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 Pratesi, University 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.