Schedule
Day 1: Habitability on Different Earths Through Space
11:00 – 11:30
Introduction from Brother Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
11:30 – 11:45
Welcome from the organizers
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
11:45 – 1:45
Lunch, participant introductions, and cyanotype activity (weather permitting)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Break
2:00 – 2:15
Exoplanets Overview, Michael Wong (Carnegie)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
2:15 – 3:15
The “L Variable” Panel Discussion
Moderated by Ross Andersen (The Atlantic)
Panelists: Michael Wong (Carnegie), Ann Marie Cody (SETI Institute) and Ravi Kopparapu (NASA)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here for the Exoplanets Overview and “L Variable” panel discussion.
3:15 – 3:30
Ocean Worlds Overview
Morgan Cable (JPL)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
3:30 – 4:30
Moon Habitability Experiments Panel Discussion
Moderated by Nadia Drake
Panelists: Morgan Cable (JPL), Melissa Trainer (NASA) and Lu Chou (NASA)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here for the Ocean Worlds Overview and Moon Habitability Experiments Panel discussion.
Break
4:45 – 5:00
Astrobiology and Climate Change: Relevance, role, and responsibilities
Bill Diamond (SETI Institute)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
5:00 – 6:00
Panel: Understanding habitability in the inner solar systems and lessons for the Earth
Moderated by Bill Diamond (SETI Institute)
Panelists: Chris House (Penn State), Ellen Stofan (Smithsonian) and Abby Fraeman (NASA JPL)
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC), Suite 700 (7th floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here for the Inner solar system habitability experiments panel discussion.
Day 2: Habitability on Different Earths Through Time
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
9:15 – 10:15
Comparative Planetology, No “Planet 2.0”
David Grinspoon (NASA HQ)
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
10:15 – 11:00
Earth at the Beginning
Dale Andersen (SETI Institute)
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
Break
11:15 – 12:00
Our Geosphere Through Time and the Convergent Evolution of Brainy Things
Nick Pyenson (Smithsonian)
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
12:00 – 2:00
Lunch
Panel: Communicating through Art (12:45 – 2:00)
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
2:15 – 3:45
Humanity on a Human Planet Panel Discussion
Moderated by Carlos Lozada (New York Times)
Panelists: John McNeill (Georgetown University), Erle Ellis (Maryland), Tripti Bhattacharya (Syracuse), Megan Lickley (GU), and Victoria Herrmann (Arctic Institute)
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
Break
4:00 – 4:45
A Natural History of the Future
Rob Dunn (NC State)
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
4:45 – 5:45
Discussion
Copley Hall, Formal Lounge (1st floor), Georgetown Main Campus
Break, transition to Leavey
6:00 – 7:00, 7:00 – 10:00
Cello concert & Dinner
Composer Felipe Perez Santiago (SET Institute) and Cristina Arista
SETI Artist-in-Residence art exhibit, Library of the Great Silence, Garden of the Stars, Stargazing (weather permitting)
Leavey Center, Leavey Ballroom, Georgetown Main Campus
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
Day 3: A Broader Perspective on Environmental Crisis: Threats to Habitability
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome
Mortara Building, Mortara Center Conference Room, 3600 N Street, NW
9:15 – 10:15
The Concept of Planetary Protection panel discussion
Moderated by Penny Boston (NASA Ames Research Center)
Panelists: Jonathan Wiener (Duke), Andy Spry (SETI Institute), Betsy Pugel (NASA and Marshall Ledford (University of Arizona)
Mortara Building, Mortara Center Conference Room, 3600 N Street, NW
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
10:15 – 11:15
Student Panel: The Perspective of the Next Generation of Earth and Space Scientists panel discussion
Moderated by Maggie Weng (Georgetown University)
Panelists: Owen Chbani (Georgetown University), Sophia Chang (Georgetown University), Zach John (Georgetown University), Lara Vimercati (Natural History Museum) and Clara Ma (MIT)
Mortara Building, Mortara Center Conference Room, 3600 N Street, NW
Georgetown University students should RSVP here.
Break
11:30 – 12:00
Communicating Threats to Habitability: Making Our Voices Heard
Mortara Building, Mortara Center Conference Room, 3600 N Street, NW
Georgetown University students should RSVP here for the 11:30 – 3:00 Making Our Voices Heard activities, including the introduction, working lunch in break-out groups, and reporting out.
12:00 – 2:15
Working lunch
Making Our Voices Heard breakout groups
Various spaces
2:30 – 3:00
Reporting Out: Making Our Voices Heard
Mortara Building, Mortara Center Conference Room, 3600 N Street, NW
3:00 – 3:15
Closing remarks
Organizers
Mortara Building, Mortara Center Conference Room, 3600 N Street, NW