ExoPAG Overview

1. REMINDER: ExoPAG 32 Virtual Meeting (June 3, 2025, Virtual; Please Register) and DEADLINE EXTENSION for Call for Early Career Speakers (Deadline: May 9, 2025)

From ExoPAG chair Ilaria Pascucci:

"Join us for NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) 32 meeting on June 3rd!

This free virtual meeting is open to all, but please register to receive the access link (access link will be sent closer to the meeting date): https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-overview/

Some of the agenda highlights include:

• NASA Programmatic Updates: including a briefing from Acting NASA

Astrophysics Division Director Shawn Domagal-Goldman

• Open Mic Sessions: including a vote on a community finding
• Project Updates: from TESS, Roman, Habitable Worlds Observatory, and SPHEREx
• Presentations from Early Career Scientists

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Also:

NASA's Exoplanet Program Analysis Group’s Executive Committee (ExoPAG EC) and NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Office invites eligible early career scientists to consider presenting at the next ExoPAG virtual meeting being held June 3, 2025.

ExoPAG 32 Early Career Talks solicitation: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-abstracts/

The EC and ExEP are particularly interested in attendance and presentations by early career scientists from diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility

The following career levels are eligible to apply:

• Undergraduate must be enrolled in school at the time of the conference or the semester immediately before the conference (if during break)
• Post Bachelor
• Graduate students must be enrolled at a university at the time of the conference or the semester immediately before the conference (if during break)
• Post Doctoral

Focus of proposed ExoPAG 32 talks

Whether you are investigating how planets form, how they evolve or how to search for and characterize them, the ExoPAG EC invites you to share your work.

Presentations should align with the priorities described in the current Exoplanet Exploration Program Science Gap List. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/internal_resources/3193/ExEP_Science_Gap_List_2025.pdf

Interested scientists must complete the speaker application, and attach an abstract of their proposed talk prior to the Revised Deadline: May 9nd, 2025, 8:00pm ET = 5:00pm PT. Selections will be announced in mid-May. See additional information and application here: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-overview/

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2. REMINDER: Call for Applications: ExoPAG SIG2 Co-Chair Position (application deadline May 21, 2025)

Call for Applications: SIG2 Co-Chair Position

"The ExoPAG Science Interest Group 2 (SIG2), focused on exoplanet demographics, is seeking a new co-chair to join current co-chair Rachel Fernandes in leading the group. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the direction of exoplanet demographics research, foster collaborations, and engage with the broader ExoPAG community.

As co-chair, you will play a key role in organizing SIG2 activities, facilitating discussions, and coordinating efforts to advance our understanding of exoplanet populations. We welcome applicants with expertise in exoplanet demographics who are eager to contribute to the community.

To apply, please submit:

• A one-page statement of interest outlining your relevant experience, vision for SIG2, and goals for the role.
• A two-page CV highlighting your qualifications.

Deadline: Please submit your materials by May 21, 2025.

Applications will be reviewed in coordination with the ExoPAG Executive Committee (EC) and current SIG2 leadership to ensure a smooth transition. If you are interested in contributing to the leadership of SIG2, we encourage you to apply!

For questions or to submit your application, please contact John Wisniewski (john.p.wisniewski@nasa.gov).”

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3. REMINDER: ExoExplorer Science Seminar Series Talks (May 16, 2025; 2pm EDT/11am PDT)

The next round of the ExoExplorer Science Seminar Series will take place on Friday, May 16, 2025, from 11 AM - 12 PM Pacific / 2 PM - 3 PM Eastern.

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/events/580/exoexplorer-science-series-ashika-capirala-and-madelyn-broome/

• "Using Ocean Dynamics to Map Marine Habitability on Earth-like Exoplanets"
  Ashika Capirala (Purdue University)

• "Wind-AE, A Fast 1D Atmospheric Escape Model with X-rays and Metals"
  Madelyn Broome (UC Santa Cruz)

For more information on the ExoExplorers Science Series, sponsored by the ExoPAG Executive Committee and NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program, visit:

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exoexplorers/exoexplorers-welcome/

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4. NASA-DARES RFI Findings Workshop: A Community Workshop to Shape the Future of NASA's Astrobiology Strategy (May 29-30, 2025, Washington, DC)

NASA-DARES RFI Findings Workshop
A Community Workshop to Shape the Future of NASA’s Astrobiology Strategy
May 29–30, 2025 | Fairmont Hotel, Washington, D.C. – Georgetown

The NASA Astrobiology Program invites you to participate in a two-day hybrid workshop—offered both in person and online—to help shape NASA-DARES, the NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy.

Following a strong community response to a Request for Information (RFI) issued in October 2024 and closed in March 2025, a self-nominated task force (DARES Task Force 1) is currently synthesizing a diverse set of white paper contributions into an RFI Findings Report and proposing thematic DARES Focus Areas for consideration in the next NASA Astrobiology Strategy.

At this workshop, Task Force 1 will present these RFI findings and proposed Focus Areas for community discussion and refinement. These Focus Areas will serve as the foundation for writing the new NASA Astrobiology Strategy.

At this meeting, attendees can expect to:

• Review and collaboratively refine the proposed DARES Focus Areas developed by Task Force 1
• Hear invited talks from selected RFI contributors and astrobiology stakeholders
• Provide input to help shape the next phase of DARES, including the scope and structure of Task Force 2 (which will be primarily responsible for writing the Strategy) and opportunities for continued community engagement

A limited room block is available for registered in-person attendees at the GSA per diem lodging rate.

Registration is free, but you must be registered to attend this meeting: https://web.cvent.com/event/bd09ed19-e411-460e-82cf-6322345e7c50/websitePage:d015c43b-b045-4599-9e77-6adccb839661

Detailed program information is forthcoming. Please email questions concerning this workshop to hq-rfiastrobio@mail.nasa.gov to reach both organizers, Drs. Rachel L. Harris and David Grinspoon.

For questions concerning lodging or registration please reach out to Alexandria Lane at alane@nasaprs.com.

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5. 2025 Announcement of Opportunity (AO) Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) Release Postponed

"Dear Colleagues

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has determined that the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) Astrophysics Explorers Program 2025 Small Explorer release will be postponed until no earlier than April 2026. In the draft 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) AO published earlier this year, Section 3. Proposal Opportunity Period and Schedule estimated the release of final SMEX text in April 2025.

In order to provide meaningful opportunities more effectively and efficiently for the proposer community, SMD’s Astrophysics Division (APD) will take additional time to refine the next SMEX AO. APD will ensure potential proposers are given adequate notice and preparation time to respond to any changes between the draft and any final AO text.

Comments and questions on the SMEX postponement will be accepted by email only. Anonymity of persons/institutions who question/comment will be preserved. No later than June 20, 2025, please address inquiries to Doris Daou, APD SMEX Program Scientist at Doris.Daou@nasa.gov and E. Lucien Cox APD SMEX Program Executive at Elbert.l.Cox@nasa.gov.

Similar questions/comments may be aggregated and provided with a single response. Responses may be given by email or posted in the Questions and Answers (Q&A) section on the SMEX Program Acquisition website https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APSMEX25/SMEX/index.html.

Draft AO Released: January 13, 2025
Identification Number: NNH25ZDA008J
Short URL: https://go.nasa.gov/NNH25ZDA008J

SMD remains committed to keeping the community informed as updates become available."

1. ExoPAG 32 Virtual Meeting (June 3, 2025, Virtual; Please Register) and DEADLINE EXTENSION for Call for Early Career Speakers (Deadline: May 9, 2025)

From ExoPAG chair Ilaria Pascucci:

"Join us for NASA’s 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝟑𝟐 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 on June 3rd!

This free virtual meeting is open to all, but please register to receive the access link (access link will be sent closer to the meeting date): https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-registration/

Some of the agenda highlights include:

• 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: including a briefing from Acting NASA

Astrophysics Division Director Shawn Domagal-Goldman

• 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: including a vote on a community finding
• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 from TESS, Roman, Habitable Worlds Observatory, and SPHEREx
• 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬

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Also:

NASA's Exoplanet Program Analysis Group’s Executive Committee (ExoPAG EC) and NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Office invites eligible early career scientists to consider presenting at the next ExoPAG virtual meeting being held June 3, 2025.

ExoPAG 32 Early Career Talks solicitation: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-abstracts/

The EC and ExEP are particularly interested in attendance and presentations by early career scientists from diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility

The following career levels are eligible to apply:

• Undergraduate must be enrolled in school at the time of the conference or the semester immediately before the conference (if during break)
• Post Bachelor
• Graduate students must be enrolled at a university at the time of the conference or the semester immediately before the conference (if during break)
• Post Doctoral

Focus of proposed ExoPAG 32 talks

Whether you are investigating how planets form, how they evolve or how to search for and characterize them, the ExoPAG EC invites you to share your work.

Presentations should align with the priorities described in the current Exoplanet Exploration Program Science Gap List. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/internal_resources/3193/ExEP_Science_Gap_List_2025.pdf

Interested scientists must complete the speaker application, and attach an abstract of their proposed talk prior to the Deadline (Extended): May 9, 2025, 8:00pm EDT = 5:00pm PDT. Selections will be announced in mid-May. See additional information and application at https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-overview/

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2. Form to Solicit Feedback on WMKO Future Priorities (Feedback requested by May 6, 2025)

As members of the NASA-Keck community, we are asking for your help in prioritizing future technology projects. WMKO representatives have been traveling to all partner campuses to have face-to-face meetings and group discussions to:

• Provide our community with information on future projects that were identified in the strategic plan and that may have evolved since the strategic plan was published.
• Understand what future defined projects and initiatives can benefit you specifically and your campuses.
• Get a sense of what projects have the highest priorities in your community.
• For the NASA community, WMKO representatives will be discussing project priorities with the NASA user group (current NIKUG representation can be found here).

As input to the NIKUG discussion, we want to know what current instruments and what future capabilities are important to you, and to gather that information in advance of the NIKUG meeting, we are asking you to take a few minutes to fill out this form indicating your priorities. Supplementary documentation that provides a little more detail (Keck strategic plan and the presentation shared with Keck partner campuses) is available through the links on the form. Your feedback is requested by Tuesday, May 6.

We appreciate and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Statia Cook (on behalf of the NASA IRTF Keck Users Group)

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3. Join the First Virtual EMAC Curator Hackathon (May 6, 2025)

"We invite you can join NASA Goddard’s Exoplanet Modeling and Analysis Center (EMAC) for our first Curator Hackathon on May 6th at 1pm US Eastern. This hybrid event will feature an introductory presentation going over EMAC’s latest features and the value and benefits of a Resource Curator Program for both curators and the community. After a break, we will jump into hands-on curating; everyone should be able to quickly get the hang of the system, and the continue exploring and curating resources on their own schedule. Zoom information can be found at the end of this message.

EMAC Curator Program

Have you developed exoplanet software but don’t see it on our repository? Do you see your favorite resource but noticed it has incorrect or missing information? Is there a feature you wish EMAC had? That is where EMAC curators come in. Our small team might miss the latest resources or not be aware of the correct metadata. Community supporters like you ensure that EMAC remains a valuable tool for the wider exoplanet community. In addition to becoming better versed on the current landscape of exoplanet software, Curators will also be recognized on the EMAC website as well as on the categories and collections they help curate. EMAC networking events (like this one!) also allow you to meet fellow software and exoplanet enthusiasts which we hope will foster new open-source projects or proposals.

No programming skills are required to be a Curator; If you do exoplanet or adjacent science utilizing software then you can be a curator!

Agenda

All times are in US Eastern (UTC - 4)
Date: May 6th, 1pm to 3:30pm.
Location: Zoom (see below)

Agenda:

• 1:00 - 1:45 - Introduction to EMAC and the Curator Program; Setting up Accounts
• 1:45 - 2:00 – Break with Coffee and Treats
• 2:00 – 3:00 - Topic-based Breakout Groups; Start Curating!
• 3:00 – 3:30 – Questions, wrap up discussion, and next steps.

EMAC’s hackathon series is supported by NASA Goddard’s Sellers’ Exoplanet Environments Collaboration

Please message us at GSFC-EMAC@mail.nasa.gov if you have any questions!

Thank you,
EMAC Team

Zoom Information

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85121694682?pwd=98aDQy8hs7be7qAZpPtjNQFFsEQ8h2.1
Meeting ID: 851 2169 4682
Passcode: emac@CH25!

Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration (SEEC): https://seec.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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4. Exploring Tatooine and Beyond: Circumbinary Planets with ESA Missions (December 10-12, 2025, Madrid)

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce a workshop on circumbinary planets, scheduled to take place from December 10th to 12th, 2025, at ESAC Madrid.

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/circumbinary-planets-with-esa-missions/home

This event will bring together experts in the field to discuss the latest advancements, share insights, and foster collaborations with a focus on observations of circumbinary planets.

The workshop will feature short talks, updates on observing efforts, hands on sessions, and ample opportunities for discussion and networking. We aim to address observing and data analysis challenges in the field. There will be time dedicated to meetings for international teams, allowing for updates and the formation of new projects.

Please save the dates and stay tuned for more details.

Kind regards,
From the SOC:
Camilla Danielski, Hans Deeg, David Martin, Johannes Sahlmann, Matthew Standing, Amaury Triaud, Julia Venturini

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5. International Conference on Exoplanets and Planet Formation (EPF) (December 8-12, 2025, Shanghai)

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce the International Conference on Exoplanets and Planet Formation (EPF), which will be held in Shanghai, China, from December 8 to 12, 2025. The conference is organized by the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute (TDLI) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

https://indico-tdli.sjtu.edu.cn/event/4089/

Following the success of the first EPF conference in December 2017, this event will cover all aspects of exoplanetary astrophysics, including:

• Exoplanet detection and characterization (mass-radius relations, atmospheres, demographics and statistics, etc);
• Planet formation and dynamical evolution;
• Related topics such as star formation, binaries and multiples, and Solar System formation.

Pre-registration is now open to receive future announcements and information about the conference.

Key dates:

• August 2025: Formal registration opens.
• September 20, 2025: Early registration (reduced fee) deadline
• October 10, 2025: Abstract submission deadline (talks/posters)
• October 20, 2025: Oral talk speakers notified
• November 1, 2025: Regular registration payment deadline
• November 5, 2025: Final oral program announced

Visa Information: 240-hour Visa-Free Policy.

Please save the dates, and we hope to see you in December!

Best regards,
Xianyu Tan, on behalf of the Organizing Committee

Main Organizers:
Dong Lai (TDLI/Cornell), Josh Winn (Princeton), Yanqin Wu (Toronto), Fabo Feng (TDLI), Xianyu Tan (TDLI)

Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC):
Dong Lai (TDLI/Cornell), Josh Winn (Princeton), Yanqin Wu (Toronto), Xuening Bai (Tsinghua), Myriam Benisty (MPIA), Alan Boss (Carnegie Institute), Eugene Chiang (Berkeley), David Charbonneau (Harvard), Carsten Dominik (Amsterdam), Ruobing Dong (PKU), Jonathan Fortney (UCSC), Jian Ge (SHAO), Thomas Henning (MPIA), Jianghui Ji (PMO), Eiichiro Kokubo (NAOJ), Anne-Marie Lagrange (Grenoble), Michael Liu (Hawaii), Heather Knutson (Caltech), Doug Lin (UCSC), Shude Mao (Westlake), Alessandro Morbidelli (OCA), Richard Nelson (QMU), Sara Seager (MIT), Scott Tremaine (IAS Princeton), Aumary Triaud (Birmingham), Jilin Zhou (NJU)

1. REMINDER: Call for Early Career Speakers at the ExoPAG 32 Meeting (Deadline: May 2, 2025; ExoPAG 32 Virtual Meeting June 3, 2025)

NASA's Exoplanet Program Analysis Group’s Executive Committee (ExoPAG EC) and NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Office invites eligible early career scientists to consider presenting at the next ExoPAG virtual meeting being held June 3, 2025.

ExoPAG 32 meeting website: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-overview/

The agenda will be posted in the coming weeks at: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-program/

ExoPAG 32 Early Career Talks solicitation: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-abstracts/

The EC and ExEP are particularly interested in attendance and presentations by early career scientists from diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility

The following career levels are eligible to apply:

• Undergraduate must be enrolled in school at the time of the conference or the semester immediately before the conference (if during break)
• Post Bachelor
• Graduate students must be enrolled at a university at the time of the conference or the semester immediately before the conference (if during break)
• Post Doctoral

Focus of proposed ExoPAG 32 talks

Whether you are investigating how planets form, how they evolve or how to search for and characterize them, the ExoPAG EC invites you to share your work.

Presentations should align with the priorities described in the current Exoplanet Exploration Program Science Gap List. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/internal_resources/3193/ExEP_Science_Gap_List_2025.pdf

Interested scientists must complete the speaker application, and attach an abstract of their proposed talk prior to the posted deadline, May 2nd, 2025, 8:00pm ET = 5:00pm PT. Selections will be announced in mid-May. See additional information and application here: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exopag32/exopag32-overview/

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2. ExoExplorer Science Seminar Series Talks (May 16, 2025; 2pm EDT/11am PDT)

The next round of the ExoExplorer Science Seminar Series will take place on Friday, May 16, 2025, from 11 AM - 12 PM Pacific / 2 PM - 3 PM Eastern.

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/events/580/exoexplorer-science-series-ashika-capirala-and-madelyn-broome/

"Using Ocean Dynamics to Map Marine Habitability on Earth-like Exoplanets"
Ashika Capirala (Purdue University)

Abstract: Earth’s oceans have hosted an abundance of biological innovation, and oceans on Earth-like exoplanets may be similar hotspots for life. Habitability for complex, multicellular life requires more than just liquid water, depending additionally on circulation patterns that transport dissolved oxygen (O2) and nutrients within oceans. However, Earth's own ocean circulation has changed through time due to the slowing of Earth's rotation and the rearrangement of continents. Planetary rotation rate affects atmospheric circulation and (in turn) wind-driven ocean circulation, while continental configuration alters surface and deep ocean circulation patterns. Both rotation rate and continental configuration could vary across Earth-like exoplanets, allowing many potential landscapes of circulation and marine habitability. We use a 3D Earth system model to explore these alternate landscapes. We find that slowing rotation enhances ocean circulation and vertical mixing, leading to more efficient nutrient recycling, greater photosynthetic productivity, and higher O2 production. Stronger circulation oxygenates the deep ocean, creating potentially ‘superhabitable’ marine environments, and atmosphere-ocean interactions may also increase O2 biosignature potential on slower-rotating planets. Additionally, we find that changing continents alone can generate highly variable circulation regimes and biogeochemical outcomes. Importantly, for some configurations, the ocean can be highly deoxygenated even under detectable levels of atmospheric O2. We suggest that detecting Earth-like O2, while it may imply the presence of life, does not guarantee complex habitability.

"Wind-AE, A Fast 1D Atmospheric Escape Model with X-rays and Metals"
Madelyn Broome (UC Santa Cruz)

Abstract: Throughout their lives, short-period (< 100 days) exoplanets are strongly irradiated by their host stars. Especially in the first few hundred megayears, photoionization by the young hot stars' strong XUV fluxes can drive transonic winds that outflow from these planets. The mass loss histories of these planets are essential to understanding the evolution and demographics of these populations; however, mass loss rates are not directly observable. They can only be inferred from models. To that end, we present, Wind-AE an open source 1D, multifrequency (thru to X-ray), multispecies, steady-state Parker Wind photoevaporation relaxation code based on Murray-Clay et al. (2009). The speed and reliability of the tool have allowed used in a number of investigations we will touch on including: exploring the impact of metallicity on mass loss rates; modeling observational limits of escaping H$\alpha$ on WASP-12b; constraining whether sub-Neptunes TOI 776b and c that span the period radius valley are water worlds; investigating the mystery of unusually large X-ray transits in HD189733b; and more.

For more information on the ExoExplorers Science Series, sponsored by the ExoPAG Executive Committee and NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program, visit: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exoexplorers/exoexplorers-welcome/

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3. REMINDER: "From Transits to Trends: The Next Decade of Long-Period Exoplanets” workshop (Aug. 5 - 8, 2025; Albuquerque, NM; Abstract submission deadline extended to May 2)

"From Transits to Trends: The Next Decade of Long-Period Exoplanets” workshop
August 5 - 8, 2025, Albuquerque, NM
https://transitstotrends.github.io/

This workshop will be held August 5 - 8, 2025, at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. The discovery of a growing number of long-period transiting exoplanets accessible to detailed characterization in recent years has enabled the community to expand the parameter space within which exoplanet properties can be investigated and begin drawing more direct comparisons with Solar System planets. But as studies of these exoplanets often require a larger telescope time investment than their closer-in counterparts, the time is ripe for considering the most pressing questions the community has about this population and how to best address them.

The abstract submission deadline has been extended to May 2, 2025: https://forms.gle/GZbrASrF14LyKbaW8

The application form for travel support requests will also remain open until May 2.

Registration is open until June 13 or when participant cap is reached.

The workshop website (including registration, abstract submission and travel support information) can be found at: https://transitstotrends.github.io/

—SOC Chair: Diana Dragomir (UNM) exoplanets@unm.edu

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4. “Origins to Organisms: Understanding Life’s Beginnings” (July 7-11, 2025, Santander, Spain)

Origins to Organisms: Understanding Life’s Beginnings
7-11 July 2025, Santander, Spain
https://cab.inta-csic.es/en/uimp/uimp-2025/

This year the lecturers will be:

• Laurie Barge laura.m.barge@jpl.nasa.gov, https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/barge/
• Greg Fournier g4nier@mit.edu, https://eaps.mit.edu/people/faculty/gregory-fournier/, https://fournierlab.scripts.mit.edu/web/
• Klára Hlouchová klara.hlouchova@natur.cuni.cz, https://khlab.org/
• Matthew Powner matthew.powner@ucl.ac.uk, https://pownerlab.com/
• There are NASA, ESA and UIMP grants, besides the standard school fee.

Contact José A. Caballero (caballero@cab.inta-csic.es) for applying for ESA (5 grants for ESA nationals studying in Europe) and UIMP (7 grants for EU nationals studying in Europe). We will likely accept some grant proposals after the ESA deadline.

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE AMONG ANYONE INTERESTED. Thanks in advance.

Saludos,
Jose Caballero"

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5. “IR Spectroscopy from Space” (October 6-8, 2025; Caltech/IPAC, Pasadena; Abstract Deadline July 1, 2025)

“Dear Colleagues,

(Apologies if you get this email through different email lists.)

This is the first announcement for the conference “IR Spectroscopy from Space” at Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena from October 6 to 8, 2025. We would appreciate it if you could share this announcement with anyone who might be interested in attending the conference.

• Location: Caltech/IPAC, Pasadena, USA
• Conference Webpage: https://conference.ipac.caltech.edu/IRSpaceSpectroscopy/
• Abstract Deadline: July 1, 2025
• Registration Deadline: August 1, 2025 (virtual and in person)

Objectives of Conference:

This conference will bring together experts and enthusiasts of infrared spectroscopy to discuss the vast scientific potential unlocked by space-based infrared observations. From unraveling galaxy evolution across cosmic time to revealing the chemical compositions of star-forming regions and planetary systems, space spectroscopy offers an unparalleled window into the universe. Missions such as JWST, Euclid, SPHEREx, Roman and Ariel are, or soon will be, revolutionizing our ability to study the faintest and most distant objects, or acquire spectra orders of magnitude faster than previous telescopes.

The aim of the conference is to highlight the scientific breakthroughs enabled by these missions and explore synergies across distinct fields—from cosmology to planetary science—through shared methodologies or multi-purpose data sets. It will also strive to address the community's research and collaboration needs, especially regarding large and complex datasets, while promoting the use of advanced data analysis techniques. An additional focus will be on exploring strategies to optimize future observational efforts, ensuring maximum scientific return from these missions.

We hope to see you soon in Pasadena!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee:
Anahita Alavi, Frank Aragon, Andreas Faisst, Shooby Hemmati, Aurora Kesseli, Sean Kindt, Dan Masters, Vihang Mehta, Mel Weiss

SOC:
Ami Choi, Tanio Diaz Santos, Shooby Hemmati, Lynne Hillenbrand, Akio Inoue, Alex Pope, Giovanna Tinetti”