Associate Prof. Robert Peharz (TU Graz) will introduce us to his research topic - relevant for all future projects seeking collaboration with the TU Graz in the area of artificial intelligence.
Prof. Michael Hesse, Director of Science at NASA's Ames Research Center, will introduce magnetic reconnection, the most important energy conversion and transport process in plasmas in the universe.
Stephen Mojzsis, Origins Research Institute, Budapest (Hungary) will explain what we know about the formation and very early history of Earth some 4.48-4.0 Gyrs ago.
Prof. James Kasting (Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University) will talk about the characterisation of exoplanets with the next generation of instruments like the JWST, LIFE, and LUVOIR.
Ute Amerstorfer, Rachel Bailey (ZAMG), Martin Reiss and Hannah Rüdisser (TU Graz Know Center) present an overview of ongoing efforts to apply machine learning in various heliophysical contexts.
Daphne Stam (TU Delft, The Netherlands) will show how spectro-polarimetry can be used to characterise planets and exoplanets, connected to missions like ENVISION (Venus) and SELFIE (Earth).
Prof. Edwin Bergin, University of Michigan (US) will report on the conclusion from ALMA observations about the chemistry and planet formation process in protoplanetary disks.
Prof. Gerhard Wurm (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany) will tell us about his lab experiments with dust grains related to planetary atmospheres and planet formation.
Prof. Mark Marley (University of Arizona / NASA Ames) will discuss why there is often a lack of collaboration between exoplanet researchers and the more traditional solar system researchers, and demonstrate the potential of exoplanet/Solar System synergies with a few examples of successful collaborations in the fields of atmospheric chemistry.
Prof. James A. Slavin (University of Michigan) will summarise previous results from space exploration missions to Mercury, as well as future prospects with BepiColombo.
Tim Flohrer (head of the Space Debris Office, Space Safety Programme Office, ESA-ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany) will present
the Space Debris problem. How can laser technology contribute to a sustainable solution?
Daniel Schmid and Helmut Lammer will present the first in-situ measured atomic hydrogen density profile derived from magnetic field observations by MESSENGER.
Dr Aki Roberge (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory) will report on the 2020 US Astrophysics Decadal Survey and the LUVOIR and HabEx Missions.
