Inter-Commission C1-F2-F3-H2 WG Education and Training in Astrobiology

Working Group Meetings

Upcoming Meetings:

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Registrations open for the 2023 Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants / Astrobiology Introductory Course
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The 2023 session of the Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants (RED'23 / Astrobiology Introductory Course) will take place, from March 12 to 18, 2023 at the Reserve Ornithologique du Teich (France).

These meetings are organized for:

Any student preparing a thesis in Earth and Universe Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences, Bioinformatics or History / Philosophy of Sciences.
Students wishing to acquire an interdisciplinary training in astrobiology to complete their initial training and to be able to address questions related to the origins of life on Earth and beyond, its evolution and its distribution in the Universe.
The school is also open to any young researchers interested in astrobiology

The RED'23 / Astrobiology Introductory Course program is complementary to the RED'22 program, however it is not necessary to have attended in 2022 to participate in this new school.

Lectures will be held in English.

Registrations are open until January 31, 2023. Some grants to participate are available, more about it on the website.

Discover the program and the speakers of this session on the school website:

http://www.exobiologie.fr/red/index.php/en/

Past Meetings:

Astrobiology Introductory Course’20
The fifth edition of the Astrobiology Introductory Course will be held from 8 to 14 March 2020 in the Ornithological Reserve of le Teich (33, France).

This school is addressed to:
- Any student preparing his PhD thesis in Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, Biology or History/Philosophy of sciences in France or any other country.
- Any students wishing to acquire an interdisciplinary training in astrobiology to complete their initial training and to be able to address issues at the origins of life on Earth, its evolution and its distribution in the Universe.
The program of RED’20/Astrobiology Introductory Course is complementary to the one of RED’19 school, however it is not necessary to have followed it to participate in this new school.

For program and registration, see the website: http://www.exobiologie.fr/red/index.php/en/
DL for application : January 31st, but the sooner the best!
Biennial European Astrobiology Conference: 20-24 April 2020
The Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON) will take place on La Palma Island (Canary Islands, Spain) from 20-24 April 2020: https://europeanastrobiology.eu/BEACON2020/home.html

Scientific sessions are planned covering the following themes:
- Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems and Detection of Habitable Worlds
- The Pathway to Complexity: From Simple Molecules to First Life
- Planetary Environments and Habitability
- Evolution and Traces of Early Life and Life under Extreme Condition
- Biosignatures and the Detection of Life beyond Earth
- Historical, Philosophical, Societal and Ethical Issues in Astrobiology
- Tracing Life and Identifying Habitable Environments
- Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Planets, Moons and Life
- Protoplanetary disks and their physical and chemical processes
The meeting will be open to all interested scientists and students from Europe and beyond.
Astrobiology Introductory Course’18
The third edition of the Astrobiology Introductory Course will be held from 4 to 10 March 2018 in the Ornithological Reserve of le Teich (33, France).

This school is addressed to:
- Any student preparing his PhD thesis in Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, Biology or History/Philosophy of sciences in France or any other country.
- Any students wishing to acquire an interdisciplinary training in astrobiology to complete their initial training and to be able to address issues at the origins of life on Earth, its evolution and its distribution in the Universe.
The program of RED’18/Astrobiology Introductory Course is complementary to the one of RED’17 school, however it is not necessary to have followed it to participate in this new school.

For program and registration, see the website : http://www.exobiologie.fr/red/index.php/en/
DL for application : January 15th, but the sooner the best!
Astrobiology Introductory Course, March 5th-11th 2017, Le Teich (near Bordeaux), France
The second edition of the Astrobiology Introductory Course will be held from 5 to 11 March 2017 in the Ornithological Park of le Teich (33, France).

This school is addressed to:
- Any student preparing his PhD thesis in Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, Biology or History/Philosophy of sciences in France or any other country.
- Any students wishing to acquire an interdisciplinary training in astrobiology to complete their initial training and to be able to address issues at the origins of life on Earth, its evolution and its distribution in the Universe.
The program of RED’17/Astrobiology Introductory Course is complementary to the one of RED’16 school, however it is not necessary to have followed it to participate in this new school.

For program and registration, see the website : http://www.exobiologie.fr/red/index.php/en/red16-astrobiology-course/

Poster : http://www.exobiologie.fr/red/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Affiche-Red-17-tlchg.pdf
International Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology, July 3rd-7th 2017 Utrecht, Netherlands: http://ise2a.uu.nl/