Planetary Sciences

PS01 - Exploring Mercury - From MESSENGER to BepiColombo
*Dr. Jorn Helbert (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
Prof. Sho Sasaki (Osaka University, Japan)

PS02 - Microwave and Infrared Remote Sensing of Solar System Objects
*Dr. Paul Hartogh (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany)
Prof. Sheng-Cai Shi (Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS, China)
Dr. Samuel Gulkis (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States)
Prof. Yasuko Kasai (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Prof. Yi-Jehng Kuan (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

PS03 - Polarimetry of Planetary Systems:Observations, Theory and Models
*Dr. Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Science Institute, United States)
Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, United States)
Dr. Shashikiran Ganesh (Physical Research Laboratory, India)
Dr. Lucyna Chudczer (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dr. Vijay Natraj (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States)
Dr. Jun Takahashi (University of Hyogo, Japan)
Prof. Motohide Tamura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

PS04 - Comets, Asteroids and Other Small Bodies of the Solar System: From 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to Chariklo
*Dr. Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Science Institute, United States)
Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, United States)
Dr. Shashikiran Ganesh (Physical Research Laboratory, India)
Dr. Joo Hyeon Kim (Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea, South)
Dr. Jian-Yang Li (Planetary Science Institute, United States)
Dr. Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Tegourf (Univ. of P and M Curie, France)

PS05 - Solar Wind Interaction With Planetary Environments
*Dr. Dominique Delcourt (Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas - French National Centre for Scientific Research, France)
Dr. Kanako Seki (Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan)
Dr. Pontus Brandt (The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States)
Mr. Robert Lillis (University of California Berkeley, United States)
Dr. Francois Leblanc (French National Centre for Scientific Research, France)
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India)
Prof. Yasumasa Kasaba (Tohoku University, Japan)

PS07 - Icy Satellites and Rings
*Dr. Mathieu Choukroun (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States)
Dr. Jun Kimura (Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Dr. Frank Postberg (Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany)
Dr. Frank Sohl (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
Dr. Athena Coustenis (Paris Observatory, France)
Dr. Steven Vance (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States)

PS08-06 - Outer Planets and Their Exoplanetary Analogs
*Dr. Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University, Taiwan)
Prof. Sushil Atreya (University of Michigan, United States)
Dr. Linda Spilker (NASA/JPL, United States)
Prof. Takehiko Satoh (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India)
Prof. Olivier Grasset (University of Nantes, France)
Dr. Norbert Krupp (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany)

PS09 - Future and Current Space Missions and Instrumentation for Space and Planetary Science
*Dr. Yoshifumi Saito (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
Prof. Jongho Seon (Kyung Hee University, Korea, South)
Prof. Andrew Yau (University of Calgary, Canada)
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India)

PS10 - Science and Exploration of Mars and Venus
*Dr. Varun Sheel (Physical Research Laboratory, India)
Dr. Sharad Seth (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Sheth R.A. College of Science, India)
Dr. Takeshi Imamura (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)

PS11 - Origin and Evolution of Habitable Planets and Satellites
*Dr. Yasuhito Sekine (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Rajmal Jain (Physical Research Laboratory, India)
Prof. John Hernlund (Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Prof. Akihiko Yamagishi (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan)
Prof. Feng Tian (Tsinghua University, China)
Dr. Steven Vance (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States)

PS12 - Science and Exploration of the Moon
*Prof. Takahiro Iwata (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India)
Dr. Gordon Chin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
Dr. Kyeong Ja Kim (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea, South)
Prof. Tatsuaki Okada (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
Dr. Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University, Taiwan)
Prof. Long Xiao (China University of Geosciences, China)
Prof. James Carpenter (European Space Agency, Netherlands)

PS13 - Exploration and Science of Atmosphere of the Earth and other Planets: General Session
*Dr. Som Kumar Sharma (Physical Research Laboratory, India)
Dr. Shikha Raizada (Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, USA, United States)
Dr. Harish Gadhavi (National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, India)
Dr. P K Rajesh (National Central University, Taiwan)
Prof. Kandula Niranjan (Andhra University, India)
Prof. Shantanu Rastogi (Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, India)

PS14 - Small Satellites and Advanced Technologies for Planetary Science Missions
*Mr. Dhiren Kataria (University College London, United Kingdom)
Prof. Masato Nakamura (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
Dr. Jun Cui (Nanjing University, China)

PS15 - General Planetary Sceinces
*Prof. Noriyuki Namiki (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan)