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CONTACT II · May 4-6, 1984 · Santa Cruz, CA

FRIDAY

9:30 Welcome and Dedication

10:00 Symposium

Mischa Adams & Devayani Smith -A Map: From ScarCity to SynchroniCity

Bob Tyzzer - Metalaw. Science Fiction and Anthropology

Larry Niven - The Smoke Ring

11:30 Lunch Break

1:00 Symposium

Reed Riner - Last Years' Alien: A Primer in Xeno-Axiology

C. J. Cherryh- The Majat: Case Study in Alien Creation II

Suzanne Engler & Lu Anne Hudson - A Game of Creation for Anthropologists

2:30 Bateson Project, closed session

4:00 Bateson Project, open session with audience

5:30 Dinner Break

7:30 Reception

9:30 Films: Discussants - Peter Beagle, Phil Slater, Annice Jacobi

SATURDAY

10:00 Symposium

Richard Johnson - The Role of Man in Space

Jim Funaro - Can We Ever Really Leave Earth? Some MacroEvolutionary Thoughts

Ben Finney - Two Space Cultures: Expansionary Colonizers and Sedentary Listeners

1:00 Symposium

Charles Urbanowicz - SF/SF or 1984 = .9915042

Jerry Pournelle - Science and Government

Paul Bohannan - Xeno's Paradox, 9850 AD: A Study in "Folk" Love

2:30 Bateson Project, closed session

4:00 Bateson Project, open session with audience

5:30 Dinner Break

8:00 Symposium: Joel Hagen, Pamela Lee, Bill Bryner

SUNDAY

10:00 Brunch

12:00 Bateson Project: Final Session, with audience

2:00 The Story of Contact: Ruthmarie Arguello-Sheehan and friend

2:30 Closing ceremonies, farewells, thanks, followed by mad rush to airport