A printable, one-page agenda can be found here.
The Sagan Exoplanet Workshop YouTube Channel can be found here.
| Time (PDT) | Title | Speaker |
| Morning Session Chair: Dawn Gelino (JPL) | ||
| 8:30 am | Welcome (View Video) and Opening Comments (View Video) | Tom Greene (IPAC Director), Chas Beichman (NExScI Executive Director), and Tracy Chen (NExScI) |
| 9:00 am | From 51 Peg to 5700 Exoplanets: 30 Years of Exoplanet Demographics (View Video) | Didier Queloz (Cambridge, remote) |
| 9:45 am | Break | |
| 10:00 am | Panel: What is a planet? (View Video) | Mike Brown (Caltech), Sally Dodson-Robinson (University of Delaware), Todd Henry (Georgia State, remote), and Matthew Penny (LSU); moderated by Eric Nielsen (NMSU) |
| 11:00 am | Demographics Synthesis Talk (View Video) | Christoph Mordasini (University of Bern, remote) |
| 11:45 am | Poster Pops I (View Video) | |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch and Poster Session I | |
| Afternoon Session Chair: Sally Dodson-Robinson (University of Delaware) | ||
| 2:15 pm | Introduction to Hands-On Sessions (View Video) | |
| 3:15 pm |
Demographics of Workshop Attendees
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Elise Furlan (NExScI) |
| 3:30 pm | The Planetary Science Journal (View Video) | Brian Jackson (Boise State) |
| 3:40 pm | Break | |
| 4:10 pm | Career Panel (View Video) | Pierre Christian (WattTime, remote), Farisa Morales (JPL), Arpita Roy (Schmidt Sciences, remote), and Anjali Tripathi (JPL); moderated by Dawn Gelino (JPL) |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn and Optional Dinner |
| Time (PDT) | Title | Speaker |
| Morning Session Chair: Ilaria Pascucci (Arizona/LPL) | ||
| 8:30 am | Planet Formation and Evolution (View Video) | Eve Lee (UCSD) |
| 9:15 am | Twenty-Five Years of Transiting Planets (View Video) | Joshua Winn (Princeton) |
| 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | From Wobbles to Worlds: The Role of Precision Radial Velocities in Exoplanet Discovery and Characterization (View Video) | Jennifer Burt (JPL) |
| 11:15 am | Detecting and Weighing Exoplanets with Absolute Astrometry (View Video) | Tim Brandt (STScI) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 pm | Hands-On Session I: Exoplanet Occurrence Rates (View Video) | Ilaria Pascucci (Arizona/LPL), Galen Bergsten (Arizona/LPL), and Gijs Mulders (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, remote) |
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn |
| Time (PDT) | Title | Speaker |
| Morning Session Chair: Timothy Brandt (STScI) | ||
| 8:30 am | Cold Exoplanet Demographics from Jupiter to Mars Mass with Microlensing Surveys (View Video) | Matthew Penny (LSU) |
| 9:15 am | Detection Techniques: Direct Imaging (View Video) | Eric Nielsen (NMSU) |
| 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | System Architectures (View Video) | Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley) |
| 11:00 am | Exoplanet Demographics across Stellar Mass and Time (View Video) | Ilaria Pascucci (Arizona/LPL) |
| 11:30 am | Poster Pops II (View Video) | |
| 12:00 pm | Group Picture | |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch and Poster Session II | |
| 2:00 pm | Hands-On Session II: Distant Giant Planets with Astrometry (View Video) | Brendan Bowler (UCSB), Tim Brandt (STScI), Rocio Kiman (Caltech), and Kyle Franson (UT) |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn |
| Time (PDT) | Title | Speaker |
| Morning Session Chair: Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley) | ||
| 8:30 am | Gas Giant Demographics (View Video) | Brendan Bowler (UCSB) |
| 9:00 am | What is a sub-Neptune? (View Video) | BJ Fulton (NExScI) |
| 9:30 am | The New Landscape of Exoplanet Atmospheres as Revealed by JWST (View Video) | Johanna Teske (EPL) |
| 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | Demographics of Planets Orbiting M Stars (View Video) | Emily Pass (MIT) |
| 11:00 am | Panel: Demographics of Life in the Universe (View Video) | Laurie Barge (JPL), Jessie Christiansen (NExScI), Lisa Kaltenegger (Cornell, remote), and Jason Wright (Penn State, remote); moderated by Chas Beichman (NExScI) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 pm | Hands-on Session: Group Projects | |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn and Optional Dinner |
Questions? Sagan_Workshop@ipac.caltech.edu
(last updated July 29th, 2025 14:25:42)
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