Fifth Meeting of the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) May 7–8, 2008
University of Maryland Conference Center
Greenbelt, MD

Updated Agenda

Wednesday – May 7, 2008

8:30 a.m.
Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries

9:00 a.m.
Fifth VEXAG Meeting Overview and Objectives
Ellen Stofan

• Provide feedback on objectives of the STDT Flagship mission study
• Community update of white paper goals-objectives-measurements

9:20 a.m.
Status Report on Venus Express
Hakan Svedhem

9:40 a.m.
JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter
Masato Nakamura and Takeshi Imamura

10:00 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK

10:15 a.m.
Report on Venus-Earth Climate Connections
David Grinspoon

10:30 a.m.
ISSI Venus-Earth Climate Workshop
Dima Titov

10:45 a.m.
Comparative Planetary Processes: Venus-Mars-Earth
Jim Head

11:15 a.m.
Venus Laboratory Measurements
Alan Tremain

11:30 a.m.
NASA Headquarters Perspective on Venus Exploration
Jim Green

12:00 a.m.
Venus Technology Development via PIDAP
John Rall

12:15 p.m.
LUNCH

1:15 p.m.
STDT Report and Discussion
Mark Bullock

3:15 p.m.
VEXAG Goals and Objectives Document (White Paper)
Ellen Stofan

3:25 p.m.
Focus Group Preview of Splinter Sessions – Review of White Paper
David Grinspoon, Kevin Baines, Steve Mackwell, Jim Cutts, Mark Allen

3:50 p.m.
Focus Group Splinter Sessions – Review STDT progress and coordinate feedback, alterations to white paper

5:10 p.m.
Focus Group Mini-Reports

5:30 p.m.
ADJOURN

Thursday – May 8, 2008

8:00 a.m.
Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries

8:30 a.m.
Focus Group Meetings

9:30 a.m.
Special Science Report
Gerald Keating

9:50 a.m.
Venus surface composition from Venus Express
Joern Helbert

10:05 a.m.
Update on VEX Science from Participating Scientists
Kevin Baines

10:20 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK

10:35 a.m.
Special Report – NASA's Plans for Aerocapture/Aerobreaking and Radioisotope-Powered Spacecraft
Leonard Dudzinski

10:50 a.m.
Magellan Aerobraking
Dan Lyons

11:00 a.m.
Education and Public Outreach
Rosalyn Pertzborn

11:15 a.m.
STDT wrap up
Mark Bullock

11:30 a.m.
Open Mike Presentations (1-2 slides, up to 10 minutes)
Provide your presentation to the projectionist during the coffee break

12:30 p.m.
LUNCH

1:30 p.m.
In-Space Propulsion Program
Michelle Munk

1:45 p.m.
Focus Group Reports
David Grinspoon, Kevin Baines, Steve Mackwell, Jim Cutts, Mark Allen

2:45 p.m.
Wrap-up
Next Meeting
Recommendations
Action Items
Ellen Stofan

3:00 p.m.
ADJOURN

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