Conferences and Events
Please note that these conferences and events are listed in
reverse chronological order.
ISSOL- The International Astrobiology Society and IAU C51
(Bioastronomy Joint International Conference)
Montpellier, France
Deadline for early registration: 5 February, 2011
Deadline for collection of abstracts: 19 February 2011
Deadline for registration: 3 June, 2011
Further information is available at the conference website:
www.origins2011.univ-montp2.fr/
7-9 February
GEOBIOLOGY IN SPACE EXPLORATIONGeobiology in Space Exploration is a meeting of talks and discussions to understand the full range of the contributions of geobiology to space exploration and settlement. It has two core purposes: 1) To contribute to building the community of people working in geobiology and applying it to space sciences and exploration, 2) To develop a strategic document on the range of geobiology applications and possible space missions for ESA. The meeting is organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) Topical Team 'Geomicrobiology for Space Settlement and Exploration (GESSE)'. The topical team was set up in 2009 to investigate and develop new opportunities for geobiology in space - from life detection to practical applications of geobiology and geomicrobiology in human space exploration. This meeting will be the fourth topical team meeting, but has been organised as a community workshop to achieve the objectives set out above
Place: Marrakech, Morocco
For further information visit the website:
www.irsps.unich.it/education/geoexp2011/
8-10 November
MicroPerm Workshop, An international workshop to initiate the circumpolar integration of permafrost microbiological studiesPotsdam, Germany
Deadline for registration and abstract submission: 10 September 2010 Further information is available at the workshop website:
www.microperm.org
4-5 October
Kavli Royal SocietyInternational Centre at Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, UK
"Towards a scientic and societal agenda on extra-terrestrial life"
Debates will focus on 4 panel
1) Calling ET, or not even answering the phone?
2) Societal questions raised by the detection of extra-terrestrial life
3) What could studies of extra-terrestrial life tell us about the future of humanity?
4) Extra-terrestrial life and arising political issues for the UN agenda
Further information is available at the website:
http://royalsociety.org/extra-terrestrial-life/
6-7 October
2nd IAA Symposium on Searching for Life Signatures,Kavli Royal Society International Centre (Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Further information is available at the website:
http://iaaweb.org/content/view/413/572/
27 September - 1 October
61st International Astronautical ConferenceThe deadline for abstracts for the International Astronautical Congress in Prague, 27 September - 1 October 2010 is approaching March 5.
Please visit http://www.iac2010.cz/en/programme
Please consider to submit an abstract to the sessions:
A1.5. Astrobiology and Exploration
A new era of space exploration will soon expand into a global endeavour to achieve highly ambitious goals such as establishing human bases on the Moon, journeys to Mars and the construction of new infrastructures in space. Astrobiology plays a key role in the strategic search for organic compounds and life on Mars and other planetary objects in our solar system and can provide support in the preparation of human exploration endeavours. The session invites papers of astrobiological content supporting future robotic and human exploration missions.
Chairman
Pascale Ehrenfreund
Space Policy Institute, George Washington University — UNITED STATES
Email: pehren@gwu.edu
Gerda Horneck
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — GERMANY
Email: gerda.horneck@dlr.de
Rapporteur
Catharine A. Conley
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Headquarters — UNITED STATES
Email: Cassie.Conley@nasa.gov
Deadline for abstract submission; 5 March 2010
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.iafastro.com/index.html?title=IAC2010
European Planetary Science Congress 2010 - EPSC
Rome, Largo Angelicum, Italy
The following sessions are of special interest to astrobiology:
OEA – Origins, Exoplanets and Astrobiology
OEA1 - Chemical evolution and early planetary life
OEA2 - Extremophilic microorganisms on and below planetary surfaces
OEA3 - Probing the atmospheres of extrasolar worlds: from gas-giants to Super-Earths
OEA4 - Stars, Planets and Habitability
OEA5 - Comparative planetology beyond the Solar System
OEA6 - Planetary Formation
Abstract deadline: 26 May, 2010
More informatoin see: www.meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2010/
6-8 September
10th European Workshop on Astrobiology (EANA’10)Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
Deadline for abstract submission: June 4, 2010
Deadline for travel grant applications: June 4, 2010
Further information is available at the conference website:
www.ioffe.ru/EANA/index.html
or mail to: Anatoli Pavlov, Russian representative at EANA
and David Gilichinski
Contact person for receiving the travel grant applications: Beda Hofmann
19-23 August
12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living SystemsOdense, Denmark
Deadline for paper submission: March 31, 2010
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.alife12.org/
with a workshop on Molecular Self-organization, Molecular Evolution and Prebiotic Chemistry,
for further infomation see:
http://selforg.ismeralda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47
8-13 August
American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2010 The Meeting of the AmericasFoz do Iguaçu, Brazil
With a session on 'Astrobiology and prebiotic chemistry'
Deadline for abstract submission: March 31, 2010
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja10
18-25 July
38th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)Bremen, Germany
Deadline for abstract submission extended to February 26, 2010
Deadline for receipt of financial support application: February 19, 2010.
Sessions of special interest to Astrobiology:
B. Space Studies of the Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System
B01 Moon Exploration: Science Results, Missions, Technologies, Robotic Village, International Lunar Base
B02 Mars Exploration
B03 Active Satellites in the Outer Solar System: Enceladus, Titan, Io, etc. - Implications and Consequences
B04 Small Body Exploration: Past, Present, and Future Space Missions
B05 Planetary and Interplanetary Dust: Observations and Modelling
B06 Evolution of Planets and Evolution of Life
B07 The New Exploration of Mercury
B08 Laboratory Studies of Solar System Processes
B09 Planetary Space Sciences and Data Management
B10 Highlights in Solar System Space Research
F. Life Sciences as Related to Space
F24 Space Radiation Dosimetry in LEO and Beyond
F31 Astrobiology and Astromaterials as Related to Small Bodies
F32 Recent Advances in Chemistry and the Origin of Life
F33 Recent Advances in Instrumentation for Astrobiology
F34 Habitability of Mars
F35 Life in Extreme Environments - Model Systems for Astrobiology
F36 Life inside Refrigerators - Satellites of Giant Planets
Panels
PEX1 Protecting the Lunar and Martian Environments for Scientific Research
PE1 Key Issues in Education for Space Sciences in the Scientific Environment
PPP1 COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy and Implementation Guidelines
PPP2 Planetary Protection Mission Implementation and Status
PPP3 Planetary Protection Research and Development Activities
Further information is available at the conference website:
www.cospar-assembly.org
28 June - 3rd July
CAREX summer schoolPieve Tesino (Italian Alps)
With focus on an ecosystem based approach to research on life in extreme environments
Deadline for application: April 1st, 2010
More information at CAREX_Summer_School_Call.pdf and
www.carex-eu.org/activities/carex-summer-school.html
15-18 June
CAREX Field trip in IcelandParticipants will interact in a field setting to deploy instruments, demonstrate the use of selected technologies, compare methodologies, exchange research experiences and help promote harmonisation of techniques and methodologies. Study sites include hot spring area and a glacier. The CAREX project will cover travel, subsistence and logistic costs related to the participation of the selected participants
DL for applications: 1 April 2010
More details and call info:
http://www.carex-eu.org/activities/carex-iceland-field-trip-exercise.html
June 14-18
Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon)Tällberg, Sweden
In 2010, AbGradCon, the foremost astrobiology meeting for early-career researchers, will be held in Europe for the first time in its history. Graduate students and early-career postdocs from all over the world will come together to present their research in a comfortable environment, to learn of the latest developments in astrobiology, to network and to forge new collaborations. The meeting will comprise oral and poster presentations, half-day workshops and a one-day field trip to geologically instructive sites in the astrobiologically interesting Siljan impact crater. Attendees are encouraged from the very wide range of subjects pertinent to astrobiology. Financial assistance will be available to invited attendees.
Further information is available at the conference website:
www.abgradcon2010.org
Deadline for receiving abstracts: 28 February 2010
For graduate students and early career scientists that are selected for talk and poster presentations full funding for accommodation and meals as well as travel bursaries are available
LIFE IN SPACE FOR LIFE ON EARTH
Trieste, Italy
31st Annual ISGP Meeting, 11th ESA Life Sciences Symposium, 5th ISSBB Symposium ELGRA Symposium
Topics covered:
. The effects of changes in magnitude and direction of the force environment on the physiology and behaviour of humans, animals, plants and cells
. The effects of weightlessness during spaceflight
. Acute and chronic acceleration
. Impact, vibration and the various forms of simulated evolutionary consequences of gravity
. The role of gravity in the manifestation of scale effects in animals and plants
. Hypergravity and other countermeasures to microgravity
. Simulation of Lunar/Mars habitat
. Altered gravity effects for experimental medicine
. Translational research: from space research to population benefit
Deadline for abstract submission extended to March 15, 2010
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.congrex.nl/10a09/
31 May - 4 June
6th International conference Cities of Volcanoes *COV6-Tenerife 2010*Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
With the session 3.7 on
The use of the Earth’s volcanic record in the search for extraterrestrial life.
at the Symposium 3: How to live with volcanoes: the opportunities
Deadline for abstract submission: February 28, 2010
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.citiesonvolcanoes6.com/ver.php?la=1&pest=1
26-28 May
3rd Workshop of the Italian Astrobiology Society"When Darwin meets Copernicus"
Duino-Aurisina, Trieste, Italy
The workshop will provide an excellent opportunity for scientists sharing a common interest in astrobiology to convene in a friendly, cross-cultural environment at the border between Life, Space and Earth Sciences.
For more details visit:
http://adlibitum.oats.inaf.it/astrobiots10
E-mail: strobioTS10@oats.inaf.it
2-7 May
European Geosciences Union - EGU, General Assembly 2010Vienna, Austria
Deadline for abstract submission: 18 January 2010 Sessions of special interest to Astrobiology:
US5: Early Earth and early biosphere (by invitation only), Convener: Emmanuelle J. Javaux
PS – Planetary & Solar System Sciences:
PS1 – Solar System exploration and techniques
PS2 – Terrestrial Planets
PS3 – Outer planets
PS4 – Small bodies and dust
PS5 – Plasmas and magnetospheres
PS6 – Exoplanets
PS7 – Modelling and experimental work in Planetology
PS8 – Origins and Astrobiology
BG8.1 Traces of the early biosphere
PS8.4/BG8.2 : Mars as a habitat
PS9 – Joint Sessions
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/home.html
26-29 April
AbSciCon – Astrobiology Science ConferenceLeague City, Texas, USA
Abstract Deadline: December 3, 2009
The theme for AbSciCon 2010 is “Evolution and Life: Surviving Catastrophes and Extremes on Earth and Beyond.” The conference will address, among other things, how environmental, chemical, biological, physical, and even social stresses, ranging in scale from the infinitesimal to the catastrophic, affect the pace and course of evolutionary change.
The NASA Astrobiology Institute is offering funding for students and postdocs to attend the Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2010 in League City, Texas, on April 26-29, 2010. Undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs are eligible to apply for funding.
The deadline for applications is Friday, March 5. Award decisions will be made and applicants notified by Friday, March 19.
More information and an application form is posted on the NAI website at
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/abscicon-student-funding
Please direct any comments or questions to Wendy Dolci:
Wendy.W.Dolci@nasa.gov
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/
ISS 2010 Symposium
The ISS Symposium, celebrating 10 years of the International Space Station, is a high level international gathering that will mark this exciting moment between accomplishments and future, bolder objectives.
For more information and registration, please check the website: www.iss2010symposium.com
user: iss2010
password: berlin
15-19 April
Jahrestagung der Deutsche Physikalische GesellschaftBonn, Germany
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 December 2009
DPG Fachverband Extraterrestrische Physik (EP) und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Extraterrestrische Forschung (AEF) e.V. gemeinsam mit der Astronomischen Gesellschaft e.V.
Symposium Extrasolare Welten (SYEW) on March 17 with presentations:
Extrasolar Planets — ∙Artie Hatzes
Gravitational Microlensing: A powerful method for the detection of extrasolar planets — ∙Joachim Wambsganss
The Formation of Planets — ∙Wilhelm Kley
Von der Habitabilität zur Entstehung und Evolution des Lebens —Gerda Horneck, ∙Petra Rettberg
Further information is available at the conference website:
www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/2010/bonn/index.html
www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/2010/bonn/syewsummary.pdf
12-14 October
9th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'09Brussels, Belgium
http://www.exobiologie.be/eana/
Now you can download Report_EANA_09.pdf
Items to be coverded include:
1. Astrophysics, astrochemistry
2. Planets (atmosphere, interior, geology)
4. Life in extreme environments
5. Human space missions
6. In homage to Darwin’s theory of evolution: from chemistry to life (prebiotic chemistry and early biosphere)
7. Planetary protection
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12-16 October 2009
60th International Astronautical CongressDaejeon, Republic of Korea
Deadline for abstract submission: March 2, 2009
More information: www.iac2009.kr
E-mail: secretariat.iaf@iafastro.org
14-18 September
European Planetary Science Congress 2009Potsdam, Germany
Dead line for abstract submission has been extended to 29 May
2009
There is also still time to apply for student bursaries.
More information:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2009
The EPSC 2009 covers the full scope of planetary science, such as
- Terrestrial Planets
- Giant Planet
Systems
- Magnetospheres
- Missions and
Techniques
- Origins
- Outreach and Amateur
Astronomy
- Small Bodies and Planetary
Moons
- Laboratory and Field
Investigations
It includes several sessions of high interest to Astrobiology. An example is
the Group of Origins session:
OG1
Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres and Life
Covener: H.
Lammer | Co-Convener: H. Rauer
OG2
Early evolution of the solar system, meteorites, accretion and
differentiation of terrestrial planets
Covener: G. Quitté | Co-Convener: R. Ziethe
OG3
Radiation and Origin and Evolution of Life
Covener: G. Horneck | Co-Convener: P. Rettberg
OG4
Mars as a habitat
Covener: C. Muller
OG5
Astrobiology and habitability of icy moons
Covener: F.
Raulin | Co-Convener: O. Grasset
OG6
Physical foundations for origin and formation of planetary systems
Covener: A.M.
Krot | Co-Convener: C. Broeg
26-92 August
37th Annual Meeting of theEuropean Radiation Research Society
Prague
Please have a look at our webpage www.err09.org, and register in time before the end of may 2009
The meeting will offer an interesting program on topics such as:
- Radiation Physics
- Radiation Chemistry
- DNA repair
- Molecular targets for radio-enhancement, radiation sensitivity
- Genetic instability, bystander effect and radio-adaptation
- Stem cells
- Radiation carcinogenesis
- Biological dosimetry
- Radiation protection, accidents and consequence management
- Pharmacological modulation of radiation damage
- Radiotherapy
- Normal tissue damage
- Non-ionizing radiation
- Radioecology
- Heavy ions
Leading radiation scientists from Europe and the USA have agreed to give key note lectures.
There will also be a very pleasant social program with
- a sightseeing tour of historic Prague,
- a visit to the Carolinum, the building of the oldest university north of the Alps, Charles University, which was founded in 1348, and
- an evening party in the cloister brewery Strahov, founded in 1628.
24-28 August
SpaceLife summer school"Living with a Star: Basics in Space Life Sciences"
Bad Honnef, Germany
Dead line for application: June 30,2009
More information under:
http://www.dlr.de/me/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5618/
The SpaceLife summer school is part of the graduate program "SpaceLife" of
DLR in cooperation with universities in Germany, Switzerland and China:
www.DLR.de/me/SpaceLife
Lectures at the summer school are on:
- Astrobiology
- Space medicine
- Particle radiation
- Gravitational Biology
23-25 June
European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop (ESFEW)Mulhouse
The theme of this ESFEW is 'Biosignatures on exoplanets'. The discovery of nearly 300 exoplanets is one of the most exciting fields of modern astronomy and recent observations of the atmosphere such planets has opened a new field of 'exoplanetary science'. Thus it is now opportune to look forward and consider how we might search for characteristic (spectral) signatures that will identify the presence of life on such exoplanets. This is also timely since the next generation of telescopes provide the prospect of detecting the smaller, more Earth-like exoplanets whose atmospheres may be explored for 'biosignatures'.
For more information e-mail to Professor Nigel J Mason
22-26 June 2009
Goldschmidt 2009Davos Goldschmidt, Switzerland
Goldschmidt2008 looks set to be a great meeting. We are now planning for 2009.
The 2009 science program has been split into 20 different themes.
147 members of an outstanding international science panel have proposed
over 100 focused sessions within these themes. These can now be seen on
the Goldschmidt2009 website:
www.goldschmidt2009.org/themes
One of the sessions will be "Current and Future Life Detection Missions in the Solar
System" and we invite contributions on the detection of extant and
extinct life in planetary bodies of
our Solar System. In particular, we welcome papers that discuss
detection
methods of biosignatures, as well as the latest mission instrumentation
designed for in-situ life detection.
For more details visit website: www.goldschmidt2009.org
or e-mail to: info@goldschmidt2009.org
7-11 June 2009
17th IAA Humans in Space SymposiumMoscow, Russia
Deadline for abstract submission extended to 16 February 2009
More information: iaa-his2009.imbp.ru
E-mail: iaa-his2009@imbp.ru
27 May - 19 June
NASA Space Radiation Summer Schoolwww.dsls.usra.edu/spacerad/2009/.
Up to 15 students will be selected for the course to be held next summer at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Long Island, New York from May 27 - June 19, 2009. The goal of the course is to provide scientific and practical information to students and scientists who are either new to the NASA program or to charged particle radiobiology. At the completion of the summer school, students will have received the full complement of training required to conduct their own experiments at BNL.
A course syllabus and faculty list from the 2008 course may be found at:
www.bnl.gov/medical/nasa/NSRSS/2008/NSRSS_2008_default.asp Application information may be found online at www.dsls.usra.edu/spacerad/2009/application.html.
The Online Application Deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on February 28, 2009.
Student Selection Announcement is expected in Mid-March
19-24 April 2009
Traces of life from cells to planets in the General Assembly 2009 (EGU2009)Vienna, Austria
The search for life in early Earth rocks and beyond Earth requires the characterization of biosignatures. Under what conditions do cells with varying biochemical properties preserve? How do processes of decay and preservation retain, obliterate or alter original biological properties? How can we tell biological from non-biological? At a global scale, what are the consequences of early life diversification on planet Earth? How would Earth be like without life? To address these questions about traces of life from the cellular to the planetary scale, we welcome contributions about morphological, chemical, isotopic signatures of life in various past and modern environmental conditions, as well as potential abiotic signatures that mimic biological processes.
The deadline for the receipt of Abstracts is 13 Jan 2009.
In case that you would like to apply for a support, please submit not later than 07 Dec 2008.
For more informations please visit Conference website