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08:45 – 09:15 Badge collection and coffee
09:15 – 09:20 Welcome address
09:20 – 10:00 Theme 1
How can we understand complexity with necessarily-simple astrophysical observations?
Chair: Carly Howett
Speaker: Jayne Birkby
Panel: Jayne Birkby, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Bethan Gregory
10:00 – 10:40 Theme 2
How are the building blocks of lifedelivered to and retained on planets?
Chair: Carly Howett
Speaker: Claire Nichols
Panel: Claire Nichols, Jon Wade, Benjamin Hess, Julie Cosmidis
10:40 – 11:10 Coffee
11:10 – 11:50 Keynote talk Chair: Tim Barraclough
Speaker: Nick Lane
11:50 – 12:30 Theme 3
What nano-scale physics underpins the origin and evolution of both unicellular and multicellular life forms?
Chair: Tim Barraclough
Speaker: Sonia Antoranz Contera
Panel: Sonia Antoranz Contera, Jon Bath
12:30 – 13:40 Lunch – Hall
13:40 – 14:20 Theme 4
How does life drive planetary evolution, and vice versa?
Chair: Andrew Davison
Speaker: Ros Rickaby
Panel: Ros Rickaby, Tamsin Mather
14:20 – 15:00 Theme 5
To what extent is the co-evolution of life and planet driven by random chance?
Chair: Andrew Davison
Speaker: Tim Coulson
Panel: Tim Coulson, Frankie Dunn, Tim Barraclough
15:00 – 15:40 Collaboration activity part one
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee
16:00 – 17:00 Collaboration activity part two
17:00 Poster reception