BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//astrosociety.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:caa64053-86e2-40b3-b083-be21448509cb X-WR-CALDESC:The Silicon Valley Lectures Series is back in person!\n\nOn We dnesday\, Feb. 8\, 2023 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Andrew Siemion (U of Californi a\, Berkeley & SETI Institute) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-techni cal lecture entitled: \n\n“Our Boldest Effort to Answer our Oldest Questi on: The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life Beyond Earth' \n\n Location: Smithwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos (see direct ions below) \n\nWe ask that attendees be vaccinated and boosted against CO VID-19 and wear a mask while indoors at the event. Extra masks will be pro vided. Thank you. \n\nThe recording will be available soon after the lect ure on YouTube: see link below\n\nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley A stronomy Lecture Series\, now in its 23rd year. \n\nABOUT THE LECTURE:\n\n For centuries\, humans have gazed at the night sky and wondered what is ou t there. Over time\, we have come to know many of the answers\; how our o wn planet Earth and Sun came to be\, how they dance in a sea of other star s hosting their own planetary systems\, and how the structure of the unive rse has evolved on the grandest scales. But one of our biggest questions remains unanswered: is anyone or anything out there staring back at us? T oday we are answering that question using the tools of astronomy\, surveyi ng other worlds for the tell-tale indicators of technology. Dr. Siemion w ill describe the state-of-the-art in hunting for intelligent life in the c osmos and how the largest telescopes in the world are now being used to co nduct searches of unprecedented scope and sensitivity. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAK ER\n\nDr. Andrew Siemion is the Bernard Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute and Director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center. His research interests include high energy time-variable celestial phenomena\, astronom ical instrumentation and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SET I). He is the Principal Investigator for the $100 million Breakthrough: Li sten program\, the most sophisticated search yet for signs of technology a mong the stars. \n\nLOCATION:\n\nFoothill College is just off the El Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos. \n\nFor directions and parking information\, see: https://foothill.edu/parking/ \nFor a campus map\, to find the Smithwick Theater (Bldg. 1000)\, see: https://foothill.edu/map/ X-WR-RELCALID:6c4e23306d7d3dd959b7ac51ccee9a7e X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20231105T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20230312T020000 RDATE:20240310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0c575fe9-42c2-4ef5-b59b-991c469c6ef0 DTSTAMP:20260425T223755Z DESCRIPTION:The Silicon Valley Lectures Series is back in person!\n\nOn Wed nesday\, Feb. 8\, 2023 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Andrew Siemion (U of California \, Berkeley & SETI Institute) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technic al lecture entitled: \n\n“Our Boldest Effort to Answer our Oldest Questio n: The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life Beyond Earth' \n\nL ocation: Smithwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos (see directi ons below) \n\nWe ask that attendees be vaccinated and boosted against COV ID-19 and wear a mask while indoors at the event. Extra masks will be prov ided. Thank you. \n\nThe recording will be available soon after the lectu re on YouTube: see link below\n\nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley As tronomy Lecture Series\, now in its 23rd year. \n\nABOUT THE LECTURE:\n\nF or centuries\, humans have gazed at the night sky and wondered what is out there. Over time\, we have come to know many of the answers\; how our ow n planet Earth and Sun came to be\, how they dance in a sea of other stars hosting their own planetary systems\, and how the structure of the univer se has evolved on the grandest scales. But one of our biggest questions r emains unanswered: is anyone or anything out there staring back at us? To day we are answering that question using the tools of astronomy\, surveyin g other worlds for the tell-tale indicators of technology. Dr. Siemion wi ll describe the state-of-the-art in hunting for intelligent life in the co smos and how the largest telescopes in the world are now being used to con duct searches of unprecedented scope and sensitivity. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKE R\n\nDr. Andrew Siemion is the Bernard Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI I nstitute and Director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center. His research i nterests include high energy time-variable celestial phenomena\, astronomi cal instrumentation and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI ). He is the Principal Investigator for the $100 million Breakthrough: Lis ten program\, the most sophisticated search yet for signs of technology am ong the stars. \n\nLOCATION:\n\nFoothill College is just off the El Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos. \n\nFor directions and parking information\, see: https://foothill.edu/parking/ \nFor a campus map\, to f ind the Smithwick Theater (Bldg. 1000)\, see: https://foothill.edu/map/ DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230208T210000 LOCATION:In-person at Foothill College SUMMARY:Back in person! Silicon Valley Lecture Series: The Search for Intel ligent Life Beyond Earth END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR