KITP Teachers' Conference: Worlds Suited for Biology: The Search for Life in the Universe

KITP Teachers' Conference: Worlds Suited for Biology: The Search for Life in the Universe
Feb 28, 2015
Coordinator: Geoff Marcy

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Saturday, February 28, 2015
	Session Chair: Scott Tremaine (IAS, Princeton)
9:00am	Greg Huber (KITP)	Welcome[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
9:10am	Eric Ford (Penn State)	Planetary Billiards: The Early Chaos of Planetary Systems[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
10:10am	Morning Break
	Session Chair: Ruth Murray-Clay (UCSB)
10:45am	Sean Raymond (U. Bordeaux)	Worlds with Water: Prerequisite for Life?[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
11:45am	Greg Huber, Leader	Town Hall Discussion[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
12:30pm	Lunch Break
	Session Chair: Natalie Batalha (NASA Ames)
2:00pm	Andrew Howard (U. Hawaii)	Habitable Planets Around Other Stars[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
3:00pm	Afternoon Break
	Session Chair: Louise Kellogg (UC Davis)
3:30pm	Dawn Sumner (UC Davis)	Are We Alone in the Universe? (And how to think about this as a scientist)[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
4:30pm	Geoff Marcy (UC Berkeley)	Prospects for Intelligent Life in the Universe[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5:30pm	END OF CONFERENCE -- SHUTTLE AVAILABLE TO BWSCI