CONTACT IV · 2/27-3/1, 1987· Rancho Cordova, CA

FRIDAY

9:00-10:30

Jim Funaro - Welcome and Introduction to CONTACT

Ctein - You, Too, Can Do Physics in 20 Minutes or Less

Larry Niven - The Alien in our Minds

Bob Tyzzer - Metalaw and Science Fiction

10:30-Noon

Bateson Project Open Sessions: Human and Alien Teams - The Colony & The World

1:00-2:30

Jim Funaro - Human Models for a Human Future

Paul Bohannan - Engineering Cultures

Reed Riner - Scents, Senses and Sentients: Crossing the Self-Rep Boundary

2:30-4:00

Karen Anderson - The Tribal Spaceship

Joel Hagen - Space Colonies: The Space Inside

James Hogan - The Trouble With Utopias: Ideal societies for other people to live in

4:00-5:30

Bateson Project Open Sessions: Human and Alien Teams - Colony Culture & Alien Biology

SATURDAY

9:00-10:30

Richard Johnson - The Space Program: The Long and Short of It

Albert Harrison - Space Personnel Deployment: Lessons From Earth

Poul Anderson - Where Are They?

10:30-Noon

Bateson Project Open Sessions: Human and Alien Teams- The Journey & Alien Culture

1:00-2:30

Phil Klass - How to Send a Message in a Bottle through Space

Tom McDonough - Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Jonathan Post - Xeno-Biology and Poetry

2:30-4:00

Jim Moore - Alien Altruism: Slings, Arrows and the Big Bang

Barbara Joans - Aliens and Alienation: Culture's Crucible

Mischa Adams - The Alien Inside

4:00-5:30

Bateson Project Open Sessions: Human and Alien Teams - In Orbit & Down Home

7:00-9:30

Artists and Technology: Darrell Anderson, Keith Doyle, Joel Hagen & Rick Sternbach

SUNDAY

11:00-Noon

Jerry Pournelle - Science and Social Science

1:00-3:00

Bateson Project Final Session: CONTACT

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