Presentations

This is a list of presentations that Lincoln has given. Recordings of some of the presentations are available in a video playlist, embedded below. You may also search for content that’s available on any of Lincoln’s websites.

“Prophecy.” 20th Anniversary Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Morgan, Utah. 11 April 2026.

“Sankofa Futurism.” Congrès International du Transhumanisme 2025. Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 28 November 2025.

“Prompting God.” 2025 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Compass Art Gallery, Provo, Utah. 18 October 2025.

“Finding Transhumanism in the Scriptures.” Mormon Transhumanist Association. 20 January 2025.

“God the Cosmic Host.” Terasem Colloquium. 14 December 2024.

“The Second War in Heaven.” 2024 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Provo Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Provo, Utah. 13 April 2024.

“Présentation Introductive à Mormon Transhumanist Association Africa.” Mormon Transhumanist Association. 24 June 2023.

“Decentralization of God.” 2022 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Provo City Library, Provo, Utah. 19 March 2022.

“Eternal Life for Humanity.” Church of Perpetual Life. 27 January 2022.

“Nootropics & Human Enhancement with Lincoln Cannon.” Christian Transhumanist Association. 9 October 2021.

“The New God Argument with Lincoln Cannon.” Christian Transhumanist Association. 18 January 2021.

“The New God Argument.” Sunstone Symposium 2019. Mountain America Expo Center, Sandy, Utah. 3 August 2019.

“Welcome to Mormon Transhumanism.” Sunstone Symposium 2019, with Ben Blair and Blaire Ostler. Mountain America Expo Center, Sandy, Utah. 3 August 2019.

“How to Raise the Dead.” 2019 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. University of Utah Guest House, Salt Lake City, Utah. 13 April 2019.

“Return of Christ.” 2018 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Provo Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Provo, Utah. 7 April 2018.

“Last General Conference Sermons of LDS Church Presidents.” Aspen 9th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Orem, Utah. 17 September 2017.

“A Brief History of the Mormon Transhumanist Association.” 2017 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Utah Valley Convention Center, Provo, Utah. 8 April 2017.

“Mormon Transhumanism.” India Awakens Conference. TeleXLR8. 12 February 2017.

“Transhumanism and the Mormon Faith.” Theologians Testing Transhumanism. University of California, Berkeley, California. 7 December 2016.

“Harmony of Potential and Origin in Religious Transhumanism.” South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. Salt Lake City, Utah. 10 July 2016.

“Key to the Science of Theology.” 2016 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Provo City Library, Provo, Utah. 9 April 2016.

“Myths and Visions of Mormon Transhumanists.” 2015 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. 3 April 2015.

“Exploring Mormon Transhumanism.” Faith Again. Salt Lake City, Utah. 9 January 2015.

“Self-Reliance for Reliability and Self-Transcendence.” Aspen 9th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Orem, Utah. 23 November 2014.

“Mormon Transhumanism.” Venturists Cryonics Convention. Riverside Resort, Laughlin, Nevada. 7 November 2014.

“Mormon Transhumanism.” Religion and Transhumanism Conference. Veteran’s Hall, Piedmont, California. 10 May 2014.

“What is a Mormon Transhumanist?” 2014 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, with Brent Allsop and Karl Hale. Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. 4 April 2014.

“Honoring Motherhood.” Aspen 9th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Orem, Utah. 12 May 2013.

“BYOD: Challenges and Opportunities with a Distributed Salesforce.” Webinar, with Darren Platt. 25 April 2013.

“Purpose of the Mormon Transhumanist Association.” 2013 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. 5 April 2013.

“The Consolation: An Adaptation of the King Follett Sermon of Joseph Smith.” 2012 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. 6 April 2012.

“The Consolation.” Turing Church Online Workshop 2. TeleXLR8. 11 December 2011.

“Religious Arrogance.” Aspen 9th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Orem, Utah. 27 February 2011.

“Transfigurism.” Turing Church Online Workshop 1. TeleXLR8. 20 November 2010.

“Enforcing the Four A’s on Cloud Resources at Merit Medical.” Cloud Security Alliance Congress 2010. Hilton Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida. 17 November 2010.

“Trust in Posthumanity and the New God Argument.” Transhumanism and Spirituality Conference. Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1 October 2010.

“Reasons for Technological Interpretations of Mormonism.” Sunstone Symposium 2010. Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah. 7 August 2010.

“Symplified Collaboration and Mobility with Merit Medical.” Webinar, with Josh Forman. 23 April 2010.

“Theological Implications of the New God Argument.” Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology Conference 2010. Library Lecture Hall, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. 26 March 2010.

“Practicing Atonement.” Aspen 9th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Orem, Utah. 19 April 2009.

“A Technical Interpretation of Mormon Physics and Physiology.” Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision. Albrecht Auditorium, Stauffer Hall, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California. 7 March 2009.

“The New God Argument.” Sunstone Symposium 2008, with Chris Bradford and Joseph West. Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah. 9 August 2008.

“Mormonism: A Religion of the Future.” Conference on the Future of Religions and Religions of the Future. Extropia, Second Life. 4 June 2008.

“Transfigurism: Mormonism as Religious Transhumanism.” Second Life Transhumanists. Extropia, Second Life. 30 March 2008.

“Practical Faith in Prophetic Vision.” Sunstone Symposium 2007, with Brent Allsop, Bryant Smith, Chris Bradford, Joseph West, Karl Hale, and Kathy Wilson. Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah. 10 August 2007.

“Transfigurism: Mormonism as Religious Transhumanism.” Seminar on Transhumanism and Religion in Second Life. Uvvy Island, Second Life. 29 April 2007.

“Parallels and Complements Between Mormonism and Transhumanism.” Sunstone Symposium West 2007. Clarion Hotel, San Francisco, California. 21 April 2007.

“Parallels and Complements Between Mormonism and Transhumanism.” Sunstone Symposium 2006. Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah. 12 August 2006.