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SPIE's OSETI III Conference
(4273)
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
in the Optical
Spectrum III
Third International Conference on Optical SETI
40th Anniversary of the Classic Paper by
Schwartz and Townes
Part of SPIE's International Symposium
LASE 2001
High-Power Lasers and Applications
January 20-26, 2001
Laser Propagation and Communication
Program Chair: G. Stephen Mecherle
Free-Space laser Communication Technologies XIII (LA06)
Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation III (LA07)
San Jose Convention Center, January
22-24, 2001
Optical SETI III and Free-Space Laser
Communications XIII are complementary meetings
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Keynote Address
Professors Chandra Wickramasinghe
& Fred Hoyle
The Unity of Cosmic Life and the Inevitability of Evolved Life Forms
Special Invited Paper
Nobel Laureate, Professor Charles
H. Townes
Reflections on Forty Years of Optical SETI -- Looking Forward and Looking
Backward
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Call For Papers
Download the official SPIE Call For Papers
in PDF format
(126 kbytes).
This file gives full details on how to submit
abstracts and papers, and is suitable for printing. If you have already
submitted an abstract by email to Stuart Kingsley, please do so again in the
format requested, and via the Web form on SPIE's site. Please include you
brief biography, as instructed, as session chairmen will use the biographical
materials to introduce speakers. SPIE (The International Society for
Optical Engineering) will ensure that all committee
members are emailed copies of the submissions. All committee business will be done via
email and over a HearMe Chat Room.
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Meeting Registration Information
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SPIE's Web Form for
Abstract Submissions or
Email Abstract Submissions (see
instructions in PDF file above)
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Important Dates:
Final Summary Due Date: 20 November 2000
Manuscript Due Date: 18 December 2000
Chair: Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley, Director, COSETI Observatory
Cochair: Dr. Ragbir Bhathal
Keynote Speaker: Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe
Duration: 2 1/2 days
Number of Sessions: 5 + Poster Session
Standard Papers: 15 minutes + 5 min Q&A
Invited Papers: 35 minutes + 5 min Q&A
Committee:
Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley, Director,
COSETI Observatory, Columbus, USA.
Dr. Ragbir Bhathal, Chairman/Director,
Australian Optical SETI Project, Rotary Observatory, University of Western
Sydney Macarthur, Australia.
Monte Ross, President,
Ultradata Systems, St. Louis, USA.
Dr. Dan Werthimer, Project Serendip,
Space Science Laboratories, Berkeley, USA.
Dr. Douglas Vakoch, Social Scientist, SETI
Institute, Mountain View, California, USA.
Dr. Allen Tough, "Invitation to
ETI" Group Coordinator, University of Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Barrie W. Jones, Head of the
Physics and Astronomy Department, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United
Kingdom.
The OSETI I and OSETI II Proceedings are still in print and available from SPIE.
SPIE's OSETI I Proceedings
SPIE's OSETI II Proceedings
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