Who: All educators (including museum staff) and students in high school or above interested in Earth and space science, and exploration. The conference content is generally non-technical but does include some detailed scientific and engineering content. The objective of the conference is to tell the exciting tale of real-life exploration and new discovery in a way that will excite and inspire students. Students under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a registered adult.

What: Join astrobiologists, planetary scientists and astronomers for a presentation on the latest information on our expanding understanding of the abodes of life on our planet and the prospects for the development of life elsewhere in our solar system and much farther beyond.

When: All day Saturday, January 24, and the morning of Sunday, January 25, 2009. Check-in begins at 8:00 am. On Saturday the conference will conclude by 5:00 pm. On Sunday the conference will end at noon for a total of 12 hours of professional development time.

Where: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's von Kármán Auditorium. JPL is located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena. For directions please visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/about_JPL/maps.cfm. Note that pre-registration is required. Walk-up registration will not be possible for this conference.

How: To register for this conference please send a check postmarked by January 20, 2009, for $40.00 payable to "Jet Propulsion Laboratory" to:

Life Educator Conference Attn: Mary Kay Kuehn Jet Propulsion Laboratory M/S 180-109 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109

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Please register by Friday, January 20, 2009.  The $40 registration fee includes continental breakfast and breaks both days and a box lunch on Saturday.  For registration questions please call the JPL Education Office at 818-393-0561. For other questions please call the JPL Educator Resource Center at 909-397-4420.

Our next conference will be during the spring semester and will feature 2009 as the "International Year of Astronomy" (http://astronomy2009.nasa.gov/) and the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope (http://hubblesite.org/).