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ExoPAG Meeting Final Agenda (Jan. 7-8, Austin, TX)


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Saturday, Jan

Austin Convention Center, Rm. 9BC

8:30 AM

Introduction (Jim Kasting)

8:45

Exoplanet Program update: (Doug Hudgins)

9:15

SAG 1 report: Debris disks and exozodiacal dust (Aki Roberge)

9:40

Update on LBTI (Phil Hinz)

10:15

Break

10:30

SAG 5 report: Direct imaging flagship mission science requirements (Charley Noecker/Tom Greene/Rafael Millan-Galbet)

11:30

A revised TPF target list (Maggie Turnbull)

12:00

Status of TDEM and coronagraphic testbeds (Peter Lawson)

12.30 PM

Lunch

1:30

New thoughts on coronagraphs and occulters (Jeremy Kasdin)

2:15

Vortex coronagraphs (Gene Serabyn)

2:45

A new photon energy detector with possible applications to direct imaging of exoplanets (Ben Mazin, UCSB)

3:15

Break

3:30

Mission concept planning: Flagships and probes (Michael Devirian)

5:00

Adjourn

Sunday,
Jan. 8

Austin Convention Center, Rm. 9BC

8:30 AM

NASA’s Explorer Program: Funded exoplanet mission and mission development proposals (Doug Hudgins)

8:45

The TESS mission (George Ricker)

9:15

The FINESSE mission (Mark Swain)

9:45

The EXCEDE mission (Glenn Schneider)

10:15

Break

10:30

Kepler update (Bill Borucki)

11:15

NexSci: the NASA exoplanet data archive (Rachel Akeson)

11:45

Report on exoplanet technology development (Web Cash)

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30

Joint meeting with COPAG (see below)

3:30

Break

3:45

Review of actions/plan forward (Devirian, Hudgins, Kasting)

5:00

New business: Suggestions for future ExoPAG activities (All)

5:30

Adjourn


Joint ExoPAG/COPAG session

Sunday, Jan. 8, 1:30-3:30 PM This session will provide a chance to update each other’s scientific community on activities of interest to all of us. The current plan for discussion is as follows:

1:30

Optical/UV flagship mission requirements (Charley Noecker)

2:00 Linked Probe-class missions (Chris Martin)
2:30 Joint technology development possibilities (Chris Martin/Wes Traub)
3:00 Discussion (All)

3:30

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