The IAA’s Planetary Defense Conference for 2025 (every odd year) is now going on in Stellenbosch (basically Cape Town), South Africa. No, I am not attending, and …arrg, the program still says “preliminary.” Well, for what it’s worth, here’s the preliminary agenda for Day 1 (Monday):
Welcoming Remarks (Multiple- Mayor Jeremy Fasser, SANSA, PDC Chairs)
Keynote 1: International Aspects Lindley Johnson
Keynote 2: Regional Aspects Humbulani Mudau
Panel Session: Setting the Stage: International Collaborations and 2024 YR4 (Multiple)
IAWN / SMPAG Overview Kelly Fast/Detlef Koschny
2024 YR4 Event Summary Davide Farnocchia & Maxime Devogele
2025 PDC Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Exercise (Multiple)
Panel 1a: Notification of asteroid impact threat and early preparedness (Multiple)
Panel 1b: Acting on results from an information-gathering space mission (Multiple)
Posters
Day 2 coming…