Gordon Research Conferences

We Request Nasa Funds to Help Support the 2019 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Origins of Solar Systems. This Highly Interdisciplinary Biennial Meeting Brings Together Researchers From Diverse Communities (astronomy Cosmochemistry Planetary Science) to Discuss Cutting-edge Problems Regarding the Origin and Evolution of Planetary Systems (our Own Solar System and Exoplanets). the 2019 Conference Has the Theme Meteoritical Spacecraft and Astrophysical Perspectives on the Assembly and Composition of Planets. There Will Be Considerable Focus on Exciting Recent Results From Both State-of-the-art Astronomical Facilities (e.g. the Atacama Large Millimeter Array Alma) and Spacecraft (e.g. New Horizons Osiris-rex HAYABUSA2 Tess). Immediately Preceding the GRC This Year Will Be an Associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) Subtitled the Composition and Assembly of Planets. the GRS Is a Postdoc-organized Two-day Seminar for Young Scientists I.e. Graduate Students and Postdocs. It Is Aimed at Provide a Unique Forum for Young Scientists to Present New Data and Exchange Innovative Ideas Across the Fields Represented by the GRC and Provide the Early Career Participants With the Background Information Needed to Get the Most Out of the GRC. the Origins GRC Is Directly Relevant to Nasa S 2018 Strategic Plan in Particular Strategic Objective 1.1. Moreover Its Goals Are Commensurate With and Relevant to the Goals of the Emerging Worlds Habitable Worlds and Exoplanets Research Programs as Well as to the Aforementioned Ongoing Nasa Missions. Nasa Funding for This Conference Supports the Participation of Pis in a Meeting That Is Vectored Exactly Toward the Goals of These Programs Providing Maximum Benefit to Nasa for the Travel Costs Required and Also Greatly Enables Early Career Scientists to Attend Helping to Mold the Next Generation of Interdisciplinary Researchers.