Joint Meeting of the Nordic Network of Astrobiology and the Centre of Geobiology
Bergen, Norway, 20 - 22 May 2014


Scientific programme

The meeting starts on Tuesday 20th of May 2014 in the morning and ends on Thursday 22th in the evening. Participants are thus advised to arrive on Monday 19th and leave on Friday 23rd. The scientific programme consists of introductory lectures,invited lectures, oral contributions selected from the abstracts and a poster session.Introductory lectures will be 25 minutes long (+10 minutes for discussion). Invited lectures have a length of 20 minutes and oral contributions selected from the abstract one of 15 minutes. The final programme can be downloaded as .doc file and .pdf file by clicking on these links.

Confirmed invited speakers

Janice Bishop, SETI, USA
Martin Brasier, Oxford University, UK
Sherry Cady, Portland State University, USA
Chris German, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Charles Cockell, University of Edinburgh, UK
Robert Hazen, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
Jes Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Nikku Madhusudhan, University of Cambridge, UK
John Parkes, Cardiff University, UK
John Parnell, University of Aberdeen, UK
Mark Sephton, Imperial College, UK
Xander Tielens, Leiden University, The Netherlands
J. Hunter Waite, South West Research Institute, USA
Frances Westall, CNRS, Orleans, France
Martin Whitehouse, Natural History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden



Advice for lecturers

Please bring your talk on a memory stick or CD-ROM. Alternatively you can use your own laptop. The Egget Auditorium provides a PowerPoint projector and audio equipment.


Sessions

Scientific sessions are planned for the following subjects:

  • Formation and detection of complex molecules in the interstellar medium
  • Organic molecules in planetary and satellite atmospheres
  • Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces
  • Characterisation of exoplanets and their atmospheres
  • Meteroite Bombardment and Prebiotic Chemistry on the Hadean Earth
  • Early Earth Habitable Environments: Oceans, Atmosphere & Crustal Growth
  • Earliest Fingerprints for Life on Earth
  • Impacts and their role in the evolution, transfer and possible detection of life
  • Biomineralisation & life in sediments
  • Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents & Biomarkers from Subseafloor Life
  • Archea & Biomarkers for Life in Extreme Environments


The final programme can be downloaded as .doc file and .pdf file by clicking on these links.

Poster session

Two poster sessions with a tapas dinner will be held on 20th and 21st of May at Egget Auditorium. Poster boards are 1,4 m in height and 1 m in width. A0 in portrait format works, but please do not attempt to bring any A0 posters in landscape format. We have many posters and no extra space.


Social programme

On 22nd May a geological walk around Bergen followed by a stroll through the historic Bryggen museum will be organised for the conference participants. Thereafter the conference dinner will be held on the Fløyen restaurant. The dinner, the trip with the Fløyen cable car as well as the walks are included in the conference fee. Bergen and the Norwegian Fjordland also offer a lot of interesting sights for accompanying persons.
Bergen "Bryggen" historic quarter Fløyen funicular Fløyen restaurant