Sign up for our awesome New York Tech Events weekly email newsletter.     LOCATION EVENT DETAILS <P><SPAN>A half-day event about the science & business of meat substitutes & their social dimensions.</SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG><SPAN>The science of meat substitutes:</SPAN></STRONG></P> <H4>2:00-3:20PM</H4> <P><BR><A HREF="https://wp.nyu.edu/kirshenbaumlab/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Kent Kirshenbaum</A><SPAN>- Director of Graduate Studies & Professor of Chemistry at NYU Department of Chemistry</SPAN><BR>"Plant-Based Meat: Faux or Fugly?"<BR><A HREF="http://www.new-harvest.org/nh2016_isha_datar" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Isha Datar</A><SPAN>- Executive Director of New Harvest</SPAN><BR>"Producing Meat from Cell Cultures"<BR><SPAN>Moderated by</SPAN><SPAN><A HREF="http://jacyreese.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Jacy Reese</A></SPAN><SPAN>- Senior Fellow, Sentience Politics</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><STRONG><SPAN>The culture of meat substitutes:</SPAN></STRONG></P> <H4>3:40-5:00PM</H4> <P><BR><A HREF="https://www.jmu.edu/philrel/people/faculty/levinovitz-alan.shtml" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Alan Levinovitz</A><SPAN>- Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at JMU</SPAN><BR>"Magic, Metaphysics, & Frankenmeat: Understanding the Foundations of Dietary Taboos"<BR><A HREF="https://mit.academia.edu/BenWurgaft" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Ben Wurgaft</A><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>- Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT"</SPAN><BR>"Promise & Progress: On Cellular Agriculture, Moral Promises, & Technological Progress"<BR><SPAN>Moderated by</SPAN><SPAN><A HREF="http://environment.as.nyu.edu/object/environment.christopherschlottmann" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Christopher Schlottmann</A></SPAN><SPAN>, Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies</SPAN><BR></P>