Exoplanets: Understanding alien worlds in diverse environments
July 11 – 20, 2023 Alpbach/Tyrol - Austria
Lecture Programme
Monday, July 10
during the day: Individual Arrival of participants
16:00 – 18:30: Registration at the School House
19:00: Reception at the Böglerhof
Tuesday, July 11
09:00: Opening
10:00: Coffee Break
10:30: Lecture by Annemarie Lagrange (Observatoire de Paris): Introduction to Exoplanets (state of the art, gas giants, mini neptunes, diversity of planetary systems, open challenges)
11:30: Lecture by Mikael Bonnefoy (Université Grenoble Alpes): Ground Based Observations of Exoplanets (State of the Art, goals)
12:30: Lunch Break
15:00: Lecture by Ana Heras (ESA-ESTEC): Exoplanet space missions (current/past missions, measurement methods, resolution requirements, goals)
16:00: Lecture by Inge Loes ten Kate (Utrecht University): How to build up the evidence towards a credible detection of extraterrestrial life (definition of life, Biosignatures, complex molecules, chirality)
17:00: Coffee Break
17:30:Workshop Preparation Peter Falkner (ESA-ESTEC)
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
Wednesday, July 12
09:00: Lecture by Peter Falkner (ESA-ESTEC): Mission & System Design
10:00: Lecture by Marcus Hallmann (DLR): Mission analysis
11:00: Coffee Break
11:30: Lecture by Beth Biller (University of Edinburgh): Exoplanets analysis/characterization methods (science goals and mission requirements, physical principles of measurements)
12:30: Lunch Break
14:30: Lecture by Frans Snik (Leiden University): Coronographic Measurements (towards space missions)
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00: Lecture by Daniel Angerhausen (ETH Zürich): Interferometric Measurements (towards space missions)
17:00:Working Team Meetings
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Thursday, July 13
09:00: Lecture by Ravit Helled (University of Zurich): Planetary Structure and Evolution
10:00: Lecture by Ludmila Carone (Austrian Academy of Sciences): Planetary atmospheres (include different types of atmospheres)
11:00: Coffee Break
11:30: Lecture by Theresa Rank-Lüftinger (ESA-ESTEC): The Exoplanets’ Ecoystem - Star – planet interaction (host star, stellar and planetary evolution, exomoons, exocomets)
12:30: Lunch Break
14:30: WORKSHOP
16:00 Coffee Break
17:00: WORKSHOP
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Friday, July 14
09:00: Lecture by Jose Lorenzo Alvarez (ESA-ESTEC): Instrumentation
10:00: Lecture by Tibor Agocs (ESA - ESTEC): Telescope Design
11:00: Coffee Break
11:30: Lecture by Jan Thoemel (University of Luxembourg): System engineering
12:30: Lunch Break
14:30: WORKSHOP
16:00: Coffee Break
16:30: Mission Objectives and Requirements Review
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Saturday, July 15
09:00 - 16:00: Guided mountain walk for interested participants
17:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Sunday, July 16
09:00: Individual Mission Preparation at the School House
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Monday, July 17
09:00: Lecture by Pedro Russo (Leiden University): Societal Aspects of Space Research, Space Policy
10:00: WORKSHOP
11:00: Coffee Break
11:30: WORKSHOP
12:30: Lunch Break
14:30: WORKSHOP
15:00: Coffee Break
16:30: Mission Preliminary Design Review
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Tuesday, July 18
09:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
16:30: Mission Final Design Review
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Wednesday, July 19
09:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
16:00: Individual Team Rehersals
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House
Thursday, July 20
09:00: Presentation Team A
10:00: Question and Answer Period
10:30: Coffee Break
11:00: Presentation Team B
12:00: Question and Answer Period
12:30: Buffet Lunch at School House
13:30: Presentation Team C
14:30: Question and Answer Period
15:00: Coffee Break
15:30: Presentation Team D
16:30: Question and Answer Period
17:00: Closing Remarks
17:15: Meeting of the Jury
19:30: Farewell Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
Announcement of Jury Evaluation
Award Ceremony