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PS – Planetary & Solar System Sciences

Programme Group Chairs: Luigi Colangeli, Wojciech J. Markiewicz, Ralf Srama, Athena Coustenis, Stephan Ulamec, Ruth Ziethe, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, François Raulin, Iannis Dandouras, Philippe Garnier, Daniel Winterhalter, James Cho, Özgür Karatekin, Jesús Martínez-Frías, David Mimoun, Nicholas Achilleos

ML3

Jean Dominique Cassini Medal Lecture by Stamatios M. Krimigis
Convener: Günter Blöschl 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 12:15–13:15

ML25

David Bates Medal Lecture by Francois Forget
Convener: Özgür Karatekin 
Orals
 / Wed, 30 Apr, 10:30–11:30

ML29

Hannes Alfvén Medal Lecture by Karl Schindler
Convener: Norma B. Crosby 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 13:30–14:30

ML30

Julius Bartels Medal Lecture by Rumi Nakamura
Convener: Norma B. Crosby 
Orals
 / Mon, 28 Apr, 13:30–14:30

PS1 – Solar System exploration and techniques

Programme Group Scientific Officer: Stephan Ulamec

PS1.1

New missions and techniques for planetary exploration
Convener: Christian Muller  | Co-Conveners: Manuel Grande , Kim Reh , Bernard Foing 
PICOs
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 13:30–15:00

PS1.2

Mass spectrometers in the solar system: A session in honor of Hasso Niemann.
Convener: Jonathan I. Lunine  | Co-Conveners: Paul Mahaffy , Kim Reh 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 15:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

GI2.3/PS1.3

Space Instrumentation, Planetary landers and Rovers (co-organized)
Convener: Mark Leese  | Co-Conveners: Lutz Richter , Günter Kargl , David Mimoun 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 17:30–19:00

EMRP2.5/ESSI1.13/G6.10/GD4.3/PS1.4/ST2.5

Swarm – the first constellation to survey the Earth's magnetic field (co-organized)
Co-Conveners: Georgios Balasis , Hermann Lühr , Gauthier Hulot 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 13:30–17:30
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

PS2 – Terrestrial Planets

Programme Group Scientific Officers: Wojciech J. Markiewicz, Ruth Ziethe

PS2.2

Mercury
Convener: Johannes Benkhoff  | Co-Convener: Joe Zender 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 15:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

PS2.3

Lunar Science and Exploration
Convener: Bernard Foing  | Co-Convener: Harald Hiesinger 
Orals
 / Wed, 30 Apr, 08:30–12:30
 / Fri, 02 May, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD3.10 

PS2.4

Mars Science and Exploration
Convener: Angelo Pio Rossi  | Co-Convener: Damien Loizeau 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 08:30–12:00  / 13:30–17:15
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

PS2.5

Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets (including David Bates Medal Lecture)
Convener: Anni Määttänen  | Co-Conveners: Emmanuel Marcq , Francisco González-Galindo 
Orals
 / Wed, 30 Apr, 10:30–12:15
 / Wed, 30 Apr, 13:30–17:15
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD3.8 

PS2.6

Volcanism, tectonics, impacts and other geological processes across the Solar System
Convener: Thomas Platz  | Co-Conveners: Alexander Deutsch , Harald Hiesinger , Fred Jourdan , Matteo Massironi , Stephanie C. Werner , Paul Byrne 
Orals
 / Fri, 02 May, 15:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

GD4.1/EMRP4.1/PS2.7

Earth's core: Structure and dynamics and interaction with the mantle (co-organized)
Co-Convener: Ingo Wardinski 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 13:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 17:30–19:00

GD3.1/GMPV53/PS2.8/SM6.17

Mantle dynamics in the Earth and other planetary bodies (co-sponsored by AGU-SEDI) PICO Session (co-organized)
Convener: Paul Tackley  | Co-Convener: Stephanie C. Werner 
PICOs
 / Thu, 01 May, 08:30–12:00

PS3 – Outer planets

Programme Group Scientific Officers: Athena Coustenis, Jean-Pierre Lebreton

PS3.1

Outer planets, icy satellites and rings
Convener: Athena Coustenis  | Co-Conveners: Hauke Hussmann , Linda Spilker , Sushil K. Atreya , Jean-Pierre Lebreton , Glenn Orton 
Orals
 / Mon, 28 Apr, 08:30–12:15  / 15:30–17:15
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD3.7 

PS3.2

10 years of Cassini
Convener: Nicolas Altobelli  | Co-Conveners: Athena Coustenis , Jean-Pierre Lebreton , Jonathan I. Lunine , Linda Spilker 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 08:30–12:15  / 13:30–15:15
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD3.9 

PS4 – Small bodies and dust

Programme Group Scientific Officer: Ralf Srama

PS4.1

Comets, asteroids and dust
Convener: Nicolas Altobelli  | Co-Conveners: Matthew Taylor , Padma Yanamandra-Fisher 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

PS4.2

Rosetta, getting ready for the encounter
Convener: Stephan Ulamec  | Co-Convener: Matthew Taylor 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 10:30–12:00  / 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

PS5 – Atmospheric electricity, Plasmas and magnetospheres

Programme Group Scientific Officer: Philippe Garnier

PS5.1/ST4.3

Planetary Plasma Physics and Interactions in the Solar System (co-organized)
Convener: Philippe Garnier  | Co-Conveners: Anna Milillo , Aikaterini Radioti 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 13:30–17:15
Posters
 / Attendance Mon, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD3.4 

PS5.2/ST1.5

Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions (co-organized)
Convener: Patrick Galopeau  | Co-Convener: Mohammed Y. Boudjada 
Orals
 / Mon, 28 Apr, 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Mon, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

ST1.2/PS5.3

Multipoint observations and modeling of the heliospheric plasma processes and their effects on the planets (including Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists Lecture) (co-organized)
Convener: Andrea Opitz  | Co-Convener: Volker Bothmer 
Orals
 / Thu, 01 May, 10:30–12:30
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

ST2.4/PS5.4

Radiation Belt Dynamics (co-organized)
Convener: Ioannis A. Daglis  | Co-Conveners: Ian Mann , Elias Roussos 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 08:30–12:00
Posters
 / Attendance Wed, 30 Apr, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD4.4 

ST5.1/NH8.5/PS5.5

Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Application (co-organized)
Convener: Hanna Rothkaehl  | Co-Conveners: Jean Lilensten , Viviane Pierrard , Dalia Buresova 
Orals
 / Wed, 30 Apr, 08:30–10:00  / 13:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Wed, 30 Apr, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD4.6 

ST6.1/EOS16/NH9.14/PS5.6

Raising and maintaining awareness of our local space weather: education and public outreach (co-organized)
Convener: Athanasios Papaioannou  | Co-Convener: Jean Lilensten 
Orals
 / Fri, 02 May, 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 02 May, 17:30–19:00

PS6 – Exoplanets

Programme Group Scientific Officers: Daniel Winterhalter, James Cho

PS6.1

Exoplanets: observations, formation, dynamics and habitability
Conveners: Daniel Winterhalter , Juan Cabrera  | Co-Conveners: James Cho , Nadine Nettelmann 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 15:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD3.11 

PS7 – Modelling and experimental work in Planetology

Programme Group Scientific Officers: Luigi Colangeli, Javier Martín-Torres

PS7.1

Experimental and theoretical simulations
Conveners: Luigi Colangeli , Javier Martín-Torres  | Co-Conveners: Ruth Ziethe , Erika Kaufmann 
PICOs
 / Wed, 30 Apr, 15:30–17:00

PS7.2

Planetary magnetic fields and interior dynamics
Convener: Johannes Wicht  | Co-Convener: Nadine Nettelmann 
Orals
 / Fri, 02 May, 13:30–15:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

PS8 – Origins and Astrobiology

Programme Group Scientific Officers: François Raulin, Jesús Martínez-Frías

PS8.1/BG8.2

Evolution of planetary habitability: conditions for the origin of life on Earth and beyond Earth (co-organized)
Convener: Emmanuelle J. Javaux  | Co-Conveners: Doris Breuer , Véronique Dehant , Özgür Karatekin , Helmut Lammer , Lena Noack , Tilman Spohn , Frances Westall 
PICOs
 / Fri, 02 May, 13:30–15:00

GD2.1/GMPV46/PS8.3/SM6.15/TS8.6

Geodynamics of continental crust and upper mantle (co-organized)
Convener: Irina M. Artemieva  | Co-Conveners: Hans Thybo , Manel Fernandez , Sonja Aulbach , Catherine A. Rychert , Alan G. Jones , Jörg Ebbing 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 10:30–12:00  / 13:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Mon, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD20.9 

PS9 – Joint and Co-Listed Sessions

GMPV8/GD3.4/SM6.16

Plumes and hotspots: paradigms, models, and implications
Co-Conveners: Nicholas T. Arndt , Fabrizio Nestola , Andreas Stracke 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 17:30–19:00

TS2.2/EMRP4.11

Deformation between Fracture and Creep of Quartz and other Earth Materials
Convener: Renée Heilbronner  | Co-Conveners: Holger Stunitz , Martyn Drury , Manuel Sintubin , Rüdiger Kilian 
Orals
 / Wed, 30 Apr, 08:30–12:00
Posters
 / Attendance Thu, 01 May, 17:30–19:00

GD3.2/TS9.7

Recent advances in computational geodynamics
Convener: Dave May  | Co-Conveners: Boris Kaus , Thibault Duretz , Marcin Dabrowski 
Orals
 / Mon, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 17:30–19:00
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD20.11 

ST4.1

Theory and simulation of solar system plasmas
Convener: Jörg Büchner  | Co-Convener: Giovanni Lapenta (deceased) 
Orals
 / Tue, 29 Apr, 13:30–17:00
Posters
 / Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 17:30–19:00

GI1.5

Applications of Data, Methods and Models in Geosciences
Convener: Sid-Ali Ouadfeul  | Co-Convener: Leila Aliouane 
Orals
 / Mon, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Mon, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00

ST4.2

Solar system plasma turbulence
Convener: Zoltan Voros  | Co-Conveners: Yasuhito Narita , Marius M. Echim 
Orals
 / Fri, 02 May, 10:30–12:15
Posters
 / Attendance Fri, 02 May, 08:30–10:00