| Friday, April 3 |
| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Welcome: Jim Funaro |
| 9:15 |
Ames Welcome |
| 9:30 |
William J. Clancey
Scientists on Mars: The Challenges and Accomplishments of the Phoenix Lander Mission |
| 10:00 |
Carol Stoker
The Phoenix Mission: What Really Happened |
| 10:30 |
Doug Raybeck
The Nature of "Human Intelligence" ... and that of "Others" |
| 11:00 |
Allan Combs & Ben Goertzel
Naïve Physics and Multiple Intelligences |
| 11:30 |
Michael Sims
The End of Intelligence |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Barbara Oakley
Too Kind - Dangers of Altruism |
| 2:00 |
Bruce Damer
From Digital Space: Protecting Life on Earth, Projecting Life into the Universe |
| 2:30 |
Melanie Swan
Future of Life Sciences |
| 3:00 |
Joe Lambert
Digital Storytelling - Giving Purpose to Pixels |
| 3:30 |
Gerald Nordley & Candace Lowe
Robert Heinlein and Us: Fictional Future Histories. |
| 4:00 |
Kim Stanley Robinson
Climate Change and the Pursuit of Happiness |
| 4:30 |
The Contact Mission: Past, Present, Future
Jim Funaro, Joel Hagen, Michael Sims, Chris McKay, Seth Shostak, Al Harrison, Don Scott, Bruce Damer, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Bill Clancey.
Joining us remotely: Phil Aaberg and Kathryn Denning |
| 5:30 |
Artshow & Reception |
| 6:30 |
Banquet |
| 8:00 |
Keynote Speaker: Penny Boston
"What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?" |
| 10:00 |
Gathering at Lodge
|
| Saturday, April 4 |
| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Gus Frederick
Earth as Organism - Humans as ? |
| 9:30 |
Joel Hagen
From Newton to Mars: Light, Color, Cameras and Telescopes |
| 10:00 |
Howard Heard
Zen and the Vision of the Blind Film Editor |
| 10:30 |
Chris Ford
Exploring Your Depths: CG Astronomical Simulation |
| 11:00 |
Jim Funaro
Globalization as Colonialism Revisited. The Future of Human Diversity |
| 11:30 |
Doug Vakoch
You Don't Say: Sex and the Voyager Interstellar Recording |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Seth Shostak
Space Colonization: Manifest Destiny or Pipe Dream? |
| 2:00 |
John W. Traphagan
The History of Anthropology as a Potential Analogy for SETI Research |
| 2:30 |
Randall Hayes
Aliens Among Us? Tales of Neural Curiosities |
| 3:00 |
Carlo Sequin
Recognizable Earthly Art ? |
| 3:30 |
Jim Pass
Astrosociology and Collaboration with the Space Community |
| 4:00 |
Karen Anderson
"Could China see a new Mandate of Heaven?" |
| 4:30 |
George Reynault
Tomorrow, The Day After Contact |
| 5:00 |
Silver Anniversary Party |
| 7:00 |
Dinner On Your Own - Lodge Later
|
| Sunday, April 5 |
| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 |
Jeroen Lapre
Fragile Planet: A Cutting Edge Digital Planetarium Production |
| 10:30 |
Silver Screen Film Festival
A Medley of Selected Shorts, Moderated by Gus Frederick |
| 12:00 |
Lunch: Mars Ocean Odyssey |
| 1:00 |
Al Harrison
Seafaring and Spacefaring: Maritime Prototypes for Living and Working in Space |
| 1:30 |
Carter Emmart
One Thousand Days at Sea with Reid Stowe |
| 2:30 |
Closing Remarks: Jim Funaro |
