The original post: /r/aliens by /u/VolarRecords on 2024-11-23 11:42:37.
As stated in the title, The Sol Symposium is happening this weekend addressing NHI contact and the history of legacy programs addressing UAP sightings and the crash-retrieval reverse-engineering programs. Sol Foundation was set up by whistleblower David Grusch, scientist Garry Nolan, and sociocultural anthropologist Peter Skafish, among others to openly discuss the UFO/UAP NHI/alien question.
This is not the first attempted coordination of attendees of the Sol Foundation (of which I’m not). That can be found here.
Thanks to some folks on Twitter, we have a real-time breakdown of the first day of the conference:
https://x.com/dove_360/status/1860209169669980552
Here’s the two-day schedule of the presentation:
Sol’s 2024 Symposium
November 22-23 at The Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
(Scroll down for schedule.)
PLEASE NOTE: SEATS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. We regret that this is the case and greatly appreciate your interest, but we cannot answer new correspondence requesting invitations at the time. Video of the talks and fireside chats will be posted at a later date.
Over the last year, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) have become more visible in our world, with sightings on the increase and government, academia, and media taking notice as never before. This growing acceptance of a UAP presence, however, foregrounds just how little we understand about these enigmas, the alleged science and technology that make them possible, and what the United States and other governments may have learned about them over the years. We also are only beginning to anticipate the likelihood of a future in which UAP are taken for granted, with all the radical changes to our world and self-understanding that will bring. More details at the bottom of this page.
Join the Sol Foundation to explore one of the great challenges of our time at our second annual symposium, which will take place November 22-23 at the Fort Mason Center, in San Francisco. Led by some of the most prominent and thoughtful voices on UAP from government, academia, and technology, Sol’s meeting this year reinvigorates the UAP conversation by showcasing new scientific discoveries, proposals for government reform, ideas for social action, and visions of technological innovation.
Organized by Sol’s board of directors, Dr. Garry Nolan, Dr. Peter Skafish, and Jonathan Berte, the symposium features them as speakers as well as other prominent and new UAP voices, including:
Yoshiharu Asakawa, General Secretary of the UAP Caucus, Parliament of Japan
Dr. Eric Davis, theoretical and applied physicist, Earthtech, formerly the Aerospace
Corporation
Dr. Stephen Finley, Chair of African and African American Studies, Louisiana State University
Rear Admiral (ret.) Dr. Tim Gallaudet, former administrator, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
Ryan Graves, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Aerospace
Leslie Kean, journalist and author, UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record
Kirk McConnell, staff member (retired), Senate Armed Services Committee
Eric Schrock, Advisor, Quantum Frontier
This is one of the biggest surprises of the symposium. Who is Eric Schrock?
https://x.com/NousHenosis/status/1844123691812278453
Eric Schrock is also an advisor to TTSA, a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, as well as Deputy Director of Technology Development for Skunkworks.
Dr. Jacques Vallée, computer scientist and author, Passport to Magonia and The Invisible College
Dr. Beatriz Villarroel, astronomer, the Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations (VASCO) Project
Rizwan Virk, entrepreneur and investor, founder of Play Labs at MIT, and author of Startup Myths and Models and The Simulation Hypothesis
Dr. Alexander Wendt, Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University (remote)
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
doors open at 8:00 AM
9:00-9:10
Opening Remarks
Dr. Garry Nolan and Dr. Peter Skafish
Morning Session
UAP and Government
9:10-9:40
Update from the Frontlines: Aviation Safety and UAP
Ryan Graves, in conversation with Leslie Kean
9:40-10:10
A Proposal for a Whole of Government UAP Policy
Rear Admiral, retired Dr. Tim Gallaudet
10:10-10:25
Panel with Graves, Gallaudet, and Kean
10:25-10:45
Break
10:45-11:25
The Politics of Executive Branch UAP Secrecy
Dr. Eric Davis and Kirk McConnell, fireside with Peter Skafish
11:25-11:40
Q&A with Davis and McConnell
11:35-12:00
Japan’s Role in Creating International Cooperation on the UAP Issue
Yoshiharu Asakawa, former General Secretary of the UAP Caucus, Parliament of Japan
12:05-12:20
Q&A with Asakawa
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Understanding the Enigma: The Role of Philosophical Investigation and UAP
1:45-2:15 pm
The Relational and Communicative Problem with UAP
Dr. Peter Skafish, in conversation with Leslie Kean
2:15-2:45 pm
UAP and “Human Security”
Dr. Alexander Wendt, (remote)
2:45-3:15 pm
Introducing the Archives of the Impossible
Dr. Jeff Kripal and Karin Austin
3:15-3:30 pm
Session Q&A
3:30-4:00 pm
Break
4:00-4:40 pm
Religion and UAP: An Exploration
Dr. Stephen C. Finley
Dr. Ted Peters (remote)
Special Guest Moderator
4:40-5:30 pm
Plenary Fireside Conversation with Jacques Vallée
6:00-8:00
Wine Reception at the Fort Mason Gateway (for everyone)
Private Meet and Greet for those with the appropriate premium tickets (also at the Gateway)
8:00-10:00 pm
Special Evening Event
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
doors open at 8:00 AM
9:00-9:10 am
Opening Remarks
Dr. Garry Nolan and Dr. Peter Skafish
Morning Session
Science and UAP
9:10-9:40 am
Standards of Evidence and UAP
Dr. Garry Nolan, in conversation with Matthew Pine
9:40 am-10:10 am
New Results from the Galileo Project Observatory and Pacific Ocean Expedition
Dr. Avi Loeb
10:10 am-10:40 am
Civilian Astronomers’ Guide to UAP Research
Dr. Beatriz Villarroel
10:40 am-11:10 am
Panel Discussion
Loeb, Nolan, Villarroel
11:30-12:00 pm
What is Reality? The Possible and the Impossible in the Physics of UAP
Dr. James Beacham
12:00-12:15 pm
Q&A
Lunch
Afternoon Session
At The Threshold of a New Future? UAP-related Technology and Investment
1:45-2:15 pm
Widening the Information-Energy Spectrum: Perspectives on UAP Technology Development
Eric Schrock
2:15-2:45 pm
The Potential for Investment in UAP-Related Ventures: Opportunities, Models and Challenges
Rizwan Virk
2:45-3:15 pm
Beyond speculation, setting the record straight on UAP disclosure with AI
Jonathan Berte
3:15-3:45 pm
Panel Discussion with Schrock, Virk, and Berte
3:45-4:15
Break
4:15-5:00 pm
A Research Challenge for the 21st Century: UAP/NHI Hilbert Problems
Karl Nell in conversation with Garry Nolan
5:00-5:15 pm
Closing remarks