PROGRAM

EXPLORING THE FIELD OF ASTROBIOLOGY is one-day course designed under the umbrella of Europlanet WorkshopSeries and organized in collaboration of the Italian Institute of Culture in Addis Ababa for the Italian National Space Day. In this introduction to astrobiology and space science, you will deepen your understanding of where we came from, where we are, and where we are going in the future.

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14 December 2023

Italian Cultural Institute, Belay Zelleke Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

EXPLORING THE FIELD OF ASTROBIOLOGY

Lectures will be delivered in English at local time (UTC/GMT +2 hs)

  • 08:20 - 08:45

    Registration

  • 08:45 - 08:50

    Welcome Remarks

    Dr. Semen Kumurzhi, Director of the Italian Cultura Institute in Addis Ababa / Cultural Attaché of the Italian Embassy to Ethiopia
  • 08:50 - 09:00

    Welcome Remarks

    Dr. Laura Elena Pacifici Noja, Science and Technology Attaché of the Italian Embassy to Ethiopia and of the Italian Delegation to the African Union
  • 09:00 - 09:50

    Astrobiology an emerging science (in presence)

  • 09:50 - 10:30

    Origin and evolution of the Solar System (online)

  • 10:30 - 10:50

    Coffee Break

  • 10:50 - 11:30

    Habitability in the Solar System (online)

  • 11:30 - 12:30

    Evaluation of spectral build-up indices for impervious extraction using SENTINEL-2A MSI imageries: a case of Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia (in presence)

  • 12:30 - 13:00

    Planetary field analogues (in presence)

  • 13:00 - 14:10

    Lunch break

  • 14:10 - 14:40

    Planetary field analogue: the case of the Danakil Depression (in presence)

  • 14:40 - 15:30

    Space microbiology (online)

  • 15:30 - 15:50

    Coffee break

  • 15:50 - 16:10

    Science Communication: How do we Make it Relevant for Holistic Development? (in presence)

  • 16:10 - 16:30

    Closing remarks and certificates delivery