Exoplanet science continues to be a rapidly increasing field in Southern California. To capitalise on this, we are organising the third annual gathering of local exoplanet scientists to allow members of the community get to know one another and to learn about the many opportunities for collaborations.
We have set aside September 18 and 19 in Caltech's Beckman Institute Auditorium to welcome the many new exoplanet researchers who will be arriving in the fall, including, of course, new grad students. We are planning a two-day event with a few invited presentations, but with an emphasis on contributed talks by our new arrivals. In addition to Caltech, IPAC/NExScI, and JPL scientists, we are extending an invitation to our Carnegie and local University of California and California State University colleagues.
Confirmed Invited Speakers
Pictures from ExSoCal 2017 can be viewed here.
The abstract submission deadline is Sept. 6; the registration deadline is Sept. 8
Outreach SessionExSoCal 2017 will feature a session focused entirely on the topic of outreach endeavors. Our aim is to facilitate the sharing of ideas and methodology as well as possible collaborations between attendees at the same or nearby institutions. To this end we thus encourage attendees to submit talk abstracts to discuss outreach activities at their local institution. We note that these ideas do not have to be specific to exoplanet science but instead could discuss any outreach endeavor that pertains to astronomy.
Link to previous meetings: ExSoCal2015 and ExSoCal2016
If you have questions, email us at: ellen@ipac.caltech.edu
(last updated January 30th, 2018 11:12:29)
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