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    Title

    History of Canadian contribution to astronautics and history on early SETI activities

    type

    oral

    Description

    Special session with invited & proposed speakers. Origin (technical & political aspects) of the space activities & programs of Canada. Historical overview of some early SETI activities.

    Date

    2014-10-02

    Time

    14:45

    Room

    803A

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Geoffrey Languedoc, Canadian Aeronautics & Space Institute (CASI), Canada;

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Otfrid G. Liepack, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Philippe Cosyn, Independent scholar, Belgium;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    100 years of Aerospace History in Canada. From McCurdy to Hadfield.

    20'

    confirmed

    Mr. Robert Godwin

    Canada

    2

    Space for Canadians – Explaining Canada’s Logic and Motivation to be Active in Space

    20'

    withdrawn

    Dr. Deganit Paikowsky

    Tel Aviv University

    Israel

    3

    A History of the Canadian Space Program: Policies that Guided the Program through Its First Thirty Years and Lessons Learned Coping with Modest Budgets

    20'

    confirmed

    Mr. Graham Gibbs

    Canadian Space Agency (RETD)

    Canada

    4

    Bruce Aikenhead: Canada’s Most Versatile Space Pioneer

    20'

    confirmed

    Dr. Christopher Gainor

    Canada

    5

    Message to an intelligent civilization: a historical perspective

    20'

    confirmed

    Mr. Stephane Dumas

    SETI League

    Canada

    6

    Canadian contribution to SETI - past and present

    20'

    confirmed

    Ms. Lori Walton

    Tigerstar Geoscience

    Canada

    7

    SETI science: the first 25 years

    20'

    confirmed

    Prof.Dr. H. Paul Shuch

    The SETI League, Inc.

    United States

    8

    Evolution of SETI technology to pick up messages from ET

    20'

    confirmed

    Dr. Claudio Maccone

    International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)

    Italy