The Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON) brings scientists and experts in the Astrobiology field from Europe and beyond. BEACON will take place at the La Palma & Teneguía Princess Hotel on La Palma Island from May, 8th to 12th 2023.

BEACON topics will be:

Evolution and Traces of Early Life and Life under Extreme Condition
Tracing Life and Identifying Habitable Environments
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems and Detection of Habitable Worlds
Biosignatures and the Detection of Life beyond Earth
Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Planets, Moons and Life
The Pathway to Complexity: From Simple Molecules to First Life
Historical, Philosophical, Societal and Ethical Issues in Astrobiology
Protoplanetary Disks and their Physical and Chemical Processes
Planetary Environments and Habitability

La Palma offers a multitude of relevant research infrastructures (telescopes) and locations (active volcanoes, recent lava fields, Mars-analogue landscapes, etc.). We will visiting many of these sites.

Abstract submission deadline: 31st, Jan 2023.

Conference organised by the European Astrobiology Institute.