…see Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
It’s now Day 5 of a weeklong conference: wrapping up loose ends. Here, the less technical but no less important soft sciences. And posters; lots and lots of posters.
Panel Session 4: Effective Risk Communication to the Public for Planetary Defense (Panel Chair: Alex Karl)
Session 10: Public Education and Communication
Developing a “Planetary Defense Decisionmaker Guide” Jan Osburg
Creating A Communications Kit For Future Asteroid Threats Lori Pigue
Asteroid impacts or social media misinformation – what’s worse? Introducing an effective media communication strategy for planetary defense Alex Karl
Preventing And Correcting Spread Of Misinformation About Neos, Impacts, Airbursts, And Planetary Defense Mark Boslough
The Virtual Telescope Project: a unique resource in near-Earth object outreach and education Gianluca Masi
Advancing Astronomy Education and Space Science through the Asteroid Search Campaign at the Kenya Space Agency Harold Safary
The Day After Forward-Looking Ethical Lessons From Apophis’ Passage Jacques Arnould
Education, Outreach and Heritage on a global scale Edward Gomez
Posters
Session 1 Hypothetical Threat Exercise Technical Session
Using the NEO Size-Frequency Distribution in Probablistic Assessments Andrew Rivkin
Lamb Wave Driven Tsunami Damage Quantification Along the 2025 PDC Risk Corridor Mark Boslough
Nuclear Electric Propulsion for Planetary Defense Steven Oleson
Trajectory optimization for deflection of asteroid 2024 PDC25 using genetic algorithms and departure via lunar swing-bys Rebeca Ribeiro
Exhaustive search of gravity assist trajectories for rapid reconnaissance and deflection of fictitious asteroid PDC2025 Miguel Gavira-Aladro
Concept of Operations for a Rendezvous Reconnaissance Mission to an Identified Asteroid Threat: The First Step Towards Deflection Dhanisha Sateesh
Impulsive and Slow-push Mitigation Options for 2025 PDC Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Scenario Yirui Wang, Jinglang Feng
Session 2 Ongoing and Upcoming Space Mission Highlights
Data Products From The OSIRIS-APEX Mission to Apophis Michael C. Nolan
Planetary defence implications of the OSIRIS-APEX mission James Roberts
Thermal Infrared Imager TIRI onboard Hera and RAMSES missions Tatsuaki Okada
Satis: a fast-response ESA Planetary defence mission Özgür Karatekin
French involvement in Planetary Defense Missions Pierre Bousquet
Session 3 Apophis T-4 Years
Towards angular and rotation tracking of Apophis with Meade telescope in 2029: Citizen science tracking ISS and presenting on public education site Aron Wolf Siegel
Apophis 2029: Synergy between Numerical Models and Radar Tomography Data from the Caltech Mission Adriana Daca
Session 4 Near-Earth Object (NEO) Discovery
NEA observations with the World’s Biggest Schmidt Telescope Bringfried Stecklum
SSAU’s Activities in NEO Observations in 2019-2024 Oleksandr Kozhukhov
Rapid Pre-discovery of Near-Earth Objects Tam Nguyen
Near-Earth Object (NEO) Discovery Kibrop Webber
NEO Detection Using Image Stacking Method Implemented in Celestial Coordinates Diana Haritonova
Pre-Impact Detection of Chelyabinsk-Type Objects in the Thermal Infrared Thomas Mueller
Assessing the Vulnerabilities of the Meerkat Asteroid Guard Charlie Drury
Current Status of ESA’s Flyeye Telescopes Dora Fohring
System of Observation of Daytime Asteroids (SODA) Andrey Shugarov
Machine Learning assisted NEO Discovery and Polarimetric Characterization with Astronomical Surveys Gijs Verdoes Kleijn
ATLAS-Teide: A Modular and Cost-Effective Upgrade to the ATLAS network Javier Licandro
Convolutional Neural Networks To Improve the Discovery of Near-Earth Asteroids in the Zwicky Transient Facility Belén Yu, Irureta-Goyena
Real-time Discovery of Near-Earth Objects via Accelerated Image Analysis with Al Methods Laszlo Kiss, Krisztian Sarneczky
Potentially Hazardous Asteroids and Tunguska-Sized Objects in the Taurid Resonant Swarm Quanzhi Ye
Mission Planning Methods for Space-Based Monitoring of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects Peiran Mu
Capabilities of Independent Company 6ROADS Through a Global Network of Telescopes and Innovative Sensors Michał Żołnowski
Discovering Near-Earth Asteroids With the Bok NEO Survey Melissa Brucker
Measuring Asteroid Distances from a Single Observatory in One Night with Upcoming All-Sky Telescopes Maryann Benny Fernandes
Non-Governamental NEO Discovery International Programs Including the Astrometrica Software Nancy C. Wolfson
Session 5 Near Earth Object (NEO) Characterization
A model based approach to asteroid detection and characterisation using bistatic continuous wave radar Edwin Peters
Radar and optical tracking of Near-Earth Objects at the University of Tasmania Guifre Molera Calves
Near-Earth Asteroid Follow-up Observations at the SAAO Nicolas Erasmus
A rapid-response program to characterize Near Earth Objects with LCO’s MuSCAT instruments David Trilling
Analysis of Bennu’s Density Distribution Using Recent Mission Data Ashish Cavale
Near-Earth asteroid regolith properties from thermal mm-wavelength observations Timothy Titus
An lAWN Comet Campaign James Bauer
Mass Measurement Techniques for High-Speed Flyby Reconnaissance Missions of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Justin Atchison
Infrared Photometry for Near-Earth Objects From Spitzer – the Full Sample Andrew McNeill
Rapid-Defender: A New Polarimeter for Planetary Defense Estela Fernandez-Valenzuela
The Aegis orbit determination and impact monitoring system architecture Francesco Gianotto
NEAs photometric survey from Loiano Astronomical Station Albino Carbognani
A New Program for Rotational Characterization of Near-Earth Objects Adam Battle
Astrometry, orbit determination, and thermal inertia of the Tianwen-2 target asteroid (469219) Kamo’oalewa Marco Fenucci
Lightcurve Analysis of Imminent Impactors for Planetary Defense Using Innovative Trail Technique Maxime Devogele
Micrometers Regolith Grain Size Properties Inferred by Laboratory Infrared Observation and their Implication for Planetary Protection Giovanni Poggiali
Rapid Reconnaissance and Characterization of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids and Comets with Solar Sailcraft John McVey
Raining Fire: Meteoroid Characterisation based on Ballistic Trajectory Analysis Thomas Stevenson
The potentially hazardous binary asteroid (285263) 1998 QE2 Flaviane Venditti
Sensitivity of surface modification to seismic waves in rubble-pile asteroids Eric Frizzell
Stellar Occultations: a powerful Citizen science contribution to planetary defence Damya Souami
Space to Lab Asteroid Studies with Imminent Impactors in the LSST era Hadrien Devillepoix
Enhancing Near earth object detection and characterization by optimizing ground based technology and small satellite constellations Mahima Gehlot
Prevalence of Fast Rotators in Small Near-Earth Asteroids: An Ongoing Survey from the Canary Island Observatories Miguel R. Alarcon
Mass ejection by fast-spinning Didymos: orbiting dust and transference to Dimorphos Adriano Campo Bagatin
Investigating the effect of aggregate parameters on the macro-scale properties of rubble-rile asteroids Irina Luciana San Sebastián
Overview of NEO-related research by the Planetary Science Team at University of Alicante (Spain) Adriano Campo Bagatin
Dust Dynamics Simulations Using LICIACube Observations in Preparation for the Hera Mission Science Stavro Ivanovski
Probing shape, spin, and absolute magnitude: A comprehensive study of thirteen asteroids with MOID less than 1 AU Kristers Nagainis
Classification of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids with High-Phase Angle MOPTOP/LT Polarimetry Rosie Wilson
Impact probability predictions for 2024 PDC25 via jet transport techniques Luis E. Ramírez Montoya
Search for potentially hazardous long-period comets based on the projection of their meteoroid streams Peter Jenniskens
Statistical analysis of the observatory performances Karolina Dziadura
Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Radar Program (SHARP) Shinji Horiuchi
Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Research Consortium for Support to Planetary Defence Ed Kruzins
Radar Observation of Asteroids 2005 LW3 and 2006 WB with European Radio Telescopes Giuseppe Pupillo
On the parameters of NEO encounters with the Earth Roman Zolotarev
Session 6 Deflection / Disruption Modeling & Testing
Optimizing Trajectories in Asteroid Defense Missions: Potential Gains from Eccentric Collision Approaches Kin Thong Lee
Quantifying Uncertainties in Modeling Choices for Time-Sensitive Applications Wendy K. Caldwell
Probing Nuclear-Initiated Robust Disruption in Mesh-Based Simulations Mary Burkey
Analytic NEO Deflection Formula Update and Expansion Robert Managan
The catastrophic disruption threshold of 50-100 m asteroids: laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and application to the PDC2025 scenario Ronald-Louis Ballouz
Probing heuristics for the kinetic disruption of asteroids Kathryn Kumamoto
A Metric for Gravity Tractor Effectiveness Colby Merrill
A Safe and Effective Nuclear Deflection Device for Planetary Defense Bradley Salzbrenner
How Asteroid Composition Changes the Effectiveness of Nuclear Deflection and Disruption Missions Thomas Onyango
Momentum Enhancement of Rubble Pile Simulants at 2 and 5.5 km/s James Walker
LOSSOL: Line of Sight Speed of Light Directed Energy Technologies for Planetary Defense Madhu Thangavelu
On the Design Possibilities of a Non-Traditional Nuclear Device for Planetary Defense Russell TerBeek
Technologies for Asteroid Deflection: Strategies and Challenges Oluwatosin Kolade
Asteroid Composition and Its Influence on Mitigation Strategies Oluwatosin Kolade
Advancing Planetary Defense: Electromagnetic Forces for Non-Contact Asteroid Deflection Anubhav Gupta
Modeling the influence of layering on impact-induced seismic waves in rubble-pile aggregates with GRAINS Eric Frizzel
Mitigating the near-earth object threat: Comparative analysis of deflection and explosion Mahima Gehlot
Hydrocode Simulations of Robust Asteroid Disruption via Hypervelocity Impacts Alexander Cohen
Collisional Spin-Up of Asteroids: Alternative Mechanisms of Binary Asteroid Formation Independent of YORP Effects Po-Yen Liu
Session 7 Space Mission & Campaign Design
PULSAR KINETIC IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES Thomas Harris
Developing Asteroid Detection, Reconnaissance, and In-situ Scientific Discovery as a Platform for NEO Defense Scott Perl
Advanced Technologies for Mitigating Hazardous Propellants and Gases Interminal Liquid Stage of Near Earth Orbit Mission: Enhancing Planetary Defense Krishna Kumar KV
The Accessibility of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids for Ballistic Rapid Reconnaissance Flyby Missions Justin Atchison
HERA GNC flying towards Didymos and its adaptation to RAMSES Andrea Pellacani
Apophis Observation by JAXA Operational Satellite Toshinori Ikenaga
Research Progress on Small Celestial Body Flexible Landing Zelong Chen
Opportunities for planetary defense with ESA’s LUMIO mission Eloy Peña-Asensio
Utilizing Gravity Assist Maneuvers for Asteroid Capture Into Moon-Resonant Earth Satellite Orbit Olga Cherenko
Accessibility of Earth Impactors for Planetary Defense Rendezvous Missions Matthew Vavrina
Autonomous Cooperative Navigation for Multi-Spacecraft Landing on Near-Earth Asteroids for Planetary Defense Yilin Cao
Operationalizing the Didymos-Dimorphos Asteroid Test Site to Assess Additional Deflection Technologies Nahum Melamed
Event-driven constellation mission design for in situ crater formation observation Eric Frizzell
Establishment of International Asteroids Processing Space Station For Economic Feasible Space Mining For Extraction of Minerals and Rare Earth Metals And Minerals From Asteroids And Near Earth Objects For Green And Sustainable Energy With Early Achievement of “Net Zero* by 2075; By Application of An Instrumental Scientific Nonagon Model. Abhinav Kumar Shrivastava
BASTET – A MASCOT-style Nanolander Investigating the Subsurface of Apophis, Seismicity, and Tidal Forces during Earth Encounter Jan Thimo Grundmann
StarGrind & Armory Practice – Using Earth’s Best Bad Habits as a Last Ditch Stand Against Short Warning Time NEO Impacts Jan Thimo Grundmann
Designing Spacecraft Trajectories From Libration Point Orbit to Near-Earth Asteroids Maxim Pupkov
Apophis Pathfinder: An Innovative Milo Space Science Institute Smallsat Mission for Initial Planetary Defense and Scientific Characterization of PHA (99942) Apophis Jim Bell
Refining Asteroid Mass Uncertainty via Volume, Porosity, and Density Constraints for Optimal Flyby Mission Design Melissa Buys
Rapid Response to an Imminent Threat Joseph A Nuth
Session 8 Earth Impact Effects & Consequences
Potential post-impact downstream flooding hazards risk assessment Timothy Titus
High-Fidelity Modeling of Asteroid Ocean Impacts: Understanding Tsunamis Generation and Atmospheric Responses Lauren Abrahams
Ab initio strewn field for small asteroids impacts Marco Fenucci
Scaling relations for vapor and ejecta production for NEO impacts onto the Earth Robert Citron
Kinetic energy estimation of ton-TNT scale impacts based on well-known events Simon Anghel
New evaluation of the morphology of the Kalkkop Crater, South Africa Matthew Huber
Near-earth object impact risk assessment and framework for international collaboration for impact mitigation and post-recovery strategies Mahima Gehlot
Session 9 The Decision to Act: Political, Legal, Social, and Economic Aspects
Rouge Space Actors: Is there a Problem in our Current Domestic Regimes that might allow for an unauthorised Planetary Defence Mission? Judith Jahnke
Enabling Planetary Defense: Science, Law, Ethics Madison Walker
Incorporating Planetary Defense into the “Post-SDGs”. Speaker: Kenichi Kumagai
Decisions to Swiftly Act in Planetary Defense and SETI are Similar Claudio Maccone
Ethical Frameworks of Extramilitary Defense in Emerging Domains: Parallels in Cyber and Planetary Defense Christopher Geiger
Space Debris and the Consequences of Planetary Defence Operations Seenu Tiwari
Reconnaissance Missions to Near-Earth Object Impact Threats: A Pragmatic Approach R. Terik Daly
Session 10 Public Education and Communication
Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Scenario – Event For Public Jana Ticha
Engaging Students in Asteroid Search in Côte d’lvoire Kassamba Abdel Aziz Diaby
Sorvegliati Spaziali: Leveraging AR for Planetary Defense Awareness Daria Guidetti
Session 11
Global Supply Chain Exposure to Asteroid Impacts Timothy Titus
Teaching Risk Management Through the Lens of Asteroids and Disaster Strategies Felipe Cepeda
Risk Perception of Near-Earth Objects as Hazards: A Research Design Lisa Wier
See you again in 2027!