SCHEDULE of EVENTS for CONTACT IX/92

FRIDAY

9:30-10:00 Welcome and Introductions - Jim Funaro

10:00-Noon Symposium 1: Partnerships in Education: Potentials and Payoffs

Reed Riner - "SolSysSim"

Don Scott - "Educating for the 3rd Millenium: Towards the New Paradigm"

Denise Aedan, Christina Garza & Gail Rice - "Project Mars"

Greg Barr - "Coti Jr"

Workshop 1: Worldbuilding - Poul Anderson

1:00-2:30 Symposium 2: Exo-Biology and Terraforming

Chris McKay - Mars: Its Once and Future Life

Bob MacElroy - "Ecosynthesis: The Ecological Perspective"

Martyn Fogg - "Planetary Engineering Techniques"

Workshop 2: History in Science Fiction - Harry Turtledove

2:30-4:00 Symposium 3: Virtual Reality: How Virtual, How Real?

Carol Stoker - "Telepresence in Space Exploration"

Alluquerre "Sandy" Stone - "Sex and Death Among the Cyborgs"

Workshop 1: Worldbuilding - Poul Anderson

4:00-5:30 Reports: Bateson Project News and COTI Updates

7:30-9:00 Workshop 3: Computer Graphics - Joel Hagen

9:00 onward Welcome Party

SATURDAY

10:00-Noon Symposium 4: Contact and Space

Al Harrison - "Spaceflight Habitability Scale: Perceptions of Acceptability"

Josh Summit - "Weightlessness and Interaction Distance"

Doug Raybeck - "Problems in Extraterrestrial Communication"

Lyn Miles - "Problems in Intraterrestrial Communication"

Workshop 2: History in Science Fiction - Harry Turtledove

1:00-2:30 Symposium 5: Robotics/AI: Visions for Enhancing Work in Space

Chris McKay - "Robotics/Artificial Intelligence: A Scientist's Perspective"

Michael Sims - "Robotics/Artificial Intelligence: A Developer's Perspective"

Panel Discussants: Stephen Ellis, Butler Hine & Michael Lee

Workshop 1: Worldbuilding - Poul Anderson

2:30-4:00 Symposium 6: Perspectives on the Future

Ken Koenig - "Deanna Troi: Where Are You When We Need You?"

Dennis Rohatyn - "A Philosopher Looks at Archaeoastronomy"

Michio Shimizu - "Two Headed Humanoids and Rejuvenation"

Workshop 2: History in Science Fiction - Harry Turtledove

4:00-5:30 Reports: Bateson Project News and COTI Updates

7:00-8:30 Banquet & Keynote Address - Ben Finney - "Russian Cosmicism"

8:30-9:30 "Buttonwillow," an original musical by James Lee Stanley

SUNDAY

10:00-Noon Bateson Project Final Session: SUMMARY

1:00-3:00 Cultures of the Imagination Final Session: CONTACT

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