CONFERENCES and LECTURES

This section lists all conferences we attended, and lectures we gave. Since we do not have any research grant for our work, trip to conference is quite difficult. We try, however, to make as much public lectures and interviews as we can. Some of the subjects are not related directly to SETI since we have other interested (e.g. astronomy).

26e congres Fedeation des Astronomes Amateurs du Quebec, Centre de plein air Bleu et Blanc, Quebec, Canada

October 12-14,  2001

lecture by Stephane Dumas

52nd International Astronautical Congress, Toulouse, France

October 1-5, 2001

Yvan Dutil was presenting a paper "Error Correction Scheme in Active SETI".

Bar des Sciences "Sommes-nous seul l'univers ?", Quebec, Canada

April 14th, 2004

This conference was organized by the French Consulate. We were both attending the conference.

SETI Symposium - ET where are you ?, Harvard University, Cambridge

August 7th, 2004

Stephane Dumas attended but did not present.

55th International Astronautical Congress, Vancouver, Canada

October 4-8, 2004

Yvan Dutil has presented a paper "Social Choice and Equity Theory: Seeking the Common Good as a Common Ground".

Societe Royale d'Astronomie du Canada, centre Quebec, Quebec, Canada

January 5th, 2005

lecture by Yvan Dutil : "Les planetes extrasolaires et les techniques de chasse"

Societe Royale d'Astronomie du Canada, centre Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Febuary 2nd, 2005

lecture by Stephane Dumas : "L'astrobiologie ou la recherche de vie extraterrestre"

Societe Royale d'Astronomie du Canada, centre Quebec, Quebec, Canada

September 7th, 2005

lecture by Stephane Dumas : "SETI : The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence "

Semaine de la physique au Saguenay, Chicoutimi and Alma, Canada

Nov 2005

We gave lectures on bioastronomy and participated to a bar des sciences.

Societe Royale d'Astronomie du Canada, centre Quebec, Quebec, Canada

March, 1st 2006

lecture by Stephane Dumas : "La Radio-Astronomie"

College Francois-Xaxier-Garneau

April, 18th 2006

lecture by Stephane Dumas : "SETI et La Radio-Astronomie"

Congres de la FAAQ, Laval, Quebec

Fall 2006

lecture by Stephane Dumas on Amateur Radio-Astronomy.

Bioastronomy 2007, Puerto Rico

July 16-20, 2007

Posters by S.Dumas and Y.Dutil : "Sustainability: A Tedious Path to Galactic Colonisation " and "Remote Teledection of Biomarkers"

Festival della Scienza, Geneva, Italy

25 Oct - 6 Nov 2007

Y.Dutil was invited to give a talk on our messages.

Searching for life signatures, Paris, France

21 - 26 September 2008

The conference was held at the UNESCO building in Paris and sponsored by the IAA. An impressive list of scientists from around the world attended. Some photos taken during the week can be seen here

Stephane Dumas has presented the following papers :

1."Crypto analysis applied to Active SETI" by S.Dumas and Y.Dutil

2. "Detection of Biomarkers using Infrared Spectroscopy" by S.Dumas, Y.Dutil and G.Joncas

3. "What a billion years civilization looks like ?" by Y.Dutil and S.Dumas

4. On Tuesday, S.Dumas gave a talk on astrobiology and SETI in the city of LES ULIS, near Paris

CON*CEPT 2008, Montreal

17-18-19 October 2008

This is a Science-Fiction convention where S.Dumas will give a talk on astriobiology.