AbGradCon 2006

Cancellation Information
Please contact a member of the Organizing Committee below if you have additional questions.

We apologize for any inconveniences and hope to see you all at AbSciCon!

As many of you already know, AbGradCon2006 is cancelled. In its place we will be having a graduate student meeting on Sunday, March 26th as part of this year's AbSciCon. All astrobiologists are invited by we are especially soliciting the participants of students and post-docs attending AbSciCon. This meeting will have three parts: a graduate student open discussion on issues surrounding AbGradCon, a panel discussion on the broader implications of the current funding climate for young astrobiologists, and a practice talk session for graduate students slated to give talks at AbSciCon. Refreshments will be provided!

If you plan on attending this meeting, please email us at AbGradCon@gmail.com. If you wish to give a practice talk, indicate that in your email as practice talk slots will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. Please visit the schedule page to view the evening's events. The meeting will commence on Sunday, March 26th at 5:45 in the Reagan Building, Room Hemisphere A.

We are currently collecting graduate student opinions on AbGradCon and astrobiology funding via a survey at: http://www.geosc.psu.edu/~lhorodys/psarc/survey.php.
Students, please participate in the survey and encourage your colleagues to do likewise.

If you have any questions about the graduate meeting, feel free to email us at AbGradCon@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you in Washington DC!

AbGradCon2006 is supported by contributions from NASA, The Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, The Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium, and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University.