Post-Detection Futures: Risks and Imagination
Saturday 5 July - Communication, Scenarios, Toolkits Hybrid Format | Chairs: The Hub Committee
9am Registration and coffee
9.30am Welcome from the Hub and the University of St Andrews Martin Dominik and John Elliott
10 am Opening Plenary: Communication, Play, and Plural Life Kate Genevieve - Communication, Play, and Plural Life Chelsea Haramia - Who Matters? Intelligence, Ethics, and Moral Standing Josep Call - Speaking to Other Minds: Lessons from Animal Communication Research Facilitated responses from Hub researchers Facilitator: Emily Finer
11.30am Break
12 pm Session 2: Scenarios as Method – Toolkit Showcase George Profitiliotis via Zoom
1pm Lunch
2pm Session 3: Imaginative Applications Introduction: Overview of the group activities 2.20 pm Pre-Detection Creative LARP playtest Creating with scenarios via experimental role-play Led by George Profitiliotis and Kate Genevieve
3.30pm Break
3.45pm Post-Detection AI Tool: Reconfiguring the Hub’s Scenario Toolkit Pilot test and provocation using the Scenario Toolkit and an AI tool Led by Andrew O'Malley
5pm Connective Work & Next Steps Discussion, documentation, and reflections on learning across working groups and guidance for further adaptation and plans ahead. John Elliott 5.40pm End of Formal session
7.15pm Pre-dinner drinks and informal provocation from Kurt Mills
8.15pm Dinner at local Thai restaurant