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Attendance Survey First Kepler Science Conference

By SpaceRef Editor
May 22, 2011
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Attendance Survey First Kepler Science Conference
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If you are interested in attending the First Kepler Science Conference, please complete a short survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TKSPKMG

The First Kepler Science Conference will be held 5-9 December 2011, hosted by the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. The conference will highlight the full range of scientific results that have emerged from more than two years of Kepler observations, as well as what to expect from continued observations. The meeting will consist of 9-10 half-day sessions, each session dedicated to a different topic. Topics will include:

-The Kepler Mission and Exoplanet Statistics
-Earth-analog and sub-Neptune-size Planets
-Multiple Planet Systems
-Exoplanet Theory
-Giant Planets and Planet Atmospheres
-Eclipsing and Interacting Binaries
-Stellar Activity
-Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram
-Red Giant Oscillations
-Asteroseismology of Solar-type Stars

The conference website is: http://kepler.nasa.gov/Science/ForScientists/keplerconference/

Science Organizing Committee:

Matt Holman (Chair), Alan Boss, Doug Caldwell, David Ciardi, Jessie Dotson, Dawn Gelino, Ron Gililand, Martin Still, Jason Steffen, Bill Welsh

Local Organizing Committee:

Rho Christensen and Mark Messersmith (Co-Chairs), Edna DeVore, Pamela Harman

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