We are pleased to announce the 1st Italian Space Agency workshop on Astrobiology, which will be held on October 27th – 29th 2020.

The aim of the workshop is to map the current capabilities of the Italian scientific community in the Astrobiology field. The workshop will be the first step of a process that will lead to the definition of a national long-term roadmap to optimize the Italian contribution to the international activities and programs in the next decade of astrobiology research, exploration and discovery.

Astrobiology is by definition a multidisciplinary field and we intend to create a common platform for the scientific community working on different topics in order to create synergies and identify future opportunities.

 

The Thematic Sessions will cover the following areas: 

• Life sciences in space

• Life sciences in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) 

• Life sciences on the Earth

• Solar System sciences and exploration 

• Extra-terrestrial Sample Return

 

The final goal of the workshop is to build an interdisciplinary Italian community of scientists prepared to enter a new era of discovery and to be ready for the future exploration challenges.