The active synergy between astronomical observation, laboratory experiment and theoretical modelling has been reinforced at the recent IAU General Assembly (Hawaii 2015) by the creation of a new IAU Commission (B5) on Laboratory Astrophysics, of which laboratory astrochemistry is an essential component.
This meeting is the seventh in a series addressing the broad and fast-moving discipline of astrochemistry. The most recent meeting in this series, IAUS280: The Molecular Universe, was held in Toledo, Spain, in 2011. The meetings held prior to that can be viewed on the history section of the IAUS280 website.
IAU International Conference on "Search for life: from early Earth to exoplanets"
The EANA Workshop (European Astrobiology Network Association Workshop) will be held in Athens, Greece.
Venue: Eugenides Foundation, 387 Syngrou Ave., 175 64 Paleo Faliro, Athens – Greece.
Field trip: Cape Vani, Milos Island, Aegean sea, Greece. Will take place after the conference, probably between the dates 1, 2, and/or 3 October 2016 (to be announced).
Main topic: Instrument Concepts and Methods in Planetary Research.
Other topics: Astrobiology related topics, i.e., biology, earth sciences, planetary sciences, atmospheres, human flight, etc.
The EANA15 will be hosted in Noordwijk in the Netherlands at the ESTEC complex of the European Space Agency (ESA).
The conference will focus on "Astrobiology and Spaceflight" and will include lectures by ESTEC colleagues. With Rosetta/Philae coming to a conclusion, Expose-R2 in orbit, ExoMars in the pipeline and nano satellites under consideration, the focus comes at an ideal time.