Dear Colleagues:
It is our pleasure to announce the Technologies and Infrastructures Workshop for Planetary Exploration, Horizon 2061, which will take place on April 23-25, 2018, in the SwissTech Convention Center on the campus of EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
A preliminary list of the keynotes is:
- Dave Beaty (JPL, USA): Sample return and curation
- Michel Blanc (IRAP+ISSI): Planetary vision, a European view
- Steve Chien (JPL, USA): Autonomy and onboard processing
- David Ehrenreich (U. Geneva, CH): Current and Future of Exoplanets
- Sabrina Feldman (JPL, USA): New Sensors and science instruments
- Enrico Flamini (ASI, Italy): ASI Vision of Planetary Exploration and technological challenges
- Tony Freeman (JPL, USA): Disruptive technologies
- Masaki Fujimoto (ISAS/JAXA, Japan): Japanese Vision of Planetary Exploration and technological challenges
- Manuel Grande (Aberystwyth): Technology foresight for Planetary Exploration
- Linli Guo (CAST, China): The Key Technologies for Lunar Base
- Joe Lazio (JPL, USA): Communication and radio science
- Stephen Mackwell (USRA): Lessons learned from Planetary Science Vision 2050: Science Questions and Implementation Strategy
More information can be found at: https://planetaryexploration2061.epfl.ch/
Paper submission (Talks/Posters) can be posted before February 23rd 2018 at: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/PE2018/
Looking forward to prepare the future of Planetary Exploration with your participation…and do not hesitate to forward this announcement to people who may be interested.
Michel Blanc, Manuel Grande, Jean-Paul Kneib & Anton Ivanov (on behalf of the SOC and LOC)