I’m on the board of the Interstellar Research Group, an organization that promotes research in matters interstellar. The IRG will be holding its next symposium in Montreal, Canada, July 10-13, 2023. McGill University will host.
The IRG has issued a call for papers on topics of direct relevance to interstellar travel. Do consider writing one and participating!
The Interstellar Symposium Plenary Lectures focus on applied aspects of interstellar travel (human and robotic). Presentations are selected to represent a broad array of problems relevant to interstellar mission issues. The IRG invites presentations from researchers in the following fields:
Physics and Engineering
Propulsion, power, communications, navigation, materials, systems design, extraterrestrial resource utilization, breakthrough physics
Astronomy
Exoplanet discovery and characterization, habitability, solar gravitational focus as a means to image exoplanets
Human Factors
Life support, habitat architecture, worldships, population genetics, psychology, hibernation, finance
Ethics
Sociology, law, governance, astroarchaeology, trade, cultural evolution
Astrobiology
Technosignature and biosignature identification, SETI, the Fermi paradox, von Neumann probes, exoplanet terraformation
Dates:
Early acceptance: January 15, 2023
Regular acceptance: April 21, 2023
Conference days: July 10-13, 2023
Where is the link to submit abstracts for papers?
Sorry about that. Try this if the one above didn’t work: https://irg.space/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IRG_CALL_FOR_PAPERS.pdf