Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP)


  1. April 12, 2008 Executive Council Meeting Agenda

    Location: Santa Clara, CA

    Agenda:

    8:00-08:30 Coffee/breakfast

    8:30-08:45 Welcome and logistics

    8:45-09:30 SETI Inst. Team science presentations

    • Max Bernstein
    • Lynn Rothschild
    • Friedemann Freund

    9 :30-10:15 DDF project and Focus Group updates (Session 1)

    DDF project: Origin of water workshop (Meech)

    DDF project: Remote Sensing Workshop (Sogin)

    Mars Focus Group (Des Marais)

    10:15-10:30 Break

    10:30-11:30 High Performance Collaborative Technologies (Larry Smarr, UCSD/Calit2)

    11:30-12:00 NAI Emeritus Program (All)

    12:00-1:30 Lunch / PI in camera session

    1:30-2:00 Report from PI in camera session

    2:00-2:45 International associate/affiliate presentations

    • Pascale Ehrenfreund (European Exo/Astrobiology Network Association)
    • Malcolm Walter (Australian Centre for Astrobiology)
    • Jane Greaves (Astrobiology Society of Britain )

    2:45-3:00 Break

    3:00-4:00 DDF project and Focus Group updates (Session 2)

    • Virus Focus Group (Blumberg, Stedman)
    • Origins of Life Focus Group (Pohorille)
    • DDF Project: Cyanobacteria in a Lunar environment workshop (Pohorille)

    4:00-4:45 Ames Team science presentations

    • Andrew Pohorille—Origins of life,
    • Andrew Mattioda—Astrochemistry,
    • Linda Jahnke—Microbial Biomarkers

    4:45-5:15 Other business

    5:15 Adjourn

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