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June 2019

3-9	Planetary Dynamics 2019, Heidelberg, Germany  The conference aims to bring together experts and students working in the field of extrasolar planets and planetary dynamics. We hope to discuss a variety of dynamical problems such as resonant and near-resonant pairs and chains; secular dynamics; chaos; three-dimensional structure and Lidov-Kozai mechanisms; formation and stability of S- and P- type planets in binaries; post-MS evolution of multiple plane systems; solar system dynamics; and much more.
4-6	SPICE Domestic Training Class for 2019, Arcadia, California  SPICE is an ancillary information system providing scientists and engineers access to spacecraft orbit, attitude and similar information needed to determine observation geometry used in planning and analyzing space science observations. SPICE is frequently used for mission engineering functions as well. Check http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/ for further information about SPICE. The SPICE system was conceived for and remains primarily focused on solar system exploration (planetary) missions, but has also proven useful for heliophysics and earth science missions, and for a variety of other purposes. The class is open and free for all, but is limited to the first 60 registrants.
4-7	The Main Belt: A Gateway to the Formation and Early Evolution of the Solar System, Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy  This workshop brings together experts to establish the current understanding of main-belt-asteroid science, as well as to debate future directions for investigation. The workshop will stimulate discussions about accretion, chemistry, collisions, dynamics, geophysics, and meteorites, and is limited to approximately 100 attendees.
5-7	Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061: Synthesis Workshop, Toulouse, France  "Planetary Exploration, Horizon 2061" is a long-term foresight exercise initially proposed by the Air and Space Academy and led by scientists, engineers and technology experts heavily involved in planetary sciences and in the space exploration of the solar system. Its ultimate objective is to draw up to the 2061 horizon a long-term picture of the four pillars of planetary exploration: our major scientific questions on planetary systems; the different types of space missions that we need to fly to address these questions; the key technologies we need to master to make these missions flyable; and the ground-based and space-based infrastructures needed in support to these missions. The "Horizon 2061" exercise involves three successive steps designed to progressively build the three pillars. Its third step, the "Horizon 2061 Synthesis Workshop," will be hosted by Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse from June 5th to 7th, 2019. Its tentative conclusions will be presented for discussion at the joint EPSC-DPS meeting in Geneva (September 15th to 20th, 2019), and later for discussion and final approval at the COSPAR General Assembly (Sydney, August 15th to 23rd, 2020).
5	LPI Seminar: Project Life-Cycle and Implementation for a Class of Small Satellites (Bungo Shiotani, University of Florida), Lecture Hall  With advancements in miniaturization technologies, novel and innovative approaches to space and planetary explorations are being realized. An outcome of these innovations is a new class of small satellites referred to as CubeSats. CubeSats are popular within the space community due to their smaller form factor, lower costs, and faster development times as compared to traditional monolithic satellites. Currently, there are no project life-cycles that are suitable for CubeSat class satellites. For my dissertation, I developed a comprehensive project life-cycle for these CubeSat class satellites. The Containerized Satellite Mission Life-Cycle leverages appropriate aspects of various existing project life-cycles and engineering activities performed by the space/government agencies and the small satellite community. The efficacy of the project life-cycle is assessed through two applications, one is an actual small satellite mission known as SwampSat II and the other is a non-space mission known as DebriSat. In this presentation, the implementation of the project life-cycle to SwampSat II and DebriSat are shared.
6	5th MEPAG Virtual Meeting, Virtual meeting  Agenda items are expected to include an update from NASA HQ, a final report from the Ice and Climate Evolution Science Analysis Group (ICE-SAG), information about the upcoming Ninth International Conference on Mars and subsequent MEPAG Meeting 37 (July 22-25 and July 26, respectively), and reports about other Mars-relevant meetings. Additionally, we will formally welcome the incoming MEPAG Chair, Dr. R. Aileen Yingst (PSI). The current agenda and WebEx connectivity information are listed below. Updates to the agenda and presentations will be posted to the MEPAG meeting website
9-13	234th Meeting of the American Astronomical Survey, St. Louis, Missouri
10-13	Impacts and Their Role in the Evolution of Life, Tällberg, Siljan crater area, Sweden  Topics covered by the conference will range from the role of impacts in the early history of the solar system over impacts physics, the characterisation of impactors (asteroids, meteorites, comets, etc.) and impact sites to the role impacts could have played in the emergence and evolution of life and their possible threat to life on Earth. Two further important aspects will be discussed: the geoconservation of impact sites as well as the use of impacts in education and outreach in order to get the general public interested in science. The conference will be held at Hotel Dalecarlia, in the picturesque village of Tällberg in the Siljan crater area with good connections to Stockholm International Airport. Excursions to geologically interesting sites in the area are planned. We are looking forward to receiving your contribution to our event. Since up to 10 bursaries for students and early career scientists will be available, we kindly ask you to forward this invitation to possibly interested people. Deadline for abstract submission is March 31st, 2019.
10-14	50th Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) of the AAS, Boulder, Colorado  Annual meeting of dynamical astronomers, including planetary dynamics such as the dynamics of planets, rings, moons, asteroids, comets, etc. as well as planet formation, solar system history, astrometry, ephemerides, etc.
10-14	Zooming in on Star Formation, Nafplio, Greece  The conference is intended to celebrate the rich career of Professor Åke Nordlund (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and in particular his contributions to the field of star formation with excursions into other fields in which Åke has extensively worked such as the modeling of stellar atmospheres, numerical code development, and more recently his work in the area of planet formation.
11-14	10th Joint Meeting of The Space Resources Roundtable (SRR) and the Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium (PTMSS) *, Golden, Colorado  The Space Resources Roundtable (SRR) and the Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium (PTMSS) will convene their tenth joint meeting on June 11-14, 2019 at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, USA. Given the rapidly increasing interest on ISRU activities in space, the Moon, Mars, and asteroids from space agencies around the globe, the private sector, academic institutions, and from recent legislation introduced for space-resource commercial exploitation, this meeting will provide a unique and timely forum for discussion on the near- and long-term opportunities for space resources.
11-14	TRAPPIST-1: Towards the Comparative Study of Temperate Terrestrial Worlds, Liege, Belgium  This multidisciplinary conference aims to gather scientists involved or interested in the study of TRAPPIST-1, to enable them to share their most recent observational and theoretical results about the system, and to discuss its astrobiological importance and its future characterization with upcoming giant ground- and space-based facilities.
12-14	Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers (#pgm2019) *, Flagstaff, Arizona  The purpose of the annual meeting of planetary geologic mappers is to report progress on NASA-funded geologic mapping projects. The meeting serves as a venue to discuss problems and issues relevant to the planetary mapping community. Findings are determined from plenary discussion sessions and then presented to the MAPSIT Steering Committee to forward to NASA Headquarters Program Officers. The meeting usually includes a GIS Q&A session with USGS scientists.
12-14	Exoclimes Simulation Platform (ESP) Inaugural Summer School, Guarda Val, Switzerland  The Exoclimes Simulation Platform (ESP) is a vision to provide the scientific community with publicly-available computer codes designed to simulate the climates of exoplanets, including radiative transfer, chemistry, and fluid dynamics. It is based on the belief that a healthy exoplanetary atmospheres community should compete to publish the best ideas, rather than be constrained by proprietary software. It is also based on the belief that science should be reproducible and accessible to everyone who is interested.
13	LPI Seminar: Fire and Water on Vesta: Implications for the earliest volcanism and origin of water on asteroids (Mini Wadhwa, ASU), Lecture Hall  The asteroid Vesta is the second largest body (after Ceres) in the asteroid belt. It is one of the remnants left over from the earliest epoch in Solar System history that preceded the formation of the terrestrial planets, including Earth. Planetesimals like it likely contributed to the accretionary materials that formed the terrestrial planets. As such, understanding the sources of heat and volatiles (such as water) on this dwarf planet can potentially clarify the earliest formation conditions and volatile sources for the terrestrial planets. Although there have been no samples returned as yet from Vesta by spacecraft, a particular group of meteorites (called the eucrites) are thought to originate in the crust of this asteroid. These meteorites effectively represent a free “sample return mission” that likely occurred when these samples were excavated by an impact that created the Rheasilvia basin on Vesta. In this talk, I will discuss results of work that we have done on a rare unequilibrated eucrite to better understand the timing of the earliest volcanism on Vesta. I will also talk about our work on determining hydrogen isotopes and the abundance of water in several other eucrites that has implications for the source and the water budget on this asteroid – this in turn has implications for the source of water on planets, like Earth and Mars, in the inner Solar System.
14-15	3rd International Conference & Expo on Laser, Optics, & Photonics, London, UK  Meetings International is pleased to announce the 3rd International Conference & Expo on Laser, Optics, & Photonics. The conference will be held June 14-15, 2019 in London, UK. Laser & Optics 2019 aims to gather eminent scientists, research scholars, educators, physicists, chemists, cosmetic surgeons, and directors of laser, optics, & photonics companies to express their views on the latest technologies, trends, and concerns in laser & optics. The conference will focus on addressing improving existing technology and inventing novel technologies for the future.
17-19	Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science (ERES), Ithaca, New York  ERES is aimed at early career scientists (graduate student, postdoc, advanced undergraduate) working in all branches of exoplanetary science and related disciplines (e.g., planetary science, engineering, biology, related instrumentation, and theory). Its purpose is to give these emerging researchers the opportunity to present their work to an interested audience, provide opportunities to network with peers, and build collaborations within the exoplanet community.
17-20	From Stars to Planets II — Connecting Our Understanding of Star and Planet Formation, Gothenburg, Sweden
17-21	Meteoroids 2019, Bratislava, Slovakia  Meteoroids 2019 will be the tenth international conference in a series of meetings on meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, interplanetary dust, and related topics, which have been held since 1992. The Meteoroids 2019 will take place at the Hotel Tatra in Bratislava, Slovakia, from June 17 – 21, 2019, with a welcome party on Sunday evening (June 16, 2019) at Hotel Tatra. The SOC has defined the following sessions: Meteoroid Sources; Composition and Physical Properties; Dynamical Evolution; (Exo-) Zodiacal dust; Meteor Physics; Influx of Interstellar Matter; Meteorite Recoveries; Planetary Defense; In-situ Experiments and Spacecraft Anomalies; and Meteoroid Impact Physics. 11. Future Methods and Techniques
18-19	International Meeting on Paleoclimate: Changes and Adaptation, Coimbra, Portugal  Our goal is to stimulate an observational attitude and to promote an open discussion on paleoclimatic signals in order to improve our look at the present and to ground future perspectives.
18-20	4th Planetary Data Workshop (#planetdata2019) *, Flagstaff, Arizona  The wealth of data available for planetary research has created the need for new tools and capabilities for storing, delivering, and working with the data using cutting-edge methods. The goal of these “planetary data” workshops is to bring together planetary data users, space mission data providers, data archivists, and software and technology experts to exchange ideas on current capabilities and needs for improved and new tools that can be used to address evolving needs in planetary research and data analysis.
20-Jul 4	Royal Astronomical Society 2019 National Astronomy Meeting, Lancashire, England  NAM2019 will bring together hundreds of delegates from the UK astronomy community and will feature a wide-ranging scientific programme in parallel with exciting outreach and cultural events. Keep an eye on the meeting website, Twitter feed, and emails for more details.
23-28	Meteoritical, Spacecraft and Astrophysical Perspectives on the Assembly and Composition of Planets, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts  The Gordon Research Conference on Origins of Solar Systems brings together a diverse group of scientists to discuss research at the frontier of understanding how planets and planetary systems form. Invited speakers from the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmochemistry, and planetary science will present their latest findings. A particular focus at this meeting will be the latest results from the Hayabusa2, Osiris-Rex, and New Horizons missions to primitive solar system bodies, exoplanet results from the TESS space telescope, and results from ground-based astronomical facilities like the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. Discussions will include how theory, spacecraft and astronomical observations, and meteoritic analyses provide complementary constraints on a range of topics, including the birth environment of the Solar System, how gas and dust may rapidly be converted into planetary bodies in disks, the origin and evolution of carbon and other volatiles in disks and the diversity of planetary system architectures and compositions in the Galaxy. The 2019 meeting will continue the tradition of past meetings by promoting cross-disciplinary conversations, and invites all attendees to present posters on their latest work. Support for early career researchers will be available.
24-25	SBAG 21, Greater Washington D.C. Area  21st Meeting of the Small Body Assessment Group
24-28	2019 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Seattle, Washington  AbSciCon 2019 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 span five days and will feature plenary sessions on current and thought-provoking topics, topical sessions, evening programs, and public and educational events.
24-28	European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS 2019), Lyon, France  The EAS together with one of its affiliated societies, organises the annual EWASS conference to enhance its links with national communities, to broaden connections between individual members and to promote European networks.
24-28	Ringberg Conference on Star-Planet Connection, Ringberg Castle, Germany  This Ringberg conference will bring together the experts on atmospheres of stars and exoplanets and diagnostic spectroscopy of these systems. This is extremely timely and important in 2018+, as the astronomy community is, on the one hand, assembling huge datasets of stellar spectra across and beyond the Milky Way, enabling unprecendeted high-precision characterisation of stellar systems. On the other hand, recent advances in discovery and spectroscopy of exoplanets are revolutionising our understanding of planet formation and evolution scenarios. Exoplanet surveys like Kepler have discovered a surprising variation of exoplanets: from highly inflated hot Jupiters to Mini-Neptures and Super-Earths to potentially habitable planets around red stars that are much more active than the Sun and thus pose new challenges for the habitability of their planets. It has been realised that to make a critical step forward, fully utilising new technologies and instrumentation (such as JWST, Sphere at the VLT, E-ELT), combined efforts from both communities (stars and planets) are necessary, in which a star-planet system can no longer be viewed independently, but must be modeled in a consistent framework. The workshop will begin an intense discussion between the two communities and open numerous new perspectives, from the knowledge transfer on radioactive transfer and hydrodynamics simulations, to developing new methods of quantitative spectroscopy and pattern recognition in spectra of stars and exoplanets.
25	Advances in constraining the Pressure-Temperature-time (P-T-t) paths of subducted lithologies and their application to planetary science (Jennifer Gorce, Virigina Tech), Lecture Hall  The metamorphic reactions that occur during prograde metamorphism are dehydration reactions, and thus, metamorphism strongly influences the global geohydrologic cycle. At subduction zones, fluid release is of particular importance because the interaction between the cold, hydrated down-going slab and the hot, anhydrous overlying mantle lead to complex chemical, physical and thermal mixing that has important implications for mantle rheology, elemental cycling, and the thermal evolution of the planet. In order to better understand and constrain these large scale processes, it is important to elucidate the Pressure-Temperature-time (P-T-t) paths of subducted lithologies. Modeling thermodynamic phase equilibria of subducted lithologies in conjunction with detailed petrography is a valuable tool for constructing P-T-t paths, and the methodologies utilized could have novel application to the study of meteoric materials. This talk will focus on integrating computational thermodynamic modeling, Sm/Nd garnet geochronology, and detailed chemical and petrographic observations to better constrain the P-T-t paths of subducted lithologies. I will also discuss how methodologies utilized in this study can be applied to planetary studies to better understand the evolution of early planetary bodies and mafic crust formation.
27-28	S-SAIL: Solar System Atmospheres' Investigation and Exoplanets, Lisboa, Portugal  The main goal of this 2-day workshop is to gather researchers, post-docs, and students from all over Europe who are working on planetary science studies to discuss several topics related to planetary atmospheres (including exoplanets), and to promote collaborations on the basis of an interdisciplinary approach.
27-28	The Planetary CubeSats Symposium, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland  The Planetary CubeSats/Smallsats Symposiums are held annually at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, with the participation of CubeSat scientists and developers. Discussions include current missions, mission concepts, and opportunities for future mission selections. The sessions also include panel discussions about strategic and technical aspects of planetary CubeSats, and an afternoon poster session provides mission proposers the opportunity to meet with vendors and suppliers.
27	Isotopic evolution of the lunar magma ocean and implications for mare basalt source regions (Kelsey Prissel, Washington University in St. Louis), Lecture Hall  High-precision, non-traditional stable isotope analyses of lunar samples have recently provided new compositional constraints for the petrologic history of the Moon and lunar volcanism. In particular, resolvable differences exist between the Fe, Ti, and Mg isotopic compositions of the low-Ti and high-Ti mare basalts. Ilmenite (FeTiO3) has been hypothesized to fractionate Fe and Ti isotopes in lunar magmas. If ilmenite fractionates isotopes during crystallization, then late-stage precipitation of ilmenite from the lunar magma ocean (LMO) may explain the variable isotopic compositions of the mare basalts and the correlation between mare basalt isotopic composition and Ti content. Similarly, the Fe isotopic composition of lunar dunite 72415 has been interpreted as evidence for isotopic fractionation during extensive olivine crystallization early in the LMO. In this talk, I will present experimentally-determined mineral-melt Fe isotopic fractionations for olivine and ilmenite and incorporate these fractionations into models of LMO crystallization. I will then compare the isotopic compositional evolution of the LMO liquid and cumulates to the observed isotopic compositions of the mare basalts to address to what extent the observed isotopic variability of the lunar mare basalts can be explained by LMO processes.

 

July 2019

7-12	82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society (MetSoc 2019) *, Sapporo, Japan  The 82nd annual meeting of The Meteoritical Society will take place July 7–12, 2019 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It will be held at the Hokkaido University conference hall.
8-12	International Planetary Probe Workshop 2019, Oxford, United Kingdom  As in previous years, the IPPW brings together scientists, engineers, technologists, mission designers, space agency representatives, and students from around the world for a collaboration focused on exploring solar system destinations through in-situ missions. IPPW 2019 workshop will continue to build upon the IPPW tradition by encouraging international cooperation in planetary probe missions, the development of new and emerging technologies, and scientific discoveries. The Workshop on 8-12 July will be preceded on 6-7 July by a Short Course which will be of interest to all members of the community.
11-17	2019 NASA Planetary Volcanology Workshop in Hawaii: Analogs to Volcanic Features and Processes in Satellite and Rover Images, Field Sites, HI  This NASA-sponsored workshop will provide field-based experience on Hawaiian volcanoes. We will study volcanic features analogous to those on Mars that have been imaged recently by orbiter and rover missions, comparing their field characteristics to their appearance in remotely-sensed images. The workshop is intended for NASA-funded senior graduate students who are currently working on volcanology problems on Mars (or any other planet besides Earth), but are in need of field experience on volcanoes
11-19	Global Experts Meeting on Frontiers in Chemistry, London, England  We invite speakers, delegates, dignitaries, researchers, professors, and students to showcase your innovations at the Chemistry Conference 2019 in London, UK. The purpose of the conference is to share knowledge and innovations in the field of chemistry and to discuss the ideas, trends and emerging technological developments in chemistry and its allied sectors.
14-18	Pluto System After New Horizons (#plutokbo2019) *, Laurel, Maryland  The conference will provide an opportunity to summarize our understanding of the Pluto system and the Kuiper belt following the New Horizons encounters with Pluto and 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule). It will also serve as the nucleus for a forthcoming volume in the University of Arizona Space Science Series.
15-17	Lunar ISRU 2019 - Developing a New Space Economy Through Lunar Resources and Their Utilization (#lunarisru) *, Columbia, Maryland  The world is going forward to the Moon, as has been seen by missions this century. Information from this workshop will be useful to both government and industry leaders in evolving near-term and future development priorities and plans that will enable sustainable human exploration and promote the commercialization of space.
15-26	Software Systems for Astronomy Summer School, Hilo, Hawaii  SSFA is a course on telescope and instrument control systems, observation planning tools, and data analysis software. Students will work with existing software tools and current design methodologies. A required lab tied to the class will also be offered for hands on experiential learning. In the lab students will implement their software designs and then apply the software systems they have created to real-life problems in astronomy.
22	LunGradCon 2019, Mountain View, California  ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 21, 2019. ESF ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 23, 2019. Registration is now open for the 9th Annual Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference (LunGradCon 2019) to be held on Monday, July 22, 2019 at the NASA Ames Research Center, preceding the NASA Exploration Science Forum (ESF, July 23-25). With the expanded interests of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), the scope of 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 LunGradCon registration and abstract submission is June 21, 2019, 11:59 PM PDT. The ESF abstract deadline is April 23rd. LunGradCon attendees are highly encouraged to also submit abstracts to the ESF. For more details, please visit: http://impact.colorado.edu/lungradcon/2019/ or email any questions to: [email protected]
22-24	4th International Conference on Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, Zhuhai, China  The main themes of the conference will put focus on the frontiers of lunar and planetary sciences, the technologies of lunar and deep space exploration, the new technologies of payloads, and the scientific vision of lunar and deep space exploration in future. The event will also provide an exhibition area for participants to exchange technologies, demonstrate achievements, and discuss possible cooperation in order to further promote the applications of technologies.
22-26	Great Barriers in Planet Formation, Palm Cove, Australia  We are made of dust. How does this dust collect in protoplanetary discs to form planets like the Earth and people like us? Since 2015 a huge number of new observations have been made with ALMA, SPHERE, and other telescopes. Can we make sense of them? We aim to bring together theory and observations to understand how nature overcomes the 'Great Barriers' in the planet formation process. The conference will follow a 3-week program of activities on protoplanetary discs at Monash University in Melbourne as part of the DUSTBUSTERS collaboration.
22-26	Ninth International Conference on Mars *, Pasadena, California  In addition to discussing science results from past and active robotic missions, telescopic studies, laboratory analyses of SNC meteorites, terrestrial analog studies, and numerical models, we anticipate new geophysical understanding gained from the InSight mission, and a review of objectives for several spacecraft scheduled for launch in 2020 from public, private, and international institutions.
23-25	NASA Exploration Science Forum, NASA Ames/Mountain View, California  Three-day conference on science and exploration topics related to the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, and the moons of Mars. Sponsored by the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).
25-31	International Union for Quarternary Science Congress, Dublin, Ireland  The scope of the INQUA2019 Congress will range across all areas of Quaternary research. Suggestions for sessions are welcome within the areas covered by INQUA’s Commissions are beyond.
25	UV radiation measurements on Mars: Implications for future robotic exploration and habitability (Álvaro Vicente-Retortillo, University of Michigan), Lecture Hall  The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission has a sensor that has been measuring UV radiation for the first time at the Martian surface. These measurements, which currently cover more than six years, provide useful insights for the future exploration of the planet. On one hand, dust accumulated on the sensor follows a seasonal cycle with a dust removal season [1]. This periodical removal of dust indicates that solar energy can be used to power long missions. On the other hand, measurements in the UVB and UVC bands indicate that the radiative environment is extremely adverse for life. Therefore, as shown recently [2], materials that are opaque to UV radiation would become necessary to make some Mars regions potentially habitable. [1] Vicente-Retortillo, A., et al. Scientific Reports, 8, 17576, 2018. [2] Wordsworth, R., et al. Nature Astronomy, 2019, DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0813-0
26	37th MEPAG Face-to-Face Meeting, Pasadena, California  The annual face-to-face MEPAG meeting for 2019 is scheduled for Friday, July 26, and will be hosted at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA. A main focus of this MEPAG meeting will be looking forward to the next decadal survey and MEPAG’s role in preparing for it. This will include reviewing the highlights of the 9th International Conference on Mars which will feed into the upcoming MEPAG Goals update. There will also be discussion of white papers and other next steps for MEPAG and the Mars Exploration Community.
28-Aug 2	16th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore
29-Aug 2	TESS Science Conference I, Cambridge, Massachuesetts  TESS Science Conference I is the first conference dedicated to TESS mission science, including but not limited to exoplanets, asteroseismology, stellar binaries, variable stars, and extragalactic astronomy (e.g., active galactic nuclei and supernovae). The conference will cover all aspects of the mission, from TESS data analysis, through follow-up observations, to the impact of discoveries made with TESS data on theoretical understanding.The conference will take place at the beginning of TESS’s second year of operations when the satellite is scheduled to transition from surveying the southern ecliptic hemisphere to the northern ecliptic hemisphere. This will be an auspicious time to bring together experts on all aspects of the mission to discuss achievements made during the first year, as well as identifying potential improvements and lessons learned to be implemented in the second year.

 

August 2019

5-9	NBIA Summer School on Protoplanetary Disks and Planet Formation, Copenhagen, Denmark  Topics of study will be: the physics and chemistry of protoplanetary disks, dust evolution and planetesimal formation, formation of terrestrial and gas-giant planets, and young stellar objects from an observational point of view. This year's goal is to: introduce the students to the fundamental theoretical concepts and current observational constraints in the field of protoplanetary disks and planet formation; 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 encourage the students to continue working in these fields, emphasizing the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to research in these active areas.
6-8	New Cometary Insights from the Close Approach of 46P/Wirtanen: A Symposium in Celebration of Mike A'Hearn, College Park, Maryland  A symposium at the University of Maryland in College Park in celebration of the contributions that Mike A'Hearn made to cometary science. In Mike's honor, this symposium will focus on results from observations of comet 46P/Wirtanen (and the other recent bright comets) to allow the compilation of individual studies into a comprehensive understanding of the comet. We encourage comet scientists of all types as well as anyone who knew and worked with Mike in any capacity to come and participate in this event and to reflect on his legacy.
7-9	10th Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona  The 10th Planetary Crater Consortium meeting will be held August 7-9, 2019, at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, AZ. The Planetary Crater Consortium is open to all planetary scientists interested in any aspect of impact cratering on solar system bodies (including Earth!), incorporating observational, theoretical, experimental, field, and/or numerical studies. The meeting is a combination of contributed talks, posters, and open discussion and is designed to encourage and provide adequate time for in-depth discussion of crater-related issues and topics to enhance research collaborations. Abstract deadline is Monday, June 24, 2019. An optional field trip around the rim of Meteor Crater will be arranged for Saturday, August 10, 2019, if there is sufficient interest.
12-15	Exoclimes V, Oxford, UK  The Exoclimes conference series is one of the original conferences devoted to exoplanets, and still the only one to focus on their climates and climate evolution. The goal of the series is to bring together exoplanet observers, modelers, and theorists with researchers on fundamental atmospheric and planetary interior processes in the Solar System and Earth Science communities, so that the communities can learn from one another. Exoclimes V will take place at the University of Oxford from August 12-15, 2019. Keynote speakers and a block program are available on the conference website. Pre-registration is now open. Exoclimes is typically oversubscribed, so participants will be selected on the basis of information provided during pre-registration. The pre-registration deadline is January 31, 2019. To pre-register, go to http://exoclimes2019.org and follow the pre-registration links. Conference fees do not need to be paid as part of pre-registration, but anticipated fees are listed on the pre-registration page. Some financial aid will be available.
12-16	The 12th Meeting on Cosmic Dust, Chiba, Japan  This conference aims at establishing a consensus among experts about the evolution of cosmic dust. The primary objective of the meeting is to provide the cosmic dust community with a unique opportunity to develop long-term relationships and possible collaborations through scientific interactions among meeting attendees.
18-23	Goldschmidt Barcelona 2019, Barcelona, Spain  Goldschmidt is the foremost annual, international conference on geochemistry and related subjects, organised by the European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society.
19-22	Hot-Wiring the Transient Universe VI, Evanston, Illinois  Hot-Wiring the Transient Universe 6 will explore opportunities and challenges of massively parallel time domain surveys, coupled with rapid coordinated multi-wavelength follow-up observations. The interdisciplinary agenda includes future and ongoing science investigations, information infrastructure for publishing observations in real time, as well as novel data science to classify events and systems to optimize follow-up campaigns. Time domain astronomy is at the fore of modern astrophysics and crosses fields from solar physics and solar system objects, through stellar variability, to explosive phenomena at galactic and cosmological distances. Recent rapid progress by instruments in space and on the ground has been toward a continuous record of the electromagnetic sky with ever increasing coverage, sensitivity, and temporal resolution. With the advent of gravitational wave and neutrino observatories, we are witnessing the birth of multi-messenger astronomy.
19-23	Extreme Solar Systems V, Reykjavik, Iceland  This conference, the fourth in a series that began in 2007 (Santorini meeting on Extreme Solar Systems, followed by ExSS II in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 2011, and ExSS III in Hawaii, in 2015), will cover all aspects of research on exoplanets.
20-21	NASA Outer Planets Assessment Group Meeting, Boulder, Colorado  The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) will be devoting the bulk of its August meeting to discussions and preparation for the next Decadal Survey. Community members are encouraged to attend and add their voice to this diverse discussion. During the meeting we will arrange panel discussions on various topics. Please contact Carrie Chavez ([email protected]) by August 15 if you would like to lead one of these panel discussions. By the end of the meeting we expect to produce a list of three key recommendations to develop and eventually deliver to the Decadal Survey committee for consideration.
24-27	5th Beijing Earth and Planetary Interiors Symposium, Beijing, China  The aim of the symposium is to bring scientists in different disciplines — experimental, observational, theoretical and numerical — together for further understanding the origin, structure, and variations of Earth’s and planetary magnetic fields.
25-29	Symposium on Water in the Universe, San Diego, California  This symposium will highlight the cosmic history of water, its critical role in the formation and early evolution of planetary systems, and the means by which habitable environments are created across the universe. With a strong focus on the chemistry of, and enabled by, water, and the interplay between studies of our own and exoplanetary systems, we aim to create a program that will draw in a wide range of chemists and (planetary) astronomers to the San Diego meeting.

 

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