Program and Presenter Information

Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
Building 34, Room W150

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Workshop Agenda

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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