The Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) is a multi-disciplinary professional organization of scientists and other scholars committed to the rigorous study of unusual and unexplained phenomena that cross traditional scientific boundaries and may be ignored or inadequately studied within mainstream science.

The Society was founded in 1982 by fourteen scientists and scholars and now has approximately 800 members in 45 countries worldwide. The SSE publishes a peer reviewed journal, the Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE) and holds annual scientific meetings in the USA and periodic meetings in Europe. Society members include scholars from a broad range of disciplines. Topics addressed in its journal and in its regular meetings cover a wide spectrum, ranging from real or apparent anomalies in well-established areas of science to paradoxical phenomena that belong to no established discipline.

This unique multidisciplinary perspective provides challenging opportunities for creative professional dialog and innovative research. In addition to the Journal and the Annual Meetings, the SSE supports a Young Investigators Program. This program is designed and implemented primarily by its participants, and its purpose is to provide information and resources pertaining to the scholarly study of anomalous phenomena and other frontier areas of science. An informal discussion in which many members participate can be found in the SSE Yahoo Group.

Conference Update:
(06/10/2008)

Dear Member,
A record 39 speakers are planned for the upcoming meeting in Boulder, Colorado, starting with a reception on Wednesday, June 25th and ending Saturday night with a banquet. See the new speech titles on the website (www.scientificexploration.org). This promises to be a great meeting, in a lovely surrounding, with excitement around the theme of “Emerging Paradigms at the Frontiers of Consciousness and UFO Research.” The meeting is open to the public, and daily attendance fees are available. Better still, there’s time to book a flight, and there are still rooms at the Millennium Hotel. Registration form is on the website or page 144 of the spring 2008 Journal of Scientific Exploration.

Posters by members.  There have been a few members who wished to be able to display a poster. We are not having a “poster session” this year, since all the contributed papers were able to be fitted into the available time. However, we have an extra room that can be used for our functions, including poster displays on the walls or on easels if we run out of wall space. The hotel has approved using the walls. Posters can remain in this room all the time, but discussion of posters will not be appropriate during the time of the main presentations. This means that poster manning and discussion will be only before the start of sessions, at the breaks, or at meal times or after the evening events are over. If you plan on bringing a poster, please let us know. E-mail to Dominique Surel (Host, Lumierebl@aol.com) or Bob Wood (Program Chair, drbobwood@sbcglobal.net).

Bob Wood
Chair, Program Committee

Emerging Paradigms at the Frontiers of Consciousness & UFO Research

Open to the Public

General Meeting Information
Website: www.scientificexploration.org
Email: Scientific_Exploration

345 Twenty-Eighth Street, Boulder , CO , USA 80302
Tel: 1 (303) 443-3850 Fax: 1 (303) 443-1480
Email: Millenium Hotel email
Web: Millenium Hotel, Boulder CO

Conference Announcement,
Call for Papers,
and Registration Form

The 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration will be held at the Millennium Harvest House in Boulder. The Millennium is located at the edge of the magnificent foothills of the Rocky Mountains and within short walking distance of Boulder 's rich combination of amenities such as restaurants, art galleries, and bookshops. A block of rooms has been reserved for the SSE at a special conference rate of $99/night for either a single or a double room. This same rate applies to one day before or one day after the conference. Meeting registration prices will be announced early next year.

Airline service is available through Denver International Airport (DIA), with transportation over a new toll road being very fast to Boulder . The Boulder Super Shuttle (303-227-0000) charges $25 one way, $46 round trip. Travel time is about 40 minutes.

Click here for a Super Shuttle voucher ($6 off round-trip transportation).

A welcoming reception will be held at the hotel on Wednesday, June 25, starting at 6pm. On Friday afternoon there will be a recreational excursion and on Saturday an evening banquet.

In addition to the theme the conference will be open to a wide range of anomalistic topics. Call for contributed papers will be announced shortly. See our website (above) for details and deadlines.

Mark these dates, start to think about your possible paper to contribute and think about bringing a guest. This will be a great meeting!