ExoPAG 31
Program
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 | Ilaria Pascucci | 9:00 AM | 0:15 |
| NASA Headquarters Exoplanet Exploration Program Update | John Wisniewski | 9:15 AM | 0:15 |
| Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Office Update | Dawn Gelino | 9:30 AM | 0:15 |
| ExEP Science Update | Eric Mamajek for Karl Stapelfeldt | 9:45 AM | 0:15 |
| NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI), NASA Exoplanet Archive Update | 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) | Rachel Harris | 10:40 AM | 0:15 |
| Cosmic Pathfinders Program Update | 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 | William Balmer | ||
| Constraining the Formation and Orbital Architecture of Directly Imaged Exoplanets | Do O' | ||
| How to bake puffy planets: Coupling radius inflation with high eccentricity migration | Jiapeng Gao | ||
| ExEP Technology Update | Nick Siegler for Brendan Crill | 11:40 AM | 0:15 |
| Pandora Mission Update | 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 | Rachel Fernandes | 1:45 PM | 0:15 |
| SAG 23: The Impact of Exo-Zodiacal Dust on Exoplanet Direct Imaging Surveys | Yasuhiro Hasegawa | 2:00 PM | 0:15 |
| SAG 24: Exploring the Complementary Science Value of Starshade Observations | 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 | Sofia Sheikh | 3:30 PM | 0:15 |
| SAG 26: Exoplanet Reflectance Spectroscopy for the Habitable Worlds Observatory | Ty Robinson | 3:45 PM | 0:15 |
| Exoplanetary System Dynamical Considerations for NASA Missions | 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 | Malena Rice | 4:35 PM | 0:15 |
| NEID Instrument Status on WIYN and the GTO Science Program Results | Paul Robertson | 4:50 PM | 0:20 |
| ADJOURN | 5:10 PM | ||
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 | Galen Bergsten | ||
| A homogenous analysis of small planet masses | Hannah Osborne | ||
| Aerosols and Sub-Neptune Diversity | Jonathan Brande | ||
| Ariel Mission Update | Giovanna Tinetti | 9:55 AM | 0:20 |
| Ariel Science Center | David Ciardi (remote) | ||
| Community Science Opportunities with the Roman Space Telescope | 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) | 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 |