The 82nd Fujihara SEminar
To Expand Our Knowledge About the Solar System Through Future Exploration Missions
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)
Location
Naeba Prince Hotel (English Website) Convention Hall “MIKUNI”
Address: Mikuni, Yuzawa-machi, Minami-Uonuma-gun Niigata, 949-6292 Japan
Access: please see the page Travel Information .
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.