Signs of Life: A Report Based on the April 2000 Workshop on Life Detection Techniques (2002)
Chapter: Appendix B Workshop Agenda
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Workshop Agenda
APRIL 25, 2000
I. INTRODUCTION | |
8:20 a.m. | Welcome and Overview of Local Astrobiology Activities Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Carnegie Institution of Washington |
8:45 | Gerald A. Soffen, Goddard Space Flight Center |
9:10 | Norman R. Pace, University of Colorado |
9:35 | David W. Deamer, University of California, Santa Cruz |
10:00 | Break |
II. SAMPLE RETURN | |
10:15 | Donald Brownlee, University of Washington |
10:35 | Kenneth H. Nealson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
10:55 | Christopher F. Chyba, SETI Institute |
11:15 | Christopher McKay, NASA Ames Research Center |
11:35 | James F. Kasting, Pennsylvania State University |
11:55 | Lunch |
III. DETECTING EXTANT LIFE | |
12:50 p.m. | Chris Jacobsen, State University of New York, Stony Brook |
1:20 | William W. Barker, University of Wisconsin |
1:50 | Amit Meller, Rowland Institute at Harvard |
2:20 | Marilyn L. Fogel, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
2:40 | Break |
2:55 | Joseph L. Kirschvink, California Institute of Technology |
3:25 | Robert J. Cotter, John Hopkins University School of Medicine |
3:55 | Steven A. Benner, University of Florida |
4:25 | Panel Discussion on Techniques Panelists: Christopher McKay, Chair Chris Jacobsen William W. Barker Amit Meller Robert J. Cotter Steven A. Benner Stephan Morse |
5:00 | Adjourn |
APRIL 26, 2000
8:30 a.m. | David A. Stahl, University of Washington |
9:00 | Gary Ruvkun, Massachusetts General Hospital |
9:15 | John Rummel, NASA Office of Space Science |
IV. DETECTING EXTINCT LIFE | |
9:50 | Luann Becker, University of California, Santa Barbara |
10:20 | J. Michael Moldowan, Stanford University |
10:50 | Break |
11:05 | Sherwood Chang, SETI Institute |
11:35 | Ariel D. Anbar, University of Rochester |
12:05 p.m. | David McKay, NASA Johnson Space Center |
12:35 | Lunch |
1:35 | Sherry L. Cady, Portland State University |
2:05 | Panel Discussion Panelists: Marilyn L. Fogel, Chair David McKay Hayes Griffith |
3:05 | Break |
3:20 | Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Carnegie Institution of Washington |
3:50 | Jeffrey L. Bada, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
4:20 | Panel Discussion Panelists: John Kerridge, Chair Jeffrey L. Bada Kenneth H. Nealson Marilyn L. Fogel Jonathan I. Lunine |
V. WRAP UP | |
5:00 | Conclusion John Baross, University of Washington |
5:20 | Adjourn |
