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Sunday April 10,
2005
Field Trips
Please
see the Field Trips and Primers section of the website for detailed
information
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9:00 am ñ
3:00 pm |
A New K-T
Boundary in the Denver Basin
Trip
Leader: Kirk Johnson, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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Buses load
at 8:45 am at the Millennium Hotel entrance |
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9:00 am ñ
1:00 pm
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Field
Trip: The Geology of the Front Range, Colorado
Trip
Leader: Alan Lester, University of Colorado
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Buses
load at 8:45 am at the Millennium Hotel entrance
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Astrobiology Primer Sessions
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1:00 pm ñ
2:20 pm
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Astronomy
Presented
by: Nick Woolf, University of Arizona
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Marriott
Hotel ñ Montrachet Room
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2:30 ñ
3:50 pm
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Geology
Presented
by: Roger Buick, University of Washington and Christopher House, Pennsylvania State University
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Marriott
Hotel ñ Montrachet Room
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4:00 ñ
5:20 pm
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Biology
Presented by: Leslie Orgel,
Salk Institute and Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames Research Center
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Marriott
Hotel ñ Montrachet Room
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Other Sunday Events
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12:00 pm
ñ 7:00 pm
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Meeting
Registration
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Millennium
Hotel Lobby
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1:00 ñ
5:00 pm
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Focus
Group Meetings
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Marriott
Hotel
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3:00 pm
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Cyber
CafÈ Opens
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Millennium
Hotel ñ Living Room
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3:00 ñ
9:00 pm
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Theme
1 & 2, NAI Team, International Partner and Focus Group posters set up for
display in the Millennium and Century Rooms at the Millennium Hotel
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5:30 ñ
9:00 pm
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Welcome/Icebreaker
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Millennium Hotel ñ Grand
Ballroom
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9:00 pm
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Poster
Room Closed
Cyber
CafÈ Closed
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Monday, April 11, 2005
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7:00 ñ
8:30 am
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Breakfast
Continue
poster set up for Sessions 1 & 2
Cyber
CafÈ opens at 7:30 am
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Pavilion
Millennium
Hotel -Millennium and Century Rooms
Millennium
Hotel ñ Living Room |
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8:30 ñ
9:00 am
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Conference Welcome
Bruce Jakosky, PI for University of Colorado at Boulder NAI Team
Steve Mojzsis, Program Chair, NAI 2005
Phil DeStefano,
Interim Chancellor, University of Colorado System
Bruce Runnegar,
Director, NASA Astrobiology Institute
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Millennium
Hotel ñ Grand Ballroom
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Session
Chairs: Geoff Blake, Mike Meyer, T. Mark Harrison
Millennium
Hotel ñ Grand Ballroom
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9:00-9:45
am |
Lead
Talk:
1093:
Formation and Evolution of Habitable Worlds
T. Mark
Harrison, RSES/ANU
Michael
Meyer, University of Arizona
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9:45 ñ
10:30 am
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
974: Imaging Planet-Forming Disks: Space-born Coronagraphy and Ground-based Polarimetric
Differential Imaging
D. Apai*
916: Effects of Shadowing and Illumination on Planet Formation
H. Jang-Condell*
975: Planetesimal
Evolution and Terrestrial Planet Formation
Z.E. Leinhardt*, D.C. Richardson
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10:30 ñ
11:00 am
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Coffee
Break ñ Pavillion
Open
Microphone for Discussion ñGrand Ballroom
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11:00 am
ñ 12:00 pm
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
834:
Impact-generated Hydrothermal Systems: Potential Sites for Pre-biotic
Chemistry and Life on Early Earth and Mars
D. Kring*,
O. Abramov
797:
Hydrogen Concentration in Pre-biotic Earthís Atmosphere: New Simulation
Results and Discussion of Multi-Component Hydrodynamic Escape
F. Tian*,
O.B. Toon, A.A. Pavlov
1075: The Chemical Compositions and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets in the
Universe
C. H. Lineweaver*
901: Astrobiologyís
Impact On Science Education
E.G. Offerdahl*,
E.E. Prather, T.F. Slater
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12:00 ñ
1:30 pm
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Lunch ñ
On own
Poster
rooms open
Virus Focus Group Meeting ñ Bugaboo B Room, Marriott Hotel
Early Career Workshop ñ Montrachet Room, Marriott Hotel
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Session
Chairs: Vikkie Meadows, Norman
Sleep, Jim Kasting
Millennium
Hotel ñ Grand Ballroom
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1:30 ñ
2:15 pm
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Lead
Talk:
1096: How
Common Are Habitable Planets in the Galaxy? Connecting Biochemistry,
Astrophysics, and Geophysics
Norman
Sleep, Stanford University
Jim Kasting,
Pennsylvania State University
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2:15 ñ
4:00 pm
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
1109: First Light from an Extrasolar Planet and Implications for Astrobiology
L. J. Richardson*, S.Seager, J. Harrington, D. Deming
810:
Habitable Planets and Water Delivery in Binary Star Systems
N. Haghighipour*
786: The
Spectrum of a Living Terrestrial Planet: Earthshine Observations and
Insights for NASAís TPF Mission
M. C.
Turnbull* et.al.
1023: Detectability
of Planetary Surface Biosignatures: Modeled and Measured Disk-Averaged
Spectra of the Earth
G. Tinetti*
991: Biomarkers on Earth-like Planets Around M Dwarfs
A. Segura*
883: Extrasolar
Planets: Worlds of Opportunity for Education and Public Outreach
D. Daou*
et al.
940: DARWIN and the Search for Life
L. Kaltenegger*,
M. Fidlund, W.A. Traub
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4:00 ñ
6:00 pm
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Poster
Session: Theme 1 & 2 Posters
(Be with
your poster ñ even numbers 1st half, odd numbers 2nd
half)
- Theme 1
Poster Chairs: John Armstrong, John Bally, Don DePaolo
- Theme 2
Poster Chairs: Rocco Mancinelli, Andreas Teske, Steve Mojzsis
E/PO and
IT Demonstrations
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Millennium
Hotel - Millennium and Century Room
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6:00 ñ
8:00 pm
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Graduate
Student/Postdoctoral Mixer
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Marriott
Hotel ñ Montrachet Room
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9:00 pm
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Poster
Rooms Closed
Cyber
CafÈ Closed
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005
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7:00 ñ
8:45 am |
Breakfast
Poster
set up for Sessions 3 & 4
Cyber
CafÈ opens at 7:30 am
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Pavilion
Millennium
Hotel -Millennium and Century Rooms
Millennium
Hotel ñ Living Room |
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Session
Chairs: Jim Cowen, Norm Pace
Millennium
Hotel ñ Grand Ballroom
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8:45 ñ
9:30 am
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Lead
Talk:
1101: How
Do Biological Systems Originate?
Speaker:
Norman Pace, University of Colorado, Boulder
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9:30 ñ
10:30 am
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
922:
Composition and Structure of the Meteoritic Macromolecule: A Source of
Complex Organics on the Early Earth
C.M. OíD
Alexander*
673:
Concentration and Variability of the AIB Amino Acid in Polar
Micrometeorites: Implications for the Exogenous Delivery of Amino Acids to
the Primitive Earth
G. Matrajt*
et al.
630: Meteoritic Phosphides as a Source of Prebiotic, Reactive Phosphorus
M.A. Pasek*,
J. P. Dworkin, D. Lauretta
913:
Itís Only a Theory: American Attitudes About Evolution
E. DeVore*
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10:30 ñ
11:00 am
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Break
Open
Microphone for Discussion
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Pavilion
Grand
Ballroom
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11:00 am
ñ 12:00 pm
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
520: The
Formation of Glycerol Monodecanoate by a Dehydration/Condensation Reaction
Increasing the Chemical Complexity of Amphiphiles on the Early Earth
C.L. Apel*,
D. W. Deamer
568: Mechanism for the Association of Amino Acids with their Codons and the Origin
of the Genetic Code
S.D.
Copley*, H.J. Morowitz
655: RNA
as Self-replicating Genetic Material
P. Sazani*,
J.W. Szostak
1018: An
Alternative Genetic System for Complex Alien Life Forms
A.M. Sismour*
et al.
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12:00 ñ
1:30 pm
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Lunch ñ
On own
Poster
Rooms Open
Evolutionary Genomics Focus
Group Meeting
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Marriott
Hotel - Bugaboo B Room
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Session
Chairs: Lisa Brown, Dan Werthimer
Millennium
Hotel ñ Grand Ballroom
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1:30 ñ
2:15 pm
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Lead
Talk:
1098:
SETI, the Fermi Paradox, and the Future of our Civilization
Speaker:
Dan Werthimer, University of California, Berkeley
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2:15 ñ
4:00 pm
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
651: Advanced
Concepts for Life Beyond Earth
D.E.
Jennings*, R. Turner, R. M. Cassanova
777: Hindcasting
Ecosystems: Exploring Links Between Astrobiology and Earth Science
H.L. DíAntoni,
J. W. Skiles*
613: The
Cyborg Astrobiologist: Algorithm Development for Autonomous Planetary
(Sub)surface Exploration
P.C.
McGuire* et al.
778: Planetary Protection Challenges in Visionary Exploration
J.D. Rummel*
791:
Astrobiology penetrates the public Consciousness: Mission Accomplished?
K.
Wilmoth*
837: Entropy
Production and Life
R. Lorenz*
948: Astrobiology and the Sacred
T. Olien*
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4:00 ñ
6:00 pm
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Poster
Session: Theme 3 & 4 Posters
(Be with
your poster ñ even numbers 1st half, odd numbers 2nd
half)
- Theme 3
Poster Chairs: Mike Yarus, Eric Roden, Jason Dworkin
- Theme 4
Poster Chairs: Emily CoBabe-Ammann, David Morrison, Susan Pfiffner, Lori Marino
E/PO and
IT Demonstrations
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Millennium
Hotel - Millennium and Century Room
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7:00 ñ
9:00 pm
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Conference
Banquet
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Millennium
Grand Ballroom
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9:00 pm
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Poster
Room Closed
Cyber
CafÈ Closed
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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7:00 ñ
8:45 am |
Breakfast
Poster
set up for Sessions 5, 6 & 7
Cyber
CafÈ opens at 7:30 am
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Pavilion
Millennium
Hotel -Millennium and Century Rooms
Millennium
Hotel ñ Living Room
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Session
Chairs: Steve DíHondt, James Scott
Millennium
Hotel ñ Grand Ballroom
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8:45 ñ
9:30 am
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Lead
Talk:
1099: How
does Life Interact with its Environment?
Speaker:
Steven DíHondt, University of Rhode Island
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9:30 ñ
10:30 am
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
859: A Timetree
of Early Life on Earth
S.B.
Hedges*, J. E. Blair, F. U. Battistuzzi
781:
Emergence of the First Oxygenic Phototroph on Earth:
Effect of
Carbonate Equilibria on the Microbial Oxidation of Manganese
J. Dasgupta*
et al.
915: Large Accumulations of Sulfide-rich Organic Oozes in
Archean
Seas
H. Ohmoto*
et al.
733:
Metal Limitation of Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation on the Early Earth
A.L. Zerkle*,
R. P. Cox, C. H. House, D. E. Canfield
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10:30 ñ
11:00 am
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Break
Open
Microphone for Discussion
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Pavilion
Grand
Ballroom
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11:00 am
ñ 12:00 pm
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
833: Iron
Isotope Constraints on the Archean and Paleoproterozoic Ocean Redox State
O. Rouxel*,
A. Bekker, K. Edwards
1000: Low
Atmospheric pO2 in the Aftermath of the Oldest Paleoproterozoic Glaciation
A. Bekker*,
S. Ono, D. Rumble
838:
Imagining Deep-Subsurface Life: An Interactive DVD
Tool for
High School Teaching and Museum Demonstration
R. Droppo*
et al.
1020:
Resurrecting Ancient Life Forms. Yeast, Fruits,
Mammals,
and the Extinction of Dinosaurs
S. A.
Benner* et al.
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12:00 ñ
1:30 pm
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Lunch ñ
On own
Poster
Rooms Open
Astrobiology Technology Focus
Group Meeting
Early Earth Focus Group Meeting
Astrobiology Field Labs
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Marriott
Hotel - Bugaboo B Room
Marriott Hotel - Bugaboo A Room
Marriott Hotel - Montrachet Room |
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Session
Chairs: Tori Hoehler, Marilyn Fogel
Millennium
Hotel ñ Grand Ballroom
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1:30 ñ
2:15 pm
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Lead
Talk:
1100:
Distinguishing True Biology from Nonbiological Look-Alikes
Speaker:
Marilyn Fogel, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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2:15 ñ
4:00 pm
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Contributed Talks (* = speaker)
893:
Compound Specific Hydrogen and Carbon Isotopes as a Tool to Distinguish Abiogenic
from Biogenic Hydrocarbons
J. P.
Telling*, G. Lacrampe-Couloume, B. Sherwood Lollar,
631:
Tapping the Late Archean Molecular Fossil Record: New Evidence for Fossil Syngenicity
and Ecological Implications
J. Eigenbrode*,
K. H. Freeman, R. E. Summons, R.E.
528:
Three Dimensional Optical and Chemical Imagery of Precambrian Microscopic
Fossils
J. W. Schopf*,
A. B. Kudryavtsev, A. Tripathi, A.
938:
Molecular Biosignatures from the NAI Archean Biosphere Drilling Project
J. R. Waldbauer*
et al.
762: Fe
Isotope Biosignatures in the Terrestrial Archean to Phanerozoic Rock Record
C. M.
Johnson*, B. L. Beard
839: The
Isotopic Effects of Electron Transfer: An
Explanation
for Fe Isotope Fractionation in Nature
A. Kavner*
et al.
728:
Astrobiology Outreach Education in Yellowstone
National
Park
T. M. Hoehler*
et al.
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4:00 ñ
5:30 pm
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Poster
Session: Theme 5, 6 & 7 Posters
(Be with
your poster ñ even numbers 1st half, odd numbers 2nd
half)
- Theme 5
poster chairs: David Lubman, Stefan Sievert, David Smith
- Theme 6
poster chairs: Ed Schauble, Fred Brockman, Steve Mojzsis
E/PO and IT
Demonstrations
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Millennium
Hotel ñ Millennium and Century Room
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| 5:30 - 6:30 pm |
Arctic Drilling |
Millennium Hotel - Grand Ballroom |
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7:00
pm ñ 10:00 pm
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Special
Event: Public Symposium- Astrobiology and Cosmology, Science and Religion: Our Place in the Universe
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Macky
Auditorium ñ CU Boulder Campus
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9:00 pm
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Poster
Room Closed
Cyber
CafÈ Closed
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