This event brought together researchers interested in Astrobiology from across the Australasian and Asian regions, to develop and exchange ideas on how life in the Universe could originate and persist.
Invited Speakers
Dr. Mary Voytek
Executive Director,
Earth-Life Science Institute,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Dr. Sudha Rajamani
Associate Professor and
Deputy Chair of Biology,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Dr. Joseph Michalski
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Dr. Supachai Awiphan
Researcher,
National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
Dr. Sarah Jane Moore
Independent Creative Artist,
and Adjunct Associate Lecturer, University of New South Wales
conference Themes
hotsprings as a setting for the origin of life
from protocells to Luca: The progenote and the building blocks of pre-biotic chemistry
messy chemistry and the origins of life
exploration for life: mars and beyond
Preservation and the Early Record of Life on Earth
Modern analogues for primitive life on early earth
Science Communication, Outreach and Engagement
exoplanets
space technology and the search for life
Co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at the University of New South Wales, and the Earth-Life Science Institute at the
Tokyo Institute of Technology
We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.