Session-1: International and National Programmes Session Chairs: Gregg Vane and J. N. Goswami Speaker1: Jean Michael Contant - IAA 50 Years of IAA and Low Cost Planetary Missions Speaker2: Gregg Vane - NASA NASA's Program of Robotic Scientific Exploration of the Solar System and the Role of Low-Cost Missions- Authored by James L.Green, NASA HQ Speaker3: J.N. Goswami - ISRO Lunar and Planetary Exploration: An Indian Perspective
Session-2: New Results from Low-Cost Planetary Missions Session Chairs: David Kendall and R.R. Navalgund Speaker1: Gregg Vane - NASA Science from the Martian North: Phoenix, the First Mars Scout Mission – Authored by Peter Smith, University of Arizona and Karen McBride, NASA HQ Speaker2: J.N. Goswami - ISRO Exploration of the Moon: Chandrayaan-1 and Beyond Speaker3: Ralph L McNutt Jr - NASA Messenger: Results from the First Two Mercury Flybys Authored by Ralph L. McNutt, Jr., Sean C. Solomon, Peter D. Bedini, Eric J. Finnegan, David G. Grant, and the MESSENGER Team
Session-3 : Low-Cost Planetary Mission in Development Session Chairs: Sabrina Feldman and BN Suresh Speaker1: Randall Taylor - NASA GRAIL: Managing a Low-cost Mission for the Discovery Program – Authored by Randall Taylor and Maria Zuber Speaker2: Masato Nakamura - ISAS Present status of the Planet-C Venus climate orbiter in 2009 – Authored by Masato Nakamura, Takeshi Imamura, Munetaka Ueno, Atsushi, Yamazaki, Naomoto Iwagami, Takehiko Satoh, Shigeto Watanabe , Makoto Taguchi, Yukihiro Takahashi, Makoto Suzuki, Takumi Abe, George L. Hashimoto , Manabu Yamada, Nobuaki Ishii, Kazunori Uemizu and Tetsuya Fukuhara Speaker3: TBC
Session-4 : New Instruments and Science Results Session Chairs: C. Webster and AS Kiran Kumar Speaker1: Alexander Zakharov, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia Russian instrument developments including PhSRM Speaker2: A.S. Kiran Kumar - ISRO Speaker3: Robert Green - JPL The Moon Mineralogy Mapper on Chandrayaan-1: A Low Cost, High Uniformity and High Signal-to-Noise Ratio Imaging Spectrometer Developed to pursue A Diverse Range of Science Questions Speaker4: Patrice Coll – University of Paris & CNRS Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry of planetary bodies as Comets, Asteroids, Mars and Venus: Current and Future capabilities
Session-4 :(continued) Session Chairs: C. Webster and A.S. Kiran Kumar Speaker5: Sabrina Feldman – JPL Next Generation Instruments for in-situ Compositional mapping Speaker6: Sushil K Atreya – University of Michigan The Habitability of Mars Science drivers and measurement approach for future low cost planetary missions Speaker7: Dhiren Kataria – University College of London Space Plasma Instruments for Low Cost Missions – A Review of Past Mission Involvements and Current Instrumentalisation activities at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Special Session-1 : Results from Chandrayaan-1 Session Chairs: Carle M Pieters and R. Sridharan Speaker1: Carle M Pieters- Brown University Initial scientific results of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (m3) on Chandrayaan-1: volatiles on the Moon – Authored by Carle M. Pieters, J. N. Goswami, R. N. Clark, J. Sunshine, R. O. Green5, J. Boardman, and the M3 Team Speaker2: P. Sreekumar - ISRO Preliminary Results from Chandrayan-1 X-Ray Spectrometer (C1XS) – Authored by Shyama Narendranath, P.Sreekumar, B. Kellet, C.Howe, B.Maddison, L.Alha, M.Grande, I.Crawford, K.Joy, J.Huovelin, S. Athiray and the C1XS team Speaker3: Prakash Chauhan - ISRO Chandryaan-1 TMC& HYSI data analysis for apollo landing sites and mare orientale – Authored by Prakash Chauhan, Ajai, B. Gopal Krishna and A. S. Kiran Kumar Speaker4: J.A. Kamalakar - ISRO Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI) onboard Chandrayaan-1: Configuration, flight performance and Results Speaker5: Anil Bhardwaj - ISRO First results from the SARA Experiment on the chandrayaan-1 Speaker6: R. Sridharan - ISRO First Results from Chandra's Altitudinal Composition Explorer on the Moon Impact Probe of Chandrayaan-1 – Authored by Sridharan R, SM Ahmed, Tirtha Pradim Das, P. Sreelatha, P. Pradeep Kumar, Neha Naik, Gokulapati Supria and Anil Bhardwaj
Session-6 : Technologies for Low-Cost Planetary Missions Session Chairs: T. K. Alex and Philip Varghese Speaker1: Subbarao Surampudi - JPL Overview of the Power Conversion and Energy Storage Systems for Planetary Missions – Authored by Subbarao Surampudi, Ratnakumar Bugga, Nick Mardesich, Bill Nesmith, Julian Blosiu, Barry Goldstein, and Satish Khanna Speaker2: S.K. Shivakumar - ISRO Indian deep Space network-cost effective system for future deep Space mission operations Speaker3: S. Ramakrishnan – ISRO ISRO Launch vehicles for Low-Cost Planetary Missions
Session-7 : New Concept for Low-Cost Planetary Missions Session Chairs: Prof U.R. Rao and Alexander Zakharov Speaker1: Jacques Blamont - France Using Balloons for the Exploration of Venus:The European Venus Explorer (EVE) Mission and Related International Cooperation – Authored by E. Chassefiere, JE Blamont, S. Limaye, O. Korablev, T. Imamura, KH Baines, CF Wilson, DV Titov Speaker2: Andy Phipps – UK Lunar Penetrator Consortium Moonlite - A Low Cost Lunar Scientific and Technology Demonstration Mission – Authored by Andy Phipps, Mark Taylor, Phil Davies, Paul Brooks, Anj Brown, Sir Martin Sweeting, Alan Smith, Rob Gowen, and I.A. Crawford Speaker3: Pierre William Bousquet - CNES Trojan asteroids exploration, mission options- Authored by Pierre W. BOUSQUET,Maria Antonietta BARUCCI, LESIIA, Philippe LAMY, OAMP, Benoit MEYSSIGNAC, Denis CARBONNE, Marion LE ROUX, and Julien JAUSSELY Speaker4: Sanjay S. Limaye – University of Wisconsin Long-Duration Exploration of Venus with a High-Altitude Balloon: The Valor Discovery Mission – Authored by K. H. Baines, S. K. Atreya, Ann Arbor, Tibor Balint, Jeffery.L.Hall, S. S. Limaye, Stuart Stephens and Pasadena
Special Session -3 Session Chair: J. N. Goswami Speaker1: Jacques Blamont - France Piggybacking to Planets Speaker2: Alan Delamere – Delamere Space Sciences 40 Years of Living with Space Science Cost Problems Speaker3: Subhananda Chakrabarti – IIT, Mumbai Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors for high temperature imaging applications Speaker4: Y.B. Acharya - ISRO Uncertainty assessment and sensitivity analysis in the estimation of reliability of the COTS based hardware system – Authored by Y.B. Acharya and Vivek Goswami Speaker5: O.P.N. Calla – International Centre for Radio Science Microwave Remote Sensing of Lunar Surface from Orbit and Rover Speaker6: S.K. Chakrabarti – Indian Centre for Space Physics X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy from the Moon – Authored by S. K. Chakrabarti, Anuj Nandi, Vipin K. Yadav, D. Bhaumik, R. Sarkar