How Can We Make Ourselves Understood by Other Civilizations in the Galaxy?

For over a half century, astronomers involved in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have scanned the skies for signals from distant civilizations.

Would humans be able to decode information-rich signals from another planet? Could we create a “universal language” that would be meaningful to an independently evolved civilization? This multidisciplinary, international workshop grapples with some of the greatest challenges that will face humankind, if some day we discover intelligence beyond Earth.