Webinars
What We Have Here for You
We host Europlanet Webinars every month. Here you can find a list of past and upcoming Europlanet Webinars:
Upcoming Webinars
The Surprisingly Fun Diversity Talk You Actually Want to Attend
15 April 2025
This Europlanet Webinar will focus on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in planetary science. Through a series of fun stories and anecdotes and the occasional sprinkle of depressing data, Iris van Zelst (University of Edinburgh) will talk about why it is important to think about EDI in the planetary sciences and explain how you can make the biggest difference with the tiniest gesture.
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Open Planetary Science
04 March 2025
The concept of open science has been around for some time and more and more researchers engage with it. There are several initiatives of specific interest to our planetary science community and in this webinar some will be presented.
Alessandro Frigeri (INAF, Italy), will introduce Open Science and its implications for our planetary science community.
Nicolas Manaud (SpaceFrog Design, France), will introduce the OpenPlanetary non-profit organisation that promotes and facilitates the open prac...
Juice - Studying Jupiter with JUICE-MAJIS and ground-based pro & am instrumentation
28 February 2025
In the fifth Juice webinar Davide Grassi (INAF, Italy), Patrick Irwin (Oxford, UK) and Steven Hill (independent researcher, USA) will talk about Jupiter observations with the MAJIS instrument on Juice, as well as brand new results from ground-based data collected both with Very Large and not so very large telescopes.
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Past Webinars
Mauve: UV Spectroscopy of Stars
28 January 2025
Mauve is a UV satellite conceived to study stars in our galaxy, providing a greater understanding of their magnetic activity, powerful flares, and the impact on the habitability of neighbouring exoplanets. The science will be delivered via a multi-year collaborative survey programme, with thousands of hours each year available for long observations of hundreds of stars, unlocking a significant time domain astronomy opportunity. Join the seminar to explore Mauve's science cases and learn how to p...
Transit of Venus 2012: Past and Present
11 December 2024
For this end-of-the-year Europlanet Webinar we have something special in store. There will be two parts, beginning with film and music. Paolo Tanga from the Observatory of the Côte d’Azur in Nice will introduce the Venus Twilight Experiment and we will watch an excellent 30-minute long documentary on the subject. As an introduction to the second half, we will listen to and watch the Our Last Transit of Venus for Glass Armonica music video, with music composed by William Zeitler. We will hear ...
Juice and Smile: Unravelling magnetospheric processes on Ganymede and Earth
06 December 2024
In the last Juice webinar of 2024, organised in collaboration with Europlanet, we will hear two talks from Philippa Molyneux and Colin Forsyth. They will tell us about what we expect to learn studying magnetospheric processes at Ganymede with Juice and at the Earth with the upcoming Smile mission. These processes also cause the beautiful aurora that we have been treated with in many places on the planet in the past few years … a truly end-of-the-year feeling for you!
Ganymede’s aurora: st...
The Juice Lunar Earth Flyby: Perspectives From Navigation, Science and Radiation
27 September 2024
This third Europlanet Juice webinar consists of three short talks: Angela Dietz, spacecraft operations engineer at ESA/ESOC, talks about the Lunar Earth Gravity Assist, or LEGA, from a navigational and operational point of view. Claire Vallat, science operations scientist for the Juice mission at ESA/ESAC, talks about the LEGA from a science instruments point of view. Marco Pinto, research fellow at the Radiation Hardness Assurance and Component Analysis section at ESA/ESTEC talks about radiatio...
"It's Alive!" Astrobiology and Planetary Science in Science Fiction
24 September 2024
How does science fiction depict astrobiology and exoplanets? Has it evolved together with the fields? And can science fiction offer us any insights in scientific research or in outreach and education to inspire more people to take an interest in science? Dive into this seminar with Emma Johanna Puranen and Julie Nováková, researchers and science fiction nerds behind anthologies connecting astrobiology and sci-fi such as Life Beyond Us (2023), Around Distant Suns (2021) and Strangest of Al...
Juice - Lunar Earth Flyby: Perspectives from Navigation, Science & Radiation
20 September 2024
This third Europlanet Juice webinar consists of three short talks: Angela Dietz, spacecraft operations engineer at ESA/ESOC, talks about the Lunar Earth Gravity Assist, or LEGA, from a navigational and operational point of view. Claire Vallat, science operations scientist for the Juice mission at ESA/ESAC, talks about the LEGA from a science instruments point of view. Marco Pinto, research fellow at the Radiation Hardness Assurance and Component Analysis section at ESA/ESTEC talks about radiatio...
Evaluating our Impact on Planetary Science
30 July 2024
“Europlanet has delivered scientific insights and collaborations that simply would not have been possible without participation in its mobility programmes, due to the access it provides to facilities, equipment and expertise.”
In this session, Dr Jen DeWitt will share her experiences from evaluating the impact of the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure on the planetary science community and provide an overview of her findings, which include some surprising highlights. Commissioning ...
Juice - Induced magnetic fields - peeking below the surface Earth & Jovian moons
10 June 2024
In this session, Jakub Velímský (Charles University, Prague) and Adam Masters (Imperial College, London), give short talks about the motion-induced magnetic fields of the Earth’s oceans and how we might detect potential extraterrestrial ocean habitats using Juice. This is the second instalment of the Juice Science Webinar Series, a collaboration between Europlanet and the Juice team.
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JWST: A New Voyager for the Outer Solar System
21 May 2024
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JWST: A New Voyager for the Outer Solar System
The first two years of JWST scientific operations have produced a treasure trove of new discoveries, from the earliest galaxies and stars, to the myriad environments closer to home. Spectacular infrared images of all four giant planets have provided new views of their vigorous weather systems, wispy hazes, and ionospheric emissions, and revealed the delicate structures in their dusty and icy rings. But t...
Juice - mission update after one year in space.
14 April 2024
On the 14th April 2023, JUICE was launched from Kourou by the last but one Ariane 5 rocket. It will spend around 8 years travelling before reaching its destination: the Jupiter system and its icy moons. One year after launch, and it is time to discuss what has been done with the Juice team and what is the prospect for the coming years. The cruise phase from Earth to Jupiter could be perceived as eventless, we will show that this is far from the case! Juice Project Scientist Olivier Witasse and J...
Early Career Spotlight
19 March 2024
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Early Career Spotlight
This session will focus on tools for our early career community. Featuring short talks from EPEC and from space career specialists Derek Polowyj (Eden Scott), Joanne Oliver (SpaceCareers.UK) and Ross Crosby (Innoforge), we aim to provide you with practical tips and contacts to help you take your next career step.
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To Bennu & Back: What Asteroids Can Tell Us About the Origins of the Solar System
20 February 2024
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To Bennu & Back: what asteroids can tell us about the origins of the Solar System
In September 2023, OSIRIS-REx became only the third mission to return samples of an asteroid to Earth. Its target, the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu, holds important clues about the formation of the Solar System and the origins of water and life on Earth. Dr Ashley King (Natural History Museum, London, UK) will talk about the first results from the Bennu samples and why ...
Meet Your New Europlanet Society Executive Board Members
23 January 2024
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Meet Your New Europlanet Society Executive Board Members
What would you like to see from Europlanet in 2024? In this interactive instalment of the Europlanet Society Webinar Series, we introduce the new members of the Europlanet Society Executive and invite you to join the discussion about what Europlanet can do for the planetary science community as we go forward into 2024.
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Horizon Europe Space and Infrastructure Calls for 2024
28 November 2023
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Horizon Europe Space and Infrastructure Calls for 2024
In this webinar for Europlanet Society Members, Nigel Mason provides an overview of upcoming funding calls that may be of interest to the planetary and wider space community. We discuss guidance gathered from workshops and webinars held by the European Commission, as well as our own past experiences.
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Europlanet Expert Exchanges
29 November 2022
Europlanet Society Webinar: Past Case Studies and New Opportunities
The Expert Exchange Programme, funded through Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI), aims to support the mobilisation of the planetary community to share expertise and best practice and to prepare new facilities and services for integration into the RI. The programme provides funding for short visits (up to one week).
Objectives for an Europlanet Expert Exchange might be:
To improve infra...
The Europlanet Mentorship Programme
25 October 2022
Europlanet Society Webinar: The Europlanet Mentorship Programme
The planetary sciences and related fields are built on the foundation of sharing knowledge and making it accessible to all. In August 2020, Europlanet launched the Mentorship platform with the aim to support early career researchers. The platform is built to help early career scientists to develop expertise, ask questions and discuss career plans with the support of more established members of the planetary community....
How Machine Learning Data Challenges Can Help Tackle Planetary Problems
11 October 2022
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lanet Society Webinar: Take the Challenge - How Machine Learning Data Challenges Can Help Tackle Planetary Problems
Machine learning has revolutionised data analysis in many fields of science and industry, and examples of machine learning being used in planetary and exoplanetary research are currently increasing at an almost exponential rate. Running data challenges has proved an effective way of harnessing expertise and bringing the planetary community and other data an...
The Funding Landscape
28 June 2022
Europlanet Society Webinar: The Funding Landscape
The next round of funding calls from the European Horizon Europe programme is being issued with opportunities for the planetary science community In this webinar these opportunities and those open In Europlanet programme will be summarised.
We will also present an update on sustainability planning for Europlanet, including the formation of a new international Europlanet Association under Belgian law, which will provide a permane...
Amateur Astronomy in Planetary Science
31 May 2022
Europlanet Society Webinar:
Amateur Astronomy in Planetary Science – A Golden Age of Collaborations
Astronomy is one of the few sciences where non-professional scientists equipped only with modest means can acquire data that opens new discoveries. In recent years professional astronomers have become more aware of the immense potential offered by professional and amateur collaborations, and a vast number of citizen science projects have flourished. These projects engage not only...
Public Engagement in the Planetary Community
26 April 2022
Europlanet Society Webinar:
Public Engagement in the Planetary Community
Are you looking for funding to kickstart an outreach or education project related to planetary science? Or have you run a successful public engagement project for which you deserve some recognition?
Europlanet awards grants of between 1 000 and 5 000 Euros to fund projects to engage the public with planetary science. Through the funding scheme, Europlanet aims to encourage new ways of sharing planetary...
ESA Human and Robotic Exploration
29 March 2022
Europlanet Society Webinar:
ESA Human and Robotic Exploration – A Strategy for the Next Decade
ESA is preparing its new strategy for the next decade. In this webinar Nigel Mason (member of the Human and Robotic Exploration science review panel), James Carpenter (Discipline Lead for Planetary Science in the Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration and Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu (Discipline Lead for Physical Sciences in the Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration), will...
Pathway to Writing Proposals with Impact
22 February 2022
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Pathway to Writing Proposals with Impact
The section on impact is as important as the sections on scientific excellence and management in EU funding bids, but consortia preparing proposals often struggle to know how to approach it. The template for Horizon Europe proposals is shorter and more structured than for previous funding frameworks, and requires applicants to set out a credible pathway to sustainable outcomes and impact.
This webinar introduces:
How ...
Europe and the New Space Race
25 January 2022
Europlanet Society Webinar:
Europe and the New Space Race
In a recent interview, Niklas Nienass, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany in the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, spoke to Livia Giacomini (Europlanet Society) about his vision for space science in Europe. In this webinar, Europlanet Society Members will have the opportunity to discuss the points raised and feed back opinions from the Community to Mr Nienass.
The discussion points are:
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Applying for a Research Fellowship
08 September 2021
Europlanet Society Webinar:
Applying for a Research Fellowship
The first step towards developing an independent research career is to secure your own Fellowship, in which you can develop your research ideas and even your own research team.
There are a multitude of national and International research funding opportunities aimed at providing ‘the best early career researchers’ with personal Fellowships, including the famous Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships and the Europea...
Horizon Europe – what’s in it for me?
28 July 2021
Europlanet Society Webinar:
Horizon Europe – what’s in it for me?
Members of the Europlanet community have been highly successful in being awarded grants under the European Commission’s previous Framework and Horizon 2020 programmes.
In June the EC launched Horizon Europe, its new and highly ambitious research and innovation programme that focuses on several themes. Faced by, literally, thousands of pages and PowerPoints it is easy to be overwhelmed and not spot the cal...