Video: Do any Exoplanets have intelligent occupants? – SETIcon 2 panel

Below is another panel discussion from the SETI Institute‘s SETIcon 2 event.  This one is titled: Do Any Exoplanets Have Intelligent Occupants? As listed in the caption, the panelists include:

  • Jon M. Jenkins – Jon is the Analysis Lead for Kepler space observatory.
  • Jill Tarter – Jill directs the SETI Institute’s searches for intelligent life elsewhere, and is the holder of the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI.
  • Margaret Turnbull- Margaret is an American astronomer. She received her PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in 2004.
  • Dan Werthimer – Dan is co-founder and chief scientist of the SETI@home project and directs other UC Berkeley SETI searches at radio, infrared and visible wavelengths, including the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations (SERENDIP).
  • Moderator: Gerry Harp – SETI Institute