Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON)
Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON)
The second Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON) will take place at the Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland from 1 to 5 July 2025 (inclusive). The programme will start with an opening on June 30th in the evening and regular sessions will begin on July 1st 08:30.
The meeting will end on July 5th with the conference banquet in the evening (23:00). During this meeting also the 7th General Assembly of the EAI will take place, very probably on Tuesday 4th July. On July 6th there will be a one-day meeting of astrobiology institutions and organisations focusing on training and outreach.
An impressive number of abstracts come in for the conference – we can look forward to a very interesting programme.
The conference offers:
very interesting invited speakers
a very well-equipped venue (harpa.is) in the centre of Reykjavik
exciting excursions on July 3rd to historically and geologically interesting places
two poster sessions
a conference banquet with possibility to see the series of exhibitions “Wonders of Iceland” in the carousel restaurant Perlan overlooking Reykjavik (www.perlan.is)
an after-conference trip to Southern Iceland
-possibility to book affordable accommodation (even camping is possible)
REGISTRATION: is open until 31 March 2025. Please see the conference website https://lnkd.in/dN8s-VPg for further information and abstract submission. Bursaries for early career scientists and students are available.
IMPORTANT: Just before BEACON (26 -29 June), the Astrobiology Graduates in Europe (AbGradE) together with OoLEN (Origin of Life Early Career Network) will organise a meeting for students and early career scientists called FALCON (Frontiers in Astrobiology and origins of Life Conference) in Reykjavik, Iceland. More information is available at: https://abgrade.eu/. Registration and abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2025.
More information https://europeanastrobiology.eu/beacon-25-homepage/
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