Dear Exploration Science Community,

The joint 2021 NESF & ELS begins tomorrow! We are very excited to bring you a full 4-day virtual meeting in partnership with our SSERVI European partners! Here is some information and highlights for Day 1!!

• Zoom and Gather.Town links to all the events will be active Tuesday from the NESF&ELS 2021 Watch LivePage:
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/live
• Check for updates in the Program and Poster schedule. Some times have been updated and posters moved to different sessions per conflicts for presenters.  
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/program
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/posters
• Day 1 Program Highlights include:
• Opening Plenary Session with presentations from NASA Chief Scientist, James Green and ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, David Parker
• Plenary will continue with several current and upcoming missions and concepts from NASA and Europe
• Featured Equity, Diversity and Inclusion talk by Donald James, Former NASA Associate Administrator for Education
• Virtual Poster Session in Gather.Town
• Parallel Sessions on “Polar Exploration I” and “Asteroids”
• SSERVI and our Partners take Anti-Harassment and Intellectual Property (IP) very seriously. On the NESF&ELS2021 website you can find a link to the Anti-Harassment and IP Code of Conduct guidelines. We ask every participant to read them and comply with these and thank you for your cooperation. 
• During the poster sessions, each poster presenter will have their own virtual space in Gather.Town. Our goal is to have a minimum of three people attend every poster. To that end, we have created a poster sign up sheet at the link below. We are asking that you sign up for posters and help fill in the first three sign up spots for every poster so that each poster has visitors. We especially want to make sure our student researchers (identified with an asterisk by their name) have plenty of visitors! When you sign up, note both the poster number and room that the poster is in.
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpSB_eUuF6D5NSQWiyDhVzeToR3-OCCuU4rJTcfrn7c/edit?usp=sharing
• On Friday, July 23rd at 7am PT/3pm CET, Leaders from NASA, ESA and JAXA will share upcoming news and events. For this panel we have a special Conference i.o link for questions for the Agency Panel. You may enter questions and upvote others questions at the link below:
• https://arc.cnf.io/sessions/aa12/
• Digital posters are now available at:
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/posters
• Check out the blue button on the Program page to the “Networking and Office Hours” Schedules. After a year and a half of pandemic, the Organizing Committee has set aside time for participants to meet in Gather.Town Conference rooms. We all recognize how much we’ve missed connecting with friends and colleagues at conferences. These networking sessions are organized by poster session topics as well as additional topics which include Public Engagement, Science & Art and Science Communication. We hope that you will spend some time reconnecting with colleagues and making new connections! 

• The Organizing Committee has also scheduled office hours with representatives from NASA and possibly other agencies. As of today, the list below identified dates and times for different organization office hours. These meetings are opportunities for the community to ask questions and share their thoughts with leaders. The schedule of meetings will also be posted on the NESF & ELS 2021 website and will be updated as more office hours are scheduled. 
• We encourage posting on social media, using the hashtag #nesfels2021

Tuesday, July 20

• 11am - 11:30am PT - LSIC (Rachel Klima and Ben Bussey) -  Conf. Rm. 2
• 1pm -2pm PT -  NASA HEOMD (Julie Robinson & Jake Bleacher) - Conf. Rm. 1

Wednesday, July 21

• 7:30am -8am PT - NASA ESSIO (Brad Bailey, Debra Needham and Ryan Watkins) - Conf. Rm. 2
• 8:00am -8:30am PT - NASA Research and Analysis (R&A) (Stephen Rinehart)  - Conf. Rm. 3
• 12:00pm -12:30pm PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist (Sarah Noble) - Conf. Rm. 3

Thursday, July 22

• 7:30am -8am PT - ESA Moon Utilisation Manager (James Carpenter and TBD) - Conf. Rm 4
• 8:30am -9:00am PT  - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist  (Amanda Nahm) - Conf. Rm. 3
• 10:00am - 11:00am PT - NASA ESSIO (Brad Bailey, Debra Needham and Ryan Watkins) - Conf. Rm. 2
• 11:00am - 11:30am PT - CLPS Program Office (Chris Culbert) - Conf Rm. 4
• 11:30am -12:00pm PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist (Sarah Noble) - Conf. Rm. 3
• 12:30pm - 1:00pm PT - SSERVI leadership (Greg Schmidt and Kristina Gibbs) - Conf. Rm. 5

Friday, July 23

• 9:00am -9:30am PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist & NASA Chief Exploration Scientist (Sarah Noble & Jake Bleacher) - Conf. Rm. 3

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

 

Sincerely, 

Conference Co-Chairs

Greg Schmidt

Director, SSERVI

Mahesh Anand

Open University

Dear Exploration Science Community,

Thank you to all our oral and poster presenters who contributed to Day 1 of the joint 2021 NESF & ELS!  We hope you enjoyed the talks, the posters and getting caught up with your friends and colleagues as much as we did. 

We’re now ready for Day 2. Here is some information and highlights to look forward to.

• Zoom and Gather.Town links to all the events will be made available on the  NESF&ELS 2021 Watch LivePage:
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/live
• Day 2 Program Highlights include:
• The day starts with Networking Sessions focused on poster session topics
• Parallel Sessions on “Lunar Volatile System,” “Crewed Exploration,” and “Space Environement”
• PRISM Payload Suite Panel
• Virtual Poster Session #2 in Gather.Town
• Parallel Sessions on “Polar Exploration II,” “Terrestrial Analog,” and “Surface Composition and Sample Analysis”
• Please use the poster sign up sheet at the link below for Poster Sessions #2.  We are asking that you sign up for posters and help fill in the first three sign up spots for every poster so that each poster has visitors. We especially want to make sure our student researchers (identified with an asterisk by their name) have plenty of visitors! When you sign up, note both the poster number and room that the poster is in.
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpSB_eUuF6D5NSQWiyDhVzeToR3-OCCuU4rJTcfrn7c/edit?usp=sharing
• Check out the blue button on the Program page to the “Networking and Office Hours” Schedules. After a year and a half of pandemic, the Organizing Committee has set aside time for participants to meet in Gather.Town conference rooms. We all recognize how much we’ve missed connecting with friends and colleagues at conferences. These networking sessions are organized by poster session topics as well as additional topics which include Public Engagement, Science & Art and Science Communication. We hope that you will spend some time reconnecting with colleagues and making new connections! 

• The Organizing Committee has also scheduled office hours with representatives from NASA and possibly other agencies. As of today, the list below identified dates and times for different organization office hours. These meetings are opportunities for the community to ask questions and share their thoughts with leaders. The schedule of meetings will also be posted on the NESF & ELS 2021 website and will be updated as more office hours are scheduled. 
• We encourage posting on social media, using the hashtag #nesfels2021
• Donald James, first day speaker, encourages anyone who’d like to reach out to him to do so at mannerswilltakeyou@gmail.com

Wednesday, July 21

• 7:30am -8am PT - NASA ESSIO (Brad Bailey, Debra Needham and Ryan Watkins) - Conf. Rm. 2
• 8:00am -8:30am PT - NASA Research and Analysis (R&A) (Stephen Rinehart)  - Conf. Rm. 3
• 12:00pm -12:30pm PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist (Sarah Noble) - Conf. Rm. 3 

Thursday, July 22

• 7:30am -8am PT - ESA Moon Utilisation Manager (James Carpenter and TBD) - Conf. Rm 4
• 8:30am -9:00am PT  - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist  (Amanda Nahm) - Conf. Rm. 3
• 10:00am - 11:00am PT - NASA ESSIO (Brad Bailey, Debra Needham and Ryan Watkins) - Conf. Rm. 2
• 11:00am - 11:30am PT - CLPS Program Office (Chris Culbert) - Conf Rm. 4
• 11:30am -12:00pm PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist (Sarah Noble) - Conf. Rm. 3
• 12:30pm - 1:00pm PT - SSERVI leadership (Greg Schmidt and Kristina Gibbs) - Conf. Rm. 5

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Sincerely, 

Conference Co-Chairs

Greg Schmidt

Director, SSERVI

Mahesh Anand

Open University

Dear Exploration Science Community,

Thank you again to all our oral and poster presenters who contributed to Day 2 of the joint 2021 NESF & ELS! We thoroughly enjoyed everything! 

We are now ready for Day 3. Here is some information and highlights to look forward to.

• Zoom and Gather.Town links to all the events will be made available on the  NESF&ELS 2021 Watch LivePage:
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/live
• Day 3 Program Highlights include:
• Day starts with EDI plenary on challenges faced by Mothers in Science, and a presentation on the SSERVI Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Focus Group
• Parallel Sessions on “Astrophysics,” “Space Weathering and RegolithEvolution,” and “Destinations (Landing Sites)”
• Virtual Poster Session #3 in Gather.Town
• Parallel Sessions on “ISRU,” “Dust Mitigation and Astronaut Health,” and “Geology and Geophysics”
• Day closes with the Networking Session 2
• Please use the poster sign up sheet at the link below for Poster Sessions #3.  We are asking that you sign up for posters and help fill in the first three sign up spots for every poster so that each poster has visitors. We especially want to make sure our student researchers (identified with an asterisk by their name) have plenty of visitors! When you sign up, note both the poster number and room that the poster is in.
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpSB_eUuF6D5NSQWiyDhVzeToR3-OCCuU4rJTcfrn7c/edit?usp=sharing
• On Friday, July 23rd at 7am PT/3pm CET, Leaders from NASA, ESA and JAXA will share upcoming news and events. For this panel we have a special Conference i.o link for questions for the Agency Panel. You may enter questions and upvote others questions at the link below:
• https://arc.cnf.io/sessions/aa12/
• Digital posters are now available at:
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/posters
• Check out the blue button on the Program page to the “Networking and Office Hours” Schedules. After a year and a half of pandemic, the Organizing Committee has set aside time for participants to meet in Gather.Town conference rooms. We all recognize how much we’ve missed connecting with friends and colleagues at conferences. These networking sessions are organized by poster session topics as well as additional topics which include Public Engagement, Science & Art and Science Communication. We hope that you will spend some time reconnecting with colleagues and making new connections! 

• The Organizing Committee has also scheduled office hours with representatives from NASA and possibly other agencies. As of today, the list below identified dates and times for different organization office hours. These meetings are opportunities for the community to ask questions and share their thoughts with leaders. The schedule of meetings will also be posted on the NESF & ELS 2021 website and will be updated as more office hours are scheduled. 
• We encourage posting on social media, using the hashtag #nesfels2021
• Donald James, first day speaker, encourages anyone who’d like to reach out to him to do so at mannerswilltakeyou@gmail.com

Thursday, July 22

• 7:30am -8am PT - ESA Moon Utilisation Manager (James Carpenter and TBD) - Conf. Rm 4
• 8:30am -9:00am PT  - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist  (Amanda Nahm) - Conf. Rm. 3
• 10:00am - 11:00am PT - NASA ESSIO (Brad Bailey, Debra Needham and Ryan Watkins) - Conf. Rm. 2
• 11:00am - 11:30am PT - CLPS Program Office (Chris Culbert) - Conf Rm. 4
• 11:30am -12:00pm PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist (Sarah Noble) - Conf. Rm. 3
• 12:30pm - 1:00pm PT - SSERVI leadership (Greg Schmidt and Kristina Gibbs) - Conf. Rm. 5

Friday, July 23

• 9:00am -9:30am PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist & NASA Chief Exploration Scientist (Sarah Noble & Jake Bleacher) - Conf. Rm. 3

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Sincerely, 

Conference Co-Chairs

Greg Schmidt

Director, SSERVI

Mahesh Anand

Open University

Dear Exploration Science Community,

What a week it has been!  We’re both sorry this year’s event is coming to an end but also excited for our final day of the NESF&ELS2021. The past three days have been extremely insightful and full of amazing interactions both in our Zoom sessions and in GatherTown. 

We want to hear about your experience this year. Please take 5 minutes to fill in this survey and provide us input that we’ll use to plan for next year!  Feel free to email us with any observations you’d like to share as well - we’d love to hear from you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9JMDNQM

Below are the Day 4 highlights - 

• Zoom and Gather.Town links to all the events will be made available on the  NESF&ELS 2021 Watch LivePage:
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/live
• Day 4 Program Highlights include:
• Hear from leaders from NASA, ESA and JAXA in the Agency Panel.
• NASA’s Deputy Chief Scientist will talk on Scientific Integrity
• Student poster winners will be announced
• Parallel Sessions on “Building Better Worlds (EDIA)” and “Payloads and Services” 
• SSERVI Award Presentations
• Closing Plenary talks from Dr. James Head and Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton
• Submit your questions to the Agency Panel through a special arc.cnf.io link. You may enter questions and upvote others questions at the link below:
• https://arc.cnf.io/sessions/aa12/
• Digital posters are now available at:
• https://sservi.nasa.gov/nesfels2021/posters

• Final Office hours for Friday, July 23
• 9:00am - 9:30am PT - NASA SSERVI Program Scientist & NASA Chief Exploration Scientist (Sarah Noble & Jake Bleacher) - Conf. Rm. 3

We encourage posting on social media, using the hashtag #nesfels2021

Sincerely, 

Conference Co-Chairs

Greg Schmidt

Director, SSERVI

Mahesh Anand

Open University