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<p class="MsoNormal">2nd Symposium of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR): Water and Life in the Universe
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<p class="MsoNormal">“COSPAR 2015”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9 – 13 November 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Place: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Foz do Iguacu, Brazil<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Contact:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">COSPAR Secretariat, 2 place Maurice Quentin, 75039 Paris Cedex 01, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: +33 1 44 76 75 10 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: +33 1 44 76 74 37<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">cospar@cosparhq.cnes.fr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://cosparbrazil2015.org/<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Scientific Program Chair: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Othon Winter, UNESP - São Paulo State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abstract Deadline: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">31 May 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Topics: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Space astronomy missions to detect ingredients for life and exoplanets in the universe: status of current and future approved missions and new proposals<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Water and life in the universe and on Earth: impact on human consciousness and societies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Satellite and probe missions for water remote sensing on Earth, planets, and other celestial bodies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Water and Life in the Solar System<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Water from chemical, biological, and physical perspectives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Role of water from the ground to the upper atmosphere<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Astrobiology: habitability, synthesis of organics in ice, and prebiotic chemistry in liquid water<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Water, organics and life support for human exploration in low Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Interdisciplinary lectures, keynote talks, public lectures<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research and Life Sciences in Space Research, fully refereed journals with no deadlines open to all submissions in relevant fields.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">COSPAR Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">c/o CNES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">2 place Maurice Quentin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">75039 Paris Cedex 01, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Tel: +33 (0)1 44 76 75 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">cospar@cosparhq.cnes.fr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">http://cosparhq.cnes.fr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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