A Seminar on Planetary Emergencies covers Impact Events

From: http://www.ccsem.infn.it/ep/EP2010_Programme.pdf
INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS ON
PLANETARY EMERGENCIES
43rd Session
Erice, 19 – 24 August 2010
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE
THIRD MILLENNIUM
WORLD ENERGY CRISIS
GLOBAL MONITORING OF THE PLANET
POLLUTION
INFORMATION SECURITY
DEFENCE AGAINST COSMIC OBJECTS
MITIGATION OF TERRORIST ACTS
PROGRAMME
Paul A.M. Dirac Lecture Hall – Patrick M.S. Blackett Institute
Chairman: A. Zichichi – Co-chair T.D. Lee
COSMIC OBJECTS
FOCUS:
Chairman A. Zichichi – Co-chair W. Huebner
0 9 . 3 0 – 11. 00 SESSION N° 8
∗ Professor Walter F. Huebner
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, USA
Progress on Defense against Potentially Hazardous Objects: An Overview
∗ Dr. J.D. Walker (and S. Chocron)
Impact Physics, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, USA
Momentum Enhancement from Kinetic Impactors and Conventional Explosives
∗ Dr. Catherine S. Plesko
Applied Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Looking before we Leap: A Quantitative Investigation of Asteroid and Comet Nucleus Impact Prevention by Nuclear Means
∗ Dr. Anatoly Zaitsev
Planetary Defense Center, Moscow, Russia
Defense Against Asteroid Danger – a Real Task of Today