National Harbor, MD | January 12th – 15th 2025

Join the Cosmic Origins team for the 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society at National Harbor, MD, in the Washington DC area.

Cosmic Origins and Joint Program Analysis Group activities will be scheduled from 9a to 6p Eastern, Sunday, January 12th, before the main meeting opening reception on Sunday evening. The session will include science talks and programmatic presentations from members of the Cosmic Origins Science Interest Groups.

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Complete session agenda

In addition to this session, members of the COR/COPAG community will be leading various sessions that range from state to the profession to infrared science to NASA trivia!

Highlighted talks for the COPAG session are listed below that include the morning and afternoon schedule blocks.

Morning Block

Room: Potomac 3 – 4

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:30am ‑ 10:55am	Galaxies / Stars / DGCE SIG
	The Need for Space-Based IFU Spectroscopy	Claudia Scarlata
	Deciphering the True Properties of Galaxies Across Cosmic Time with UV Spectroscopy	Bethan James
	A "Massive" Future for UV Spectroscopy	Christi Erba
	Growing in the Wind: O VI Imaging of a Galaxy’s Circumgalactic Medium	David Rupke
	Slitlet Stepping: Turning the NIRSpec Micro-Shutter Array into a Multi-headed IFU	Susan Kassin
11:10am ‑ 12:00 noon	Spatially Resolved UV Spectroscopy – Panel Discussion	Paul Scowen, Erika Hamden, Stephan McCandliss, Emily Witt, David Schminovich, Susan Kassin, Sanch Borthakur (Moderator)

Afternoon Block

Room: Potomac 3 – 4

Time	Topic	Speakers
1:30pm	Cosmic Origins Technology Gaps and Portfolio Highlights	Rachel Rivera (NASA GSFC)
15 + Q&A	Deriving The Early-Career Algorithm: First Year Impacts of the Cosmic Pathfinders Program	Ron Gamble
15 + Q&A	Science and Upcoming Data Releases from Euclid, an ESA Mission with NASA Participation	Harry Teplitz
15 + Q&A	Roman Space Telescope	Rachel Beaton
3:00pm	Unpacking the Black Box: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Assisted Tools in Astronomy Research	Kartheik Iyer
	Preparing for Astro 2030: The Astrophysics Decadal Survey Process	TBA