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This International Conference will be held on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the discovery of the first extrasolar earth-mass planets, around PSR 1257+12. This also happens to coincide approximately with the 60th birthday of their discoverer, Alex Wolszczan. The main scientific themes of the meeting include the detection and characterization of earth-like planets (using all presently available and future techniques), planets in extreme environments (dense star clusters, binaries), planets around evolved stars (giants, white dwarfs, pulsars), and the habitability of extreme planets. |
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Scientific Organizing Committee: Debra Fischer Brad Hansen Michael Kramer Marc Kuchner Shri Kulkarni Dave Latham Mario Livio Michel Mayor Stan Peale Fred Rasio (co-chair) Steinn Sigurdsson Ingrid Stairs Steve Thorsett Andrzej Udalski Alycia Weinberger Alex Wolszczan (co-chair) Yanqin Wu |
Local Organizing Committee: Vicky Kalogera Kostas Kokkotas John Seiradakis (chair) Nik Stergioulas Conference Sponsors: NASA Astrobiology Institute National Science Foundation Nicolaus Copernicus University Northwestern University Penn State University |
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 Physics and Astronomy DepartmentNorthwestern University |
 Department of Astronomy and AstrophysicsPenn State University |