org)