Preliminary Program [June 15, 2015] 08:30-‐14:30 Registration Opening Session 09:00-‐09:20 Welcome address 09:20-‐09:40 Introductory talk Session 1: Organic chemistry in space and meteorites 09:40-‐10:10 Invited talk 10:10-‐10:30 Contributed talk 10:30-‐11:00 Coffee break 11:00-‐11:30 Invited talk 11:30-‐13:00 Contributed talks 13:00-‐14:20 Lunch break 13:20-‐14:20 Installation of posters Session 2: Prebiotic chemistry 14:20-‐17:00 Contributed talks 17:00-‐19:00 Visit to the "Elettra" Synchrotron facility Tuesday, September 15 Wednesday, September 16 08:30-‐14:30 Registration 09:00-‐09:20 Address by SISSA director, prof. Guido Martinelli 09:20-‐09:50 Invited talk 09:50-‐10:30 Contributed talks 10:30-‐11:00 Coffee break Session 3: Origin of life and early cell evolution 11:00-‐12:00 Invited talks Session 4: Life in extreme environments 12:00-‐13:00 Contributed talks 13:00-‐14:00 Lunch break 13:30-‐14:30 Poster session Session 5: Life beyond Earth 14:30-‐15:10 Invited talk 15:10-‐16:30 Contributed talks Session 6: Search for habitable exoplanets 16:30-‐17:00 Invited talk 18:00-‐19:30 Public Conference (auditorium Museo Revoltella) 20:00-‐23:00 Social dinner 1 Preliminary Program (continued) Thursday, September 17 09:10-‐09:40 Invited talk Session 7: From protoplanetary disks to habitable planets 09:40-‐10:10 Invited talk 10:10-‐10:30 Contributed talk 10:30-‐11:00 Coffee break Session 8: Planetary atmospheres and habitability 11:30-‐12:00 Invited talk 12:00-‐13:00 Contributed talks 13:00-‐14:30 Lunch break 13:15-‐14:30 Riunione del direttivo della Società Italiana di Astrobiologia (Room TBD) 14:30-‐15:00 Invited talk Session 10: Space Life Science 15:00-‐15:30 Contributed talk 15:30-‐16:00 Astrobiology in Italian Universities 16:00-‐16:30 Workshop summary 2