Instituto de Ciências da Complexidade Institute for Complexity Sciences Scientific problems of space exploration - Mars and beyond June 29 – July 3, Convento da Arrábida e Academia das Ciências de Lisboa Program: Convento da Arrábida June 29 9:30 – Opening 10:00 - 11:00 - DENIS BELYAEV (Space Research Institute, Moscow) “Russia Mars Space Programme: ExoMars2016” 11:00 - 12:00 - ARI-MATTI HARRI (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki) The FMI In situ Mars exploration strategy: Atmosferic investigations and METNET network” 12:00 - 14:00 - Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 - PEDRO MACHADO (Instituto de Astrofísica, Universidade de Lisboa) “Characterization of planetary atmospheres: from the Solar System to Exoplanets” 15:00 - 16:00 - CARLOS AGUIRRE (Universidad Autonoma, Madrid) “Data Analysis and space exploration” 16:00 - 16:30 - Coffee break 16:30 - 17:30 - General discussion: “The Mars strategy” June 30 10:00 - 11:00 - LUIS VAZQUEZ (Universidad Complutense, Madrid) “Panoramic issues of the Martian exploration” 11:00 - 12:00 - ANTONIO AMORIM (Universidade de Lisboa) “Infrared cameras in space observation and instrumentation” 12:00 - 14:00 - Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 - STEFANO DEBEI (Padova University) “The role and contribution of CISAS “G. Colombo” to Planetary Space Science” 15:00 - 16:00 - FELIPE GOMEZ (CAB-INTA-CSIC) “Perspectives of astrobiology research” 16:00 - 16:30 - Coffee break 16:30 – 17:00 – JOÃO FONSECA (EFACEC) “Building an altimeter for a Martian robot” 17:00 – 17:30 - General discussion: “Financing space exploration” July 1 10:00 – 11:00 - JOHN ZARNECKI (Open University, Milton Keynes, UK). “A Panoramic View for the New Space Exploration Strategies” 11:00 – 12:00 - JOSE L. VAZQUEZ-POLETTI (Universidad Complutense, Madrid) “Application of Cloud Computing in Mars Exploration” 12:00 - 14:00 - Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 - LOURENÇO BANDEIRA (CERENA-Centre for Natural Resources and the Environment, Instituto Superior Técnico) ““Contributions of Pattern Recognition and Remote Sensing to the exploration of Mars” 15:00 – 16:00 - JOSE A. RODRIGUEZ-MANFREDI (Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid) “The MEDA instrument in NASA’s rover MARS2020” Academia das Ciências de Lisboa July 2 15:00 – 16:00 - LUIS VAZQUEZ (Universidad Complutense, Madrid) “La GRAN AVENTURA de la EXPLORACION de MARTE y su FUTURO” 16:00 – 17:00 - STEFANO DEBEI (Padova University) “The DREAMS Experiment on ESA Mission Exomars 2016” July 3 15:00 – 16:00 - ARI-MATTI HARRI (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki) “New initiatives for space exploration” 16:00 – 17:00 – ANTÓNIO AMORIM (Academia das Ciências e Univ. Lisboa) “A observação do centro galáctico e as novas ferramentas”