[Leonardo/ISAST Network] CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Expanding the Space: Enlarging the Frontiers of the Earth
Leonardo/ISAST
isast at leonardo.info
Tue Jun 20 21:28:43 EDT 2006
Leonardo is pleased to announce this call for proposals as part of the
Leonardo 40th anniversary celebration
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Expanding the Space: Enlarging the Frontiers of the Earth
Octubre Centre de Cultura Contemporania
3 – 6 October 2006, Valencia, Spain
Deadline for proposals: June 30, 2006
The Expanding the Space conference is organized by the Octubre Centre
de Cultura Contemporania, in collaboration with Leonardo/OLATS
(http://www.olats.org), and the International Academy of Astronautics
(http://www.iaaweb.org), to coincide with the 57th International
Astronautical Congress that will take place in Valencia, Spain in
October 2006.
Expanding the Space is conceived as an open forum for individuals,
connoisseur or not, to meet and to learn about the latest scientific
issues, with the intention of making them accessible to the general
public. The conference will provide a singular location for those
scientists interested in the intersection of science and art, to
gather, display and catalyze all the artistic works born under this
sign and inspired by space.
The topics that will be addressed are :
1.Humankind in front of the mirror. A perspective of our own planet
thanks to space missions. Cultural impact.
2. Climatic change. Its effects seen from outside.
3. Microgravity: the sensory experience of weightlessness.
4. Colonialism vs. exploration. Are space missions a new kind of
colonialism?
5. The control of terrestrial biologics in the preparation for space
missions.
Expanding the Space encourages people from all over the world to take
part either in the conference and/or video exhibition.
The proposal must relate to one of the five defined topics: humankind
in front of the mirror, climatic change, microgravity, colonialism vs.
exploration and the control of terrestrial biologics in the
preparation for space missions.
Proposals will be examined and selected by an Advisory Committee. This
committee will be formed by experts including: Fernando J.
Ballesteros, from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of
Valencia, Martí Domínguez, editor of the magazine Mètode, Julien
Knebusch, from Leonardo/OLATS, Seth Shostak, astrobiologist from the
SETI Institute, Bernard Foing, scientist-in-chief of the ESA, Salomé
Cuesta from the Laboratorio de la Luz of the Polytechnic University of
Valencia, Jean-Luc Soret, curator of the @rt Outsiders International
Festival and Laura Borràs, from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
and the members of the organizing committee : Josep Perello,
physicist, Universityof Barcelona ; Emili Paya, OCCC ; Annick Bureaud,
Leonardo/OLATS and Roger Malina, astronomer and Executive Editor of
Leonardo journal.
To submit your proposal for the conference and/or the audiovisual
exhibition, please fill the online form at <www.expandingthespace.net>
Deadline for proposals: June 30, 2006
Notification of acceptance : First week of July
Deadline for papers : first day of the conference (October 3, 2006)
The papers will be published on the Leonardo/OLATS web site
(www.olats.org).
Technical Equipment: The organization will provide any technical
equipment required such as desktop and laptop computers, screens, DVD
players, slide projectors, etc.
Travel and accommodation expenses are the responsibility of each
participant.
You will find more information on the website <www.expandingthespace.net>
The Expanding the Space conference is being organized as part of
Leonardo's 40th anniversary celebration. For a full list of related
projects and events, visit: <www.leonardo.info/isast/events/leo40.html>
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