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April 12, 07:30 Pacific
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UPDATED PERIODICALLY. TIMES AND CONTENT SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
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April 12, 2018 THURSDAY - Breakthrough Discuss Day One: Stanford University
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7:400:20Bus departs: HOTELS to Stanford
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8:001:00Registration - Breakfast
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9:000:15Welcome: Hosts of Breakthrough Discuss 2018
Hosts: Charles Alcock, Penelope Boston, Jamie Drew, Peter Michelson, S. Pete Worden
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9:150:45Keynote: Enceladus: Little Moon, Big PossibilitiesKeynote 1: Carolyn Porco
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10:000:10Session One: Search for Life in our Solar SystemChairs: Penelope Boston, Chris McKay
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10:100:20Why Aren't Clouds Green?Presenter 1: David Smith
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10:300:20The Case for Venus: Life in Acid Clouds?Presenter 2: David Grinspoon
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10:500:20Robots Under the Ice, and One Day, In Space?Presenter 3: Britney Schmidt
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11:100:15Break
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11:250:20Search for Life Beyond Earth: Motive, Means and OpportunityPresenter 4: Alfonso Davila
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Dragonfly: In situ exploration of Titan’s prebiotic organic chemistry and habitability
Presenter 5: Morgan Cable
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12:050:20Wherever You Go, There You Are: The Questions That Drive the DestinationsPresenter 6: Penelope Boston
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12:251:15Lunch
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13:400:10Panel One: Search for Life in our Solar SystemChairs: Penelope Boston, Chris McKay
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13:500:25(Panel discussion)Panelist 1: Dale Anderson
Panelist 2: Steven Benner
Panelist 3: Nathalie Cabrol
Panelist 4: Cynthia Philips
Panelist 5: Carol Stoker
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14:150:45(Open discussion)
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15:000:10Break
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15:100:10Session Two: Possibilities for Non-Terran Life in the UniverseChairs: Svetlana Berdyugina, Lisa Kaltenegger
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15:200:20Universal Biology: Investigating Life as it Must BePresenter 7: Lynn Rothschild
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15:400:20Chemical Constraints on Non-Earth LifePresenter 8: Steve Benner
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16:000:20A New View of Life's Journey Through Chemical SpacePresenter 9: Sara Seager
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16:200:10Break
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16:300:20Using Artificial Life to Uncover Universal Evolutionary DynamicsPresenter 10: Charles Ofria
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16:500:20Searching for lifeform-independent technosignaturesPresenter 11: Emilio Enriquez
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17:100:20The Evolution of Inorganic Life in the UniversePresenter 12: Lee Cronin
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17:300:10Concluding remarks
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17:400:10Adjourn
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17:500:30Bus departs: Stanford to HOTELS
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Evening Event: Yuri's Night: TBD
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19:000:30Bus departs: HOTELS to TBD
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19:303:15TBD
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22:450:10Adjourn
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22:550:20Bus departs: TBD to HOTELS
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23:150:00Hotel
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April 13, 2018 FRIDAY - Breakthrough Discuss Day Two: Stanford University
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8:000:30Bus departs: HOTELS to Stanford
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8:300:30Registration - Breakfast
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9:000:10WelcomeS. Pete Worden
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9:100:40Keynote: Will SETI Detect Organic or Electronic Intelligence?Keynote 2: Martin Rees
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9:500:15Break
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10:050:15Panel Two: Possibilities for Non-Terran Life in the UniverseChairs: Svetlana Berdyugina, Christopher F. Chyba
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10:200:25(Panel discussion)Panelist 6: Penelope Boston
Panelist 7: Chris McKay
Panelist 8: Anders Sandberg
Panelist 9: Clara Sousa-Silva
Panelist 10: Sara Walker
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10:450:45(Open discussion)
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11:301:00Lunch
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12:300:10Session Three: Progress in Novel Space PropulsionChairs: Sigrid Close, Zachary Manchester
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12:400:20Pilot Wave Model for Impulsive Thrust from RF Test DevicePresenter 13: Sonny White
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13:000:20Scaled Radioisotope Positron Propulsion for Interstellar SpacecraftPresenter 14: Ryan Weed
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13:200:20Sails: From the Solar System to the StarsPresenter 15: Geoffrey Landis
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13:400:10Break
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13:500:20Dipole Drive for Space PropulsionPresenter 16: Robert Zubrin
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14:100:20Progress in Beamed Energy PropulsionPresenter 17: Kevin Parkin
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14:300:20Solar and Electric Sailing: Stepping Stones to the StarsPresenter 18: Les Johnson
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14:500:10Break
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15:000:10Panel Three: Progress in Novel Space PropulsionChairs: Sigrid Close, Zachary Manchester
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15:100:35(Panel discussion)Panelist 11: Elena Ancona
Panelist 12: Harry Atwater
Panelist 13: Heidi Fearn
Panelist 14: Mateusz Józefowicz
Panelist 15: Kelvin Long
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15:450:35(Open discussion)
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16:200:15Summary & Concluding Remarks
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16:350:15Adjourn
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16:500:30Bus departs: Stanford to HOTELS
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17:200:00Hotel
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