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Venue
The EANA workshop will take place in the AlbaNova main building (Roslagstullsbacken 21) in the Klein auditorium. The lectures will begin on Monday, 15 Oct, at 9:30 (at 9:00 on the other days), and the last lecture will end on Wednesday, 17 Oct, at 18:30.
Registration begins on Sunday, 14 October, 17:00-20:00, in the AlbaNova main building.
Main topics
Extrasolar planets
Astrophysics and astrochemistry
Geochemical origin of life
Origin and evolution of the biosphere
Planetary habitability & exploration (Mars, Titan, Europa, ...)
Extremophiles and early life
Astrobiology on the International Space Station
Artificial life
Miscellaneous subjects in astrobiology
Some Photos of the Meeting
Photos by Fabio Del Sordo
Photos by Enrique IƱiguez Pacheco
Deadlines
1 June, travel grant applications
25 June, abstract submission
1 August: hotel booking
15 October: EANA'12 Workshop
Travel grants
Travel funds will be granted in priority to students (graduate and
undergraduate) and young scientists submitting an abstract.
Applications should be sent to Dr. Beda Hofmann (beda.hofmann_at_geo.unibe.ch) and should include: a short letter of motivation, a CV (age,
field of research, present position, Institution, University, Laboratory,
Address), and an abstract.
Organized and/or sponsored by
The meeting is organized jointly by
Nordita, the
Astrobiology Center in Stockholm, and the
Swedish Astrobiology Network.
Logistic Issues and Accommodation
Nordita has reserved some rooms in the following hotels in the price range between 900 and 1300 kr (Swedish krona)
(about 100 to 145 Euros) per night.
For booking, please contact one of the hotels in the list via e-mail or phone (not online booking) and provide them the registration number listed here:
- HOTEL ODEN (1.8 km from Albanova)
Registration number: G: 311 396
Price: 1077 kr (single room)
- HOTEL ARCADIA (700 mt from Albanova)
Registration number: 682319
Price: 1.575 kr (superior single room)
- HOTEL HELLSTEN ( 1.7 km from Albanova)
Registration number: 390950
Price: 1.290 kr (single room)
- REX HOTEL ( 1.7 km from Albanova)
Registration number: 390951
Price: 1.190 kr (single room)
There are also several good quality
hostels in Stockholm.
[NB. It was earlier incorrectly stated here that Nordita can provide free accommodation for workshop participants.]
How to get here?
(this link has a description and several maps). The meeting takes place either in Nordita or in the main AlbaNova building, just next to the Nordita building.
Preliminary book of abstracts: http://norlx51.nordita.org/~brandenb/astrobiology/EANA2012/booklet.pdf. If there are any corrections, please send an email to Fabio (fadiesis@gmail.com).
Links to pdf files of individual abstract can be found in
http://norlx51.nordita.org/~brandenb/astrobiology/EANA2012/single_abstracts, and the corresponding latex source files (in case of replacements) are in
http://norlx51.nordita.org/~brandenb/astrobiology/EANA2012/abstracts_source.
The papers from EANA 2011 are now online in OLEB (there will be a special
issue when printed); see here.
A similar opportunity may also exist for EANA 2012.
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