Introductory Talks: (8:30-9:40 Am)

Day 1 - Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Introductory Talks: (8:30-9:40 am)

Welcome, Opening Remarks, Logistics (10 mins)

Meyer, M., Grant, J. A., and Golombek, M. P.

The process for selecting the Mars 2020 mission landing site (15 mins)

Grant, J. A., and Golombek, M. P.

2020 Mission Project Status (15 mins)

Wallace, M. and McNamee, J.

2020 Mission Science Objectives, Site Evaluation Criteria, and Caching Considerations (30 min)

Farley, K.

Mars 2020 Project and Program Engineering Assessment: (9:40-12:15 pm)

Process Overview and Schedule (5 mins)

Chen, A.

Terrain Characterization, Approach, and Results (20 mins)

Golombek, M., and Ashley, J.

Landing Safety Assessment – EDL, Atmosphere, and Terrain Characterization (45 mins)

Chen, A., Mischna, M., Villar, G., Golombek, M., Otero, R., and Hines. E.

Surface Productivity Assessment (45 mins)

Trosper, J., and Heverly, M.

Planetary Protection (10 mins)
Bernard, D.

Landing Site Considerations Related to the Potential Sample Retrieval and Launch Mission (10 min)

Nicholas, A.

Summary Assessment of Top Nine Sites from First 2020 Landing Site Workshop (10 mins)

Chen, A., and Trosper, J.

Discussion (10 mins)

Lunch (12:15 – 1:25)

Overview Science Talks: (1:25 -2:20 pm)

Input from Attendees at the AbSciCon and MetSoc Conferences (20 mins)

Beaty, D., and Hays, L.

Recurring Slope Lineae Near 2020 Candidate Landing Sites (15 mins)

McEwen, A., Dundas, C., Wray, J., and Chojnacki, M.

Crater Count Constraints on Radiolysis of Complex Organic Matter at 2020 Candidate Sites (10 mins)

Kite, E.

Importance of Scarp Retreat in Creating Recent Exposures (10 mins)

Rice, M.

Prior Landing Sites and Final Candidate Sites: (2:20-3:50 pm)

Mars Landing + 50 Years: Lessons from Social Decisions and Selection of the First Viking Landing, Considerations for Mars 2020 Re-Visit (20 mins)

Farrell, W.

Gusev Crater: A Geologically Diverse, Engineering Safe Site with Evidence for Past Habitable Environments andPotentialBiosignatures (20 mins)

Ruff, S. W., Rice, J. W., and Longo, A.

Phases of erosion and deposition recorded in Holden crater outcrops (20 mins)

Irwin, R., Wray, J., and Grant, J.

Discussion (30 mins)

Habitable Environments in Ancient Aqueous Settings I: (3:50-5:40 pm)

Eberswalde Crater: Habitability and Geologic Diversity (20 mins)

Rice, M.

Deltaic Deposits in Magong Crater, Xanthe Terra (20 mins)

Hauber, E., Kinch, K., Platz, T., Le Deit, L., Madsen, B., and Rosenberg, H.

Exploring the Volcanic, Alteration, and Fluvio-Lacustrine History of Early Mars at the Jezero Crater Paleolake (20 mins)

Goudge, T., Ehlmann, B., Fassett, C., Head, J., Mustard, J., Mangold, N., Gupta, S., and Milliken, R.

Eridania Basin: Studying the Sed. Sequence of an Ancient Paleolake with the Mars 2020 rover (20 mins)

M.Pajola, S. Rossato, J. Carter, E. Baratti, M. Coradini, R. Pozzobon, M. S. Erculiani

Discussion (30 mins)

Day 2 - Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Habitable Environments in Ancient Aqueous Settings II: (8:30-10:20 am)

Investigation of Layered Sediments and Clays at a Proposed Landing Site in Ladon Valles (20 mins)

Weitz, C., Bishop, J., and Grant, J. A.

Exploring Hadriacus Palus: A Record of Diverse Geologic Processes in the Cratered Highlands (20 mins)

Skinner, J. A., Fortezzo, C. M., Hare, T. M., Tanaka, K. L., and Platz, T.

From Primitive Martian Crust to Sulfate-Rich Sediments in Coprates Chasma, Valles Marineris (20 mins)

Quantin, C., Bultel, B., and Carter, J.

Accessible Regions of Interest within Southwestern Melas Basin for Exploration and Sample Collection by the 2020 Mars Rover (20 mins)

Williams, R. M. E., Weitz, C. M., Grindrod, P.M., Davis, J., Quantin-Nataf, C., and Dromart, G.

Discussion (30 mins)

Candidate Landing Sites NW of Isidis Basin I (10:20-12:00 pm)

Serpentinization Sites – An Additional Criteria to Select Samples for Return to Earth (10 Mins)

Bruner, B.

Deciphering the Spectral Evidence for Serpentinization of Martian Basement Materials (20 mins)

Brown, A., Beck, C. E., Amador, E., Mustard, J. F., and Cannon, K. M.

Ancient Crustal Stratigraphy in the Nili Fossae Trough: Clays, Carbonates, Impacts, and Volcanics (20 mins)

Cannon, K., Mustard, J., Osinski, G., Tornabene, L., Parman, S., Amador, E., Brown, A., Viviano-Beck, C., Ehlmann, E., Sapers, H., Pontefract, A., Des Marais, D., Mangold, N., Wiseman, S.

Southern Nili Fossae Trough: Examination of in situ Carbonate-Bearing Layers and Habitability in an Ancient Hydrothermal Environment (20 mins)

Viviano-Beck, C., Brown, A., Amador, E., Mustard, J., and Cannon, K.

Discussion (30 mins)

Lunch: (12:00-1:15 pm)

Candidate Landing Sites NW of Isidis Basin II (1:15-2:45 pm)

Nili Fossae Carbonates: Solving the Carbonate Puzzle and Examining Olivine from Primitive Melts or Mantle (20 mins)

Ehlmann, B., Edwards, C. S., Wiseman, S., and Mustard, J. F.

Multiple Habitable Environments across the Noachian-Hesperian Environmental Transition: Phyllosilicates, Carbonate, Sulfates, and Multiple Igneous Units in Stratigraphy at the Isidis-Syrtis Major Contact (20 mins)

Mustard, J., Ehlmann, B., Wiseman, S., Bramble, M., Cannon, K., Goudge, T., Viviano-Beck, C., Skok, J. R., Amador, E., Des Marais, D., Head, J., Milliken, R., and Quinn, D.

Pinpointing Habitability in Nili Patera’s Hydrothermal Field (20 mins)

Skok, J. R., Fawdon, P., Kerber, L., Ehlmann, B., and Mustard, J.,

Discussion (30 mins)

Mawrth Vallis and Vicinity (2:45-4:35 pm)

Mawrth Vallis as a Candidate Landing Site for Mars 2020 (20 mins)

Loizeau, D.

Oyama Crater as a Candidate Landing Site for Mars 2020 (20 mins)

Loizeau, D.

Geology of McLaughlin Crater: Ancient Lacustrine Sediments with Stratigraphic Control and High Biomarker Preservation Potential (20 mins)

Michalski, J., and Niles, P.

From Noachian to Amazonian, Clays, Sediments, and Igneous Rocks in Oxia Planum (20 mins)

Thollot, P., Quantin, C., and Carter, J.

Discussion (30 mins)

Chloride and Sites: (4:35-5:35 pm)

The Long-Term Preservation Potential of Organics in Martian Halite (20 mins)

Fries, M.

Candidate Chloride-Bearing Landing Sites for Mars 2020 (20 mins)

Salvatore, M.

Discussion (20 mins)

Day 3 - Thursday, August 6, 2015

Hypanis, a deltaic-lacustrine sedimentary system at the edge of a Chryse sea? (20 mins)

S. Gupta, E. Sefton-Nash, P. Fawdon, J. Davis, N. Warner, P. Grindrod, M. Balme

Summary of Sites (Single Slide) and Discussion (8:50-10:15 am)

Golombek, M. P., and Grant, J. A.

Discussion and Ranking of the Candidate Sites (10:15-12:00 pm)

Golombek, M. P., and Grant, J. A.

End of Workshop at 12:00 pm