ExoPAG 30 – Program
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Agenda (updated June 12, 2024)
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Meeting ID: 2822 412 2945
PW: exoplanets
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Venue: Rhode Island Convention Center
Junior Ballroom 555/556 (5th floor)
Group photo from ExoPAG 30.
MAY 5, 2024
| Session 1 (Chair: Ilaria Pascucci) | Speaker | Time (EDT) | Duration (H:MM) |
| Welcome + ExoPAG goals and overview of activities | Ilaria Pascucci | 9:30 AM | 0:10 |
| NASA Headquarters Exoplanet Exploration Program Focus on interdisciplinary opportunties | Hannah Jang-Condell & John Wisniewski | 9:40 AM | 0:20 |
| Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Office | Dawn Gelino | 10:00 AM | 0:15 |
| ExEP Science w focus on Science Gap List to search for life on extrasolar planets | Eric Mamajek | 10:15 AM | 0:20 |
| BREAK (20 min) | 10:35 AM | 0:20 | |
| SIG3- Exoplanet / Solar System Synergies | Vikki Meadows | 10:55 AM | 0:20 |
| VEXAG: the potential for past habitability on Venus and science gaps | Noam Izenberg | 11:15 AM | 0:20 |
| MEPAG Mars Exploration Analysis group: searching for life on Mars - science gaps | Victoria Hamilton | 11:35 AM | 0:20 |
| Interdisciplinary Exchange 1 Themes TBA | Session 1: Identifying Common Scientific Gaps | 11:55 AM | 0:30 |
| Group Discussion: Small group discussion to explore the most pressing scientific gaps within each topic group, focusing on overlapping or unique challenges faced by each of the communities represented within the topic group. Participants also propose ideas for interdisciplinary collaboration, leveraging the unique strengths of each community. | |||
| LUNCH BREAK (90 min) | 12:25 PM | 1:30 | |
| Session 2 (Chair: Sarah Peacock) | Speaker | Time (EDT) | Duration (H:MM) |
| NExSS overview and WGs focusing on the search for life beyond Earth | Ofer Cohen | 1:55 PM | 0:30 |
| Jessica Noviello | 2:25 PM | 0:20 | |
| OPAG goals in relation to habitability in the outer Solar System | Morgan Cable | 2:45 PM | 0:20 |
| Cross-AG Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) | Cynthia Phillips and Michael Bland | 3:05 PM | 0:20 |
| The search for Life in the Solar System | Lori Glaze | 3:25 PM | 0:30 |
| Interdisciplinary Exchange 2 Themes TBA | Session 2: Exploring Interdisciplinary Opportunities | 3:55 PM | 0:20 |
| Each small group briefly presents a summary of their discussion, followed by an all-participants discussion. | |||
| Lightning Talks | |||
| Hypervelocity Ice Impact | Ziyu Huang, Boston University - Post Doctoral | 4:15 PM | 0:30 |
| HWO rule out O2 biosignature false positives | Anna Ulses, University of Washington - Grad Student | ||
| Evaluating the Origin of Life on Exoplanets | Finnegan Keller, Brown University - Undergrad | ||
| Exoplanet Aeronomy WASP-69b | Garrett Levine, Yale University - Grad Student | ||
| LIFE | Eleonora Alei, NPP Fellow, NASA GSFC - Post Doc | ||
| Characterizing Terrestrial Atmospheres with ELTs | Miles Currie, University of Washington - Grad Student | ||
| Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets | Laura Chin, Boston University - Grad Student | ||
| Biosignatures on Sub-Neptune Waterworlds | Shang-Min Tsai, UC Riverside - Post Doc | ||
| BREAK (20 min) | 4:45 PM | 0:20 | |
| Session 3 (Chair: Ilaria Pascucci) | Speaker | Time (EDT) | Duration (H:MM) |
Business Meeting:
| All | 5:05 PM | 1:00 |
| ADJOURN | 6:05 PM | ||
| EC Closed Session | EC Members | 6:15 PM | 0:30 |
