Sunday, March 21, 2010

A SETI *Post-Detection* Taskgroup? Now THAT'S thinking ahead.

Taskgroups
SETI Post-Detection

A Post-Detection Taskgroup has been established, to replace the Post-Detection Science and Technology Subcommittee which existed under the former IAA SETI Committee.

Chair: Paul Davies, USA
Deputy Chair: Carol Oliver, Australia

Terms of Reference:

  1. The SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup exists under the authority of the SETI Permanent Study Group (SPSG) and will report to it annually.

  2. The purpose of the taskgroup is to prepare, reflect on, manage, advise, and consult in preparation for and upon the discovery of a putative signal of extraterrestrial intelligent (ETI) origin.

  3. The Taskgroup is empowered to call upon other consultants for specialist help.

  4. The membership of the Taskgroup shall be interdisciplinary and international.

  5. Membership of the Taskgroup will be as deemed necessary by the chair.

  6. The chair of the Taskgroup will be appointed by the SPSG, and the chair may appoint one or more deputies as he/she sees fit.

  7. The Taskgroup aims the raise the profile of SETI.

Members of the Post-Detection Taskgroup (February 2008)

Ivan AlmarKonkoly Observatory, Hungary
Stephen BaxterBritish Interplanetary Society, UK
Paul DaviesArizona State University, USA
Kathryn DenningYork University, Canada
John ElliottLeeds University, UK
Claudio MacconeInternational Academy of Astronautics, Italy
Karl MentenMax Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany
Ian MorisonJodrell Bank Observatory, UK
Ray NorrisCSIRO Australia Telescope, Australia
Carol OliverAustralian Centre for Astrobiology, Australia
Tom PiersonSETI Institute, USA
Margaret RaceSETI Institute, USA
V. RadhakrishnanRaman Research Institute, India
Martin ReesInstitute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
Seth ShostakSETI Institute, USA
H. Paul ShuchSETI League, USA
William StoegerVatican Observatory, USA
Jill TarterSETI Institute, USA
Doug VakochSETI Institute, USA
Lori WaltonTigerstar Geoscience, Canada
Dan WerthimerUniversity of California at Berkeley, USA

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1 comment:

  1. "Minutes of 2008 Taskgroup Meeting (pending)"
    Say no more.

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