Come to Vietnam for "Planetary Systems: A Synergistic View"
Jonathan Lunine Cornell University
What new insights might come from a synergistic approach to planetary studies, where exoplanet and solar-system scientists share data sets, develop and tune models jointly, and encourage postdoctoral fellowships and faculty positions that transcend the exoplanet/solar-system divide? To find out, please join us for a unique conference "Planetary Systems: A Synergistic View," 19-25 July 2015, in Quy Nhon, Vietnam.
With exciting new results coming from both exoplanet observations and solar-system exploration missions, it sometimes seems that the two fields of "planetary studies" aren't talking to each other. This conference will bring together exoplanet and solar-system specialists to address major new observational projects and what we expect to learn over the next decade. The conference will be organized along the following major themes:
- Lessons from Solar Systems and Exoplanets
- Comparative Studies of Planet Formation
- Criteria for Habitability and Lessons from Our Solar System
- Future Missions
Since 1993 the Rencontres du Vietnam, which is an official partner of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has organised international scientific conferences and thematic schools to foster exchanges between Vietnamese or Asia-Pacific scientists and colleagues from other parts of the world. The International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in the central Vietnamese city of Quy Nhon has the ambitious objective to focus on developing science and education, helping young Asian students and scientists meet with the international science community and bringing the opportunity to accelerate their knowledge by attending lectures and sharing ideas with overseas high-level counterparts.
"Planetary Systems: A Synergistic View" will focus on the newly emergent, but already mature, science of planetary research and aim to bring together solar-system and exoplanet researchers for a truly synergistic view of how planetary systems form and evolve. The conference will consist of plenary sessions for invited in-depth oral presentations (review talks and talks on specific specialized topics), and contributed papers, in the form of relatively short oral papers or posters (abstract deadline: 24 March). We will aim to achieve a balance between review talks, provocative talks given by recognized specialists, and shorter contributions, with special emphasis on active participation by younger researchers and postdocs. Please visit the conference website for more information.