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Ozma50 Workshop Schedule

All events are in the Jansky Lab Auditorium unless noted

Monday Sept 13

08:30 - 08:45 Welcome -- Karen O'Neil, Jay Lockman, Glen Langston

Session I: Why we may not be alone -- Chair: Jay Lockman

08:45-09:30 - Perspective Talk: Life – C. Impey

09:30-10:15 - Perspective Talk: Astronomy -- B. Rood

10:15-10:30 - Coffee break

10:30-11:15 - Panel: Life in the Milky Way -- A. Boss*, L. Mix W. Traub, S. Widicus Weaver

11:15-12:00 - Perspective Talk: History -- S. Dick

12:00-12:30 - Small Group Discussion: Is SETI fiction good for SETI science?

12:30-13:30 - Lunch in the Cafeteria

13:30-15:15 - Tour of the Green Bank Telescope

Session II: The Influence of SETI on Society -- Chair: Ron Maddalena

15:15-15:30 - Summaries of the Morning Group Discussion

15:30-16:30 - Panel: SETI as Science: L. Sage*, P. Horowitz, L. Rothschild, J. Tarter

16:30-17:30 - Panel: SETI and the Popular Imagination: T. Bania*, E. Chaisson, S.A. Heatherly, J. Lomberg, R. Steelhammer

17:30-18:00 - Small Group Discussion: Has SETI been good for Society?

18:00-19:30 - Dinner in the Cafeteria

19:30-20:30 - Panel: Could we accept that we are alone? -- B. Higgins, B. Rood, D. Sobel, M. Turzillo

21:00-21:30 - Dessert at the GBT

21:30 - Informal Discussion in the Residence Hall Lounge

Tuesday September 14

Session III SETI strategies -- Chair Glen Langston

08:30-08:45 - OZMA History -- W. Sullivan

08:45-09:15 - Life in the Universe: Now and In the Near Future--A three-way horse race -- S. Shostak

09:15-10:15 - Panel: Current approaches to the Search for Life: S. Shostak*, M. Kuchner, P. Horowitz, J. Welch, D. Wertheimer

10:15-10:30 - Coffee break

10:30-11:15 - Panel: What have we learned from 50 years of silence? -- J. Welch*, K. Kellermann, J. Landis, R. Reid

11:15-12:00 - Panel: Did we miss something while we were listening? Novel ways of thinking about the Search -- J. Lazio*, B. Higgins, C. Rose, D. Wertheimer

12:15-13:30 - Lunch in the Cafeteria

Session IV. What is ET? -- Chair: S.A. Heatherly

13:30-14:30 - Panel: Our assumptions about life and ET -- L. Rothschild*, E. Chaisson, G. Consolmagno, K. Denning

14:30-14:45 - Coffee break

14:45-15:45 - Panel: What are the consequences of detection? -- K. Denning*, M. Kuchner, S. Shostak, J. Wiseman

15:45-16:30 - Panel: Thoughts on communication -- F. Drake*, C. Impey, D. Tatel, P. Wagner

16:30-17:15 - Small Group Discussion: TBD

17:30-19:30 - Dinner

19:30-20:30 - Panel (in the Science Center Auditorium): How and when do science, mystery, epiphany intersect? Is intersection possible and under what circumstances? R. Vaughan*, G. Consolmagno, J. Lomberg, L. Mix, J. Wiseman

20:30-21:30 Desert in the Science Center

21:30 - Informal Discussions in the Residence Hall Lounge

Wednesday September 15

Session V. The Future of SETI -- Chair: Ken Kellermann

08:30-09:15 - SETI 2061 and Beyond -- F. Drake

09:15-09:30 - Discussion

09:30-10:30 - Panel: Is SETI sustainable in the long term? Scientific and cultural perspectives -- T. Pierson, P. Horowitz, A. Simeon, J. Tarter, J. Windle

10:30:10:45 - Coffee

10:45-11:05 - Summary Thoughts – Cultural -- R. Vaughan

11:15-11:35 - Summary Thoughts – Societal – S. Dick

11:45-12:05 - Summary Thoughts – Scientific – W. Traub

12:15-12:30 - Concluding remarks - Jay Lockman

12:30-01:30 - Lunch

Modified on Sunday, 12-Sep-2010 16:46:36 EDT