... Third IAA Symposium on SEARCHING FOR LIFE SIGNATURES Photo credit: http://ivs.nict.go.jp/mirror/public ations/gm2004/finkel/ Call for Papers St. Petersburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2011 http://iaaweb.org/content/view/295/434/ The Inter national Academy of Astronautics cr eated a SETI committee in the seventies now established in Per manent Study Group. ... Tentative Program Monday, June 27: Morning: PASSIVE SETI - Current and Near-Future Searches. ... Afternoon: ACTIVE SETI - Societal Issues. ... June. ...

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