Recent Talks
Are We Alone? The Search for Life in the Universe
SETI Talk, UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, California
February 6, 2020
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Searching for E.T.
Astronomy Days, Raleigh, North Carolina
January 30–31, 2016
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Looking for Life Elsewhere
San Jose Kiwanis Club, San Jose, California
December 2, 2014
Science Searches for Life
Stanford Club of Marin, San Rafael, California
November 20, 2014
Active SETI
Communicating Across the Cosmos conference, SETI Institute, Mountain View, California
November 10, 2014
Science Searches for Life
Deer Valley High School, Pittsburg, California
November 6, 2014
Talks on SETI and the collapse of the Canadian Lakes at the end of the Ice Ages
Churchill, Canada
October 29–31, 2014
SETI (via Skype)
Charlottesville, Virginia Astronomical Society
ctober 23, 2014
Looking for Aliens
Science Imaging and Astronomy Exposition, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California
October 11, 2014
Science Searches for Extraterrestrial Life
Torrance Public Library, Torrance, California
October 11, 2014
Looking for Cosmic Company
Hotchikiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut
October 6, 2014
Invited talk about how we are looking for life beyond Earth, and what would be the consequences
U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
September 18, 2014
Talk for National League of Cities meeting
San Jose, California
August 14, 2014
SETI Today
San Jose Rotary Club, San Jose, California
July 21, 2014
Looking for Biology Beyond Earth
Skype lecture, Unity Composite High School, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 9, 2014
SETI and Astrobiology
Astrobiology course, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
May 29, 2014
What’s New in SETI
Talk for Explore Scientific amateur event, Big Bear, California
May 24, 2014
Invited testimony
U.S. Congress, House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Washington D.C.
May 21, 2014
Talk for Space Development Conference
Los Angeles, California
May 17, 2014
SETI Update
Talk at Spacefest conference, Pasadena, California
May 10, 2014
Public talk on SETI
Lunar and Planetary Institute LPI, Houston, Texas
April 25, 2014
Science’s hunt for life
Private San Francisco Womens’ Club event
April 15, 2014
Eight panels on various topics
Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, Colorado
April 7–11, 2014
Talk for National Academy of Sciences, Science and Entertainment Exchange, “The Real Aliens”
West Los Angeles, California
March 26, 2014
Talk “Art and Aliens
Silicon Valley Nexus, Los Altos, California
March 24, 2014
Talk via Skype for Mobius Science Center
Spokane, Washington
arch 23, 2014
Finding the Galaxy’s Best and Brightest
Contact Conference, Sunnyvale, California
March 22, 2014
Finding Life Beyond Earth
Innovation Conference, European Union, Brussels, Belgium
arch 10, 2014
The Aesthetic Sense of ET
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (with Charlie Lindsay)
February 27, 2014
The 21st Century
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) conference, Stanford, California
February 6, 2014
Guest on “Star Talk”
Live event at Marine Memorial Theater, San Francisco, California. Hosted by Bill Nye.
January 24, 2014
History of the Universe
Fromm Institute, USF, San Francisco, California
January 8, 2014