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All paper sessions were held in the Peak Room at the
Domain Hotel, Sunnyvale, CA 6-8 April 2018
2016 Conference Schedule As Of 6 April 2018
| TIME | FRIDAY, APRIL6 | PRESENTATIONS |
| 9:30 | Welcome: Jim Funaro | |
| CHRIS McKAY | Introductions | |
| 10:00 | HARRY BUTOWSKY | National Historic Landmarks for the Apollo Missions |
| 10:30 | JAY COLE | Is it Time for A National Historic Park for Radio Astronomy? |
| 11:00 | CHRIS McKAY | Earth as Our Training Ground for the Search For Life Elsewhere |
| 11:30 | DAVID MORRISON | A Real Interstellar Visitor |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| The Sciences & the Arts | ||
| 1:30 | PENNY BOSTON | Chasing the Elusive, a Lifetime on the Hunt |
| 2:00 | JOEL HAGEN | Art and Science, Ghosts Nudging the Mind and Hand |
| 2:30 | JIM FUNARO | CONTACT: The Big Two-Hearted Conference |
| 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:30 | KIM STANLEY ROBINSON | How Science Fiction Works as an Art Form |
| 4:00 | TBD | |
| 4:30 | CHRIS FORD | A Future Vision For The Public Astronomical Experience |
| 5:00 | TBD | |
| 5:30 | Art Gallery Opening & Reception | |
| 6:00 | Dinner on your own | |
| 8:30 | Gathering in the Peak Room | REMEMBRANCES: DeVita, Finney, Jackson, LeGuin, Pournelle |
| 9:00 | NORA BATESON | A Film: An Ecology of Mind |
| 9:30 | Gathering in the Hospitality Suite | |
| TIME | SATURDAY, APRIL 7 | |
| 9:00 | DAVID MILLER | Driving around the Moon using very poor video |
| 9:30 | BILL CLANCEY | The Okeanos Explorer: How robotically mediated undersea field science compares to roving on Mars |
| 10:00 | MICHAEL SIMS | Cheap Robots for Space |
| 10:30 | GERALD NORDLEY | Are Dyson Spheres Legal? |
| 11:00 | DOUG RAYBECK | The Ubiquity of Reciprocity |
| 11:30 | KELLY SMITH | Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | NORA BATESON | The Legacy of Gregory Bateson - An Ecology of Mind |
| 2:30 | BRUCE DAMER | The Hot Spring Origin of Life Hypothesis |
| 3:00 | ZAC ZIMMER | Rewriting the Conquest of the Americas in SF |
| 3:30 | BOB TYZZER | Metalaw 2018: Current Status in Anthropology and Cultural Futures |
| 4:00 | SETH SHOSTAK | Great Filters: Why We Don't Have Any Cosmic Company? |
| 4:30 | STEVE McDANIEL | Cheap Deep Wide & Fast: Canvasing The Solar System for Earth-Like Microbial Life |
| 5:00 | Art Show (all day) | |
| 7:00 | Banquet | |
| 8:00 | Keynote | ? |
| 9:00 | Gathering in the Hospitality Suite | |
| TIME | SUNDAY, APRIL 8 | |
| 10:00 | JEROEN LAPRÉ | Arthur C. Clarke's Maelstrom II: A Work in Progress & the Coral Reef Dome at the Academy of Science |
| 10:30 | GUS FREDERICK | Hungry Dragons: Waiting for the Moon Shadow |
| 11:00 | JIM PASS & MICHAEL WALTEMATHE | The Astrosociology Research Institute (ARI) Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary |
| 11:30 | Check-out Time | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | COTI FOR US: Panel | Teams Alpha & Team Omega and the Rogue Planet |
| 2:00 | ISRAEL ZUCKERMAN: Coordinator | Contact! |
| 3:00 | Closing Remarks: Jim Funaro | Discussion |
| 4:00-5:00 | Vacate Peak, Art Show |