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There seems to be a considerable contingent of this subreddit (and related subreddits) who are attending the Sol Conference which takes place from November 22 - November 23rd 2024 in San Francisco. As a result I have created a resource - r/solfoundation to help coordinate meetups, help talk about expectations, facilitate communications and networking as well as discussion about events. Even if you are not attending the event there is the possibility we - the collective members of r/UFOS , who are attending can help ask the important questions on behalf of those who cannot attend. Though I have created the r/solfoundation subreddit it is important to note that I am unaffiliated with this foundation. The Sol Foundation has indicated that they will also offer a streaming option for those who cannot attend. I will post about that when it is available. Some of us are also going to the extra events such as the VIP dinner or the special evening event for extended opportunities to speak with the various people involved with Sol or the speakers.
If you are not familiar with the Sol Foundation this is their official website. Last year’s conference speaker talks have been published on their official YouTube channel here.
A main idea in this post is the power of this and other related subreddits here. We have millions of people who are interested in this subject and this is the only MODERATED space in the world that allows the free exchange of ideas. As such I’m proposing that anyone attending show the power of reddit by wearing a RED DOT sticker (get it REDDOT? lol I’m a genius!) to show the power of this platform at the event. This ensures a way for us to instantly recognize another redditor without having to dox ourselves or others. We do not have to share our user names when we see each other but can recognize another person from reddit by the wearing of the Red Dot. I will have extras on me when there so I also encourage those of us who are spending the <$5 to purchase some red dots to bring the extra with them so if anyone does not have one and they inquire about it they to can have the Red Dot networking experience.
This year’s conference will feature the following speakers:
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
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)
The event starts at 9:00 AM PST on Friday November 22, 2024. This is the schedule of events:
Friday, November 22
DOORS OPEN at 8:00 AM
9:00-9:10
Opening Remarks
Dr. Garry Nolan and Dr. Peter Skafish
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
Philosophical Investigation and UAP
1:45-2:15 pm
Title TBA
Dr. Peter Skafish
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
Interreligious Dialogue Session (Title TBA)
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
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
Science and UAP
9:10-9:40 am
Varieties of Scientific Evidence: Verifying UAP
Dr. Garry Nolan
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
Title TBA
Dr. James Beacham
12:00-12:15 pm
Q&A
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
Investment in UAP-Related Ventures: Opportunities, Models and Challenges
Rizwan Virk
2:45-3:15 pm
Using Competitive Artificial Intelligence to Combat UAP Misinformation
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
Please come join us on r/solfoundation to talk about questions you might want us to ask, information you might be seeking, resources you might be looking for or more. I want to create a space to talk about not only the yearly conference but the participants and what the Sol foundation might be doing to influence disclosure, scientific advancement and global policy.