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 Hub/Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences : 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
With responses from Hub researchers, chaired by 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, 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

8.30am 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

9am Session 1: Clarifying and Completing the Risk Register

10.30am 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
John Elliott

5.30pm Close of meeting

Post-Detection Futures: Risks and Imagination