Where: Taormina, Italy

When: 3-5 December 2014, from 9am on Dec the 3rd to 4pm on Dec the 5th

Rational: PLATO 2.0, the third medium class mission in the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program, is a survey project with the prime goals to detect planets down to Earth size and characterize the bulk planet parameters  for a large sample of planets with orbital distances up to the habitable zone of solar-like stars.

With the launch scheduled in 2024, PLATO 2.0 will build on the foundations provided by CoRoT, Kepler and the forthcoming TESS and CHEOPS missions.

The goal of the conference is to bring together experts of the exoplanet and stellar physic communities already involved or willing to collaborate to the preparation of the mission to share ideas and expertise and to highlight the potential contribution of PLATO 2.0  to the (exo-)planetology  in the next decades.

The program envisages invited talks, oral contributions and posters. There will be time for discussions.

Oral and poster contributions can be submitted through the registration form. The abstract submission deadline is 31 October for oral contributions, and 15 November for poster contributions.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Y. Alibert, J. Cabrera, W.J. Chaplin, H. Deeg, M. Deleuil, D. Ehrenreich, L. Gizon, P. Gondoin, M.-J. Goupil, T. Guillot, A. Hatzes, A. Heras, K. Kislyakova, A.F. Lanza, J. Laskar, R. Mardling, A. Miglio, V. Nascimbeni, R. Nelson, I. Pagano, G. Piotto, H. Rauer, N. Santos, F. Sohl, A. Tkachenko, S. Udry, K. Zwintz

SOC

C. Aerts, T. Appourchaux, W. Benz, A. Brandeker, J. Christensen Dalsgaard, M. Deleuil, L. Gizon, P. Gondoin, M.-J. Goupil, M. Güdel, E. Janot-Pacheco, A. Heras,  M. Mass-Hesse, I. Pagano,  G. Piotto,  D. Pollacco (Chair), R. Ragazzoni, H. Rauer, N. Santos, A. Smith, J.-C. Suarez,  R. Szabo, S. Udry

LOC

INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania: G. Bellassai, G. Leto, A. F. Lanza, A.C. Lanzafame, E. Martinetti, M. Munari, I. Pagano (chair),  G. Scandariato, S. Spinella
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova: M. Dima

INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo: L. Prisinzano

Università di Padova: V. Granata

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