Con Presentation Topics

Me in my own panel with Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven (LibertyCon, 2012)

​Here is my list of "suggested presentations" for cons. The ones in blue are completed talks that I've already given at least once. The red titles are currently scheduled and under development.

What other subjects would you like to see presented/discussed? If I know anything about it, I'll add it to the list.

50 Years of SETI, Where is Everyone
Can Electric Cars Save the World?
The Case for Math: Why It's So Important
Dr. Ben’s List of the Coolest Things He Knows.
Fun with Liquid Nitrogen!
The Future of Robotics
Global Warming, How Bad is It? What Can We Do?
Industrial Robots: What it Really Looks Like
IGY - Where's My Flying Car, Dammit?
Junk Science, How Does It Start? Why is There So Much of it?
Killer Asteroids. How Big is the Threat, Really?
​A Lifetime of Armageddon Scenarios. When Can We Finally Relax?
The Mindbender: The Physics that Only Physicists Know
Paranormal: Fact or Fake?
Quantum Computing, When/Why/How?
Nuclear Fusion, We’ll Be There in 15 Years… Right?
Nuclear Power, Is It Worse Than Choking in Greenhouse Gases?
Nuclear Power, the Next Generation
Self-Driving Cars: Sooner, Not Later
The Science of Explosives (AKA Dr. Ben Blows $h!t Up!)
The Science of Science Fiction
The Singularity: When Will We Get There?
Space Colonization - How and When?
Space Travel Options for the Near Future (and Beyond)
Understanding Relativity (General and Special)
What Everyone Should Know About Basic Astronomy
What Everyone Should Know About Basic Physics
What Everyone Should Know About Quantum Physics
What Everyone Should Know About Relativity
What the Hell has Happened to the Documentary?

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Also, here is my latest con resume:
Big Fandom Greenville (2016, 2017) 
ChattaCon (2014)
ConCarolinas (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Science Track Manager)
ConGregate (2019)
ConNooga (2018)
DragonCon (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
LibertyCon (2012 - 2024, 2016 Science Guest of Honor)
MarsCon (2019, 2024 Featured STEM Guest)
MonsterCon (2013, 2014)
RavenCon (2012, 2014 - 2024)

​And my current bio/pic :-)

Ben Davis has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and an M.S. in Nuclear Astrophysics from the University of Notre Dame. He taught at the college level for several years on a number of technical subjects ranging from computer programming and math to, of course, astronomy and physics. In the late nineties, he took up a career in software and industrial controls engineering (robot programming and electronics are fun as they seem). As a lifelong fan of science fiction, his main avocations now involve history, futurism and skepticism. When not traveling with his wife, playing with his dogs, climbing rocks, or attending cons, he spends his spare time pondering general relativity, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the effects of antimatter on the dark matter/dark energy problem. Sometimes, he hunts for true psychics, ghosts and other paranormal phenomenon to no avail. www.facebook.com/AskDrBen