ExoPAG 29 – Program
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Agenda (PDF - updated January 3, 2024)
All times CST (PST -2 hours, EST +1 hour, UTC +5 hours)
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Venue: Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Quarterdeck Ballroom Address: 2 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70130
JANUARY 6, 2024
| Session 1 (Chair: Ilaria Pascucci) | Speaker | Time (CST) | Duration (H:MM) | |
| Welcome | Ilaria Pascucci | 9:00 AM | 0:15 | |
| NASA Headquarters Exoplanet Exploration Program | Video | Hannah Jang-Condell | 9:15 AM | 0:20 |
| Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Office | Video | Gary Blackwood | 9:35 AM | 0:15 |
| ExEP Science | Video | Karl Stapelfeldt | 9:50 AM | 0:15 |
| NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) and NASA Exoplanet Archive Update | Video | David Ciardi | 10:05 AM | 0:15 |
| BREAK (30 min) | 10:20 AM | 0:30 | ||
| ExEP Technology Update | Video | Brendan Crill | 10:50 AM | 0:15 |
| SAG 22 Final Report | Video | Natalie Hinkel | 11:05 AM | 0:15 |
| Potential SAG on Technosignatures | Video | Jason Wright | 11:20 AM | 0:15 |
| Potential SAG on Atmospheric Retrieval HWO | Video | Renyu Hu | 11:35 AM | 0:15 |
| NASA’s Transform to OPen Science (TOPS) initiative | Video | Jenn Burt | 11:50 AM | 0:15 |
| LUNCH BREAK (90 min) | 12:05 AM | 1:30 | ||
| Introducing the 2024 ExoExplorers Cohort | Tiffany Kataria | 1:35 PM | 0:15 | |
| Session 2 Mini Symposium (Chair: Lily Zhao) TOPIC: Systems Architectures | Speaker | Time (CST) | Duration (H:MM) | |
| No Evidence for More Earth-sized Planets in the Habitable Zone of Kepler's M versus FGK Stars | Video | Galen Bergsten | 1:50 PM | 0:25 |
| The Path to Uncovering the Histories of TESS Circumbinary Planets | Video | Dominic Oddo | 2:15 PM | 0:25 |
| Unveiling Orbital Architectures with the TESS-Keck Survey | Video | Alex Polanski | 2:40 PM | 0:25 |
| BREAK (30 min) | 3:05 PM | 0:30 | ||
| Session 3 SIG/SAG Update (Chair: Natalie Hinkel) | Speaker | Time (CST) | Duration (H:MM) | |
| SIG 2: Exoplanet Demographics | Video | Samson Johnson | 3:35 PM | 0:20 |
| SIG 3: Exoplanet / Solar System Synergies | Kathy Mandt | 3:55 PM | 0:20 | |
| SAG 23: The Impact of Exo-Zodiacal Dust on Exoplanet Direct Imaging Surveys | Video | John Debes | 4:15 PM | 0:20 |
| SAG 24: Exploring the Complementary Science Value of Starshade Observations | Video | Sara Seager | 4:35 PM | 0:20 |
| ADJOURN | 4:55 PM | |||
JANUARY 7, 2024
| Session 4 (Chair: Kate Follette) | Speaker | Time (CST) | Duration (H:MM) | |
| NASA Astrobiology Program | Video | David Grinspoon | 9:00 AM | 0:30 |
| Roman - review of accepted exoplanet-focused investigations | Video | Scott Gaudi | 9:30 AM | 0:20 |
| Timelines of planetary and astrophysics missions | Video | Stephen Kane | 9:50 AM | 0:20 |
| START team: plans and interactions with the ExoPAG community | Video | Courtney Dressing | 10:10 AM | 0:20 |
| BREAK (30 min) | 10:30 AM | 0:30 | ||
| Session 5 (Chair: Ilaria Pascucci) | Speaker | Time (CST) | Duration (H:MM) | |
| Business Meeting: Discuss New SIGs/SAGs, Discuss Potential New Findings, Solicit new suggestions for ExEP or ExoPAG action, Announcements, etc. | Video | Lead: Ilaria Pascucci astro-planetary connections: Diana Dragomir JWST targets: Ian Crossfield Solicit new suggestions/findings: Gary Blackwood | 11:00 AM | 1:30 |
| ADJOURN | 12:30 PM | |||
JANUARY 7, 2024
| Closed EC Executive Session 1:00-2:15 PM CST | |||
| Joint Program Analysis Group (PAG) Session 3:00-5:00 PM CST Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room: 244 / 245 |
