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ESA Brainstorming On Astrobiology
October 16, 2023 - October 20, 2023
A pilot for a series of open, focused, and multidisciplinary workshops
What? An open, focused, and multidisciplinary European Space Agency (ESA) workshop on astrobiology, featuring expert discussion as well as public talks.
Who? Uniting ~30 experts from ESA and the science community, including exoplanets, planetary science, and solar/stellar physics
When? 16 – 20 October 2023
Where? The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Why? Fostering collaboration, connecting ESA with the Zeitgeist of the rapidly growing astrobiology community, brainstorming outside-of-the-box ideas for interdisciplinary science and future missions, and disseminating our findings via public lectures and a publication. Our vision is to form a diverse group in terms of research expertise, gender, seniority, background, institute country, and professional functionality.
Importantly, there is some commitment requested before and after the event (see below); we will select ~15 applicants from the community; travel grants for all participants will be provided (up to 1000 Euro; exceptions may be discussed upon request); and the deadline for submissions is 15 June 2023. Succesful applicants will be contacted and invited shortly after the deadline.
TOPICAL THEMES
The topical themes we will address are ESA- as well as science-community-driven:
– Astrobiology in the frame of Voyage 2050
– Optimizing synergies between ESA missions and ground-based facilities for astrobiology
– Seeking astrobiology synergies with other space agencies
– Unresolved, fundamental astrobiology research questions which require new space-based missions
OCAL INFORMATION
All in-person attendees are invited to ESTEC (Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands) for the whole week. More local information will be provided in due course.
CONTACT & ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Please contact esa-brainstorming@cosmos.esa.int or any individual member with any and all questions, and we will be happy to help. The organising committee is, in alphabetical order:
Nicol Caplin1
Quentin Changeat3
Salma Fahmy1
Maximilian N. Günther1 (Chair)
Laura Hayes1
Ana Heras1
Gaitee Hussain1
Markus Kissler-Patig2
Theresa Lüftinger1
Bruno Merín2
Emily Rickman3
Elliot Sefton-Nash1
Jorge Vago1
Olivier Witasse1
1ESTEC, 2ESAC, 3STScI