TENTATIVE PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE OF THE 2021 CONFERENCE
The venue will be the Washington DC Hilton Hotel (1919 Connecticut Avenue NW)
FRIDAY, June 4, 2021:
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Registration desk open 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Opening Reception
SATURDAY, June 5, 2021:
7:00 AM MASS 7:45- 8:45 AM BREAKFAST
8:45 AM Welcoming Remarks 9:00 AM Keynote Lecture: Christopher T. Baglow (Univ. of Notre Dame) 10:00 AM break 10:15 AM Invited Lecture: Jonathan I. Lunine (Cornell Univ.) 11:15 AM break 11:30 AM Invited Lecture: Karin I. Öberg (Harvard Univ.)
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:15 PM Lecture 1:45 PM Lecture 2:15 PM break 2:30 PM Invited Lecture: Simon Conway Morris, FRS (Univ. of Cambridge) 3:30 PM break 3:45 PM Lecture 4:15 PM break 4:30 PM St. Albert Award L ecture: Lawrence M. Principe (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
5:30 PM: Cocktails 6:30 PM: CONFERENCE BANQUET 8:00 PM: Banquet Address: Jennifer J. Wiseman (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM SOCIAL HOUR and Poster Session 1
SUNDAY, June 6, 2021:
8:00 AM CONFERENCE MASS 9:00 AM BREAKFAST
10:00 AM Lecture 10:30 AM Lecture 11:00 AM Lecture
11:30 AM Poster Session #2
12:45 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM SCS Membership Meeting
3:30 PM Conference ends