Date:

June 12, 2015 - June 13, 2015

Location:

Chicago, IL
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NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) will hold its twelfth meeting on Saturday & Sunday, June 13-14, 2015 in Chicago, IL. ExoPAG meetings are open to the entire scientific community, and offer an opportunity to participate in discussions of scientific and technical issues in exoplanet exploration, and to provide input into NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP). All interested members of the astronomical and planetary science communities are invited to attend and participate. ExoPAG-12 will continue to focus on soliciting input from the wider exoplanet community on ways in which NASA might facilitate exoplanet research over the next few years, as well as input on how it should prioritize its ExEP activities. Suggestions for topics and/or speakers at the meeting along these lines are welcome. There will be reports from the active Study Analysis Groups (SAGs), as well as from the newly-constituted Science Interest Group (SIG) entitled "Toward a Near-Term Exoplanet Community Plan. Questions and suggestions can be sent to NASA-ExoPAG@nasa.gov.


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June 13, 2015 Presenter Start Duration End
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Morning Session
Introduction/Welcome Alan Boss 8:59 AM 0:01 9:00 AM
NASA HQ Updates Martin Still 9:00 AM 0:15 9:15 AM
ExEP Updates Gary Blackwood 9:15 AM 0:15 9:30 AM
LBTI Update Phil Hinz 9:30 AM 0:30 10:00 AM
Exo-S Final Aki Roberge 10:00 AM 0:30 10:30 AM
Break 10:30 AM 0:30 11:00 AM
Exo-C Final Karl Stapelfeldt 11:00 AM 0:30 11:30 AM
AFTA-C Final Wes Traub 11:30 AM 0:30 12:00 PM
Lunch 12:00 PM 1:30 1:30 PM
1:30 PM- 5:00 PM Afternoon Session
Consistent Analysis Wes Traub 1:30 PM 0:30 2:00 PM
SAG #9 Remi Soummer 2:00 PM 0:15 2:15 PM
SAG #12 Eduardo Bendek 2:15 PM 0:15 2:30 PM
SAG #13
Note that SAG 13 is only proposed and not approved by the APS. This material reflects the plan for the work, before approval in July.
Rus Belikov 2:30 PM 0:15 2:45 PM
SAG Status (#4,...) All 2:45 PM 0:15 3:00 PM
Polarization Jim Breckinridge 3:00 PM 0:30 3:30 PM
Break 3:30 PM 0:30 4:00 PM
Oxygen Biosignature Vikki Meadows 4:00 PM 0:30 4:30 PM
K2 Microlens Workshop Rachel Street 4:30 PM 0:30 5:00 PM
Adjourn 5:00 PM

June 14, 2015 Presenter Start Duration End
9:00 AM - 12:30 AM Introductory Talks
Introduction to the SIG#1 and Hertz Charge Activities Scott Gaudi 9:00 AM 0:30 9:30 AM
HabEX/Hab2X: The Opportunity to Study the Scientific Capability of An Exoplanet Focused Flagship Mission Mark Swain 9:30 AM 0:20 9:50 AM

Direct Imaging Wavelength Range Implications for Biosignatures
Shawn Domagal-Goldman 9:50 AM 0:20 10:10 AM
Lower Limits on Aperture Size for an ExoEarth-Detecting Mission Chris Stark 10:10 AM 0:20 10:30 AM
Break 10:30 AM 0:30 11:00 AM
Exoplanet Nulling Coronagraph With Arbitrary Apertures Richard Lyon 11:00 AM 0:20 11:20 AM
COR Science With Smaller Apertures Paul Scowen 11:20 AM 0:20 11:40 AM
Exoplanet and Solar System Exploration Synergies Enabled By Future Astrophysics Missions Britney Schmidt 11:40 AM 0:20 12:00 PM
Internal Coronagraphs for Large Space Telescopes: Scientific Opportunities and Technical Challenges Olivier Guyon 12:00 PM 0:30 12:30 PM
Lunch 12:30 PM 1:30 2:00 PM
2:00 PM- 5:00 PM Discussion and Consensus Building
Missions, Structuring of STDTs 2:00 PM 1:00 3:00 PM
Break 3:00 PM 0:30 3:30 PM
Probes 3:30 PM 0:30 4:00 PM
Path Forward, Report Outline, Writing Assignments 4:00 PM 1:00 5:00 PM
Adjourn 5:00 PM