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<span style="font-family: Arial;">To:
Leonardo Network<br>
From: Roger Malina<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span>
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<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Bangalore</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;"> Space and
Culture Symposium <o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">(co-sponsored
by Leonardo as part of the Leonardo 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary
celebrations) <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Date:
29 September - 1 October 2007<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Location:
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The
Symposium is co-organized by Leonardo Advisor Sundar Sarukkai (National
Institute of Advanced Studies, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>), </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Geetha
Narayanan (Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology), Roger Malina
(Leonardo) and Rob La Frenais (The Catalyst) <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Supported
by the Indian Space Research Organization<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Join
us for the public program:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"Space
Exploration and the Future of Humankind"<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007, 6:30PM<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">JRD
Auditorium, NIAS, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Speakers:
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">- James Zimmerman </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">(President, International </span><strong><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Astronautical
Federation</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">)<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">- Karl Doetsch </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">(Chairman, Athena Global, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>;
Former
President of IAF and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute)<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">-
<span style="">K. Kasturirangan </span>(Director,
National Institute of Advanced Studies;</span><strong><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Former Chairman, ISRO)<span style="">;
Madhavan Nair </span>(Chairman, ISRO)<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">-
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Roger Malina </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">(<strong><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">CNRS; </span></strong>Chairman,
ISAST;
Executive Editor, <strong><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Leonardo
Publications</span></strong>)</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Symposium
Schedule:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">- C. V.
Vishveshwara: Cosmos and Culture<br>
- Rob La Frenais: Unusual Payloads<br>
- B. N. Suresh<br>
- R. Ravindra: Polar habitat - Indian Perspectives<br>
- Marko Peljhan<br>
- Roger Malina: Asking what the Arts can do for the Sciences<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">-
B. S. <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Bhatia</span></strong>
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- <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Sangeetha</span></strong>
Menon:
Pace in Space: Theatrical, Gestural and Pictorial Space in Indian Art<br>
- Geetha Narayanan<br>
- Susan McKenna-Lawlor<br>
- Jayachandran Palazhy: Cultural Bodies and Technological Space<br>
- Sundar Sarukkai: The Aesthetics of Space<br>
- Rajesh Kasturirangan: Inner Space and Outer Space<br>
- Gabriel Harp: Evolutionary Design Ecology<br>
- Anshuman Biswas<br>
- Usman Haque<o:p></o:p></span>
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<br>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">(Talks
are for 20 minutes and there will be a half hour discussion after the
three
talks or 20 + 10 for each speaker in turn.)<o:p></o:p></span>
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