Alliance Week
Berlin-Adlershof
June 02-05, 2009

Day 1 (June 2, Tuesday)

13:00 Welcome and Introduction (T. Spohn)
Topic 4000
13:30 Introduction: The Role of Liquids for Extraterrestrial Habitable Environments (R. Jaumann)
14:00 Global Magmatic Evolution of Mars: Implications for the Outgassing History  (L. Le Deit)
14:15 Global distribution of Water on Mars in Space and Time: Implications for Habitable Conditions (D. Tirsch)
14:30 Hydrated Minerals in Martian Chaotic Terrain: Implications for Hydrological Activity (M. Sowe)
14:45 Absolute Ages of the Martian Surface: Potentials and Correct Utilization of Crater-Size Frequency Determinations (T. Platz)
15:00 Hydrology of the Eastern Libya Montes of Mars; Implications for Log-Term Fluvial Activity (G. Erkeling)
15:15 Thermokarst Features on Mars and Earth (M. Ulrich)
15:30 Svalbard - A terrestrial analogue for permafrost landforms on Mars (E. Hauber)
15:45 Fluvial Features on Titan (M. Langhans)

16:00 Coffee

16:30 Discussion
17:00 Feedback from Topic 6000
18:00 Titan: Unveiling New Mysteries (R. Lorenz)

19:00 Icebreaker
20:00 End

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Day 2 (June 3, Wednesday)

Topic 2000
09:00 Introduction: Interior-Atmosphere Interaction, Magnetic Field, and Planetary Evolution (D. Breuer)
09:30 Generalized interior structure models of Earth-like planets: from Mercury to Super-Earth (F. W. Wagner)
09:45 Thermal evolution and magnetic field generation of Earth-like planets: Are Super-Earths less habitable? (V. Stamenkovic)
10:00 On the problem of plate tectonics on Earth-like planets (L. Noack)
10:15 Melt generation in planetary mantles and its influence on the mantle dynamics (A.-C. Plesa)

10:30 Coffee

11:00 Mantle degassing and atmospheric evolution (A. Morschhauser)
11:15 What can we learn from isotope studies about the differentiation of Mars? (T. Magna)
11:30 Is magnetic field generation without solid inner core efficient? (K. Hori)
11:45 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

Topic 3000
13:30
Introduction: Impacts and Planetary Evolution (E. Kührt , C. Tornow )
14:00 Evolution of dust in the early solar nebula (SN) (S. Kupper)
14:15 Reactive flows in the later evolutionary period of the SN (M. Ilgner)
14:30 Constructing the secular architecture of the Solar System (R. Brasser)
14:45 Numerical modelling of impact processes: Implications for the atmospheric and thermal evolution of planets (D. Elbeshausen)
15:00 Mineralogy and biology in shock experiments: on the shock pressure, temperature and survivability (J. Fritz)
15:15 Composition of the initial condensates after an asteroid impact (D. De Niem)

15:30 Coffee

16:00 Discussion
16:30 Feedback from Topic 6000
17:30 End

18:00 Social Event

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Day 3 (June 4, Thursday)

Topic 1000
09:00 Introduction: Biosphere-Atmosphere-Surface Interactions and Evolutions (H. Rauer)
09:30 Climatic effects of clouds in Earth-like planetary atmospheres (D. Kitzmann)
09:45 Line-by-line Radiative Transfer Modelling including Aerosols and Cloud (M. Vasquez)
10:00 Atmospheric Biomarker Modelling (J. L. Grenfell)
10:15 Atmospheric Climate Modelling (P. von Paris)

10:30 Coffee

11:00 3D Atmospheric Modelling (M. Kunze / M. Godolt)
11:15 Atmospheric Stability and Loss (H. Groeller)
11:30 Modelling components of the global rock cycle (J. Dyke, S. Arens, F. Gans, A. Kleidon)
12:00 Disscusion

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Introduction: Interactions between organisms and different extraterrestrial parameters with a close focus on Mars (J.P.de Vera)
14:00 The water vapour interaction of minerals and biofilms with respect to extraterrestrial environments (J. Jänchen)
14:30 Iron-Sulfur-Bacteria and desiccation tolerance (F. Leon)
14:45 Desiccation resistance in Bacteria and Archaea (A. Baumeister)
15:00 Methane production and desiccation tolerance of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost on a Martian soil stimulant (E. Rickert)
15:15 Iron bacteria as potential life forms on Mars (N. Feyh)
15:30 Photosynthesis: between Evolution and Exploration (J.P. de Vera)

15:45 Coffee Break

16:00 Can life due to changes in the electrical properties of the environment be detected by impedance measurements? (T. Leya)
16:15 Solvation structure of ice-binding anti-freezeproteins (T. Leya)
16:30 Discussion (H. Hansen-Goos)
17:00 Feedback from Topic 6000
18:00 End

19:30 Public Lecture at Urania (T. Reiter)

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Day 4 (June 5, Friday)

09:00 Plenum Discussion

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Administrative Issues (K. Eichentopf)

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Splinter Meetings