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
Sunday 6 July - Recording the Credible Post-Detection Risks: What They Mean and Their Components
In-person only | Chair: John Elliott | Facilitator: David Keir
8.30 am Welcome and Recap Introduction to the day’s aims Overview of the Risk Register: how it has been developed so far Explanation of the live editing process and ground rules 9 am Session 1: Clarifying and Completing the Risk Register 10.30 am Coffee break 11am Session 2: Continued Work on the Risk Register
1pm Lunch
2pm Session 3: Continued Work on the Risk Register
3.30pm Coffee break
4pm Session 4: Review and Synthesis Assessment of progress and agreement on outstanding tasks
5pm Closing Session Summary of workshop outcomes and reflections on next steps Review of consensus points and unresolved issues Acknowledgements and thanks Chair: John Elliott
5.30pm Close of meeting