A group of experts from around the world will conduct a conference on global catastrophic risks, the first of its kind. Discuss what should be done to prevent these risks from becoming realities that could put an end to human life as we know it on Earth, CNN reported. More info: Discovery Communications.

The speakers at the event four days at Oxford University in Britain will discuss topics such as terrorism, and that is what we must do if a large asteroid were in collision course with our planet.

On the last day of the Global Conference on Catastrophic Risk, experts will focus on the possible impact of new technologies such as super-machines that, if they are ill-conceived, could cause the disappearance of homo sapiens.