Overview

The Breakthrough Listen Project and the Green Bank Observatory are sponsoring the North American Breakthrough Listen Community Workshop to be held October 5-6 2016 at the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, WV.

The Breakthrough Listen project is the largest SETI initiative in history and is conducting searches at radio (in part using the Green Bank Telescope from 0.3 -- 100 GHz) and optical wavelengths. The workshop will discuss the goals, strategies and capabilities of the Breakthrough Listen project, to share ideas for commensal and ancillary science opportunities, and broadly explore the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the modern era.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Green Bank Observatory are facilities of the U.S. National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.

Founded in 1956, the NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community. NRAO telescopes are open to all astronomers regardless of institutional or national affiliation. Observing time on NRAO telescopes is available on a competitive basis to qualified scientists after evaluation of research proposals on the basis of scientific merit, the capability of the instruments to do the work, and the availability of the telescope during the requested time. NRAO also provides both formal and informal programs in education and public outreach for teachers, students, the general public, and the media.

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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Green Bank Observatory are facilities of the U.S. National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.