Upcoming Astrobiology Conferences
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  • Space Industry-Science Workshop
    2025-08-18 to 2025-08-22, Riga, Latvia

    Riga Technical University (RTU) in collaboration with Aalto University and Stockholm University is pleased to announce the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) ‘Space Industry-Science Workshop.’ This initiative provides students and academic staff with a unique opportunity to engage with leading experts from the space science and industry sectors, fostering knowledge exchange and hands-on collaboration in space mission planning.

    This BIP programme serves as a platform for pre-mission proposal development, facilitating discussions between European universities, the European Astrobiology Institute (EAI), and start-up companies. The programme aims to equip participants with practical skills, enabling them to explore emerging industry opportunities and scientific advancements.

  • Astroscience on the African Continent
    2025-08-27 to 2025-08-28, NASDRA HW (Abuja, Nigeria)

    Astroscience presents Africa with a unique opportunity to play a central role in the global search for extraterrestrial life and unravel the chemical origins of life. The continent´s diverse landscapes, such as the Yusufari Desert, Namib Desert, and meteorite-rich regions, serve as invaluable natural laboratories mirroring extraterrestrial conditions. These environments are crucial for astrobiology, aiding in identifying biosignatures and simulating potential life-sustaining ecosystems on planets like Mars and icy moons like Europa.

    In astrochemistry, Africa´s state-of-the-art facilities, like the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), empower researchers to explore organic molecules in space and their role in life´s origins. By integrating astrochemistry with local expertise in organic sciences, Africa can take the lead in this revolutionary field.

    This conference will enhance scientific dialogue, international collaboration, and provide African scientists with cutting-edge research insights.

    Abstract submission deadline: 2025-07-31

  • Impacts and their role in the origin and evolution of life
    2025-09-01 to 2025-09-04, Nördlingen, Germany

    The meeting will take place in the picturesque medieval city of Nördlingen, which is situated inside the world-famous Ries crater in southern Germany. It aims to cover the role of meteorite and comets impacts in the formation of Earth, its atmosphere and the evolution of life. The conference will consist of lectures, discussions and excursions and participants will also have the possibility to display their own research results in one or two poster sessions. The European Astrobiology Institute and the Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre, and the University of Neu-Ulm will function as co-organisers of the conference:


    • Impacts and the early history of the Solar System
    • Impact structures as indicators of target properties
    • Role of impacts in delivery and formation of the building blocks for life
    • Impact-generated habitats for life
    • Environment effects of impacts
    • Impacts as threats for life and humankind
    • Geoconservation, education and outreach of impacts


    There will be also two one-day excursions, one around the Ries crater on 4th September and one half-day excursion on 2nd September to the Steinheim crater with its famous central uplift feature.

  • AbGradE’25
    2025-10-20 to 2025-10-20, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)

    AbGradE would like to invite you to a one-day event aimed at early-career researchers in astrobiology. The event will be in the form a symposium and will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, just ahead of the EANA Conference.

    This event is a great opportunity for you to share your work with your peers in a stress-free environment and to learn what your peers are up to!

    Abstract submission deadline: 2025-08-01
    Registration deadline: 2025-08-31

  • EANA 2025
    2025-10-21 to 2025-10-24, Lisboa, Portugal
    Registration deadline: 2025-10-06

  • Rocky Worlds 4
    2026-01-19 to 2026-01-23, Groningen, Netherlands

    Applying the detailed empirical understanding gleaned from the terrestrial planets of our own Solar System is crucial in our interpretation of exoplanetary systems. With the ongoing and upcoming surveys to search for small planets around nearby stars, we can anticipate huge growth in the number and information on detected rocky exoplanets in the coming decades. As the characterisation of these new planetary systems proceeds it will in turn improve understanding of our own Solar System, and in particular of how potentially habitable Earth-like planets form, evolve, and are distributed throughout the galaxy. The Rocky Worlds Meeting Series brings together planetary scientists, astronomers, and earth scientists to foster discussion and build the collaborations that will pave the way for the next frontiers of rocky exoplanet discovery and characterisation.

    Abstract submission deadline: 2025-09-14
    Registration deadline: 2025-12-14