The 82nd Fujihara SEminar

Overview

Dates: 27th February - 2nd March, 2023

Location: Naeba Prince Hotel (See below for detailed location and access)

Local Organizing Committee: Shigeru Ida (chair), Hidenori Genda, Ayame Okuyama, Harumi Tanaka

Scientific Organizing Committee: Hidenori Genda (chair), Yasuhito Sekine, Tomohiro Usui, Ryuki Hyodo, Shigeru Ida

Seminar Theme: The purpose of the 82nd Fujihara Seminar is to discuss, and gain a deeper understanding of, the science of solar system formation and evolution through on-going and future planetary exploration. Specifically, comparative planetology and the conditions for establishing habitable environments will be discussed, which are necessary to understand the generality and peculiarity of Earth. We have invited researchers who are involved in on-going and future planetary exploration missions such as Hayabusa2, OSIRIS-REx, BepiColombo, Lucy, MMX, Mars Sample Return, Mars Ice Mapper, JUICE, OPENS, Europa Clipper, Dragonfly and more.

Confirmed invited researchers: 

Gabriel Tobie, Steven Vance, Marc Neveu, Bethany Ehlmann, Bernard Charlier, William Brinckerhoff, Raphael Marschall, Kiyoshi Kuramoto, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Shogo Tachibana, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Masaki Fujimoto, Javier Martin-Torres, Sean Hsu

About our Donor and the Seminar

This Seminar is generously supported by the Fujihara Foundation of Science (​https://www.fujizai.or.jp/e_gaiyo.htm).

All the participants are encouraged to actively participate each day, to stay at the same hotel, and to have close discussions with each other during the sessions, breaks, and free time.

Schedule

Latest version of the detailed program has been sent via the mailing list for the participants.

Monday 27 February

• 15:00-18:30 Check-in / Registration Open

• 19:00-21:00 Reception Party

Tuesday 28 February (Seminar Day 1: Small Bodies & Sample Analysis)

• 08:30-11:30 Session 1

• 11:30-15:30 Free Discussion Time (including Poster Session, Lunch & Ski)

• 15:30-18:30 Session 2

• 19:00- Dinner on your own

Wednesday 1 March (Seminar Day 2: Mars System)

• 08:30-11:30 Session 3

• 11:30-15:30 Free Discussion Time (including Poster Session, Lunch & Ski)

• 15:30-18:30 Session 4

• 19:00 Banquet

Thursday 2 March (Seminar Day 3: Icy/Ocean Worlds & Origin of Life Beyond)

• 08:30-11:20 Session 5

• 11:30-15:30 Free Discussion Time (including Poster Session, Lunch & Ski) or Excursion

• 15:30-18:30 Session 6

• 19:00- Dinner on your own

Registration (By invitation Only)

Contact: Fujihara-LOC@elsi.jp

Registration fee: Free of charge

Meal & Lodging fee: Free of charge

Poster Information

Our poster sessions will be held during free discussion times (11:30-15:30) and/or after-dinner party times (21:00-) every day. You can also freely discuss with attendees (at no set time). Our poster boards are optimized for A0 size in portrait orientation (841mm wide × 1189mm tall).

Call for poster presentations: If you are interested, please send us (Fujihara-LOC@elsi.jp) your poster presentation title by February 20.

Code of Conduct

Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. All event attendees and staff have the right to a space that is free of all forms of discrimination, harassment, bullying, and/or retaliation. Participants who are requested to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately. If you wish to report harassment, suspect that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the local organizing committee as soon as possible.