NASA Astrobiology Institute General Meeting

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FINAL PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE DISTRIBUTED AT MEETING

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Time	Sun Feb. 9	Mon Feb. 10	Tue Feb. 11	Wed Feb. 12
7:00		BREAKFAST	BREAKFAST	BREAKFAST
8:00	Field Trip to Superstition Mountains 8am – 4pm Biology Primer 1:00-2:30 Ken Nealson Geology Primer 2:30-4:00 Bruce Jakosky Astronomy Primer 4:00-5:30 Alan Boss	BREAKFAST	BREAKFAST	BREAKFAST
8:30		Opening Remarks/Welcome	Plenary Session Pathways to Life David Deamer Steve Benner	Plenary Session The History of Life on Earth Peter Gogarten Roger Summons
9:00		Plenary Session The Search for Habitable Environments in the Cosmos Alan Dressler Chris Chyba
10:00		BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
10:30		Concurrent Special Sessions I. Astrobiological Perspectives in Exploring the Solar System Leads: Laurie Leshin & Jonathan Lunine II. Evolutionary Genomics Leads: Blair Hedges & James Lake	Concurrent Special Sessions III. Searching for Life Outside the Solar System Leads: Vikki Meadows & David Crisp IV. Life in Extreme Environments Lead: John Baross	Concurrent Special Sessions V. Advances in Ecological Genomics Leads: Anna Louise Reysenbach & Jizhong Zhou VI. Early Biosphere Evolution Leads: Doug Erwin & Roger Summons
12:00		LUNCH Focus Group Sessions Minority Institution Breakout	LUNCH Focus Group Sessions Astrobiology Curriculum Breakout	LUNCH Focus Group Sessions
1:15		Contributed Talks Concurrent Sessions I. Origin(s) of Living Systems, and Exploring for Life in the Solar System II. Exploring for Habitable Planets Beyond the Solar System, and Evolution of Life (A)	International Partners (CAB/Spain, UKAN/UK, ACA/Australia, GDR/France, EANA/Europe)	Contributed Talks Concurrent Sessions V. Extremes of Life VI. History of Planetary Habitability
3:15		BREAK		BREAK
3:30		Contributed Talks Concurrent Sessions III. Recognizing and Interpreting Biosignatures IV. Evolution of Life (B)	Poster Session 3:30-6:30 NAI Drilling Program Discussion 4:30 E&PO Teacher Training 4:30-6:30	Town Hall Meeting: Future of the NAI Moderated Panel Discussion
5:00		Student/Postdoc Mixers		Concluding Lecture Donald Johanson
6:00	Welcome Reception			Meeting Adjourned
6:30
7:00			Pre-lecture Poster Presentations Gammage Auditorium Public Lecture: 7:30 Antonio Lazcano
7:30
8:30

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