3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas. The OPP Directorate will designate a Forum Program Panel to review the abstracts for technical soundness, timeliness of science return, and science merit, then will select the most promising and announce their selections by Monday, February 5. Abstracts are limited to one single-spaced page, and can be submitted in a variety of file formats. For more detailed information regarding the preparation and submission of abstracts, refer to the instructions for authors .
Meeting space is limited.
First consideration for attendance at the Forum will be given to those authors whose abstracts have been selected by the Program Panel for presentation. Each Investigation Focus Area Session will be chaired by a member of the Forum Program Panel who is a nonadvocate expert in subdisciplines of the planetary sciences most relevant to the session. Each 10-minute presentation will be followed immediately by 5 minutes of discussion. Session chairs will strictly enforce these time limits. Its activities include the selection, development, launch, and operation of outer solar system missions, as well as the selection and development of key technologies.