2nd Annual Ocean Worlds Meeting Agenda
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome & Introductions Ellen Stofan (NASA) Mark Abbott (WHOI) |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Scientific & Technical Motivation and Framework for Ocean Worlds Christophe Sotin (JPL) & Jim Bellingham (WHOI) |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Goals for the Meeting and the Year Ahead Chris German (WHOI) & Kevin Hand (JPL) |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Q&A Session |
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Key scientific aspects of Oceans on Earth (1) (Chair: Chris German) 3 talks (12 min + 4 min Q&A = 48 min) • Paul Falkowski (Biogeochemical Evolution of a Life-Sustaining Planet) • Julie Huber (Life in the Extreme: Seafloor Fluid Flow and Chemosynthesis) • Mark Skidmore (Life in the Extreme: Microbiology at the Ice-Water Interface) |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10 – 12:00 | Key scientific aspects of Oceans beyond Earth (1) (Chair: Christophe Sotin) 3 talks (12 min + 4 min Q&A = 48 min) • Carolyn Porco (The Geysering World of Enceladus) • Bill McKinnon (Geophysics of Ocean Worlds) • Krista Soderlund (Ocean Circulation Beyond Earth) |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 – 14:20 | Ocean Worlds Technologies: Core components (Chair: Heidi Perry) 4 talks (12 min + 4 min Q&A = 64 min) • Pete Girguis (Sensors for Investigating the Oceans In Situ) • Henrik Schmidt (Acoustics for Interrogating the Oceans Remotely) • Dana Yoerger (Robotics for Ocean Exploration) • Bob Pappalardo (Mission to Europa) |
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| 14:20 – 15:10 | Key Scientific Aspects of Oceans on Earth (2) (Chair: Julie Huber) 3 talks (12 min + 4 min Q&A = 48 min) • Everett Shock (Energetics to Drive Chemosynthesis) • Beth Orcutt (Life Beneath the Seafloor) • John Priscu (Subglacial Lake Investigations) |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Coffee Break |
| 15:10 – 16:00 | Key Scientific Aspects of Oceans beyond Earth (2) (Chair: Sarah Horst) 3 talks (12 min + 4 min Q&A = 48 min) • Wes Patterson (Tectonics on Icy Moons) • Jason Goodman (Ocean Circulation Effects on Europa) • Chris Glein (Geochemical Modelling for Enceladus’s ocean) |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Day 1 Discussion |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Break |
| 17:15 – 18:45 | Happy Hour & Ocean Worlds “Karaoke” 1 slide per person, 60 seconds to present. Michael Russell, JPL Steve Vance, JPL |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner |