Agenda
Venues
The plenary talks and synthesis panels will take place in Baxter Lecture Hall. The parallel breakout sessions will take place in different rooms (see schedule). The morning and afternoon breaks and opening reception are in Dabney Garden, while the posters are located in Dabney Hall. See here for a map.
Day 1, Tuesday, September 1: Science
| Start | Agenda Item | Speaker |
| 7:45 AM | Badge Pickup (lobby of Baxter Hall) | |
| 8:30 AM | Day 1 Plan for the Workshop: Deliverables and Mandate | David Ardila (ExEP/JPL) |
| 8:45 AM |
Introduction to ASTRA |
Shawn Domagal-Goldman, APD Director Jessica Gaskin, APD AD for Concept and Tech Development |
| 9:05 AM | Concept Bins PhysPAG | Manel Errando (Washington Univ. in St. Louis), PhysPAG EC chair |
| 9:25 AM | Concept Bins COPAG | Shouleh Nikzad (JPL), COPAG EC Chair |
| 9:45 AM | Concept Bins ExoPAG | Ian Crossfield (Univ. of Kansas), ExoPAG EC Chair |
| 10:05 AM | Morning Break + Poster Viewing | |
| 10:45 AM |
Pressing Science Questions for Space Missions in the 2030s and Beyond Parallel Breakout Sessions (Details Here)
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Contributed presentations from community members |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch + Poster Viewing | |
| 1:45 PM |
Pressing Science Questions for Space Missions in the 2030s and Beyond Parallel Breakout Sessions (Details Here)
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Contributed presentations from community members |
| 3:15 PM | Afternoon Break + Poster Viewing | |
| 4:00 PM |
Pressing Science Questions for Space Missions in the 2030s and Beyond Parallel Breakout Sessions (Details Here)
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Contributed presentations from community members |
| 5:00 PM | Return to Plenary (Baxter Lecture Hall) | |
| 5:15 PM | Synthesis Panel on Pressing Science Questions for Space Missions in the 2030s and Beyond | Breakout Session Moderators |
| 6:15 PM | Opening Reception + Poster Viewing | |
| 7:45 PM | Adjourn |
Day 2, Wednesday, September 2: Capabilities
| Start | Agenda Item | Speaker |
| 8:30 AM | Day 2 Plan for the Workshop: Deliverables and Mandate | Peter Kurczynski (COR/GSFC) |
| 8:40 AM | Innovation Workshop Summary | Rashied Amini (ExEP/JPL) |
| 8:50 AM | NASA Strategic Technology Gaps | Rhonda Morgan (ExEP/JPL) |
| 9:00 AM | Technology - The Moon as an Astrophysics Platform | Nivedita Mahesh (UC Boulder) |
| 9:20 AM | Technology - Astrophysics Enabled by Bigger Launch Capability | Martin Elvis (CfA) |
| 9:40 AM | Technology - Is Mission Disaggregation a Viable Option for Astrophysics Missions? | Jon Arenberg (Northrop Grumman) |
| 10:00 AM | Technology - The Future of Satellite Communications Infrastructure for Astrophysics Missions | Aaron Smith (NASA GRC) |
| 10:20 AM | Morning Break + Poster Viewing | |
| 10:50 AM | Emerging Technologies - Introduction | Rhonda Morgan (ExEP/JPL) |
| 11:00 AM | Photonics for Future Observatories: Miniaturized, Stable, and Scalable Instrumentation for Space Astrophysics | Nemanja Jovanovic (Caltech) |
| 11:20 AM | Genesis Mission: A National Initiative to Accelerate Discovery and Innovation with AI | Luc Peterson (LLNL) |
| 11:40 AM | Quantum Sensors | Matt Shaw (JPL) |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch + Poster Viewing | |
| 1:30 PM |
Astrophysics Technology: Capabilities Needed What are the capabilities needed (including hardware and software) for each science question? What are the technology gaps and development paths and timescales to them? |
Contributed presentations from community members |
| 3:00 PM | Afternoon Break + Poster Viewing | |
| 3:45 PM |
Astrophysics Technology: Capabilities Needed What are the capabilities needed (including hardware and software) for each science question? What are the technology gaps and development paths and timescales to them? |
Contributed presentations from community members |
| 5:15 PM | Return to Plenary (Baxter Lecture Hall) | |
| 5:30 PM | Synthesis Panel to Summarize the Breakout Sessions on Capabilities | Breakout Session Moderators |
| 6:30 PM | Adjourn |
Day 3, Thursday, September 3: Workshop Summary
| Start | Agenda Item | Speaker |
| 8:30 AM | Day 3 Plan for the Workshop: Deliverables and Mandate | Francesca Civano (PhysCos/GSFC) |
| 8:40 AM | The Large Mission Studies: What Worked and What Didn't | Rita Sambruna (GSFC) |
| 9:00 AM | Lessons Learned from the Last Decadal | Fiona Harrison (Caltech) |
| 9:20 AM | Ground- and Space-Based Astronomy in the 2030s/2040s | Tiffany Kataria (JPL) |
| 9:40 AM | Morning Break + Poster Viewing | |
| 10:20 AM | Workshop Synthesis 1: Key Science Questions for the 2030s and Beyond | Ryan Hickox (Dartmouth University) |
| 10:35 AM | Workshop Synthesis 2: Key Technology Capabilities for the 2030s and Beyond | Meredith MacGregor (JHU) |
| 10:50 AM | Workshop Synthesis 3: Community Discussion | |
| 12:10 PM | Beyond the Selection: The Path Forward | Jessica Gaskin, APD AD for Concept and Tech Development |
| 12:30 PM | Adjourn |