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.