The First Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Symposium

The symposium will be a forum for:

• • Announcements of new results in the field, especially those representing data-driven progress
  • Researchers new to the field to get a survey of the state of the art
  • Students and other junior researchers to present their research and interact with others in the field
  • Community building
  • Breakout sessions where participants can
    • learn to use new data sets or software tools
    • attend reviews or short courses on parts of SETI
    • work intensely with other practitioners on particular problems or tasks in the field