


Program and Presenter Information
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
Building 34, Room W150
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Workshop Agenda
Day 1
Monday, September 12, 2016
9:00-9:30am
9:30-10:00am
10:00-10:30am
10:30-10:45am
10:45-11:15am
11:15-11:45am
11:45am
12:00-12:20pm
12:20-12:40pm
12:40-1:00pm
1:00-1:30pm
1:30-2:30
2:30-3:00pm
3:00-4:00pm
4:00-5:00pm
5:00-6:00pm
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Workshop Overview
Ocean Worlds Program
Curt Niebur, NASA Headquarters
Europa: Exploring a potentially habitable world
Bob Pappalardo, JPL
Break
Enceladus and Its Potential for Life
Carolyn Porco, Space Science Institute
Discussion
Working Lunch
Mars Biosignature Conference - David Des Marais, ARC
Rethinking Biosignatures Workshop – Michael New, NASA HQ
Ocean Worlds 2 Workshop - Sarah Horst, JHU
Assignments and Charge to Working Groups: Signal 1 and Noise 1
Working Group Session: Signal 1
Plenary Discussion and Interim Report-Out
Working Group Session: Noise 1
Plenary Discussion and Working Group Report-Out
Social Hour
Day 2
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
9:00-9:30am
9:30-10:00am
10:00-10:30am
10:30-10:45am
10:45-11:00am
11:00-11:30am
11:30-12:00pm
12:00pm
12:30-12:50pm
12:50-1:10pm
1:10-1:30pm
1:30-2:30pm
2:30-3:00pm
3:00-4:00pm
4:00-4:15pm
4:15-4:45pm
Review of Workshop Deliverables
Perspectives on Astrobiology at Ocean Worlds
Mary Voytek, NASA Headquarters
Update on Roadmaps to Ocean Worlds
Amanda Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute
Discussion
Break
Europa Lander SDT Update
Alison Murray, Desert Research Institute
Discussion
Working Lunch
Energy flux and life detection -
Tori Hoehler, ARC
Earth’s Icy Biosphere -
John Priscu, Montana State University
Assignments and Charge to Working Groups: Signal 2 and Noise 2
Working Group Session: Signal 2
Plenary Discussion and Interim Report-Out
Working Group Session: Noise 2
Break
Europa’s Geology and Implications for Life
Britney Schmidt, Georgia Tech
Day 3
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
9:00-10:00am
10:00-10:30am
10:30-10:45am
10:45-11:45am
11:45-12:15pm
12:15-1:30pm
1:30-2:00pm
2:00-3:00pm
3:00-4:30pm
4:30-5:00pm
Plenary Discussion and Day 2 Working Group Report-Out
Workshop Deliverables and Charge to Working Groups: Processing 1 and 2
Break
Working Group Session: Processing 1
Plenary Discussion: Mission-Specific Measurement Requirements
Lunch on Your Own
Biosignatures at Enceladus
Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University
Working Group Session: Processing 2
Plenary Discussion, Final Report-Out, Synthesis of Findings
Closing Remarks and Next Steps