EANA 2020 - Virtual conference
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the planned EANA meeting in Bologna had to be postponed to another year. Instead, a shortened virtual meeting was organized to connect the European Astrobiology community, with a vivid and interactive programme for two half days on 27th and 28th August, 2020.
The virtual meeting consisted of selected keynote presentations, a live panel discussion, our well-known Space Factor student contest, as well as poster presentations. EANA 2020 was organized by the EANA Executive Board (Barbara Cavalazzi, Frances Westall, Tetyana Milojevic, Kai Finster, Ruth-Sophie Taubner, Lena Noack). For any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us via eana-web (at) eana-net.eu. |
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Access to virtual EANA 2020
While the restricted content of EANA 2020 is now not available anymore, we are pleased to say that our keynote lecturers agreed to keep their talks available on the EANA conference webpage.Schedule
All times refer to the CEST time zone.| Time | Thursday, 27/08 |
| 09:00 - 13:00 | EANA Council Meeting |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Break |
| 13:45 - 14:00 | Log-in to Webex service (an invitation was sent to all participants via e-mail) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Welcoming Words (EANA President) |
| 14:30 - 17:30 | Space Factor Contest |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Break |
| 17:45 - 18:30 | Keynote Talk: Lisa Kaltenegger, Searching for Habitable Worlds: Challenges, Opportunities & Ideas |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Break |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Panel Discussion on Scientific, Social and Political Aspects of Space Exploration |
| Time | Friday, 28/08 |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote Talk: Charles Cockell, Habitability and the search for life |
| 09:45 - 11:45 | Virtual Poster Session |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Keynote Talk: Kristina Beblo-Vranesevic, Microbial Life in extreme environments |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Award Ceremony (Space Factor contest and poster contest) |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Closing Words (EANA President) |