NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

January 20-21, 2011 NAI Executive Council in-person Meeting Agenda

AGENDA
January 20-21, 2011 NAI Executive Council in-person Meeting
The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution

Thursday, January 20th

07:45–08:30 Breakfast

08:30–08:45 Opening Remarks (Carl Pilcher)

08:45–09:15 Update from NASA HQ (Shawn Domagal-Goldman)

09:15–10:15 NEPTUNE Ocean Observatory Program (John Delaney)

10:15–10:30 Break

10:30–12:00 Presentation of Nordic Network Proposal for Partnership with the NAI (Wolf Geppert)

12:00–01:30 LUNCH / PI in camera Session

01:30–02:00 Report from PI in camera Session

02:00–02:30 Kamchatka Field Expedition in 2011- potential NAI involvement

02:30–03:15 NAI Minority Institution Research Support program (Michael Hester)

03:15–03:30 BREAK

03:30–05:00 GIT Science Presentations

05:00 Adjourn for day

06:30 Dinner at Loren’s home

Friday, January 21st

08:00–09:00 Breakfast

09:00–9:45 Report from Field Expedition to Colombia/ Discussion (Chris House)

09:45–10:15 Update from the Centro de Astrobiología (Javier Gomez-Elvira)

10:15–10:30 BREAK

10:30–11:00 Continue discussion of Nordic Network Proposal

11:00–12:00 Planning for May and September in-person EC Meetings (Clark Johnson, Doug Whittet/Chris House)

Update on NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology (Ed Goolish)

Report on UH Winter School (Karen Meech/Wolf Geppert)

Santander Summer School 2011 (Carl Pilcher)

Potential international Astrobiology conference in 2013

Other Business

12:00–01:00 LUNCH

01:00–04:00 Georgia Tech Lab Tours

04:00 ADJOURN

Friday Evening: “Behind the Scenes” Tour of the Georgia Aquarium? (Optional)