From: Stuart A Kingsley <skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: The First International Conference On Optical SETI
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:49:26 GMT

        From the author of the January 1992 six-part EJASA (THE ELECTRONIC
    JOURNAL OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE ATLANTIC) article (Vol. 3,
    No. 6A-6F) on Optical SETI (OSETI).

        You are encouraged to remail this material to anyone you know with
    interests in SETI or to print it out and pin it up on your astronomical
    society, company, faculty, or school notice board.  The following
    material, which has been slightly modified, was featured in the October
    1992 issue of EJASA (Vol. 4, No. 3):



                                   OE/LASE '93

               THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI)
                             IN THE OPTICAL SPECTRUM

                            SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1867

    Location: Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California,
    USA.

    Conference Chairman: Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley, Fiberdyne Optoelectronics.
    Co-chair: Dr. Monte Ross, Laser Data Technology, Inc.


             SESSION 1 - INTRODUCTION AND CONVENTIONAL MICROWAVE SETI

    Session Chairman - Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley, Fiberdyne Optoelectronics.

    Thursday, January 21, 1993

    Afternoon
    1:30 to 6:00 pm

        "Let there be light"
        (Keynote Address)
        Arthur C. Clarke
        Chancellor - International Space University, Sri Lanka.
        (30 minutes)
        Recorded video address from his home in Sri Lanka, followed by a
        live question and answer period via telephone.
        (1867-01)


        "The NASA search for evidence of extraterrestrial technologies"
        (Keynote Paper)
        David Brocker
        (30 minutes)
        Project Manager, HRMS
        SETI Office
        NASA Ames Research Center
        (1867-02)


        "Strategies for SETI target selection"
        Dr. David W. Latham and Dr. David R. Soderblom
        (20 minutes)
        Dr. David W. Latham
        Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

        Dr. David R. Soderblom
        Associate Astronomer
        Space Telescope Science Institute
        (1867-03)


        "High-resolution microwave all-sky survey"
        Dr. Michael J. Klein and Dr. Samuel Gulkis
        (20 minutes)
        Dr. Michael J. Klein
        HRMS Program Manager
        Jet Propulsion Laboratory

        Dr. Samuel Gulkis
        Jet Propulsion Laboratory
        (1867-04)


        "SETI - a waste of time!"
        (Invited Paper)
        Professor Frank Tipler
        (30 minutes)
        Physics Department
        Tulane University
        (1867-05)


        "Using modern analytical philosophy (MAP) to sweep the MOP clean:
        Non-optical reflections upon untapped data, bad arguments and the
        nonexistence of Von Neumann interstellar probes."
        Clive Goodall
        (30 minutes)
        Department of Philosophy
        The Ohio State University
        (1867-06)


        "The decoding problem: do we need to search for extra terrestrial
        intelligence to Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?"
        Professor Neil W. Tennant
        (30 minutes)
        Department of Philosophy
        The Ohio State University
        (1867-07)


    Evening

    Reception for the authors from this conference and the Free-Space Laser
    Communications V conference.



                            SESSION 2 - OPTICAL SETI I

    Session Chairman - Dr. Monte Ross, Laser Data Technology, Inc.

    Friday, January 22, 1993

    Morning
    8:30 to 11:30 am

        "Fundamental factors affecting the optimum frequency range for SETI"
        (Invited Paper)
        Dr. Bernard M. Oliver
        (30 minutes)
        Deputy Chief, NASA SETI Office
        NASA Ames Research Center
        (1867-08)


        "The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in the optical
        spectrum and professional optical SETI: a review"
        Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley
        (30 minutes)
        President
        Fiberdyne Optoelectronics
        (1867-09)


        "An economic rationale for extraterrestrials using lasers for SETI"
        Dr. Monte Ross
        (20 minutes)
        President
        Laser Data Technology, Inc.
        (1867-10)


        "Infrared SETI"
        Professor Charles H. Townes
        (30 minutes)
        Department of Physics
        Space Sciences Laboratory
        University of California, Berkeley
        (1867-11)


        "Use of lasers for interstellar beacons, communications and travel"
        Dr. John Rather
        (20 minutes)
        NASA Headquarters
        (1867-12)


        "Optical SETI from the southern hemisphere"
        Dr. Guillermo A. Lemarchand, Dr. Gregory M. Beskin,
        Dr. Fernando R. Colomb, and Dr. Mariano Mendez
        (20 minutes)
        Dr. Guillermo A. Lemarchand
        Visiting Fellow
        Center for Radiophysics and
        Space Research
        Cornell University

        Dr. Gregory M. Beskin
        Special Astrophysical Observatory
        Soviet Academy of Science

        Dr. Fernando Raul Colomb
        Director
        Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia

        Dr. Mariano Mendez
        Researcher
        Observatorio Astronomico de La Plata
        (1867-13)



                            SESSION 3 - OPTICAL SETI II

    Session Chairman - Dr. James R. Lesh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Friday, January 22, 1993

    Afternoon
    1:00 to 2:00 pm

       "Application of one measure of search merit to optical SETI"
        Dr. D. Kent Cullers
        (20 minutes)
        Signal Detection Sub-System Manager
        SETI Project
        NASA Ames Research Center
        (1867-14)


        "Large M-ary pulse position modulation and photon buckets for
        effective interstellar communications"
        Dr. Monte Ross
        (20 minutes)
        President
        Laser Data Technology, Inc.
        (1867-15)


        "Amateur optical SETI"*
        Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley
        (20 minutes)
        President
        Fiberdyne Optoelectronics
        (1867-16)


        Workshop/Panel Discussion
        4.00 - 6.00 pm

    Moderator - Professor Charles H. Townes, University of California,
    Berkeley.

        General Discussion Roundtable


  * The last conference paper will give preliminary details of the design of
    the world's first Amateur Optical SETI Observatory, presently under
    construction in the author's back-yard.

                                ---------------

        To receive a copy of the Advance Technical Program from SPIE which
    also provides information about registration, accommodation and costs to
    attend this conference (see details below), contact Rosa Cays
    (rosa@mom.spie.org) or Terry Montonye (terry@mom.spie.org) at:

        SPIE
        P.O. Box 10
        Bellingham
        WA 98227-0010
        Tel: (206) 676-3290
        Fax: (206) 647-1445


        The manuscript due date is December 21.  It will be possible to
    accept a couple of late papers on Microwave and Optical SETI.  For
    more information, the conference organizer Stuart Kingsley can be
    contacted at:

        Fiberdyne Optoelectronics
        545 Northview Drive
        Columbus
        Ohio 43209
        Tel: (614) 258-7402
        Fax: (614) 258-7459
        OSETI Bulletin Board System (BBS): (614) 258-1710
        Internet: skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
        CompuServe: 72376,3545


    OE/LASE '93 includes symposia over the period 16-23 January 1993 on the
    following subjects:

    Free-Space Laser Communications V (January 20-21, 1993).
    The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical
    Spectrum (January 21-22, 1993).
    Laser Engineering (January 17-22, 1993).
    Optoelectronic Processing and Interconnects (January 17-23, 1993).
    Biomedical Optics '93 (January 16-22, 1993).

        There are also educational short courses (January 17-22, 1993) and
    two technical exhibitions, the Medical Exhibition (January 16-17, 1993),
    and the Laser and Sensor Exhibition (January 19-21, 1993).


    Registration
                              Member         Working         Non-
                                              Group         Member
    Full Conference*          $355            $380           $415
    Author (full conf.)       $290            $310           $340
    One day                   $165            $175           $190
    Author (one day)          $140            $150           $165
    Students (no lunch)       $ 60            $N/A           $ 70

    *Rate for a three-day conference.

    **There is no separate registration rate for the SETI conference.

        Attendees for the SETI conference will have to pay for two days.  If
    you can spare the time, attendees are recommended to take in the
    Wednesday morning and afternoon, and Thursday morning sessions of the
    Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies V conference, as this
    technology is very relevant to Optical SETI.  The cost for the full
    conference period (three days) is little more than for the two day OSETI
    conference alone.


    SPIE Proceedings Volume 1867              $ 35

        These proceedings will also include a copy of Dr. Lesh's large
    review paper on NASA's optical communications activities, which is to be
    presented at the Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies V
    conference.


    Accommodation

    Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel (OE/LASE '93 Conference Center)
    5711 West Century Boulevard
    Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
    Tel: (310) 410-4000
    Fax: (310) 410-6250

    Rates:
    Single or double (government)              $81
    Single or double                           $89 - $109


    Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel
    5855 West Century Boulevard
    Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
    Tel: (310) 641-5700
    Fax: (310) 337-5358

    Rates:
    Single or double (government)              $80
    Single or double                           $85 - $105