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Programme

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SCHEDULE

DAY 0 - Monday 20th May 2024

Arrival Day

19:30 - 22:30 - Icebreaker and Attendees Registration #1 at Reverse

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DAY 1 - Tuesday 21st May 2024

Session 1 - Solar System: planets and meteoritics

08:30 - 09:00 - Attendees Registration #2 at Sala Poccetti - School Venue

09:00 - 09:30 - Introduction from the LOC and AbGradE

09:30 - 10:15 - Mitchell Schulte, NASA, USA

Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:30 - Davide Fedele, INAF, Italy

11:45 - 12:30 - Giovanni PratesiUniversity of Florence, Italy 

Lunch Break

14:00 - 14:45 - Mark Fox-Powell, Open University, UK

15:00 - 15:45 - Teresa Fornaro, INAF, Italy

Coffee Break

Workshop Session 1 - Human Life at Extreme Environments

16:15 - 17:00 - Mickaël Baqué, DLR - Berlin, Germany

17:15 - 18:00 - Cyprien Verseux, ZARM - University of Bremen, Germany

Evening Event​

19:30 - 21:00 - Attendees Dinner at Plus Florence

21:00 - 23:00 - Treasure Hunt in Florence City Center w/ the LOC and AbGradE

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DAY 2 - Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Session 2 - Astrochemistry

09:30 - 10:15 - Paola Caselli, Max-Planck Institute Munich, Germany

10:30 - 11:15 - Wolf Geppert, Stockholm University, Sweden

Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30 - Paola Manini, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

12:45 - 13:30 - Nadia Balucani, University of Perugia, Italy

Lunch Break

Workshop Session 2 - World Café Format w/ AbGradE

15:00 - 15:45 - World Café Part I 

Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:45 - World Café Part II

Evening Event​

20:00 - 23:00 - Social Dinner at Vecchia Firenze

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DAY 3 - Thursday 23rd May 2024

Session 3 - Life Emergence and Evolution

09:30 - 10:15 - Donato Giovannelli, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

10:30 - 11:15 - Daniela Billi, University of Tor Vergata, Italy

Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30 - Claudia Pacelli, ASI, Italy

12:45 - 13:30 - Jean-Pierre de Vera, DLR - Cologne, Germany

Lunch Break

Poster Session

15:00 - 17:00 - Poster Session and Coffee Break

Evening Event​

21:00 - 23:00 - Karaoke night at Red Garter w/ the LOC and AbGradE

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DAY 4 - Friday 24th May 2024

Session 4 - Philosophy and History of Science

09:30 - 10:15 - Sean McMahon, University of Edinburgh, UK

10:30 - 11:15 - Lorenzo De Piccoli, INAF, Italy

Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30 - Montserrat Villar Martín, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Spain

12:45 - 13:30 - Poster Awards Ceremony and Goodbye!

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Additional Information

Prato Planetary Sciences Museum

You have 1 free-entry-ticket for the Planetary Science Museum in Prato Italy, usable from Tuesday 21st May to Sunday 26th May 2024. The address is Via Galcianese 20/H Prato (PO). Here the website.

 

How does the World Cafe Workshop work?

The attendees will be divided in several groups, topic-based. Each group will be assigned to a chair (person from the AbGradE committee) moderating the conversation, and the mentor, one of the speakers that will talk about the topic of the group. During the workshop, each group has to summarize the most important points gained from the conversation with the speaker.

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How does the Poster Session work?

1st hour: elevator pitch format, 1 slide (Power Point, PDF, Canva, etc.) two minutes of talking each.

2nd hour: poster session plus coffee break, free session in front of the posters.

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