session 2

Title: SETI II : SETI and Society
type: oral
Description: All aspects concerning the societal implications of extraterrestrial intelligence are considered, including public reaction to a discovery.
Date: 2011-10-05
Time: 15:00
Room: TS-11

IPC members

Chairman: Prof. Alex Antonites, SETI League, South Africa;
Chairman: Prof. Douglas Vakoch, SETI Institute and California Institute of Integral Studies, United States;
Rapporteur: Dr. John Traphagan, University of Texas at Austin, United States;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Invited Billingham Cutting Edge Lecture	40	confirmed	Dr. Pete Worden	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Ames Research Center	United States
2	UNIVERSALS IN THE UNIVERSE?	20	confirmed	Prof. Alex Antonites	SETI League	South Africa
3	ON THE CONCRETE SIGNATURE OF LINCOS	20	withdrawn	Prof. John Elliott	Leeds Beckett University	United Kingdom
4	Seeking Intelligence Far Beyond Our Own	20	withdrawn	Dr. Seth Shostak	SETI Institute	United States
5	La Tierra Habla (Earth Speaks): An Online Spanish Language Survey about Interstellar Communication	20	confirmed	Prof. Douglas Vakoch	SETI Institute and California Institute of Integral Studies	United States
6	A Protocol for Messaging to Extraterrestrials - Launch of an Educational and Interactive Website	20	confirmed	Ms. Julia DeMarines	International Space University (ISU)	United States
7	A Mathematical Model for Societal Aspects of SETI	20	withdrawn	Dr. Claudio Maccone	International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)	Italy
8	Influence of works of fiction on the perceptions of SETI	20	withdrawn	Mr. Arjun Reddy	PES School of Engineering	India