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Agenda (updated 1/11/2025)

Venue: Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
Room: National Harbor 12/13 (directions to meeting room)

All times EST (PST -3 hours, UTC +4 hours)

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JANUARY 11, 2025


Session 1 (Chair: Ilaria Pascucci) Speaker Time (EST) Duration (H:MM)
Welcome Video (Transcript) Ilaria Pascucci 9:00 AM 0:15
NASA Headquarters Exoplanet Exploration Program Update Video (Transcript) John Wisniewski 9:15 AM 0:15
Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Office Update Dawn Gelino 9:30 AM 0:15
ExEP Science Update Video (Transcript) Eric Mamajek for Karl Stapelfeldt 9:45 AM 0:15
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI), NASA Exoplanet Archive Update Video (Transcript) Chas Beichman for Jessie Christiansen 10:00 AM 0:10
BREAK (30 min) 10:10 AM 0:30
NASA's Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (DARES) Video (Transcript) Rachel Harris 10:40 AM 0:15
Cosmic Pathfinders Program Update Video (Transcript) Ronald Gamble 10:55 AM 0:15
Early Career Talks - Session 1 (10min each) 11:10 AM 0:30
The Bleeding Edges of Direct Imaging with JWST Video (Transcript) William Balmer
Constraining the Formation and Orbital Architecture of Directly Imaged Exoplanets Video (Transcript) Clarissa Do O'
How to bake puffy planets: Coupling radius inflation with high eccentricity migration Video (Transcript) Jiapeng Gao
ExEP Technology Update Video (Transcript) Nick Siegler for Brendan Crill 11:40 AM 0:15
Pandora Mission Update Video (Transcript) Elisa Quintana 11:55 AM 0:20
LUNCH BREAK (90 min) 12:15 PM 1:30
Session 2 SIG/SAG update (Chair: Sarah Peacock​) Speaker Time (EST) Duration (H:MM)
SIG 2: Exoplanet Demographics Video (Transcript) Rachel Fernandes 1:45 PM 0:15
SAG 23: The Impact of Exo-Zodiacal Dust on Exoplanet Direct Imaging Surveys Video (Transcript) Yasuhiro Hasegawa 2:00 PM 0:15
SAG 24: Exploring the Complementary Science Value of Starshade Observations Video (Transcript) Stuart Shaklan (remote) 2:15 PM 0:15
Open Mic Exoplanet Community Forum: changes in proprietary period Lead: Kate Follette 2:30 PM 0:30
BREAK (30 min) 3:00 PM 0:30
Session 3 SIG/SAG Update (Chair: Lily Zhao) Speaker Time (EST) Duration (H:MM)
SAG 25: Technosignatures Video (Transcript) Sofia Sheikh 3:30 PM 0:15
SAG 26: Exoplanet Reflectance Spectroscopy for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Video (Transcript) Ty Robinson 3:45 PM 0:15
Exoplanetary System Dynamical Considerations for NASA Missions Video (Transcript) Juliette Becker 4:00 PM 0:20
HWO working group update: Target Stars Eric Mamajek 4:20 PM 0:15
HWO working group update: Exoplanet Demographics Video (Transcript) Malena Rice 4:35 PM 0:15
NEID Instrument Status on WIYN and the GTO Science Program Results Video (Transcript) Paul Robertson 4:50 PM 0:20
ADJOURN 5:10 PM

Video (Transcript)

JANUARY 12, 2025


Session 4 (Chair: Clarissa Do O') Speaker Time (EST) Duration (H:MM)
Introduction of 2025 ExoExplorers Cohort Tiffany Kataria 9:00 AM 0:15
Early Career Talks - Session 2 (10min each) 9:15 AM 0:40
Organosulfur Chemistry in the Birthplaces of Stars and Planets Suchitra Narayanan
New Stuff in Exoplanet Demographics stellar companions & integrated modeling Video (Transcript) Galen Bergsten
A homogenous analysis of small planet masses Hannah Osborne
Aerosols and Sub-Neptune Diversity Video (Transcript) Jonathan Brande
Ariel Mission Update Video (Transcript) Giovanna Tinetti 9:55 AM 0:20
Ariel Science Center Video (Transcript) David Ciardi (remote)
Community Science Opportunities with the Roman Space Telescope Video (Transcript) Tom Barclay 10:15 AM 0:20
Toward DR4: Preparing for Gaia’s First Exoplanet Catalog (which data products will be released, reliability, non detections) Video (Transcript) Alessandro Sozzetti 10:35 AM 0:20
BREAK (30 min) 10:55 AM 0:30
Session 5 (Chair: Ilaria Pascucci) Speaker Time (EST) Duration (H:MM)
Open Mic Exoplanet Community Forum: Discuss issues that might motivate new SIGs/SAGs, Potential new ExoPAG Findings, collect new suggestions for ExEP or ExoPAG action, announcements, etc. Lead: Ilaria Pascucci 11:25 AM 1:00
ADJOURN 12:25 PM

JANUARY 12, 2025


Closed EC Executive Session 2:00-3:00pm EST
Joint Program Analysis Group (PAG) Session 4:00-6:00pm EST
Other Exoplanet sessions at AAS January 11-16