Issue 25-21, Sep 9, 2025
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- VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AT THE DPS MEMBERS MEETING AT EPSC-DPS
- EPSC-DPS EVENTS THAT ARE OPEN TO ALL DPS MEMBERS AND DO NOT REQUIRE VIRTUAL REGISTRATION
- REACH OUT NOW TO COLLEAGUES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SERVE ON THE DPS NOMINATING COMMITTEE
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VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AT THE DPS MEMBERS MEETING AT EPSC-DPS
- Day: Wednesday 9/10
- Start/end times, Helsinki 12:30-14:00 (5:30 – 7:00 am Eastern)
- Event location: Saturn Room (Hall B)
- Organizers: Athena Coustenis and Scott Murchie
- Zoom link: Button to enter Zoom meeting will appear in the online program 15 minutes prior to the event start time (session CE7)
Description: At this annual business meeting of the DPS, the status of membership, leadership, activities in the past year, election outcomes, and finances will be reviewed. Division officers will summarize the past year’s accomplishments and goals for coming years. Votes will be taken on incoming members of the Nominating subcommittee and on Division dues for the coming year. Editors will summarize the status and publications of journals that the DPS endorses and supports.
All DPS members are encouraged to participate, either in person or virtually. You do not need to register for the meeting in order to attend the members meeting. To attend virtually without registering for the meeting, you need to have a Copernicus Meetings User ID, which you can create for free with Copernicus Meetings at https://administrator.copernicus.org/createAccount
After completing the online form, you will receive a User ID and an email with a link to create a new password for your account. After you create the new password, you will receive an email confirming the User ID and password. Please do this well in advance of the Members Meeting.
Fifteen minutes prior to the start of the event, a button will appear in the online conference program to enter the relevant Zoom session. Use the link below to search for the session CE7, which is where the link will appear.
Welcome to the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 session programme
Voting during the DPS members meeting will be done using Google Forms with a link that will be shared in the chat. You will need to have a google account in order to submit your vote. If you do not have a google account, please create one before the members meeting. A DPS committee member will be monitoring the chat on the zoom window so that you will be able to ask questions and nominate individuals to serve on the nominating committee.
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EPSC-DPS EVENTS THAT ARE OPEN TO ALL DPS MEMBERS AND DO NOT REQUIRE VIRTUAL REGISTRATION
There are still several events happening this week at the EPSC-DPS joint meeting in Helsinki that are available to all DPS members and do not require a virtual meeting registration. To participate, you will need to have a Copernicus Meetings User ID.
https://administrator.copernicus.org/createAccount.
Fifteen minutes prior to the start time of each event, a button will appear in the online conference program to enter the relevant Zoom session.
Welcome to the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 session programme
For each event listed below, you will find a session number that starts with a KLD or CE. To join the meeting, you can search the programme for that session number and the link to join will appear 15 minutes before the start of the meeting if you have logged into the meeting with your free Copernicus account.
The events are summarized below. Please note that due to the very packed EPSC-DPS joint meeting agenda, some DPS prize awardees will not have their traditional keynote lectures; the lectures missing from this year’s agenda will be offered at the 2026 DPS meeting in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A (October 25-30).
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EVENT 1: Sagan Award Keynote lecture
- Day: Wednesday 9/10
- Start/end times, Helsinki 8:55-9:20 (1:55-2:20 am Eastern)
- Event location: Room Jupiter Hall A
- Speaker: Lisa Kaltenegger
- Zoom link: Button to enter Zoom meeting will appear in the online program 15 minutes prior to the event start time (sessions KLD5)
Keynote Title: Revealing the Secrets of Rocky Exoplanets
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EVENT 2: DPS Members Meeting
- Day: Wednesday 9/10
- Start/end times, Helsinki 12:30-14:00 (5:30 – 7:00 am Eastern)
- Event location: Saturn Room (Hall B)
- Organizers: Athena Coustenis and Scott Murchie
- Zoom link: Button to enter Zoom meeting will appear in the online program 15 minutes prior to the event start time (session CE7)
Description: At this annual business meeting of the DPS, the status of membership, leadership, activities in the past year, election outcomes, and finances will be reviewed. Division officers will summarize the past year’s accomplishments and goals for coming years. Votes will be taken on incoming members of the Nominating subcommittee and on Division dues for the coming year. Editors will summarize the status and publications of journals that the DPS endorses and supports. Sandwiches will be offered to participants in the room.
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EVENT 3: Women in Planetary Sciences (WIPS) Luncheon
- Day: Thursday 9/11
- Start/end times, Helsinki 12:30-14:00 (5:30 – 7:00 am Eastern)
- Event location: Saturn (Hall B)
- Organizers: Jennifer Hanley, Kelsi Singer, Audrey Martin, Tess Marlin, Mikayla Huffman, Tracy Becker, and The Professional Development Subcommittee of the DPS
- Zoom link: Button to enter Zoom meeting will appear in the online program 15 minutes prior to the event start time (session CE11)
Description: Please join us for the annual Women in Planetary Science (WiPS) lunch! This year, we’re diving into the crucial topic of building more international collaborations and finding funding opportunities across different countries. Whether you’re an early-career scientist or a seasoned professional, understanding the landscape of global partnerships is key to advancing planetary science. We’ll have an engaging discussion featuring planetary scientists with diverse international experiences. Our speakers will share insights on topics such as navigating international funding landscapes and exploring scholarship/fellowship opportunities, strategies for organizing and managing international working groups, and tips for identifying and leveraging opportunities at other international conferences. Sandwiches will be offered to participants in the room.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: http://bit.ly/WiPS_2025
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Event 4: DPS Awards Ceremony
- Day: Thursday 9/11
- Start/end times, Helsinki (EDT+7 hrs): 14:00-14:50
- Event location: Room Sun
- Organizers: Athena Coustenis and Scott Murchie; speaker Faith Vilas
- Zoom link: Button to enter Zoom meeting will appear in the online program 15 minutes prior to the event start time (session CE10)
Description: At this ceremony DPS honors its 2025 Prize winners: the Alexander Prize to Matthew Hedman, the Urey Prize to Xinting Yu and James Keane, the Masursky Award to Rosaly Lopes, the Sagan Medal to Lisa Kaltenegger, the Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award to Liz Kruesi, and the Kuiper Prize to Faith Vilas who will deliver a lecture on her research at 14:30 Helsinki time.
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REACH OUT NOW TO COLLEAGUES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SERVE ON THE DPS NOMINATING COMMITTEE
During the Members Meeting on September 10, DPS members who are present or participating virtually online will be able to nominate individuals to serve on the Nominating Subcommittee of the DPS. This committee is responsible for presenting to the DPS Secretary a list of candidates for DPS Officers and Committee members. https://dps.aas.org/leadership/nominating for serving on the DPS committee the following year.
During the business meeting we must receive nominations for at least three individuals, and then the membership will vote for one new committee member, who will serve a three-year term, and become the chair of the subcommittee during their third year of service.
Please start reaching out to colleagues now who you think would do a good job serving on this committee and ask if they would be willing to serve and if you can nominate them during the members meeting.
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