A photo of a group of people standing outside in front of a red and white building.
A photo of the participants of the Habitable Worlds Observatory face to face meeting, which took place in Rochester, NY in October 2024.
NASA/HQ/Megan Ansdell and STScI/Marc Postman

Present at the meeting were members of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) Project office, HWO working group chairs, early career researchers, and various other representatives from NASA centers.  The public was invited to participate virtually.  The meeting agenda is provided here.

Below are the various talks from the meeting, with the talk titles linked to PDF files containing the slides used, and with the recording labels linked to recordings of the meeting.

Posters from the Poster session can be found in this folder.

Day 1: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Title
Speaker
Watch on YouTube
Julie Crooke (NASA HQ)
Lee Feinberg (GSFC)
Extended Q&A with Project Office
Mike Menzel & Alice Liu (GSFC)
Giada Arney (GSFC) & Science Working Group Co-Chairs
Rachael Beaton (STScI) & Evan Scannapieco (ASU)
Kim-Vy Tran (CfA)
Bertrand Mennesson (JPL)

Day 2: Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Title
Speaker
Watch on YouTube
Welcome Back & Logistics
Megan Andsell (NASA HQ)
Aki Roberge (GSFC)
Big Picture Chart Panel 2: Observation Quality vs. Observatory Capability
Breann Sitarski (GSFC)
Big Picture Chart Panel 3: Observatory Capability vs. Engineering Challenge
John Ziemer (JPL)
Q & A
Other Breakouts
High-Contrast Post-Processing & Con Ops Discussion
Mike McElwain (GSFC) & Dimitri Mawet (Caltech)
Megan Ansdell (NASA HQ)
Josh Pepper (NASA HQ)

Day 3: Thursday, October 24, 2024

Title
Speaker
Watch on YouTube
Julie Crooke (NASA HQ)
Matt Bolcar (GSFC) & Feng Zhao (JPL)
Mark Clampin Remarks
Mark Clampin (NASA HQ)
SCDD Leads
Rob Zellem (GSFC) & Raissa Estrella (JPL)
Wrap Up & Path Forward
Scott Smith (GSFC)