Planetary Sciences Community Meetings Calendar
Organized by LPI/USRA *
November 2016
| 1-3 |
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (#leag2016) *,
Columbia, Maryland
The 2016 LEAG annual meeting will bring together scientists, engineers, industry/private sector, and government personnel to explore and develop lunar exploration strategies that benefit all constituencies that LEAG represents, and promote solar system exploration through the use of lunar resources. |
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| 1-16 |
XXVIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophics,
La Laguna, Spain
Tackle many aspects of solar system exploration, covering the fundamentals, hot-topics on dynamical evolution, planetary and asteroid surfaces, and planetary atmospheres, and the most recent results from space missions. |
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| 3-4 |
Managing Medical Emergencies in Space: Skills and Issues,
Houston, Texas
We are conducting a research project (funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)) to address gaps related to the management of medical emergencies that occur during long duration deep space exploration missions. The purpose of this meeting with an expert panel is to prioritize skills and develop consensus on the most important issues related to managing medical emergencies in space. |
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| 4-5 |
New Worlds 2016 Conference,
Austin, Texas
To live on New Worlds we need new ideas. A punch list of technologies and plans that when added together create our first habitats and colonies. We invite you to present ideas on breakthrough technologies and concepts that advance our capabilities to survive and thrive on the frontier. |
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| 10-11 |
Future Large Optical-Infrared Facilities in China,
Beijing, China
To discuss proposed 12-meter optical-infrared telescope I Ali, Tibet and feasibility of developing a 6.5-meter optical-infrared telescope proposed by a consortium of universities. |
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| 14-16 |
High-Contrast Imaging in Space,
Baltimore, Maryland
In this workshop, we will explore the legacy of existing space-based high contrast imaging from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes. The workshop will investigate how existing scientific observations and coronagraphic techniques may be applied for future observations with the James Webb Space Telescope, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, and other future missions to image exoplanets, debris disks, protoplanetary disks, AGN, Solar System objects, as well as other astronomical objects. |
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| 14-18 |
Comets 2016,
Toulouse, France
This conference is the latest in a series of international meetings intended to promote the exchange of knowledge and ideas among cometary scientists, with a view to integrate them in a comprehensive understanding of comets after the in-depth studies of Rosetta, Philae, and other space missions and ground-based observations. One goal of this meeting is to generate a comprehensive global understanding of comets that will serve as an important resource for future studies. Reports on the discussions of the conference will be published at a later time. |
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| 21-23 |
The ARIEL Space Mission,
Brussels, Belgium
This international conference will provide an overview of the ARIEL science and mission, including presenting the opportunities for the general community that ARIEL will offer, as well as providing a forum for discussion and feedback in advance of the ESA Cosmic Vision review process. |
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| 28-Dec 1 |
Exoplanets: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Observations,
Bad Honnef, Germany
A comprehensive overview about the current status of exoplanet research and discuss plans for future developments. |
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| 29-Dec 1 | 14th Meeting of the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG), Washington, DC | |
| 29-Dec 2 |
4th Symposium on Solar System Materials (Hayabusa 2016),
Tokyo, Japan
Hayabusa2 had successfully finished the Earth swing-by and is flying toward the target asteroid, Ryugu. NASA will launch OSIRIS-REx to return samples from Bennu this year, and ESA has almost completed Rosetta around comet 67P C-G. Hayabusa return samples have been examined by in-depth researches in 1st to 3rd AOs. This time we would like to feature the organized sciences between remote-sensing and planetary materials as well as to review the sciences from Hayabusa-returned samples. Additionally, this symposium is jointed with the 39th Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites, which is detailed at http://www.nipr.ac.jp/symposium2016/. Let us join and set a prospective to the future solar system science driven by these topics with this symposium! |
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| 29-Dec 2 |
7th Symposium on Polar Science and 39th Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites,
Tokyo, Japan
The Seventh Symposium on Polar Science will be held at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Tokyo, Japan, from 29 November to 2 December 2016. The NIPR is organizing this annual symposium to present and promote a wide variety of polar scientific research and interdisciplinary studies. Also held in conjunction with the 39th Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites and the 4th Symposium on Solar System Materials (Hayabusa 2016). |
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| 29-Dec 2 |
International Workshop Without Walls: Exoplanetary Space Weather, Climate, and Habilitability,
New Orleans, Louisiana
The major goal of the proposed conference is to promote inter-disciplinary studies and develop a community roadmap that cross the boundaries of space weather from the Sun to cool stars and investigate its impact on (exo)planetary climates. This will be achieved by bringing together the members of NExSS team who are involved in related activities and broader astrophysics, heliophysics and planetary science communities. Their perspective of interrelation between space weather, climate and habitability conditions can be crucial in defining the boundaries of biogenic zones around F to M dwarfs. |
December 2016
| 5-6 |
A Workshop on Searching for Life Across Space and Time,
Irvine, California
Explore the current status of activities to detect extraterrestrial life in the solar system and extrasolar planetary systems. |
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| 7-8 |
Magellan Science Meeting,
Washington, DC
Discuss recent scientific results from Magellan observations with the twin goals of communicating the exciting research being done and looking toward what new capabilities will keep Magellan on the forefront of discovery. |
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| 11-16 |
Search for Life: From Early Earth to Exoplanets,
Quy Nhon, Vietnam
The goal of the conference is to bring together the interdisciplinary community required to address the challenging and fundamental questions that have fascinated and intrigued scientists, philosophers, and the general public alike since antiquity: Where, when, and how did life emerge and evolve on Earth? What are the conditions under which life can exist? Does life exist elsewhere in the Universe and, if it does, how can it be detected and studied? |
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| 12-16 | 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California |
January 2017
| 3-7 | 229th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Grapevine, Texas | |
| 11-13 |
16th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG),
Tucson, Arizona
16th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) |
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| 11-13 |
Dust, Atmosphere, and Plasma Environment of the Moon and Small Bodies (DAP 2017),
Boulder, Colorado
The workshop will be focused on the open science questions, the status and future of our supporting modeling and laboratory experimental capabilities, the definition of the required measurements and instrument capabilities for future investigations from orbit, or to be deployed on the surface. |
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| 16-18 |
ALMA Band 1 Science Workshop,
Taipei, Taiwan
Primarily dedicated to the discussion and planning of the upcoming Band 1 Science Verification phase. |
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| 17-20 |
Sixth International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations,
Granada, Spain
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: October 14, 2016 The scope of the workshop is to bring together experts in observations and modelling of the present and past Mars climate systems and discuss the nature of the atmospheric circulation and the photochemistry (up to the thermosphere), the dust cycle, the water cycle (vapor, clouds, and frost), and the carbon dioxide cycle (polar caps). |
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| 22-24 |
CETUS Working Group: Rise of the HERATICs *,
Houston, Texas
The first High pressure Experimental Research Apparatus Technical Implementation Conference (HERATIC), a COMPRES funded working group meeting in support of the development of the first 5000 ton press open user facility in the US. |
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| 23-27 |
Ices in the Solar System,
Madrid, Spain
This will be an opportunity to review the latest advances in experimental research to support the interpretation of remote sensing observations on current and future missions observing the surfaces of icy bodies. |
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| 31-Feb 3 |
21st International Microlensing Conference,
Pasadena, California
The field of gravitational microlensing is burgeoning, in particular due to the success of several space-spaced missions. We will highlight breaking results from K2's Campaign 9 ( K2C9 ), which constitutes the first combined ground- and space-based microlensing survey, as well as progress in Spitzer's program of obtaining "satellite parallaxes." Talks on ground-based surveys and advances in theory will also be featured prominently. Finally, we will have a number of talks on the revolutionary promise of the WFIRST mission for exoplanet science, which was recently approved to enter Phase A. Together these endeavors provide invaluable insight into topics such as the Galactic distribution of exoplanets, the abundance of free-floating planets, and the demographics of cold exoplanets. |
February 2017
| 13-17 |
Molecules in Astrophysics and Astrobiology, Interdisciplinary Winter School Zurich,
Zurich, Switzerland
This International Winter School offers educational activities for graduate students, postdocs, and also senior researchers interested in various applications of molecular spectroscopy, spectropolarimetry, and astrobiology. |
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| 16 |
Evolutionary Crystal Structure Prediction: From Complex Crystals to Materials Defects (Qiang Zhu, University of Nevada, Las Vegas),
Lecture Hall
Knowing the atomic structure of a material or mineral offers a deeper understanding of its macroscopic physical phenomenons and its connection to our planet's architecture, composition and evolution. There have been tremendous progresses in the accurate prediction of crystal structures from first principles based on a variety of global optimization methods combing quantum mechanical calculations. In this talk, I will review the structure prediction methods based on evolutionary algorithms developed in my group, and its applications to study the minerals and organic crystal polymorphism at ordinary and extreme conditions. Furthermore, I will discuss its recent extension to study the highly complex interface in different solids. The encouraging results so far suggest a major role of this approach in studying the general phenomenon in materials and mineral sciences. |
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| 20-24 |
Formation of the Solar System and the Origin of Life,
Leiden, The Netherlands
Goal is to foster a new community with an interdisciplinary approach to this topic especially aimed at young researchers across communities. |
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| 22-24 |
Frontiers in Theoretical and Applied Physics,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Provide a forum for physicists, astronomers, and space and material scientists to present the latest developments in the various dynamic fields of physics. |
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| 27-28 |
Workshop on Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk (#chondrules2017) *,
London, United Kingdom
Understanding the origin of chondrules is one of the fundamental but still unsolved problems in meteoritics and cosmochemistry. At this workshop we will discuss physical, chemical, and isotopic characteristics of chondrules, possible mechanisms of chondrule formation, relationships between chondrules and other chondritic components, and the relationship between chondrule formation and accretion. This workshop will be held at the Natural History Museum in London. |
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| 27-Mar 1 |
Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop (#v2050) *,
Washington, DC
NASA’s Planetary Science Division (PSD) is planning to host a community workshop at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC on February 27–28 and March 1, 2017. This workshop is meant to provide PSD with a very long-range vision of what planetary science may look like in the future. The workshop is to gather the leading experts in Solar System planetary science and related disciplines, together with experts in space technologies, to identify potential science goals and enabling technologies that can be implemented by the end of the 2040s and would support the next phase of Solar System exploration. This workshop is not a mini-decadal survey with recommendations and priorities, nor is it an implementation plan; it is to prepare a long-range vision document with options, possibilities, and a visionary future. |
March 2017
| 2 |
The Formation and Evolution of the Inner Solar System (David Patrick O'Brien, Planetary Science Institute),
Lecture Hall
In the "classical" model of terrestrial planet formation, planetesimals and planetary embryos accrete together to form the planets, with Jupiter and the other giant planets undergoing minimal migration during that time. The asteroid belt is an excited and depleted remnant of the material originally lying interior to Jupiter. This model can broadly reproduce many of the characteristics of the inner Solar System, but faces difficulties in matching some key details, in particular the small size of Mars compared to Earth and Venus. In the newer "Grand Tack" scenario, the giant planets undergo substantial radial migration during the early stages of terrestrial planet formation. This scenario provides a better match to the small size of Mars, and populates the asteroid belt with material scattered from much wider range of distances from the Sun. I will discuss these models in detail, in particular focusing on the implications for the delivery of water and other materials to the terrestrial planets, and the implications for the taxonomic distribution of asteroids and the collisional/dynamical histories recorded in the meteorite record. |
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| 5-10 | Planetary Systems Beyond the Main Sequence II, Technion, Israel | |
| 6-10 |
Diversity of Planetary Circulation Regimes,
Les Houches, France
We will present the recent observational data and modelling studies pertaining to the variety of planetary atmospheres circulation regimes, including giant and terrestrial planets; and discuss the theory of planetary physical processes (e.g. circulation, dynamics, thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics) and review the current status of the modelling of planetary atmospheres in order to calculate observables such as light curves. This interdisciplinary school wishes to contribute to bridging the gap between Earth science, planetary science, and astrophysics. |
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| 8-10 |
7th International Workshop on Occultation and Eclipse,
Hafshejan & Shahr-e Kord, Iran
The following sessions will be held during the workshop: Moon and Occultation, Asteroid and Comet, Variable Star, Exoplanet and Observation Process Session Astrobiology |
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| 15-17 |
UKEXOM2017: UK Exoplanet Community Meeting,
St. Andrews, Scotland
This event aims to gather and consolidate the UK community working in the field of exoplanets. |
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| 19-25 |
The 16th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference,
College Park, Maryland
Main objective is to bring together scientists and engineers studying various aspects of light scattering and to provide a relaxed atmosphere for in-depth discussions of theoretical advances, measurements, and applications. |
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| 20-24 | 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (#lpsc2017) *, The Woodlands, Texas | |
| 20-24 |
Astrochemistry VII - Through the Cosmos from Galaxies to Planets,
Purto Varas, Chile
Seeks to bring together observers, theorists, and laboratory-based scientists to transform the discipline of astrochemistry by integrating all its parts. |
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| 20-24 |
Science with the Hubble and James Webb Telescopes V,
Venice, Italy
As astronomers are preparing to use JWST to further their science, it is very timely to dedicate this conference primarily to the synergy between Hubble and JWST, and to how the community can best prepare to take immediate advantage of the amazing opportunities that will be presented. The latest Hubble results will be showcased. |
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| 23 |
Far Infrared Next Generation Instrumentation Community Workshop,
Pasadena, California
We are specifically soliciting community input in shaping the next opportunity for new instrumentation: SOFIA Next Gen Instrument call to come out in summer 2017 in ROSES. Discussions after lunch include lessons learned as we strive to better innovate this particular platform, plus how to better use balloons and suborbital vehicles in future calls. |
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| 26-31 |
Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Exoplanets,
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Center for Physics - 2017 Aspen Winter Conference |
April 2017
| 3-5 |
Titan Through Time 4 Workshop,
Greenbelt, Maryland
The Titan Through Time 4 Workshop will be held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, April 3-5, 2017. As in previous years, the meeting will focus on assimilation of the latest spacecraft, laboratory and modeling results to resolve the deepest questions surrounding Titan's origins, present-day appearance, and eventual fate. The 2.5 day workshop (M-W) will feature ~40 oral talks (8 invited) and two poster sessions. |
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| 3-7 |
Early Earth and ExoEarths: Origin and Evolution of Life,
Warsaw, Poland
The meeting will cover a multitude of scientific subjects ranging from star and planet formation until the early evolution of life on Earth which aims to bring together astronomers, physicists, chemists, geologists and biologists as well as academics and students from humanities to discuss the most important questions and newest findings in all related disciplines. |
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| 10-14 |
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2017 (ACM 2017),
Montevideo, Uruguay
The series of conferences “Asteroids, Comets, Meteors” focuses on the research of small solar system bodies. |
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| 23-28 |
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017,
Vienna, Austria
The EGU General Assembly 2017 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. |
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| 24-26 |
Exoplanet Science with Small Telescopes: Precise Radial Velocities,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A workshop devoted to the discussion of how sub-meter-class telescopes can be used to discover, confirm, and characterize exoplanets using the Doppler method. |
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| 24-28 |
Astrobiology Science Conference (#abscicon2017) *,
Mesa, Arizona
AbSciCon 2017 is the next in a series of conferences organized by the astrobiology community. The theme for AbSciCon 2017 is “Diverse Life and its Detection on Different Worlds.” Mars and icy worlds in our solar system are increasingly recognized as habitable, even as increasing numbers of exoplanets in their stars’ habitable zones have been discovered. The focus is shifting from identification of habitable worlds, to detection of life on them. AbSciCon 2017 will provide a forum for reporting on new discoveries, sharing data and insights, advancing collaborative efforts and initiating new ones, planning new projects, and educating the next generation of astrobiologists. The conference will feature plenary sessions on current and thought-provoking topics, topical sessions, evening programs, and public and educational events. |
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| 24-28 |
Astrometry and Astrophysics in the Gaia Sky,
Nice, France
To ensure the world-wide sharing of the Gaia mission results foster international collaborations and discussions that will enhance the Gaia scientific return. |
May 2017
| 2-3 | European Lunar Symposium - 2017, Munster Germany | |
| 4-5 |
New Views of the Moon - Europe *,
Munster, Germany
The workshop is designed for presenting new science and exploration results as they relate to the Moon and integrating these into the chapters for NVM-2 — contributed talks are therefore essential and welcomed. Updates on the progress of the various chapters will also be given and integration between them will be explored and highlighted. |
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| 7-12 |
Radio Exploration of Planetary Habitability,
Palm Springs, California
This meeting has been motivated by a highly timely nature and the anticipated increasing importance of studies related to planetary habitability, and the potential impact of radio astronomy, especially the existing and the planned large radio telescopes, in this type of research. |
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| 9-11 |
Chondrules as Astrophysical Objects Conference (#astrochon2017) *,
Vancouver, British Columbia
How can meteoritics and observations of planetary systems, including discs and debris, be used to inform general planet formation theory? This conference seeks to address this question by inviting meteoriticists, cosmochemists, and astronomers to explore simultaneously how astrophysical observations can constrain chondrule formation models and how chondrules can help us put astrophysical observations in context. |
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| 9-11 |
Venus Modeling Workshop (#unveilvenus) *,
Cleveland, Ohio
The objectives of this three-day workshop are to discuss (1) the status of modeling of Venus’ exosphere, atmosphere, surface, and interior; and (2) the factors that are currently limiting the ability of investigators to advance models and how modeling efforts can benefit from and guide experimental studies and future mission activities. Workshop topics and discussion will be guided by the VEXAG Goals and Objectives, Pathways, and Technology Plan documents. A portion of the workshop will focus on providing modeling need inputs for the potential Venera-D international mission. Venus science, mission, and technology communities are invited but participation is especially encouraged for researchers who employ numerical, computational, or analytical methods to study Venus or comparative bodies, and combinations of empirical and modeling approaches. |
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| 15-18 |
JWST Proposal Planning Workshop,
Baltimore, Maryland
The main goal of this workshop is to provide hands-on teaching for the JWST Exposure Time Calculator (ETC), the JWST Target Visibility Tools, and the JWST Astronomer’s Proposal Tool (APT). |
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| 15-19 |
Fifth IAA Planetary Defense Conference,
Tokyo, Japan
This bi-annual conference brings together world experts to discuss the threat to Earth posed by asteroids and comets and actions that might be taken to deflect a threatening object. |
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| 15-19 |
International Conference on Mars Aeronomy,
Boulder, Colorado
This international conference will bring together all aspects of Mars aeronomy, including pertinent observations, analyses, theoretical models and results. |
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| 15-19 |
The Applied Space Environments Conference (ASCE 2017) *,
Huntsville, Alabama
The conference is a forum for the space environment engineering and applied space science community to discuss the discipline’s ability to support current space programs and to identify gaps in knowledge and technology needs required for future exploration goals. |
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| 16-19 |
Fifth International Planetary Dunes Workshop (#dunes2017) *,
St. George, Utah
The workshop format will consist of 2 1/2 days of topical discussions, a poster session/social, and one-day field trip to Zion National Park and Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. |
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| 22-24 |
The Disc Migration Issue: From Protoplanets to Supermassive Black Holes,
Cambridge, United Kingdom
This workshop is motivated by the broad similarities surrounding the theory of disc mediated migration on scales ranging from protoplanetary discs to galactic nuclei. Migration theory thus underpins our understanding of some of the most topical problems in contemporary astrophysics, i.e. the establishment of planetary system `architecture' and the processes driving the merging of black holes. We invite participants from both the protoplanetary disc and gravitational wave communities to attend this three day meeting which will address theory and numerical simulations of migration as well as its broader implications. We will also discuss new opportunities in both fields for observational calibration of the migration process (e.g. by observations using ALMA, SPHERE, GPI, LIGO, LISA, PTA, ....). |
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| 22-26 |
Astrophysics of Exoplanetary Atmospheres,
Vietri sul Mare, Italy
Aimed to provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art picture of a variety of relevant aspects of the fast-developing, highly interdisciplinary field of exoplanets research. |
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| 22-26 |
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting,
Chiba, Japan
This is the first joint meeting between the Japan Geoscience Union and the American Geophysical Union covering all areas of Earth and space sciences as well as many sessions for inter- and trans-disciplinary scientists. |
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| 29-Jun 3 |
International Interdisciplinary Workshop on "Accretion, Differentiation, and Early Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets",
Nice, France
This workshop will be a follow-up to the one that we organized in Nice in May 2014. We expect around 120 participants, including a significant number of students and young scientists. |
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| 29-Jun 23 |
Protoplanetary Disks and Planet Formation and Evolution,
Garching, Germany
In this MIAPP-programme we plan to bring together experts in the field of disk physics and planet formation in order to work jointly on the relevant issues that determine the formation and evolution of planets in their disks. |
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| 30-31 |
iCubeSat 2017 - The 6th Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop,
Cambridge, United Kingdom
The workshop provides a unique environment for open wide ranging practical collaboration between academic researchers, industry professionals, policy makers, and students developing this new and rapidly growing field. |
June 2017
| 4-8 | 230th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Austin, Texas | |
| 6-8 |
Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2017),
Beijing, China
To discuss recent results, current challenges, and innovative solutions. It will offer several opportunities to learn about how space exploration investments provide benefits as well as discuss how those benefits can be increased through thoughtful planning and cooperation. |
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| 11-15 |
2017 American Astronomical Society Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting (AAS-DDA),
London, United Kingdom
The annual DDA Meeting brings together top researchers in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science, and astrodynamics for in-depth and stimulating discussions and talks on all aspects of dynamics in the space sciences. |
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| 11-16 |
Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference,
Uppsala, Sweden
Presentations are solicited for original research on any aspects of the magnetospheres, ionospheres, and thermospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and their moons. We expect that particular focus will be given to recent results from Juno, and anticipation of the Cassini "Grand Finale." Comparative studies will be welcome, provided the focus is within the scope of the conference. |
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| 12-13 |
Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science,
New Haven, Connecticut
ERES aims to give younger researchers (in particular graduate students and postdocs) an opportunity to talk about research in the broader field of exoplanet science. |
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| 12-14 |
Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG),
Greenbelt, Maryland
17th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group |
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| 12-15 |
3rd Planetary Data Workshop (#planetdata3) *,
Flagstaff, Arizona
This meeting will cover planetary data topics, including current mission data availability and tools, data access capabilities, data user training, GIS, planetary mapping, PDS data, services, tools and capabilities. |
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| 13-15 |
Dust in the Atmosphere of Mars and Its Impact on Human Exploration (#marsdust) *,
Houston, Texas
The meeting will assess the impact of Mars atmospheric dust on human exploration, e.g., human health and human surface mechanical systems such as space suits, habitats, and mobility systems. |
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| 18-23 | Origins of Solar Systems: Making a Habitable Planet, South Hadley, Massachusetts | |
| 18-23 |
Starmus Festival IV: Life and the Universe,
Trondheim, Norway
The Starmus Festival was born to celebrate science and the arts with the goal of bringing an understanding and appreciation of science to the public at large. |
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| 19-23 |
Comet Workshop 2017: Comet Formation Paradign After Rosetta,
Sofia, Bulgaria
The main focus will be to discuss the state-of-the-art cometary nuclei formation paradigm taking into account the recent information coming from observation, laboratory investigations and modelling results, and identifying new scientific goals for the post-Rosetta era. |
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| 19-23 |
Kepler and K2 Science Conference IV,
Moffett Field, California
Over the past 8 years, high-precision photometry from the Kepler/K2 mission has enabled breakthrough discoveries in exoplanet science, asteroseismology, eclipsing binary stars, solar-system objects, and extragalactic science. To celebrate the legacy and latest science results of Kepler/K2 we invite the community to the 4th Kepler & K2 Science Conference, hosted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA. We welcome contributions from any area of science related to the Kepler/K2 mission, as well as related future missions such as TESS. We are looking forward to celebrating the Kepler/K2 science and legacy with the community! |
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| 20-22 |
3rd International Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment (AIDA) Workshop,
Laurel, Maryland
A technical interchange meeting. AIDA is a technology demonstration of asteroid deflection by a kinetic impactor. It is an international cooperation composed of two missions, the NASA DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), which is the kinetic impactor, and the ESA AIM (Asteroid Impact Mission). The combination of DART and AIM is AIDA. |
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LPI Seminar: Constraining the Chemical Environment and Processes in the Protoplanetary Disk: From the Perspective of Rare Earth Elements in CO Chondrites and Metal-rich Chondrules in CR Chondrites (Ellen Crapster-Pregont, Columbia University),
Lecture Hall
Carbonaceous chondrites have an approximately solar bulk composition, with some exceptions (e.g. H), and exhibit a range of parent body alteration. Investigations of both pristine and altered chondrites yield valuable insight into the processes and conditions of the early Solar System prior to and resulting in the planets we observe today. Such insight and the dynamic models developed by astrophysicists are constrained by chemical, mineralogical, and textural characteristics of chondrite components (chondrules, refractory inclusions, metal, and matrix). This work explores two different types of datasets, rare earth element (REE) abundances of chondrite components and crystal orientation of metal in chondrules, to investigate the highest temperature processes in the early Solar System and the formation of chondrules, respectively. Colony CO3.0 and Moss CO3.6 were analyzed for REE abundances to determine the distribution of these elements among chondrite components. While refractory inclusions exhibit the greatest enrichments in REE relative to CI, after modal recombination chondrule glass contributes most significantly to the bulk REE budget in both chondrites. The bulk mean REE patterns for both Colony and Moss are flat and approximately CI in abundance while the mean REE patterns for components are nearly flat with relative enrichments (~10x CI for both chondrule glass and refractory inclusions) or depletions (chondrule olivine) relative to CI. Lack of correlations between REE and other characteristics, nearly flat REE patterns and nearly equivalent enrichment factors relative to CI across chondrite groups, including the CO chondrites analyzed here, implies that REE could have been equilibrated in precursor material prior to chondrite component formation. We propose a scenario for the equilibration of REE with vapor-solid or solid-solid reactions with subsequent accretion of chondrite components. Metal-rich chondrules in Acfer 139 (CR2) were used to investigate whether chemical and crystal orientation characteristics of the metal can add constraints to chondrule formation and deformation. Eight chondrules with abundant metal nodules, both as rims and within the chondrule interior, were analyzed in detail using EMP and EBSD techniques. One chondrule, chondrule A, is of particular interest as it contains three concentric metal layers. A combination of chemical inhomogeneity, multiple sets of twins, and other evidence of strain imply that the formation of these chondrules was not straightforward and involved multiple iterations of heating, and potentially addition of material. A plausible model of chondrule formation in the early Solar System must be able to account for this more complicated thermal and alteration history and produce the chemical and textural variety of chondrules present in the region of chondrite accretion. |
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| 24-Jul 2 |
Workshop on Shock Metamorphism in Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial Rocks,
Perth, Australia
The multi-disciplinary workshop is aimed at bringing together different research aspects, from the state-of-the-art laboratory methodologies in terrestrial and extra-terrestrial rock, mineral and meteorite sample analysis, to numerical modeling and laboratory experiments of shock-wave progression in geologic and planetary analogue materials. |
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| 26-30 |
Exoplanet Science in the Coming Decade: The Bright and Nearby Future,
Prague, Czech Republic
Forum for discussion on current and upcoming exoplanet science. |
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| 26-30 |
Near Infrared High Resolution Spectroscopy: Where Are We?,
Prague, Czech Republic
This EWASS Special Session is intended to gather experts in the NIR HR Spectroscopy on various topics and instruments, giving an opportunity to discuss and create new collaborations between the groups. The ultimate goal is achieving as soon as possible a level of expertise comparable to that since long available in optical HR spectroscopy. This is a mandatory pathway in preparation to the exploitation of the HR spectroscopy in the forthcoming ELTs era. |
July 2017
| 3-5 |
1st IUGG Symposium on Planetary Science,
Berlin, Germany
The 1st IUGG Symposium on Planetary Science (IUGG-PS2017): Interdisciplinary observation and understanding of the Solar System will be held on July 3-5, 2017, Berlin, Germany. The IUGG-PS2017 aims to bring together international scientists and engineers focused on a interdisciplinary work on exploration and science of the solar system and seeking life beyond Earth. Topics include planetary geodesy, remote sensing, atmosphere, ionosphere/plasma physics, magnetic and gravity field, geomorphology, geophysics, geodynamics, geology, petrology, volcanology, geochemistry, interior physics, Life & Astrobiology. All objects from the terrestrial and giant planets to exoplanets, including small bodies are welcome. |
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| 3-7 |
13th Asian-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting (APRIM 2017),
Taipei, Taiwan
Asian-Pacific Regional IAU Meetings are authorized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) with the aim to promote scientific activity and collaboration in the Asian-Pacific region. |
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| 3-8 |
International Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology (ISE2A),
Utrecht, The Netherlands
The symposium is designed specifically to expand awareness of the results of the cognitive and learning sciences, as well as to provide a forum for active scholars in astronomy and astrobiology education. |
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| 10 |
34th MEPAG Meeting,
Virtual Meeting
The purpose of this MEPAG virtual meeting is to report to the Mars community recent MEPAG activities, and to preview MEPAG materials to be presented to the NASEM committee at their July 13 meeting. |
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| 10-12 |
Enabling Transiting Exoplanet Observations with JWST,
Balitmore, Maryland
To provide a forum for the exoplanet community to learn about and discuss planning JWST observations to characterize transiting exoplanets. |
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| 10-14 |
Ultraviolet Sky Surveys,
Tel Aviv, Israel
A conference to discuss lessons learned from past UV sky surveys, the status of on-going missions, and plans for future missions. Topics will include both scientific and instrumentation issues, as well as technological challenges to facilitate the future missions. |
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| 13 |
LPI Seminar: MESSENGER Observations of Mercury’s Dynamic Magnetosphere (James A. Slavin, Department of Climate and Space Science & Engineering, University of Michigan),
Lecture Hall
Mercury’s magnetosphere is formed by the interaction of the solar wind with its small, ~ 200 nT – RM3, intrinsic magnetic field. The mean altitude of the subsolar magnetopause is only ~ 0.5 RM, but planetary induction currents in Mercury’s highly conducting iron core strongly resist solar wind compression. The weak conductivity of Mercury’s regolith severely limits field-aligned current intensity, but Region 1 currents are measured at low altitudes with magnitudes up to several tens of kilo-Amperes. These currents pass radially through Mercury’s ~ 400 km thick regolith to close across its iron core. Mercury’s surface-bounded exosphere is maintained by sputtering and other surface interactions that eject neutrals from the regolith. While the magnetospheric plasma is primarily of solar wind origin, i.e. H+ and He++, Na+ and other heavy planetary ions derived from the exosphere account for ~ 1 to 10% of ion number density. Magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause is far more frequent and intense than at Earth. “Showers” of 100+ flux transfer events are often observed during a single magnetopause traversal. Indeed, the dayside magnetosphere is sometimes observed to disappear during periods of strong southward interplanetary magnetic fields. Magnetic field loading/unloading of the magnetotail is observed at Mercury similar to that seen at Earth during substorms. Mercury’s substorms are associated with magnetic field dipolarization, energetic electron acceleration and plasmoid ejection, but they last only ~ 2 – 3 min as compared with ~ 1 – 2 hrs for Earth. Future prospects for understanding Mercury’s coupled magnetosphere – exosphere – solid planet as a system with the measurements to be returned by ESA’s BepiColombo mission in 2025 will be discussed. |
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| 16-21 | XVIIIth International Conference on the Origin of Life (#issol2017) *, San Diego, California | |
| 17 |
8th Annual Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference
(LunGradCon 2017),
Mountain View, California
to be held at the NASA Ames Research Center, preceding the NASA Exploration Science Forum (ESF, July 18-20). With the expanded interests of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), the scope of this year's LunGradCon includes both lunar and small body science. LunGradCon provides an opportunity for grad students and early-career postdocs to present their research on lunar and small body science in a low-stress, friendly environment, being critiqued only by their peers. In addition to oral presentations, the conference presents opportunities for professional development and networking with fellow grad students and postdocs, as well as senior members of SSERVI. A limited amount of funding will be provided for travel and lodging costs. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is June 2, 2016, 11:59 PM PDT. For more details, visit http://impact.colorado.edu/lungradcon/2017/ or email questions to [email protected] |
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| 17-22 |
Formation of Complex Molecules in Space and On Planets - From Interstellar Clouds to Life,
Tartu, Estonia
Aims to give students an overview of the biochemical evolution of the universe from formation to the first molecules in interstellar clouds to the assembly of the first cells on Earth. |
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| 18-20 |
NASA Exploration Science Forum,
Moffett Field, California
The Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) is pleased to announce the 4th annual NASA Exploration Science Forum (NESF), to be held in person July 18 - 20, 2017 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. |
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| 23-28 | 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society *, Santa Fe, New Mexico | |
| 24-28 |
Celebrating 25 Years of the OGLE Project,
Warsaw, Poland
The conference is a good opportunity to talk about fascinating discoveries of the recent years and to present current knowledge in various areas of astrophysics and space science. |
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| 24-28 |
CHEOPS Science Workshop,
Schloss Seggau, Austria
Group for Exoplanet Characterization and Observation CHEOPS (Characterizing ExOPlanet Satellite |
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| 24-Aug 4 |
Summer School in Software Systems for Astronomy,
Hilo, Hawaii
Course developed to teach students the basics needed to produce software tools and systems that astronomers and telescope operators find intuitive and efficient to operate. |
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| 25-Aug 3 |
Summer School "Impacts and Their Role in the Evolution of Life",
Saaremaa, Estonia
The course will take place at Kuressaare and the Kaali impact crater site on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. It aims to give students a thorough introduction to the role of meteorite and comet impacts in the formation of Earth, its atmosphere, and the evolution of life. The course consists of lectures, pratical exercises, and student-led discussions. Participants will also have the possibility to display their own research results in two poster sessions.The Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre, the University of Tartu, the European Astrobiology Campus, and the Nordic Network of Astrobiology will function as co-organisers of the course and the following subjects will be covered by the lectures: • Roles of impacts in the formation of habitable planets • Physical and chemical properties of comets and meteorites • Detection and investigation of impact craters by geological methods and remote sensing from space • Ecological consequences of impacts and the role of impacts in mass extinctions • Transfer of life through meteorite impacts • Threat of life on our planet by near-Earth asteroids and comets. The lecture programme will be complemented by practical exercises concerning • Electromagnetic mapping of impact sites • Analysis of pollen indicators of the Kaali impact event • Microscopy of impactites • Georadar profiling at Kaali Bursaries. Covering meals and accommodations are available for a number of students from most European countries. |
August 2017
| 6-11 |
14th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS),
Singapore
Annual meeting will provide a unique opportunity to exchange scientific knowledge and discussion to address important geo-scientific issues among academia, research institutions, and public. |
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| 8-10 |
The Early History of Planetary Systems and Habitable Planets,
Tartu, Estonia
The meeting targets all related aspects of the subject. A broad range of contributions on formation and early development of planetary systems and particularly the habitable planets is expected, with links to other fields covered by astrobiology. |
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| 9-11 |
8th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting,
Flagstaff, Arizona
Open to all planetary scientists interested in any aspect of impact cratering on solar system bodies, including observational, theoretical, experimental, and numerical studies. Contributions on terrestrial impact crater field studies are encouraged, as well as presentations about cratering on other solar system bodies. |
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| 13-16 |
2017 International Symposium on Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping,
Hong Kong
The symposium will provide an interdisciplinary forum for leading scientists and researchers to present the latest research and developments from the recent missions exploring the Moon, Mars, and other celestial bodies by NASA, ESA, Japan, India, China, and other countries. |
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| 14-17 |
The Third Workshop on Extremely Precise Radial Velocities (EPRV III),
University Park, Pennsylvania
This workshop is for teams around the world to share techniques for advancing precise radial velocity work towards 10 cm/s precision in coming years. Building on the success of the first two workshops at Penn State in 2010 and Yale in 2015, the focus on this workshop will be on the performance of the next generation of precise Doppler instruments, including hardware, statistical techniques for signal extraction and interpretation, and stellar jitter modeling and mitigation. |
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| 14-18 |
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) 2017 Scientific Assembly,
Portland, Oregon
The scientific program will include symposia covering a broad variety of volcanological fields with plenary speakers emphasizing integrative and intersection themes. |
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| 14-18 |
LSST 2017: Project and Community Workshop,
Tucson, Arizona
Excitement about the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project is growing as our focus turns toward integrating hardware and software across subsystems, and toward detailed planning for LSST Commissioning. LSST 2017 thus marks a critical time for face-to-face interactions among the entire LSST Community – enthusiasm, clarity of purpose, and understanding of Project and Community needs matter when moving so quickly towards LSST verification, validation, and commissioning. |
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| 15-17 |
12th Low-Cost Planetary Missions Conference,
Pasadena, California
The focus of LCPM-12 is on small and/or low-cost planetary missions, on the scale of the NASA Discovery/ESA Cosmic Vision Small (S) Class and smaller, including Smallsats and CubeSats. The conference is intended to be an opportunity for scientists, technologists, engineers and project and agency managers to exchange ideas and information to enhance the viability and science return of low-cost robotic missions. |
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| 15-18 |
Accretion: Building New Worlds Conference (#1st1e9) *,
Houston, Texas
This meeting will focus on processes of star formation and of circum-stellar disks that lead to planetary systems, like our own, with planetary bodies, both silicate-rich and volatile-rich. |
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| 20-24 |
Exoclipse 2017: Exploring New Worlds in the Shade,
Boise, Idaho
Discuss instrumentation and observing strategies for detecting and characterizing the planets, including ground-based and space-based coronagraphy, long-term RV monitoring, and microlensing and transit work from the ground and space. |
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| 24 |
LPI Seminar: Application of Al-in-Olivine "Astrothermometry" to Extraterrestrial Igneous Systems (Tabb Christopher Prissel, Rutgers University),
Lecture Hall
Volcanic and plutonic samples are directly linked to the constitution of planetary interiors. Further, igneous materials can preserve the thermal history of large-scale magmatic evolution including primary mantle accumulation, convective styles, hybridization, and source melting. We propose the first application of Al-in-olivine "astrothermometry" to understand the origin of key geochemical signatures observed among martian, lunar, and igneous astromaterials and their relationship to interior sources. In so doing, this work aims to establish chemical connections between the primary mantles of rocky bodies in order to redefine models of planetary differentiation. |
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| 28-Sep 1 |
NBIA Summer School on Astrophysical Plasmas — From Planets to Galaxies,
Copenhagen, Denmark
The school will cover basic theoretical and computational aspects of astrophysical fluids and plasmas. The lecture topics are detailed in the preliminary program outlined below, which furthermore includes complementary exercise tutorials: 1) Introduce students to the fundamental theoretical concepts and current observational constraints; 2) Bring together students interested in these subjects with some of the world's experts in an environment fostering interactions and exchange of ideas, allowing the students to develop their international network; and 3) Encourage students to continue working in these fields, emphasizing the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to research in these active areas. |
September 2017
| 5-7 | Exoplanetary Systems in the PLATO Era, Coventry, United Kingdom | |
| 15-17 |
Meteorites China - Gifts from the Universe,
Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China
A conference and exhibition on meteorites. A unique opportunity to build on the positive foundation of informed public interest by bringing together scientists, researchers, students, collectors, and the public from across China to learn from one another and to foster alliances towards furthering education, recovery, and curation. |
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| 17-22 |
European Planetary Science Congress 2017,
Riga, Latvia
The intention is to cover a broad area of science topics related to planetary science and planetary missions. The programme of the congress will contain oral and poster sessions, and it will emphasize workshops and panel discussions in order to have a strong interaction between the participants. |
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| 18-20 |
4th Global Applied Microbiology Summit,
Dallas, Texas
The main theme of the congress is “One platform to gather world renowned microbiologists.” |
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| 18-22 | The Many Scales of the Universe: Galaxies, Their Suns, and Their Planets, Goettingen, Germany | |
| 19-22 |
The 3rd Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep Space Exploration,
Beijing, China
The main themes are the frontiers of lunar and planetary sciences, the new technologies of payloads in planetary exploration (including the Moon, Mars and asteroids and comets, and other planets), and the scientific vision of planetary exploration in future missions. The LDSE will bring together international specialists from all over the world to talk about their latest research in planetary science and deep space exploration technologies. |
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| 25-27 |
Planet Formation and Evolution 2017,
Jena, Germany
The goal of this workshop is to provide a common platform for scientists working in the fields of star and planet formation, protoplanetary and debris discs, exo-planets, the Solar System, astrobiology, and planetary research in general. Most importantly, this workshop is aimed at stimulating and intensifying the dialogue between researchers using various approaches - observations, theory, and laboratory studies. In particular, students and postdocs are encouraged to present their results and to use the opportunity to learn more about the main questions and most recent results in adjacent fields. Registration and abstract submission will open in early 2017. |
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| 25-29 |
68th Annual International Astronautical Congress,
Adelaide, Australia
An intense week during which all space players will gather to discuss the advancement and progress of space in its various features; in particular, this year will be targeting secure access to satellites that provide communications, timing and navigation services, and remote sensing data. |
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| 25-29 |
EGU Galileo Conference "Geosciences for Understanding Habitability in the Universe",
Furnas, Azores, Portugal
This conference will deal with fundamental issues of planetary habitability and address some hotly debated questions in the field. The hotel is a newly renovated Art Deco hotel with good restaurant and large, famous botanical garden. The João Paulo Airport with frequent direct flights to the European mainland is located only 45 km from the venue. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is 15 June 2017. |
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| 25-29 |
Geosciences for Understanding Habitability in the Universe,
Furnas, Azores
Deal with fundamental issues of planetary habitability, i.e. the environmental conditions capable of sustaining life, and how interactions between the interior of a planet or a moon and its atmosphere and surface (including hydrosphere and biosphere) affect the habitability of the celestrial body. |
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| 28 |
LPI Seminar: The curiously warped mean plane of the Kuiper belt (Kat Volk, University of Arizona),
Lecture Hall
The mean orbital plane of a population of small bodies is set by the mass distribution in the solar system. We used the current set of observed Kuiper belt objects to measure the mean plane of this population as a function of semi-major axis. For the classical Kuiper belt as a whole (the non-resonant objects in the semi-major axis range 42-48 au), we find a mean plane that is in accord with theoretical expectations of the secular effects of the known planets. We detect a statistically significant warp in the mean plane near semi-major axes 40-42 au, where linear secular theory predicts a warp due to the nu_18 nodal secular resonance. For the more distant Kuiper belt objects of semi-major axes in the range 50-80 au, the expected mean plane is close to the invariable plane of the solar system. However, the measured mean plane deviates greatly from this expectation and is inclined roughly 7 degrees from the invariable plane. We estimate this deviation from the expected mean plane to be statistically significant at the 97-99% confidence level. There are several possible explanations for this deviation, including the possibility that a relatively close-in (a < 100 au), unseen small planetary-mass object in the outer solar system is responsible for the warping. |
October 2017
| 2-6 |
Fourth International Conference on Early Mars: Geologic, Hydrologic, and Climatic Evolution and the Implications for Life (#earlymars2017) *,
Flagstaff, Arizona
The influx of new data received from recent spacecraft missions to Mars, the study of the SNC meteorites, recent progress in early climate modeling, the growing evidence of the role of water in the planet’s evolution, and the rapid pace of new discoveries about the origin and diversity of life on Earth have reinvigorated interest in both the conditions that prevailed on Mars during its first billion years of geologic history and their implications for the development of life. These issues were previously discussed at the first (1997, Houston, Texas), second (2004, Jackson Hole, Wyoming), and third (2012, Lake Tahoe, Nevada) Early Mars conferences, as well as in the papers published as part of the three associated special sections of JGR–Planets. Like its predecessors, the Fourth Early Mars Conference will place a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary discussion and debate, bringing together scientists from fields as diverse as planetary geology, hydrology, atmospheres, climate, meteoritics, microbiology, and molecular biochemistry,to focus on the conditions that prevailed on Earth and Mars during their first billion years of geologic history. The purpose of the conference is twofold: (1) to consider how impacts, volcanism, the presence of abundant water, and the nature of the early terrestrial and martian climates affected the physical and chemical environments that existed on both planets >3.7 Ga — especially with regard to the geologic and mineralogical evolution of their surfaces, their hydrologic cycles, the development of life, and the preservation of its signature in the geologic record; and (2) to discuss the investigations that might be conducted by present and future missions to test the hypotheses arising from (1). |
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| 5-7 |
Venera-D Venus Modelling Workshop,
Modvoe, Russia
Focused on the Venera-D mission support by current models (e.g. General Circulation Models of atmosphere, or GCMs, models of the surface and interior structure, and plasma environment), a landing site selection, and the types of measurements needed to more adequately constrain parameters in the models and experiments. |
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| 6 |
LPI Seminar: Heat Pipe Planets (William Moore, Hampton University),
Lecture Hall
A look at the surfaces of the terrestrial planets other than Earth reveals vast plains of extruded lava, of mafic or even ultra-mafic composition, flowing over vast distances at low slopes from sources which are not elevated or even identifiable. On these bodies, tectonic deformation is dominated by compression, and ancient topographic and gravity anomalies have been preserved to the present without significant relaxation. Is there a single explanation for these shared features? The operation of volcanic heat pipes as the dominant heat transport mechanism in the early histories of these bodies may explain these observations and provide a universal model of the way terrestrial bodies transition from a magma-ocean state into subsequent single-plate, stagnant-lid convection or plate tectonic phases. In the heat-pipe cooling mode, magma moves from a high melt-fraction asthenosphere through the lithosphere to erupt and cool at the surface via narrow channels. Despite high surface heat flow, the rapid volcanic resurfacing produces a thick, cold, and strong lithosphere which undergoes contractional strain forced by downward advection of the surface toward smaller radii. In the absence of plate tectonics, heat-pipe cooling is the last significant endogenic resurfacing process experienced by most terrestrial bodies in the solar system, because subsequent stagnant-lid convection produces only weak tectonic deformation. Due to their higher heat content, terrestrial exoplanets appreciably larger than Earth may remain in heat-pipe mode for much of the lifespan of a Sun-like star and would likely be found in this stage of evolution — the stage in which life first arose on Earth. |
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| 9-13 |
The Eighth Moscow Solar System Symposium,
Moscow, Russia
Subject matter will cover many problems of the solar system science with the central topic “Moon, Mars, and Venus research.” |
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| 10-11 |
New Worlds,
Austin, Texas
You’ve heard about the rockets. Now come hear about where they’re going, why they’re going and who will ride them to New Worlds. Nov. 10-11 in Austin, Texas, world class scientists, experts and engineers will join the newest minds and future leaders to explain, discuss and debate the challenges and solutions we face in space. Entrepreneurs and financial experts will talk about new businesses and ways to pay for these new communities. Astronauts will tell us what it is like out there. Artists will show us what it will be like tomorrow. Makers will show us how they will make what we need to live. And in the next room, over 750 high school kids will design their own cities on the Moon and Mars. |
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| 10-12 |
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (#leag2017) *,
Columbia, Maryland
The theme of the 2017 LEAG annual meeting is Activities Enabled by Getting to the Lunar Surface. The meeting will bring together scientists, engineers, industry/private sector, and government personnel to explore and develop lunar exploration strategies that benefit all constituencies that LEAG represents, and promote solar system exploration through the use of lunar resources. |
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| 10-12 | International Meeting of Sedimentology 2017, Toulouse, France | |
| 12-13 |
Back to the Moon Workshop (#moon2017) *,
Columbia, Maryland
Using the LEAG roadmap as a springboard for a return to the Moon, this community workshop will bring together stakeholders from industry, commerce, government, and academia to explore making a lunar return with humans an affordable reality in the near future. |
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| 15-20 |
49th Annual DPS Meeting,
Provo, Utah
Division for Planetary Sciences Annual Meeting |
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| 16-20 |
Fifth Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories,
Mazagon, Spain
The main focus will be on new and existing astronomical facilities whose goal is to observe a wide variety of astrophysical targets with no (or very little) human interaction. We expect the workshop will continue as an international forum for researchers to summarize the most recent developments and ideas in the field, with a special emphasis given to the technical and scientific results obtained within the last two years, with specific sessions on educational activities and space surveillance and tracking. |
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| 17-20 |
The Cosmic Wheel and the Legacy of the AKARI Archive: From Galaxies and Stars to Planets and Life,
Tokyo, Japan
The aim is twofold. First to highlight the most important AKARI contributions to our understanding of astronomical processes and second to expose the astronomical community to the potential of the AKARI legacy, so that the AKARI archive can be fully exploited in the following decades. |
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| 22-25 |
2017 GSA Annual Meeting,
Seattle, Washington
The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. |
November 2017
| 1-2 |
Europa Deep Dive I: Ice-Shell Exchange Processes (#europadeepdive2017) *,
Houston, Texas
The focus of this workshop is exchange processes within Europa’s ice shell, including (but not limited to) tectonism, diapirism, subduction, and impact processes, and their relation to the boundary layers above and below. How does material move through the shell? Is surface-ocean exchange likely or is it difficult? What timescales are involved in these processes? What processes might operate across different shell thicknesses? The workshop will be highly interactive, and all attendees will be expected to participate in moderated discussion sessions. This will be the first in a series of workshops, each of which is designed to thoroughly examine one aspect of Europa’s geology, ocean, interior, ice shell, composition, space environment, or astrobiological potential. The workshops will bring together communities that may not routinely interact, with the aim of actively encouraging interdisciplinary discussion and input from all attendees. |
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| 6-11 |
9th International Conference on Geomorphology,
New Delhi, India
The main theme of this conference is “Geomorphology and Society.” Organized by the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists and open to all scientists and practitioners, this Conference will include scientific sessions, keynote lectures, and a workshop devoted to young Geomorphologists. Field trips will be arranged in various parts of India and neighboring countries before, during, and after the Conference. |
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| 7-9 |
SPICE Training Class,
Pasadena, California
NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) offers NASA flight projects and NASA funded researchers an observation geometry information system named "SPICE" to assist scientists in planning and interpreting scientific observations from space-based instruments aboard robotic spacecraft. SPICE is also widely used in engineering tasks associated with these missions. NAIF will offer a three-day SPICE Beginner's Class on November 7 - 9, in the vicinity of Pasadena, California. There will be no charge for attending, but students will be responsible for their own travel, lodging and per diem costs. It will be open to everyone, including non-U.S. and commercial persons, on a first-come, first-served basis. |
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| 10 |
The Workshop on Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth, Planetary, and Material Sciences II (#methodsII) *,
Budapest, Hungary
(Date change) The meeting will cover a variety of analytical methods that have been used on different samples, including geological (i.e., minerals, rocks, meteorites), biological, and industrial materials. |
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| 12-13 |
Joint ISAS-LPL Workshop on Planetary Science Enabled by Epsilon Class Missions,
Tucson, Arizona
Devoted to discussions of planetary missions that are within the reach of ISAS capability and how to make these missions fruitful for the world-wide planetary science community. |
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| 13-15 |
1st IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness,
Orlando, Florida
The foremost purpose of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is to provide decision making processes with a quantifiable and timely body of evidence (predictive/imminent/forensic) of behavior(s) attributable to specific space domain threats and hazards. |
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| 13-15 |
Planning Solar System Observations with JWST,
Baltimore, Maryland
This 2.5 day workshop will include a mixture of presentations about the promise of JWST for solar system science, specifics on observer planning tools and observatory capabilities, and hands-on training and Q&A with the planning tools. Observations of solar system targets approved for guaranteed-time observers (GTOs) and through the Early Release Science (ERS) program will be summarized. |
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| 13-17 |
Astronomical Heritage of the Middle East,
Yerevan, Armenia
Aimed at the development of problems of astronomy-related interdisciplinary sciences in the countries of European and Asian regions and preparation of a basis for further possible collaborations by means of presentations of available modern knowledge in various areas of culture by experts from different professions and by joint discussions. |
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| 13-17 |
Habitable Worlds 2017: A System Science Workshop (#habworlds2017) *,
Laramie, Wyoming
Following the goals of NExSS to investigate the diversity of exoplanets and to learn how their history, geology, and climate interact to create the conditions for life, and corresponding bio-signature detection, the conference aims to address these questions: 1.What are the properties of habitable planets? 2.What would they look like? 3.How do you find them? 4.How do they form and what are their histories? |
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| 14-16 |
15th Annual Meeting of the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (#vexag2017) *,
Laurel, Maryland
Presentations on all aspects of Venus science and technology are solicited. Presentations on upcoming Venus mission opportunities and studies are of particular interest. |
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| 26-Dec 1 |
IAU Astrobiology 2017 Conference,
Coyhaique, Chile
The astrobiology community in the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has the tradition to hold a series of scientific meetings every three years. For a truly multidisciplinary discussion, we welcome researchers at the frontier of science from the fields of astronomy, planetary and space science, chemistry, biology, geology, philosophy, sociology and ethical issues, among others. |
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| 29-30 |
Global Exploration Roadmap V3.0 Workshop,
Moffett Field, California
The workshop will be primarily virtual; engaging in meaningful discussions during this workshop, when we will provide an overview of updates to the next iteration of the Global Exploration Roadmap, a document authored jointly by 15 contributing space agencies (see the last iteration, here). We also will share NASA’s current plans for advancing human missions in deep space, and invite our partners and spaceflight industry representatives to comment and provide feedback. |
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| 30-Dec 1 |
A Fractured Universe? Fundamental Physics, Symmetry and Life,
Sydney, Australia
This workshop will bring together physicists, cosmologists, astronomers, and philosophers of science for two days of invited and contributed talks. Topics covered will include: • the role of symmetries in fundamental laws of nature • symmetry breaking in cosmology and particle physics • cosmic and fundamental constants • physical theories of the multiverse • the role of probability theory in evaluating fine-tuning and naturalness • the connection between life and our cosmic environment • the broader implications of our place in the cosmos. |
