Europlanet Society promotes the advancement of European planetary science and related fields for the benefit of the community and is open to individual members and organizations. Anyone with an active interest in planetary science (whether academic or industrial, professional or hobbyist) is welcome to join the Society.

Our objectives:

• Expand and support a diverse and inclusive planetary community across Europe through the activities of our 10 regional centers.
• Build the profile of our sector through outreach, education and policy activities.
• Support Europe's key role in planetary science by developing links at the national and international level.

The Society is the parent body of the annual Europlanet Scientific Congress (EPSC), the largest annual meeting on planetary science in Europe. Launched in September 2018, Europlanet Society builds on the 15-year legacy of Europlanet projects funded by the European Commission and provides a sustainable platform for the infrastructure, virtual access facilities, tools and services developed through these. activities.

The Europlanet Society is governed by an elected Executive Board and its activities are supported by Committees and Working Groups drawn from its members. The Executive Office of the Society is hosted and administered by the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg.

The Spain & Portugal Regional Hub is the Europlanet Society node for the Iberian Peninsula. Created in 2019, its purpose is to promote and facilitate the achievement of the objectives of the Europlanet Society in Spain and Portugal by developing links between them and with the rest of Europe through the creation of collaborative work networks in these areas.

The composition of the Committee that coordinates the Iberian Node is:

• Chair: Miguel A. López-Valverde (IAA/CSIC, Granada)
• Vice-Chair & Representative for Portugal: Gabriella Gilli (IA, Lisbon)
• Representative for Spain: Adriano Campo Bagatín (Univ. Alicante)
• Secretary: Francisco González Galindo (IAA/CSIC)
• Early Career Rep. Spain: Juan Luis Rizos (University of Maryland)
• Early Career Rep. Portugal: José Eduardo Silva (IA, Lisbon)
• Outreach & Communication Spain: Juan Ángel Vaquerizo (CAB)
• Outreach & Communication Portugal: João Retre (IA, Lisbon)
• Industry Officer (Spain): Andrés Catalán (PAE, Madrid)
• Industry Officer (Portugal): Marta Gonçalves (Portugal Space, Lisbon)
• Diversity Officer: João Faria (IA, Porto)
• Amateur Community Officer: Joaquín Álvaro (FAAE/AstroCuenca)

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El EPSC 2022 tendrá lugar en el Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Granada, del 18 al 23 de septiembre de 2022 

El Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) es el principal encuentro europeo sobre ciencia planetaria. Originalmente conocido como el Congreso Europeo de Ciencias Planetarias, el primer EPSC se celebró en Berlín en 2006. EPSC es la principal plataforma de difusión para la comunidad europea de ciencias planetarias y es la reunión anual de la Europlanet Society. Las reuniones de EPSC cubren todo el ámbito de las ciencias planetarias y tienen un estilo claramente interactivo, con una amplia combinación de charlas, talleres y carteles, destinados a proporcionar un entorno estimulante para que la comunidad se reúna.

Como sabéis este año tenemos la suerte de celebrar el Europlanet Science Conference 2022 en Granada, donde el LOC está preparando con mucho trabajo y no poca ilusión un congreso presencial en el que poder volver a vernos y retomar la comunicación científica presencial y directa. Este mensaje pretende animaros a participar en el congreso recordandoos algunos deadlines que se van acercando.

EPSC, 18-23 Septiembre 2022

https://www.epsc2022.eu

Este año el EPSC se celebra conjuntamente con la conferencia EANA: European Astrobiology Network Association, y tendrá un importante foco en temas de astrobiología, sin olvidar las sesiones tradicionales del congreso que incluye todo el ámbito de las ciencias planetarias y los exoplanetas, incluyendo también sesiones en ámbitos que van desde el outreach de ciencias planetarias a la astronomía amateur.

Programa científico: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc2022/sessionprogramme

Dear colleagues,

I would like to promote an open Post-doc position in Belgium in the field of spectroscopy applied to planetary atmospheres.
The project is a joint investigation between UCLouvain and BIRA-IASB.

All details can be found here:
https://aeronomie.be/en/vacancies/scientist-mfx-2

Deadline for application: 30/09.

Could you please forward this to interested young minds?

Thank you very much,

Kind regards,
Séverine

"The Planetary Science team at the University of Alicante (Spain) is issuing this Fall a 1+1 yr postdoc position in the frame of a coordinated national project with Dr. Jens Ormö at CAB-INTA in Madrid.  The project is called CRATERS.The UA leg is more focussed on statistical work and numerical modelling with application to small bodies and related to the DART (NASA) and Hera (ESA) space missions. Please, don't hesitate to ask for more details.

Also, other positions to join our group are available under our regional program. Most calls will open in early Fall. Our group is currently involved in the DART and Hera missions, but our research interests span from collisional evolution to statistics, dynamics and internal structure of small bodies (asteroids, comets and TNOs). Candidates with observational background are also welcome. Some positions need to be backed by our research group and Institute, so, please, contact Adriano Campo Bagatin (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you are interested.

More information.

Feel free to forward this to potentially interested people."

ESA postdoctoral research program for scientists and engineers. The application submission deadline is September 19.

All details at:  https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/space-science-faculty/opportunities/research-fellowships

The official magazine of Europlanet, the European community for planetary science.

This first issue has a strong focus on Mars, including European contributions to current missions, experimental research in labs and in the field, and outreach initiatives to engage the next generation. We look back at the origins of Europlanet and its links to the Cassini-Huygens mission at the beginning of this century. We also have updates on the Winchcombe meteorite and on several new partnerships to support planetary science.

Please check out Issue 1 and share with your networks to help us spread the word.

The second issue highlights some of the exciting science supported by Europlanet's transnational access program, including an experimental project to recreate Martian flows in the lab, field campaigns in Botswana and Greenland, and virtual access to facilities in Korea.

This network currently provides access to 16 different telescope facilities distributed all over the world, with telescopes up to 2 meters in diameter, 14 of which are either robotic or provide service observations, and continue to operate despite COVID-19. Proposals are invited on any topic broadly related to Solar System or exoplanet observations. Short proposals (max 3 pages) and can be submitted at any time; decisions on funding are made on a bi-monthly basis.

Further details on the call and on how to apply can be found at the call website [https://bit.ly/2Br5LDt]; our telescope table [https://bit.ly/31zYpa1] holds a broad range of information and contact data on all the facilities in the network. To apply, please contact the relevant facilities first, agree on observing time, and then submit your funding proposal. If you have further questions on the call or if you are interested in organizing a coordinated observations campaign that would like to make use of the Europlanet Telescope Network, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Proposals are also invited for support to host workshops on any topic related to observational planetary science. Europlanet is particularly keen to support meetings bringing together professional and amateur astronomers, and/or on observations supporting space missions, but all relevant topics will be considered. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to propose ideas or for more information.