EPSC-DPS2025 – One Week to Go!

The Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) and the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) 2025 is almost here! With 1900 abstracts submitted, we are expecting this to be the biggest planetary science conference held in Europe to date.

If you haven’t yet registered to attend (in person or virtually), there is still time.

If you join us in person, feel free to view the guide on how to reach the congress venue once you are in Helsinki, the floor plans, childcare services, and the poster printing service. Our wonderful Local Organizing Committeehas also prepared a list of non-congress events taking place throughout the week, as well as an overview of food and sauna options.

Things to look out for during the week (all times EEST / UTC +3)

Europlanet, EPEC and DPS Booths (all week) – come and see us in the exhibition to find out more about who we are, what we do and how you can get involved!
EPEC@EPSC-DPS2025 (all week) – the Europlanet Early Career Network (EPEC) has organised a packed programme of events, workshops and social activities for early careers attending the meeting.
ESA Community Room (all week) – the European Space Agency will be running intros to their programmes, services and opportunities, tutorials on tools and proposal writing, data cafes and more in the ESA Community Room (Level 2, between poster areas)
Keynotes, debates and prize lectures (all week) – presentations and debates by leading members of the community and those honoured in this year’s DPS awards and Europlanet medals.
Diversity Lecture (Sun, 7 Sep, 17:00-18:00) and Icebreaker (18:00-21:00) – doors open at Finlandia Hall for name-badge pick up from 16:00 on Sunday, so come along to join our Diversity Keynote with Anne Liljeström (Ursa Astronomical Association) and meet fellow participants at the Icebreaker.
Morning briefings (Mon-Fri, 08:30-08:55), presented by Dr Niamh Shaw and guests, will give an informal guide to what’s going on at EPSC-DPS2025 each day. Grab a coffee and join us in the the Lightning Area or online (recordings also posted asap).
Opening Ceremony (Mon, 8 Sep, 11:00-11:55) – the official welcome to the meeting.
EPEC General Assembly (Mon, 8 Sep, 12:00-12:30) – EPEC will present early career events at EPSC-DPS2025 and upcoming activities. Meet the team, ask questions and find out more!
The Europlanet General Assembly (Tue, 9 Sep, 12:30-14:00) and the DPS Members Meeting (Wed, 10 Sep, 12:30-14:00) – find out how the societies behind EPSC-DPS2025 are serving their communities and how to get involved!
E-SPIN (Tue, 9 Sep, 19:30-21:00) – the second Europlanet Space Innovation Night (E-SPIN) debates the hot topic of The Use of Machine Learning in Planetary Sciences: Opportunities, Challenges, and Risks.
Stakeholders Forum (Thu, 11 Sep, 19:00-20:30) – a dialogue with funders, agencies and other key stakeholders in the planetary science community
Farewell Event (Fri, 12 Sep, 16:00-16:30) – wrap up the EPSC-DPS2025 experience with pancakes,