Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the many people who have made this SETI meeting
possible and successful.
Firstly, we thank the INAF President Nichi D’Amico (RIP): without him, the
SETI meeting and this volume would not have been possible.
We also thank the Scientific Directorate for the considerable economic and
logistical support.
Special thanks to the IRA Director Tiziana Venturi, for her official welcome and
opening of the meeting, as well as for the writing of a lovely foreword.
We thank all of the participants and speakers and, in particular, the three chairs
of the sessions: Daniela De Paulis, Francesco Schillirò, and Silvia Casu. We also
thank Stefania Varano for coordinating the final discussion about outreach activities, which is very important in the SETI field.
Special thanks to Federico Gualano, who managed the entire organizational and
administrative aspect.
Thanks to Raimondo Concu and Paolo Soletta for their essential technical and
logistical support before and during the meeting; Paolo Soletta has also created the
three images that are shown in the preface and on the front cover. We are also
grateful to Chiara Giorgieri for providing a video of the meeting (available at the
following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_pQgiHF2Q&t=21950s) and
to Simone Mattana for the audio and video support.
Special thanks to one of the most influential people in SETI history, Prof. Ivan
Almar (Konkoly Observatory, Budapest), for attending the meeting and giving an
excellent presentation.
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We would like to thank the many people who have made this SETI meeting
possible and successful.
Firstly, we thank the INAF President Nichi D’Amico (RIP): without him, the
SETI meeting and this volume would not have been possible.
We also thank the Scientific Directorate for the considerable economic and
logistical support.
Special thanks to the IRA Director Tiziana Venturi, for her official welcome and
opening of the meeting, as well as for the writing of a lovely foreword.
We thank all of the participants and speakers and, in particular, the three chairs
of the sessions: Daniela De Paulis, Francesco Schillirò, and Silvia Casu. We also
thank Stefania Varano for coordinating the final discussion about outreach activities, which is very important in the SETI field.
Special thanks to Federico Gualano, who managed the entire organizational and
administrative aspect.
Thanks to Raimondo Concu and Paolo Soletta for their essential technical and
logistical support before and during the meeting; Paolo Soletta has also created the
three images that are shown in the preface and on the front cover. We are also
grateful to Chiara Giorgieri for providing a video of the meeting (available at the
following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_pQgiHF2Q&t=21950s) and
to Simone Mattana for the audio and video support.
Special thanks to one of the most influential people in SETI history, Prof. Ivan
Almar (Konkoly Observatory, Budapest), for attending the meeting and giving an
excellent presentation.
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