The inaugural 2016 Breakthrough Discuss Workshop was held April 15-16, 2016 at Stanford University and sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives and the Stanford Physics Department. Breakthrough Discuss is a forum for scientists to present and discuss leading edge ideas in space exploration. The 2016 workshop focused on the following three areas:
1. Optical SETI and the Detectability of Directed Energy Systems – Chaired by Jill Tarter
2. Exo-planet Detection Programs Focused on Alpha Centauri – Chaired by Olivier Guyon
3. The Sun as a Gravitational Lens – Chaired by Avi Loeb
