Category: iPLEX Meeting

Preliminary Program

June 12, 2012

Time	Presenter	Title of Talk
9:00	Breakfast
9:15	Welcome	David Paige and David Jewitt
9:30	Dale, P., Cruikshank	Organic Molecules on Saturn’s Satellites: Relationship to Kuiper Belt Objects, Interstellar Dust, and the Solar Nebula
10:00	Ben Teolis	Evidence for polar regolith cold trapping of exospheric O2 and CO2 on icy moons Rhea and Dione: A low-temperature analogue to inner solar system volatiles?
10:30	Henry H. Hsieh	Ice in the Main Asteroid Belt
11:00	Coffee Break
11:15	Joshua P. Emery	Ices and organics on asteroids and comets
11:45	Julie C Castillo-Rogez	1 Ceres is an Astrobiological Target
12:15	Lunch on Campus
13:30	Adam Waszczak	A search for active asteroids with the Palomar Transient Factory survey
14:00	James M Bauer	WISE/NEOWISE COMETS: PRELIMINARY PROPERTIES OF NUCLEI & GAS EMISSON
14:30	Rachel A Stevenson	An Ice Grain Halo Around Comet 17P/Holmes
15:00	Coffee Break
15:30	Krishna Muralidharan	Theoretical and experimental evidence for wet accretion of Earth
16:00	Sandra Pizzarello	Large enantiomeric excesses in primitive meteorites and the diverse effects of water in cosmochemical evolution
16:30	William I. Newman	Planetary Migration and Volatile Transport: The Perils of Modeling Planetesimals
17:00	Discussion
17:30	Adjourn
18:00	Dinner at UCLA Faculty Center

 

June 13, 2012

Time	Presenter	Title of Talk
8:30	Breakfast
8:45	Welcome (Paige and Jewitt)
9:00	Norbert Schorghofer	New Views of Old Volatiles
9:30	Russell Cox	Enabling Technologies for DeepCryo Volatiles Experimentation and Exploration
10:00	Ben, Bussey	A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF LUNAR PERMANENTLY SHADOWED AREAS.
10:30	Sarah T. Crites	In-situ production of organic molecules at the poles of the Moon
10:45	Nancy, L, Chabot	Craters Hosting Radar-bright Deposits in Mercury’s Polar Regions
11:15	Coffee Break
11:45	David A. Paige	Thermal stability of polar ices and organics on Mercury
12:15	Michael T. Mellon	Ices on Mars: Dynamics, Distribution, and Questions
13:30	Lunch on Campus
14:00	Adrian Jon Brown	Transport and Thermal Metamorphism of Water Ice in the Martian North Polar Springtime
14:30	Patricio Becerra	CO2 FROST HALOS ON THE SOUTH POLAR RESIDUAL CAP OF MARS
15:00	Selby Cull	Perchlorate Salts and Water on Mars: An overview of Recent Work
15:30	Discussion
16:00	Adjourn

2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts

On June 12th and 13th, the UCLA Institute for Planets and Exoplanets (iPLEX) will host a two day interdisciplinary conference on the nature, distribution, origin and evolution of frozen volatiles and organics in the inner solar system. Topics will include:

• Polar ice and permafrost on planets and asteroids

• Delivery of terrestrial planet atmospheres and oceans

• Water and organics in comets

• Liquid water habitats in the inner solar system

The conference format will include summary talks as well as contributed papers, with time set aside for discussion and questions. Attendance is limited to 60 participants. Final deadline for abstract submission is May 25th.

 

Meeting Logistics

The conference will take place on the UCLA campus. Information regarding meeting location, transportation, and accommodations can be found on the Logistics Page. Guests are advised to book their accommodations early, as hotels are expected to fill up due to the UCLA graduation ceremony occurring the same week.

 

Registration and Abstract Submission

There is a $75 registration fee. Registration is compulsory for all attendees and can be accessed by clicking on the link below. Once you have entered your information, you will be provided with a link to an optional abstract upload page.  Abstracts should be in .pdf format with maximum length of one page.

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Please contact iplex_conferences@ess.ucla.edu if you have questions or comments.

Water, organics and other volatiles are widely distributed throughout the inner solar system. For example, we find volatiles in the interiors of terrestrial planets and asteroids, as solids in the cryospheres, polar caps and permanently shadowed regions of planets and asteroids, as liquids on the surface of Earth and possibly on Mars, as gases in atmospheres and exospheres and in icy objects recently scattered to the inner solar system from beyond the snow line. Volatiles have played a key role in determining the properties and evolution of inner solar system bodies, and are central to the origin and evolution of life. Despite this, our understanding of their sources and evolution is far from complete.

The UCLA Institute for Planets and Exoplanets (iPLEX) will host a two day interdisciplinary conference on the nature, distribution, origin and evolution of frozen volatiles and organics in the inner solar system. Topics will include:

• Polar ice and permafrost on planets and asteroids
• Delivery of terrestrial planet atmospheres and oceans
• Water and organics in comets
• Liquid water habitats in the inner solar system

The conference format will include summary talks as well as contributed papers, with time set aside for discussion and questions. Attendance is limited to 60 participants and pre-registration is required (see below).

 

Meeting Logistics & Registration

The conference will take place at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus. Information about meeting location, transportation and nearby accommodations is provided on the Logistics Page.

The second announcement and call for abstracts will be on April 3rd. Final deadline for abstract submission is May 25th. There is no fee required to pre-register, however a $75 fee will be requested upon acceptance of a submitted abstract to cover the cost of refreshments and dinner. Guests are advised to book their accommodations early as hotels are expected to fill up well in advance due to the UCLA graduation ceremony occurring the same week. Guests who wish to attend the conference must pre-register by clicking on the button below.

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Tentative Program

Day 1	Day 2
Morning session	Morning session
Overview of frozen volatiles and organics in the inner solar system	Volatiles and organics on the Moon
Origin of the Earth’s volatiles	Volatiles and organics on Mercury
Afternoon Session	Afternoon Session
Volatiles and organics in Comets	Volatiles and organics on Mars
Volatiles and organics on Asteroids	Liquid Water Habitats in the Inner Solar System
Evening
Dinner at the UCLA Faculty Center

 

Click here for the second announcement and call for abstracts.