session 2

Title

SETI 2: SETI and Society

Description

All aspects concerning the societal implications of extraterrestrial intelligence are considered, including public reaction to a discovery, risk communication and the possible impacts on society.

Date

2012-10-03

Time

10:15

Room

TS18 (Sala Sardegna, Palacongressi)

IPC members
papers

Order

Time

Paper title

Selection result

Mode

Presentation status

Speaker

Affiliation

Country

1

Fanning the Flames of SETI Passion

accepted

15'

confirmed

Prof. H. Paul Shuch

The SETI League, Inc.

United States

2

Seeking Intelligence Far Beyond Our Own

accepted

20'

confirmed

Dr. Seth Shostak

SETI Institute

United States

3

SIGNATURES OF MACHINE INTELLIGENCE

accepted

20'

withdrawn

Prof. John Elliott

Leeds Beckett University

United Kingdom

4

Evolution and History in a New "Mathematical SETI" Model

accepted

15'

confirmed

Dr. Claudio Maccone

International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)

Italy

5

Communicating Existential Accounts of Being Human in Interstellar Messages

accepted

20'

confirmed

Prof. Douglas Vakoch

SETI Institute and California Institute of Integral Studies

United States

6

NEUROPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF CONTACT. NEUROSCIENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE.

accepted

15'

confirmed

Prof. Gabriel G. De la Torre

University of Cádiz

Spain

7

The ‘Intelligence’ in SETI: historical concepts and new research

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Prof. Kathryn Denning

York University

Canada

8

Profiling Nonhuman Intelligence: An exercise in developing unbiased tools for describing other types of intelligence on Earth.

accepted

15'

confirmed

Dr. Denise Herzing

Wild Dophin Project and Florida Atlantic University

United States

9

The long view: sustaining multigenerational science

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Prof. Kathryn Denning

York University

Canada