Post-Detection Futures: Risks and Imagination

Saturday 5 July - Communication, Scenarios, Toolkits Hybrid Format | Chairs: The Hub Committee

9am
Registration and coffee

9.30am 
On Communication: Opening Remarks Welcome from the Hub and the University of St Andrews Martin Dominik and John Elliott

10am
Opening Plenary: Many Worlds, Many Minds
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

12pm
Session 2: Scenarios as Method - Post-Detection Toolkit Showcase
George Profitiliotis via Zoom

1pm
Lunch

2pm
Session 3: Imaginative Applications Introduction: Overview of the group activities
 2.20pm
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