Upcoming Astrobiology Conferences
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  • EGU Session on Exoplanets atmospheres
    2025-04-27 to 2025-05-02, Vienna, Austria

    We would like to advertise the following session at the EGU General Assembly 2025 in Vienna, AT:

    Session PS5.1: Exoplanets atmosphere studies: climates, clouds and magnetic coupling

    This session addresses recent progress in characterisation of exoplanet climate regimes based on observations including JWST, TESS, and CHEOPS. JWST for the first time observed features of solid particles which have been interpreted as signatures of mineral clouds in transition spectra of gas giant exoplanets while complementary facilities such as TESS and CHEOPS provide equally important insight into the physics of exoplanet atmospheres. TESS and CHEOPS phase curves point to the need of a magnetically coupled atmospheric gas. While all these processes have been predicted for exoplanets before they could be observed, planetary clouds and magnetic fields have been extensively studied for solar system planets in situ with diverse space missions.

    This session aims to invite recent progress in exoplanet atmosphere characterisation based on a combination of observation and modelling. The session focuses on cloud and gas-phase chemistry modelling, the modelling of magnetic coupling in atmospheres and how these have and can be observed. Contributions working at the cross-over of solar system and exoplanet sciences are particularly welcomed.

    This session is triggered by the recent CHEOPS atmosphere interpretation activities on incorporating complex 3D modelling in their data interpretation. This session is part of the PLATO WP/WG activities for exoplanet gas giants.

    Organisational aspects:
    We plan to assure a diverse program as well as a diversity of speakers according to the EGU EDI labels. The program shall foster exchange by leaving enough time for questions and answers. We further plan to involve young researchers into the session handling (following the EANA example).


  • VIIIth Space Resources Conference – Path to Lunar Sustainability
    2025-05-21 to 2025-05-23, Krakow, Poland

    The Space Resources Conferences are organised to provide an open forum for discussion on the state-of-the-art technologies applicable to current challenges of space exploration and the use of space resources to improve the living conditions of humans and protect Earth’s natural environment.

    However, this year’s conference will focus not only on future concepts and new visions. It will also look at how to adopt the current research results for space resource extraction, transportation, and manufacturing in space and how to develop settlements on the Moon and Mars.

    The Conference will be mainly an on-site event. A few virtual presentations will be available on demand.

    Registration deadline: 2025-04-29

  • Summer School "Traces of Early life"
    2025-06-02 to 2025-06-12, Scotland

    The EAI will organise the summer school "Traces of Early life" in Scotland. It will include

    • 4 days of lectures

    • excursion to stromatolite sites and other geologically interesting locations

    • practical exercises

    • poster sessions


    Bursaries for students and early career scientists will be available.


  • ASTROBIOLOGY GRADUATE CONFERENCE (ABGRADCON) 2025
    2025-06-06 to 2025-06-13, Boulder, CO, USA

    Proposal Writing Retreat: June 6-10, 2025
    Conference: June 10-13, 2025


    The Astrobiology Graduate Conference is dedicated to early-career scientists who study the complex and diverse topics that the astrobiology field encompasses. The goal of AbGradCon, organized entirely by graduate students, is to promote the scientific research of young astrobiologists, while promoting collaboration, practical training, and camaraderie. This conference has been an integral part of the astrobiology community for nearly two decades by providing a setting for graduate students and postdocs where small group discussions, presentations, and social activities promote long-term professional relationships. In essence, AbGradCon seeks to create a more interdisciplinary and inclusive astrobiology community, foster collaboration, and provide practical training for young scientists.

  • FALCON
    2025-06-26 to 2025-06-29, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Just before BEACON (26 -29 June), the Astrobiology Graduates in Europe (AbGradE) together with OoLEN (Origin of Life Early Career Network) will organise a meeting for students and early career scientists called FALCON (Frontiers in Astrobiology and origins of Life Conference) in Reykjavik, Iceland.

  • BEACON 2025
    2025-07-01 to 2025-07-05, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Abstract submission is now open for the Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON) in Iceland from 1-5 July 2025. The conference offers:

    • very interesting invited speakers

    • a very modern venue (https://www.harpa.is/en/) in the centre of Reykjavik

    • exciting excursions on July 3rd to historically and geologically interesting places

    • two poster sessions

    • a conference banquet with possibility to see the series of exhibitions "Wonders of Iceland" in the carousel restaurant Perlan overlooking Reykjavik (www.perlan.is)

    • an after-conference trip to Southern Iceland

    • possibility to book affordable accommodation (even camping is possible)


    Please see the conference website for further information and abstract submission. Bursaries for early career scientists and students are available.

  • INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN ASTROBIOLOGY
    2025-07-07 to 2025-07-11, Santander, Spain

    The International Summer School in Astrobiology will be held in Santander, Spain, from July 7-11, 2025. Stay tuned for more information on how to apply.

  • 18th International Clay Conference (ICC)
    2025-07-13 to 2025-07-18, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

    On behalf of the Clay Minerals Group (CMG) of the Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the 18th International Clay Conference (ICC). The conference is organised under the auspices of the Association Internationale pour l’Etude des Argiles (AIPEA).

    The theme of the conference is "Sustaining Clays" to emphasise the myriad roles played by clays, clay minerals, and the closely allied layered double hydroxides and natural zeolites in sustainable development, the use and management of very many resources, and their bright future in tomorrow’s world.

    Our key aim with this conference is to integrate our diverse industrial, technological, and academic worlds of clays and clay minerals with a blend of sessions, workshops and field trips arranged under three sub themes where clay research and applications flourish namely "Materials and technologies", "Food, Water and Environment", and "Terra and extra-Terra".


    In particular, check out the session entitled "The Role of Layered Minerals in the Origin of Life – Insights from Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments", chaired by
    V. Erastova, C. Greenwell, S.V. Stewart, D. Santamaria Gonzales:
    The origin of life, whether terrestrial and/or extraterrestrial, involves fundamental questions about the transition from inanimate matter to living systems. Clay minerals, with their layered structures and high charge density, have been critical in shaping theories about the prebiotic mechanisms that most likely assisted during the emergence of life.

    Layered minerals form as a result of silicate weathering on both Earth and other planets, and are known to selectively concentrate organic molecules, catalyse polymerisation reactions and providing protecting environments for nascent protobiopolymers - all of which are essential steps for the initial steps toward life.

    This session explores how these properties of clays might have facilitated life’s origin through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates experimental studies, computational modelling and analyses of materials from space missions. Jointly, these studies help us overcome the key limitation of replicating early Earth conditions and extend knowledge of prebiotic chemistry across significant temporal and spatial scales.

    In this session, we discuss the potential roles of clays in catalysing biopolymer synthesis, information transfer and introducing mutations. We also address both clay’s capabilities and limitations in preserving functional protobiopolymers - how this may affect their use in early-life systems and assist in their discovery as biosignatures later it time. This session aims to highlight the latest findings and methodologies that advance our understanding of layered minerals and their role in life’s origins and drive ongoing scientific exploration.


    Registration: 2025-07-01

  • Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Life
    2025-09-02 to 2025-09-06, Nördlingen, Germany

    This EAI meeting will include

    • 6 sessions with invited speakers

    • a 1-day excursion around the Ries crater

    • a half-day excursion to the adjacent crater "Steinheimer Becken"

    • Poster session

    • Accommodation in Nördlingen Old City

    • Evening walk to Nördlingen


    Bursaries for early career scientists and students will be available.


  • EANA 2025
    2025-10-21 to 2025-10-24, Lisboa, Portugal

  • Rocky Worlds 4
    2026-01-19 to 2026-01-23, Groningen, Netherlands

    Applying the detailed empirical understanding gleaned from the terrestrial planets of our own Solar System is crucial in our interpretation of exoplanetary systems. With the ongoing and upcoming surveys to search for small planets around nearby stars, we can anticipate huge growth in the number and information on detected rocky exoplanets in the coming decades. As the characterisation of these new planetary systems proceeds it will in turn improve understanding of our own Solar System, and in particular of how potentially habitable Earth-like planets form, evolve, and are distributed throughout the galaxy. The Rocky Worlds Meeting Series brings together planetary scientists, astronomers, and earth scientists to foster discussion and build the collaborations that will pave the way for the next frontiers of rocky exoplanet discovery and characterisation.

    Abstract submission deadline: 2025-09-14
    Registration deadline: 2025-12-14