{"id":15860,"date":"2018-04-12T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T18:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15860"},"modified":"2018-04-16T20:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T00:33:00","slug":"video-webcast-of-breakthrough-initiatives-conference-at-stanford-univ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15860","title":{"rendered":"Video: Webcast of Breakthrough Initiatives conference at Stanford Univ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/breakthroughinitiatives.org\/events\/discussconference2018\" target=\"_d\">Breakthrough Initiatives<\/a> is holding a symposium at Stanford today and tomorrow. The theme is <em>\u201cAlien Life\u201d \u2013 Diversity in the Universe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the presentations via the live webcast:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nFoTyKGHdLc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the schedule:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1 Schedule: Presenters\/Panelists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Live on YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nFoTyKGHdLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtu.be\/nFoTyKGHdLc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pacific Time USA<\/p>\n<dl class=\"schedule\">\n<dt>09:00\u00a0Welcome to Breakthrough Discuss 2018: Hosts Charles Alcock, Penelope Boston, Jamie Drew, Peter Michelson, S. Pete Worden<\/dt>\n<dt>09:15\u00a0Keynote: Carolyn Porco, \u201cEnceladus: Little Moon, Big Possibilities\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>10:00\u00a0Session One: Search for Life in our Solar System: Chairs Penelope Boston, Chris McKay<\/dt>\n<dt>10:10 David Smith, \u201cWhy Aren\u2019t Clouds Green?\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>10:30\u00a0David Grinspoon, \u201cThe Case for Venus: Life in Acid Clouds?\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>10:50\u00a0Britney Schmidt, \u201cRobots Under the Ice, and One Day, In Space?\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>11:25\u00a0Alfonso Davila, \u201cSearch for Life Beyond Earth: Motive, Means and Opportunity\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>11:45\u00a0Morgan Cable, \u201cDragonfly: In situ exploration of Titan\u2019s prebiotic organic chemistry and habitability\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>12:05\u00a0Penelope Boston, \u201cWherever You Go, There You Are: The Questions That Drive the Destinations\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>13:40 Panel One: Search for Life in our Solar Systems: Chairs Penelope Boston, Chris McKay, Panelists Dale Anderson, Steven Benner, Nathalie Cabrol, Cynthia Philips, Carol Stoker<\/dt>\n<dt>15:10 Session Two: Possibilities for Non-Terran Life in the Universe: Chairs Svetlana Berdyugina, Lisa Kaltenegger<\/dt>\n<dt>15:20\u00a0Lynn Rothschild, \u201cUniversal Biology: Investigating Life as it Must Be\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>15:40\u00a0Steve Benner, \u201cChemical Constraints on Non-Earth Life\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>16:00 Sara Seager, \u201cA New View of Life&#8217;s Journey Through Chemical Space\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>16:30 Charles Ofria, \u201cUsing Artificial Life to Uncover Universal Evolutionary Dynamics\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>16:50 Emilio Enriquez, \u201cSearching for lifeform-independent technosignatures<\/dt>\n<dt>17:10\u00a0Lee Cronin, \u201cThe Evolution of Inorganic Life in the Universe<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Day 2 Schedule: Presenters\/Panelists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Live on YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3GiN-tWAV_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtu.be\/3GiN-tWAV_k<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3GiN-tWAV_k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pacific Time USA<\/p>\n<dl class=\"schedule\">\n<dt>09:00\u00a0Welcome Remarks, S. Pete Worden<\/dt>\n<dt>09:10\u00a0Keynote: Martin Rees, \u201cWill SETI Detect Organic or Electronic Intelligence?\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>10:05\u00a0Panel Two: Possibilities for Non-Terran Life in the Universe:<\/dt>\n<dd>Chairs Svetlana Berdyugina, Lisa Kaltenegger, Panelists Penelope Boston, Chris McKay, Anders Sandberg , Clara Sousa-Silva, Sara Walker<\/dd>\n<dt>12:30\u00a0Session Three: Progress in Novel Space Propulsion: Chairs Sigrid Close, Zachary Manchester<\/dt>\n<dt>12:40\u00a0Sonny White, \u201cPilot Wave Model for Impulsive Thrust from RF Test Device\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>13:00\u00a0Ryan Weed, \u201cScaled Radioisotope Positron Propulsion for Interstellar Spacecraft\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>13:20\u00a0Geoffrey Landis, \u201cSails: From the Solar System to the Stars\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>13:50\u00a0Robert Zubrin, \u201cDipole Drive for Space Propulsion\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>14:10\u00a0Kevin Parkin \u201cProgress in Beamed Energy Propulsion\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>14:30\u00a0Les Johnson, \u201cSolar and Electric Sailing: Stepping Stones to the Stars\u201d<\/dt>\n<dt>15:00\u00a0Panel Three: Progress in Novel Space Propulsion:<\/dt>\n<dd>Chairs Sigrid Close, Zachary Manchester, Panelists Elena Ancona, Harry Atwater, Heidi Fearn, Mateusz J\u00f3zefowicz, Kelvin Long<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=grocery&amp;banner=00G7Z5DTSFKX6MTTBPR2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=6b49309f10639a0063e8c2710e9c356a&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Breakthrough Initiatives is holding a symposium at Stanford today and tomorrow. The theme is \u201cAlien Life\u201d \u2013 Diversity in the Universe. You can watch the presentations via the live webcast: Here is the schedule: Day 1 Schedule: Presenters\/Panelists Live on YouTube:\u00a0youtu.be\/nFoTyKGHdLc Pacific Time USA 09:00\u00a0Welcome to Breakthrough Discuss 2018: Hosts Charles Alcock, Penelope Boston, Jamie &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15860\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Webcast of Breakthrough Initiatives conference at Stanford Univ.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,26,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-space-systems","category-speculation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-47O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11211,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11211","url_meta":{"origin":15860,"position":0},"title":"Beyond the solar system: More on Breakthrough Initiative + Smallsat exoplanet finder + Fast radio burst mystery","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Some misc. items on SETI and exoplanets: --- The Planetary Society's Planetary Radio program recently webcast two programs about the\u00a0\u00a0Breakthrough Initiative\u00a0(see earlier post), which plans to spend $10M per year for the next ten years on a search for intelligent life beyond earth. *\u00a0Ann Druyan and the Breakthrough SETI Initiatives\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14888,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14888","url_meta":{"origin":15860,"position":1},"title":"Video: Live webcast of Mars Society Conference","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The 20th Annual International Mars Society Conference is underway at the\u00a0University of California, Irvine. 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