28 -29 -30 th SEPTEMBER 2001 PALAIS DE LA DÉCOUVERTE PARIS

Registration is open !

Register as soon as you can to secure your participation to this outstanding event ! Number of attendees will be constrained by the hosting capacity of the Palais de la Decouverte. There you will encounter and hear some of the great figures of the scientific and human adventure of Mars exploration, such as Jacques Blamont (French Academy of Sciences), Francis Rocard, Andre Brack, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Robert Zubrin, Pascal Lee, and many more… as well as astronautics engineers and not to forget champions of Mars outreach, such as Gilles Dawidowicz, Charles Frankel, Olivier de Goursac.

The convention language will be English.

How to register ?

Easy : fill in the registration form and send it, with your check or after filling the data for credit card payment, to the following address (headquarters of the French chapter) :

Association Planète Mars, 28, rue de la Gaîté, 75014-PARIS

Payments according to the following rates :

Professionals *	: 200 Euros or 1300 FRF
Non Professionals :
Members of the Mars Society "**	: 50 Euros or 330 FRF
Non members	: 100 Euros ou 650 FRF
Students or under 25	: 30 Euros or 200 FRF

*     whose registration is paid by their employer
**   members of The Mars Society and / or of one of its international chapters.

Provisional agenda

The final agenda will be issued after processing of all proposed abstracts and after securing definitely the participation of invited lecturers. Up to now we foresee what follows.

FRIDAY 28

09h30 - 11h00	REGISTRATION
	Visit of the Palais de la Decouverte and of the "Objectif Mars" exhibit
11h00 - 12h30	PLENARY SESSION I
	Welcome. Presentation of The Mars Society, association "Planète Mars" (french chapter) and convention schedule. Address from R. Zubrin and high-ranked representatives.
14h30 - 17h30	TECHNICAL SESSIONS 1
	Session 1A : Man to Mars (technical aspects). Session 1B : Man to Mars (human aspects). Session 1C : Man on Mars (living there).
17h30 - 18h30	PLENARY SESSION II
	Life on Mars : fiction and facts.

SATURDAY 29

09h30 – 12h30	TECHNICAL SESSIONS 2
	Session 2A : Man on Mars (exploring). Session 2B : Discovering the planet (from telescopic observations to space era).
12h30 - 13h30	PLENARY SESSION III
	To be confirmed (about space exploration results).
14h30 – 17h30	TECHNICAL SESSIONS 3
	Session 3A : Robotic exploration. Session 3B : Promotion and Mars Society projects.
17h30 - 18h30	PLENARY SESSION IV
	Lessons learned from Haughton.

SUNDAY 30

09h30 – 12h30	TECHNICAL SESSIONS 4
	Session 4A : Mars and Life. Session 4B : Mars and Education.
12h30 – 13h30	CLOSING SESSION
	Mars : the adventure of the new century. Final address.

Information about your stay in Paris

Note that the following week is the week of the International Astronautical Federation congress, in Toulouse (south of France).