Astrobiology Science Conference

Thanks to all who submitted session proposals! We received more than 100 proposals and will look forward to reviewing them in the coming weeks to design the best possible conference for y'all. Thanks again for your participation!

AbSciCon session proposal deadline has been extended to Tuesday 22 Sept! We look forward to reading your proposals next week! https://www.agu.org/AbSciCon/2021/Present/Sessions

Only 1 week left to submit a session proposal for #AbSciCon2021 ! Please spread the word and submit here: https://www.agu.org/AbSciCon/2021/Present/Sessions

Thrilled to announce our latest confirmed keynote speaker for #AbSciCon21: Dr. Betül Kaçar, who will address the question: What will reconstructing ancient biochemistries tell us about life’s limits and evolvability? https://www.agu.org/AbSc//Schedule-Program/Speakers-Topics

Excited to announce our first confirmed keynote speakers for #AbSciCon2021 #AbSciCon21: @RevaKayAstro and @DrSianProctor ! Stay tuned for more plenary speaker announcements to come. https://www.agu.org/AbSc//Schedule-Program/Speakers-Topics

Reminder that AbSciCon '21 session proposals are due in less than 1 month (deadline 16 Sept 2020)! We are especially encouraging novel ideas for reaching a global audience through virtual engagement. Submit on the link below: https://www.agu.org/AbSciCon/2021/Present/Sessions

Session proposals are now open for #AbSciCon21! We encourage creative ideas that accommodate virtual programming. https://www.agu.org/AbSciCon/2021/Present/Sessions

We are very excited to announce our first confirmed plenary speaker for AbSciCon21: Dr. Reva Kay Williams, the nation’s first Black female theoretical astrophysicist. Her talk will be: From Supermassive Stars to Quasars: Production of Stardust: The Seeds of Life in the Universe. Dr. Reva Kay Williams is a research assistant professor at University of Toledo. She is the nation’s first Black female theoretical astrophysicist. She is an expert on black hole physics and the firs...t person to successfully work out the Penrose mechanism to extract energy from a rotating black hole using Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, thus, explaining how quasars are powered. Dr. Williams attended Northwestern University as an undergraduate and received her Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington. She was awarded a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Florida. Read more about Reva Kay Williams' discoveries here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reva_Williams and here: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0404029

AbSciCon 2021 will happen in Atlanta! Watch for changes here. https://www.agu.org/abscicon