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Title: Exploring the Boundaries - the Science of the Extremes
Date: May 28-29, 2013
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Date: May 28-29, 2013
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The symposium covered various fields of space research and space exploration, exploration and research of extreme environments on Earth and other planets, and how different living organisms cope and live in extreme environments.
The list of speakers included a NASA astronaut, a submarine captain and a science team member for the Mars Curiosity Rover mission.
Lectures, in chronological order:
Seeking Habitable Environments in our Solar System - Curiosity on Mars | 
Dr Laura Leshin, Dean of Science; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Operational Perspective of Space Biomedical Effects |
Dr Leroy Chiao, Former NASA Astronaut and International Space Station Commander, USA
Explorations of Extreme Ocean Environments of Planet Earth |
Prof. Alfred Scott McLaren, Captain U.S. Navy (Ret.), President of the American Polar Society; President Emeritus of the Explorers Club, Director and Senior Pilot, Sub Aviator Systems LLC, USA
The Universe |
Nobel Laureate Prof. Gerard ‘t Hooft, Professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Molecules in Extreme Environments |
Dr Russell Hemley, Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
Prebiotic molecules in young solar systems |
Dr. Jes Jørgensen, Associate Professor Niels Bohr Institute and Centre for Star and Planet Formation, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Forum LIVE! (questions from high school students) |
Life in Extreme Environments and the Search for Life in the Universe |
Prof. Dr. Lynn Rothschild, Chief Scientist, Synthetic Biology, NASA Ames Research Center, Adjunct Professor at Brown University, consulting Professor at Stanford University, USA
Unanswered questions in deep carbon research |
Prof. Dr. Robert Hazen, Carbon at Extremes; Senior Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution, Geophysical Laboratory; Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences, George Mason University; and Executive Director, Deep Carbon Observatory, USA
Hyperthermophiles in the History of Life |
Prof. Dr. Karl Stetter, Professor Emeritus, University of Regensburg, Germany
Surviving Sustainability on Planet Earth |
Prof. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Distinguished Professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, Evan Pugh Professor of Pennsylvania State University, USA
Panel Discussion |
Moderator: Lorie Karnath, MBA, Ph.D (hon)
