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February 26-28, 1993 - Santa Clara, CA
Friday
Symposium 1: Origin of Life and Why It's Important to Humans
Chris McKay - Why and how, the search for origins in space. Panel: Lemke, Sims, McKay, Landis and Fogg
Workshop 1: Worldbuilding - Stephen Gillett
Symposium 2: The Role of Robotics in Human Exploration
Michael Sims - Humans and Machines or "we don't serve 'droids here" Panel: Lemke, Sims, McKay, Landis and Fogg
Symposium 3: The Explorer as Hero
Larry Lemke - The Hero's Journey: Space Exploration as Myth. Panel: Lemke, Sims, McKay, Landis and Fogg
Workshop 2: Education for the Future: Our Resources, Your Needs
Chair: Reed Riner
Symposium 4: Possible New Worlds for Human Exploration
Martyn Fogg The Ecosphere: On the Prevalence of Habitable Planets Panel: Lemke, Sims, McKay, Landis and Fogg
Workshop 1: Worldbuilding - Stephen Gillett
Symposium 5: Exploration & the Search for ET Intelligence
Geoff Landis - The Fermi Question: Approach Based on Percolation Theory Panel: Lemke, Sims, McKay, Landis and Fogg
Reports: Bateson Project News and COTI Updates
Workshop 3: Robot Scavenger Hunt
Jim Funaro, Joel Hagen, Butler Hine & Michael Sims
Saturday
Report: First Contact Simulation in Japan - Masamichi Osako
Symposium 6: On SETI: Extraterrestrials and Communication
Poul Anderson - Communication Problems in SETI
Al Harrison - Can We Communicate with Intelligent ETs in Outer Space?
Workshop 2: Education for the Future: SolSys Demo:
Martians and L-5ers - Reed Riner
Symposium 7: On SETI: Extraterrestials and Humans
Seth Shostak - The "I" in SETI: What Type of Intelligence Might We Find?
Lyn Miles - Are ETs Persons?
Jim Funaro - Gods or Devils from Space? The Impact of a SETI Message
Symposium 8: Realities, Virtual and/or Real
Carol Stoker - Telepresence for Mars: Advanced Grokking in Antarctica
Allucquere "Sandy" Stone - Virtual Erotics and the Future of Telepresence
Barbara Joans - Going Native: Becoming Your Field
Workshop 1: Worldbuilding - Stephen Gillett
Symposium 9: The Great Journey
Don Scott - Rushing toward Contact: An Educator's Thoughts
Dennis Rohatyn - Begging the Quest: Why Do We Want to Go to Space?
Doug Raybeck - Bossed in Space: Leadership Isolation and Group Dynamics
Workshop 2: Education for the Future: Now Where Do We Go?
Chair - Reed Riner
Reports: Bateson Project News and COTI Updates
Banquet & Keynote Address - Paul Bohannan - Virtual Family
St. $ilicon - the world's first Hi-Tech Comedian (Jeffrey Armstrong)
Sunday
Bateson Projects Final Session: Summary
Cultures of the Imagination Final Session: Contact
