Planetary Meetings and Conferences Calendar
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June 2013 |
| 2-6
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222nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society,
Indianapolis, Indiana
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| 2-7
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Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems,
Victoria, Canada 
Topics include 1) Diversity and Evolution of Planetary Systems, 2) Protoplanetary discs: high resolution imaging, composition and structure, 3) Grains and Planetesimals, 4) Disc Chemistry, 5) Initial conditions of planet formation; planet formation pathways, 6) Signposts of planetary systems, 7) Dynamics in Planetary Systems: migration, multiplicity, 8) Exoplanet Atmospheres; composition, radiative transfer and circulation and 9) Interior Structure and Planetary Composition.
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| 3-4
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1st Annual International Conference on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro 2013),
Singapore
GSTF provides a global intellectual platform for top notch academics and industry professionals to actively interact and share their groundbreaking research achievements. GSTF is dedicated to promoting research and development and offers an inter-disciplinary intellectual platform for leading scientists, researchers, academics and industry professionals across Asia Pacific to actively consult, network and collaborate with their counterparts across the globe.
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| 3-5
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Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference 2013,
Broomfield, Colorado
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| 6-9
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1st International Workshop on Education in Astrobiology,
Hoor, Sweden
The meeting aims to bring together scientists and teachers engaged in astrobiology education on universities and other training institutions to discuss new teaching and assessment forms in astrobiology, foster international cooperation in astrobiology teaching, and give the attendants a thorough overview of the field.
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| 10-14
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AbGradCon 2013,
Montreal, Canada
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| 10-14
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International Venus Workshop,
Catania, Italy
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| 11-14
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Isotopes as Diagnostic Tools in Astronomy, Geology and Biology,
Hoor, Sweden
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| 15-16
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IPPW-10 Short Course on Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems,
San Jose, California
This 10th workshop will build upon the IPPW tradition by encouraging international cooperation in planetary probe missions, new technologies, and scientific discoveries. In addition, students from around the world will have a unique opportunity to present their work and to interact with the leaders in their discipline areas.
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| 17-21
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10th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-10),
San Jose, California
The 10th Probe Workshop brings together engineers, technologists, scientists, mission designers, space agency leaders, and students from around the world for a compelling, week-long collaboration focused on exploration of Solar System atmospheres and surfaces using atmospheric entry and descent probes and aerial vehicles.
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| 17-21
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14th International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering (ELS-XIV),
Lille, France
The main objective of the conference 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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| 18-20
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10th IAA Low-Cost Planetary Missions Conference (LCPM-10),
Pasadena, California
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| 18-21
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From Exoplanets to Distant Galaxies: SPICA's New Window on the Cool Universe,
Kanagawa, Japan
The primary aims of the conference are to introduce the scientific capabilities of the SPICA mission to the international community, and to foster interactions in the IR community on how to optimally utilise this new facility to further explore the physical processes in formation and evolution of planets, stars and galaxies.
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| 23-25
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2013 Space Cryogenics Workshop,
Girdwood, Alaska
The 25th Space Cryogenics Workshop will be held Sunday, June 23 through Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at the Alyeska Resort near Girdwood, Alaska. Sponsors are NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Cryogenic Society of America. Join us as we explore Space Cryogenics at Earth’s Last Frontier. The Workshop is an opportunity for all those engaged in low temperature work to exchange research results and knowledge, to inform the world about accomplishments and breakthroughs, and to network and share information with peers from around the world. All aspects of space cryogenics will be represented, with an emphasis on work related to previous missions as well as future research.
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| 23-28
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Gordon Conference on Origins of Solar Systems,
South Hadley, Massachusetts
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| 24-27
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8th Workshop on Catastrophic Disruption in the Solar System (CD8),
Hapuna Beach, Hawaii
This workshop will provide a valuable opportunity for scientists specializing in theory, numerical modeling, laboratory experiments and telescopic observations to share their recent results and discuss new ideas in a focused, yet relaxed environment. Topics will include the internal structures of small bodies, their disruption through collisions, tidal or rotational forces, the outcomes of catastrophic breakup, including asteroid families, their size-frequency distributions and spin properties, collisional evolution, and the formation of dust. We particularly welcome young scientists – graduate students and postdocs who can contribute fresh ideas and will carry this important field of research into the future.
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| 24-28
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10th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS),
Brisbane, Australia
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| 24-28
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Crossing the Boundaries in Planetary Atmospheres: From Earth to Exoplanets,
Annapolis, Maryland
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| 25-28
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5th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS),
Gainesville, Florida
WHISPERS is the premier meeting of IEEE for hyperspectral image processing. The international annual meeting will be held this year in Gainesville, Florida, June 25-28, 2013, on the campus of the University of Florida. We invite members of the planetary science community to join colleagues from the terrestrial remote sensing and signal processing communities. This year we are proposing a special section devoted to exploring cutting-edge techniques in planetary image processing (described below) with a data users workshop.
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| 30-Jul 2
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Australian Astrobiology Meeting,
Sydney, Australia
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July 2013 |
| 1-4
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International Symposium on Planetary Sciences (IAPS2013),
Shanghai, China
The International Symposium on Planetary Sciences (IAPS2013) will be held at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 1-4, 2013, Shanghai, China, which brings together international scientists to present the latest results of research and development in planetary exploration and science. Topics include planetary geodesy, navigation, remote sensing, atmosphere, ionosphere/plasma physics, magnetic and gravity field, geomorphology, geophysics, geology, petrology, geochemistry, interior physics, Life & Astrobiology, Giant & Extrasolar Planets, etc.
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| 8-12
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Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets 2013,
Athens, Greece
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| 9-11
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Comets as Tracers of Solar System Formation and Evolution,
Toulouse, France
The workshop will cover topics ranging from the dynamical and chemical evolution of the solar nebula during formation, to the techniques for measuring the composition of comets. Invited speakers include some of the community leaders in cometary science, measurements and technology development. We will discuss the role that Rosetta measurements will play in understanding the origin of Solar System bodies, and what future missions to comets are being planned. There will be a special issue of the journal Planetary and Space Science devoted to the works presented at this meeting.
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Ninth Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group,
Pasadena, California
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Rocks in our Solar System — Bridging the Gap Between Meteor, Meteorite and Asteroid Studies (European Week of Astronomy and Space Science EWASS 2013 Special Session Sp11),
Turku, Finland
The session will bring together scientists working on all aspects of solar system rocky material properties. The topic includes laboratory analysis of meteorites and cosmic dust as well as observations and modeling of both meteoroids and asteroids. The contributions bridging the gap between properties of meteors, meteorites, and asteroids are highly welcome. The session will also focus on the recent Chelyabinsk fireball/Chebarkul meteorite fall event in order to put together knowledge acquired from studies of fireball trajectory, orbital analysis, and recovered meteorites.
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| 13-14
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LunGradCon 2013,
Moffett Field, California
LunGradCon provides an opportunity for grad students and early-career postdocs to present their research 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 the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI). In keeping with the future direction of the NLSI, we encourage participation from all students and postdocs investigating the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, Phobos and Deimos, and the near-space environments of these target bodies.
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| 15-19
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Eighth International Mars Conference — MEETING POSTPONED,
Pasadena, California
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| 15-20
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Protostars and Planets VI,
Heidelberg, Germany
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| 16-18
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NASA Lunar Science Forum,
Moffett Field, California
The conference consists of invited and contributed oral and poster presentations, together with breakout sessions to plan for the future of lunar science. The session summaries, along with the abstracts, list of organizers, and participants, will be included in a final report to be posted on the NASA Lunar Science Institute website.
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| 17-19
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Dusty Visions 2013,
Stuttgart, Germany
In a workshop style we want to discuss the present state and new venues in cosmic dust research. There are exciting new results from Cassini, Stardust, Spitzer, Herschel, Stereo, as well as other missions. Major topics of the workshop will cover new ideas and theories. We will also discuss observational results and the outcome of laboratory experiments, for they give implications for future space missions. Of special emphasis is cosmochemistry and compositional analysis of dust, also in view of upcoming space missions presently under way or in preparation (e.g. Juice, Lunar Lander, Rosetta, Ladee).
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| 22-26
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The Pluto System on the Eve of Exploration by New Horizons: Perspectives and Predictions,
Columbia, Maryland
NASA’s New Horizons mission is now over 22 AU from the Sun en route to a reconnaissance flyby of the Pluto system at 32 AU in July, 2015. In advance of that historic flyby, the New Horizons mission is sponsoring a scientific meeting to review knowledge of the Pluto System, to inform the planetary science community about the flyby and collaboration/DAP funding opportunities, to discuss and begin to prepare groundbased and spacebased observing proposals, and to provide a venue for scientific predictions.
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| 22-Aug 9
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The University of California International Summer School on AstroComputing 2013: Star and Planet Formation,
Santa Cruz, California
The objective of the 2013 UC-HiPACC AstroComputing Summer School is to train the next generation of researchers in the use of large-scale simulations in star and planet formation problems. The school will cover many of the major public codes in use today, including tutorials and hands-on experience running and analyzing simulations. Students will receive accounts on the new 3,000-core supercomputer Hyades on the UCSC campus for the duration of the school.
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| 29-Aug 2
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2013 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop,
Pasadena, California
The 2013 workshop will explore current techniques and technology used to detect exoplanets and debris disks, as well as the underlying science driving the modeling of exoplanetary atmospheres and disk structure. Leaders in the field will summarize the current state of the art in science, hardware, and software. Prospects for future space instruments will also be discussed. Attendees will participate in hands-on exercises to gain experience working with imaging data, astrophysical models, and instrument design. Attendees will also have the opportunity to present their own work through short presentations (research POPs) and posters.
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| 29-Aug 2
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76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society,
Edmonton, Canada
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August 2013 |
| 4-8
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Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V,
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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| 14-16
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International Conference on Astronomy & Cosmology,
Chicago-North Shore, Illinois
OMICS Group invites all the participants across the globe to attend the International Conference on Astronomy & Cosmology during August 14-16, 2013 at Chicago-North shore, USA. Astronomy-2013 is a remarkable event which facilitate the education, development, and participation of atmospheric scientists from developing countries as a conference. It initiates, encourages, facilitates and coordinates international cooperation in scientific research and stimulates discussion, presentation and publication of scientific results. To promote public education and awareness of the role and importance of the atmosphere and atmospheric sciences.
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| 16-25
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Summer Course: "Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Life",
Kuressaare, Estonia
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| 26-30
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Meteoroids 2013,
Poznan, Poland
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September 2013 |
| 9-12
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LSST @ Europe: The Path to Science,
Cambridge, United Kingdom
The meeting will provide an opportunity to review the current status of the LSST, and the key science programmes which are underpinning its development. The conference will include presentations identifying current science challenges where a combination of LSST and major new European facilities and expertise will result in major leaps in understanding. These topics will range from studies of our Solar System and the Milky Way, to the Universe at the largest scales.
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| 9-12
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The 11th Hellenic Astronomical Conference,
Athens, Greece
The Hellenic Astronomical Conference, organized by the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.), is the major scientific event of the greek astronomical community. The Conference, which takes place every two years in a different part of Greece, typically brings together over 100 scientists with research interests in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Physics.
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| 9-13
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European Planetary Science Conference (EPSC 2013),
London, United Kingdom
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| 10-12
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Planet Formation and Evolution 2014,
Kiel, Germany
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| 24-28
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Second International Congress of Astrobiology in Columbia,
Medellin, Columbia
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October 2013 |
| 3-4
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Workshop on Golden Spike Lunar Human Expeditions: Opportunities for Intensive Lunar Scientific Exploration,
Houston, Texas
Commercial spaceflight is rapidly beginning to impact capabilities for scientific research in numerous ways, including commercial suborbital spaceflight, commercial robotic lunar missions, and commercial near-Earth asteroid (NEA) exploration. In late 2012, the Golden Spike Company, consisting of space professionals and numerous veteran NASA engineers and executives, announced plans to mount a series of commercial human lunar expeditions in the 2020s, primarily for space and science agencies in countries around the world. The goals of this workshop are to provide a detailed overview of Golden Spike expedition capabilities to the worldwide lunar science community, and to seek feedback and input on science and exploration priorities and associated landing sites, surface experiment packages, and sample return requirements. The meeting will also explore desired future capabilities for more advanced Golden Spike missions, and the synergistic roles of Golden Spike human expeditions and robotic exploration missions.
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| 6-11
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45th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS 2013),
Denver, Colorado
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| 7-11
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Third Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories,
Torremolinos, Spain
The main focus of the workshop will be on the new and existing astronomical facilities whose goal is to observe a wide variety of astrophysical targets with no (or very little) human interaction. The workshop will become an international forum for researchers to summarise the most recent developments and ideas in the field, with a special emphasis given to the technical and observational results and public outreach (including Citizen Science) and educational applications achieved within the last five years as well as the future strategies foreseen.
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| 14-16
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Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group,
Laurel, Maryland
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| 15-18
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The (F)IR Universe Three Years Later - The Contributions by Herschel,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
The overall objective of the meeting will be to present and take stock of what has been learned to date based on Herschel observations. The symposium will feature invited and contributed talks, and poster sessions. More information and the formal first announcement will be issued about a year ahead of the meeting date.
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| 20-25
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Planet Mars 4,
Les Houches, France
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| 21-23
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Solar System Formation and Observation Conference (SFO),
Bern, Switzerland
The conference is divided in five sessions, covering the topics of planetary interaction with the space plasma, investigating planet atmospheres and exospheres and planetary surfaces. Invited review speakers (see webpage and poster) will open each session. By abstract submission participants can contribute to the program with oral or poster presentations. Abstracts about simulations, observations, investigations, instrumentation and data analysis are welcome.
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| 27-30
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2013 GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition,
Denver, Colorado
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| 30-31
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International Space Exploration Symposium in Japan: Space Exploration for Humanity and the Future,
Tokyo, Japan
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November 2013 |
| 4-8
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Second Kepler Science Conference,
Moffett Field, California
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| 11-14
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Second Exobiology Workshop,
Frejus, France
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| 11-15
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First COSPAR Symposium: Planetary Systems of Our Sun and Other Stars, and the Future of Space Astronomy,
Bangkok, Thailand
This first Symposium will address the theme “Planetary Systems of our Sun and other Stars, and the Future of Space Astronomy”. It is open to participants from all regions, but scientists, young professionals and students in the Asian region are particularly encouraged to participate. The Symposium will feature plenary lectures as well as parallel and poster sessions.
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| 27-30
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Astro-Engineering Workshop 2012,
Santiago, Chile
The sky in northern Chile is the best in the world for astronomy and the biggest telescopes are here. The Astro-Engineering is the technical junction between astronomy and engineering for the development of technology for astronomical instruments. This workshop is the first opportunity to congregate astronomers and engineers to discuss telescopes, instruments and the next big projects to be built in Chile.
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March 2014 |
| 17-21
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Search for Life Beyond the Solar System,
Tucson, Arizona
The goal of the conference is to bring together the interdisciplinary community required to address this multi-faceted challenge: experts on exoplanet observations, early and extreme life on earth, atmospheric biomarkers, and planet-finding telescopes.
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| 17-21
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Search for Life Beyond the Solar System - Exoplanets, Biomakers & Instruments,
Tucson, Arizona
The goal of the conference is to bring together the interdisciplinary community required to address this multi-faceted challenge: experts on exoplanet observations, early and extreme life on earth, atmospheric biomarkers, and planet-finding telescopes.
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Eighth International Mars Conference — MEETING POSTPONED
July 15-19,
2013
Pasadena, California
76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
July 29-August 2,
2013
Edmonton, Canada
Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V
August 4-8,
2013
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Workshop on Golden Spike Lunar Human Expeditions: Opportunities for Intensive Lunar Scientific Exploration
October 3-4,
2013
Houston, Texas
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
October 14-16,
2013
Laurel, Maryland
44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
(LPSC 2013)
March 18-22,
2013
The Woodlands, Texas
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
(LEAG 2012)
October 22-24,
2012
Greenbelt, Maryland
International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions
October 10-12,
2012
Greenbelt, Maryland
Friday, April 12, 2013
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Doug Hemingway, University of California, Santa Cruz
Lunar crustal magnetism -- origins and influence on space weathering
Friday, April 26, 2013
Lecture Hall - 12:00 AM
Andrew Dombard, University of Illinois at Chicago
Icy MoonThe Great (and Perplexing) Equatorial Ridge on Saturn's Moon Iapetus
Friday, May 3, 2013
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Veronica Bray, University of Arizona
Craters
Friday, May 31, 2013
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Tom Zega, University of Arizona
Friday, June 14, 2013
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Kelsi Singer, Washington University, St. Louis
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