08/20/2018
We are pleased to provide you the latest information about the Misasa International Symposium MISASA VII “Sample return and Astrobiology” (December 19–21, 2018).
The scientific scope of the symposium will include researches on terrestrial and extra-terrestrial materials collected on Earth or other bodies in the Solar system with a common goal of understanding the origin, evolution, and dynamics of the Earth and planets. We plan to discuss the latest topics on going and future solar explorations, including sample return missions, and future perspectives of the astrobiology with our approach of comprehensive geochemistry and geochronology. These themes encompass the core researches at Institute for Planetary Materials.
The deadlines for both registration and abstract submission are December 3, 2018. If you have not already done so, please register and then submit your abstract at the site shown below. The symposium program will be distributed during the symposium.
We anticipate that the symposium will bring together scientists of diverse backgrounds to deepen discussions on the latest topics and future perspectives in Earth and planetary materials science and related fields. We hope that the symposium will also serve as a forum to strengthen the capacity and roles of our “Institute for Planetary Materials” for collaborative research, and foster collaborative relationships with the participants.
We look forward to meeting you in Tottori, Japan.
Eizo NAKAMURA
Chair of the Organizing Committee and Professor, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
"Active Comets: Ice and Silicates–Rosetta to CAESAR, data collection and analyses"
keynote speakers: Steve Squyres
Rosetta visited comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 and revealed the nature of a previously scarcely known solar system landscape.A new mission CAESAR plans to visit the comet again to collect icy material to be analysed by terrestrial laboratories. New details relating to the upcoming mission are discussed in context of results obtained from the Rosetta mission.
"Planets and Satellites: Planetary Materials–ExoMars, MARS2020, and MMX"
keynote speakers: Catharine Conley, Maria-Paz Zorzano
The success of Curiosity has shown that missions to the Mars areas important for understanding our solar system as those to small bodies. The origin of Life, evolution of planets, and the relationship between moons and asteroid will be discussed in this session.
"Active Asteroids: Extraterrestrial Materials–Hayabusa 1 and 2, implications and sample collection"
keynote speakers: Yu-ichi Tsuda, Sei-ichiroWatanabe
Hayabusa 2 has reached the asteroid Ryugu and demonstrated its unique shape. The current scientific insights and concerns on the sample collection will be discussed.
"Life & Astrobiology–Life initiated in comets, asteroids, Earth, and Mars"
keynote speakers: Bruce Damer, Armen Y. Mulkidjanian, Stephen Mojzsis
The field of astrobiology is developing through the study of organic chemistry, geochemistry,and cosmochemistry. Expected findings relating to samples yet to be returned from comets,asteroids, and Mars will be discussed in the context of astrobiology.
For all the details about the symposium and future information, please check the official website!
Image credits to: JAXA