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Planets Day 2, 16 March 2026

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08:45 – 09:15 Badge collection and coffee
09:15 – 09:30 Welcome address
09:30 – 10:15 Keynote talk
Serpentinization and H2 production on early Earth and Mars: What, why, where, and when?
Chair: Marylou Fournier-Tondreau
Speaker: Nicholas Tosca
10:15 – 10:45 Posters and coffee
10:45 – 11:30 Theme 1
What does a planet need to have a stable climate?
Chair: James Bryson
Speaker: Tim Woollings
Panel: Tim Woollings, David Marshall, Bob Hilton
11:30 – 12:15 Theme 2
What makes us live, and what makes us die?
Chair: Grant Ritchie
Speaker: Hal Drakesmith
Panel: Hal Drakesmith, Ros Rickaby, Jon Wade, Matt Hitchens, Jan Rehwinkel
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch – Hall
13:30 – 14:15 Theme 3
What drives us to explore the Solar System and beyond?
Chair: Suzanne Aigrain
Speaker: Carly Howett
Panel: Carly Howett, Rob Iliffe, Kevin Olsen, George Dransfield
14:15 – 14:45 Posters and coffee
14:45 – 15:30 Theme 4
What are the planetary causes of evolutionary radiation?
Chair: Seb Shimeld
Speaker: Frankie Dunn
Panel: Frankie Dunn, Roger Close, Julia Schwab, Tim Coulson
15:30 – 17:00 Collaboration activity
17:00 Reception

From the Oxford Planets and Life Initiative.