Plenary Oral Presentations and Integration Report

Monday’s Plenary Oral Presentations:  What We Learn by Studying Mars

· Jakosky B. M.:  Mars Volatiles, Climate, and Habitability: History and Inventory of CO₂ and H₂O (expanded from [#6030])

· Calvin W. M.:  The Orbital Perspective: How Our World View has Changed (expanded from [#6116])

· Arvidson R. E.:  Habitability of Mars as Inferred from Landed Mission Observations

· Johnson S. S.:  Future Approaches to Life Detection on Mars (expanded from [#6374])

Wednesday’s Plenary Oral Presentation:  Mars Water Ice:  A Synergistic Investigation for Science and Human Exploration

· Morgan G. A. and Putzig T.:  The Science Value of Ice Resource Mapping: Mars Subsurface Water Ice Mapping (SWIM) [#6418]

Thursday’s Plenary Oral Presentations:  Additional Key Advancements in Our Understanding of Mars

· Chaffin M. S.:  Mars Climate Controls Atmospheric Escape: Dust-Driven Escape from Surface to Space with MRO/MCS, TGO/NOMAD, TGO/ACS, and MAVEN/IUVS [#6312]

· Lee C. O.:  Space Weather at Mars: 4.5 Years of MAVEN Observations [#6434]

· Ehlmann B. L.:  Martian Groundwaters Though Time and Their Impact on the Mars System: An Appraisal [#6397]

· Udry A.:  What have Meteorites Taught Us About the Martian Interior and Surface Over the Past Five Years? [#6139]

· Bibring J.-P.:  Mars Evolution and Habitability: The Evolution of Paradigms [#6278]

Thursday’s Synthesis:  Integration Report

· Climate Lead Integrator:  François Forget (Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Paris)

· Geology Lead Integrator:  Wendy Calvin (University of Nevada-Reno)

· Life Lead Integrator:  Dave Des Marais (NASA Ames Research Center)

· Human Exploration Lead Integrator:  Paul Niles (NASA Johnson Space Center)