| 8:30 AM |
Welcome and Introduction to the
Retreat
Bruce Runnegar, NAI Director |
| NAI
Science: Big Topics for Astrobiology I |
| 9:00 AM |
Michigan State University (MSU)
Michael
Thomashow |
Genomic and Evolutionary Studies
on Microbial Life at Low Temperature |
| 9:10 AM |
University
of Washington (UW)
Peter Ward |
TBD |
| 9:20
AM |
Pennsylvania
State University (PSU)
Blair Hedges
|
Planetary history database |
| 9:30
AM |
NASA
Ames Research Center (ARC)
David Des
Marais |
NAI-wide initiatives in “Astro” and “Biology” |
9:40
AM
|
University
of Arizona (UA)
Neville Woolf |
TBD |
| 9:50
AM |
Harvard
University (HAR)
Ariel Anbar |
TBD |
| 10:00
AM |
University
of Colorado, Boulder (CUB)
Bruce Jakosky |
Collaborative
directions for the NASA Astrobiology Institute |
| 10:10
AM |
Virtual
Planetary Laboratory (VPL)
Victoria Meadows |
Proposal for a planetary atmospheres
database |
|
University
of California, Berkeley (UCB)
Jillian
Banfield |
BIOMARS:
The new UC Berkeley-led NAI |
|
Break |
| Astrobiology
at NASA and the NAI: Plans, Roadmap, Program |
| 11:00
AM |
NASA
Strategic Plan
Carl Pilcher, NASA HQ |
| 11:10
AM |
Astrobiology
Roadmap
David Des Marais, ARC |
| 11:20
AM |
Exobiology,
ASTID, ASTEP
Michael Meyer, NASA HQ |
| 11:30 AM |
Mars
Exploration
Bruce Jakosky, CUB
|
| 11:40 AM |
JIMO
TBD
|
| 11:50 AM |
Astronomical
missions
Alan Boss, CIW
|
| 12:00 PM |
Extended
discussion
Carl Pilcher, Moderator |
| 12:30 PM |
Lunch
and PIs’ in-camera meeting |
| NAI
Science: Big Topics for Astrobiology II |
|
2:00 PM
|
Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee
Astrobiology Institute (IPTAI)
Lisa Pratt
|
Exploring
deep-subsurface fractures for life |
|
2:10 PM
|
University of Rhode Island
(URI)
Arthur Spivack
|
TBD |
|
2:20 PM
|
University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA)
Edward Young
|
TBD |
|
2:30 PM
|
SETI Institute (SETI)
|
M-star planet habitability
and consequences for next-generation SETI
searches |
|
2:40 PM
|
NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC)
David
McKay
|
TBD |
|
2:50 PM
|
Marine Biological Laboratory
(MBL)
Mitchell Sogin
|
A genomic-based approach
for linking Earth’s history
with the evolution of metabolic function |
|
3:00 PM
|
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC)
Michael Mumma
|
TBD |
|
3:10 PM
|
University of Hawai‘i,
Manoa (UH)
Karen Meech
|
Remote sensing remote observing
facilities for interdisciplinary research
and outreach |
|
3:20 PM
|
Carnegie Institution of Washington
(CIW)
George Cody
|
TBD |
|
3:30
PM
|
Break
|
| Building
a Virtual Institute (NAI Cantral Staff) |
|
4:00 PM
|
History of the NAI
David
Morrison
|
|
4:10 PM
|
Organization
Rosalind Grymes
|
|
4:20 PM
|
Communication and collaboration
Lisa
Faithorn
|
|
4:30 PM
|
Conferences, workshops, and
courses
Wendy Dolci
|
|
4:40 PM
|
EPO initiatives
Krisstina
Wilmoth
|
|
4:50 PM
|
Programs
Ed Goolish
|
|
5:00 PM
|
Collaborations
Bruce
Runnegar
|
|
5:10 PM
|
Discussion and planning for
workshops
Rosalind Grymes, Moderator
|
|
5:30 PM
|
Poster Session
|
|
6:30
PM
|
Dinner
|
|
7:30 PM
|
Workshops
to develop and coordinate the best "Big
topics"
|
| 9:30 PM |
Close |
