missions now exploring the Red planet, as well as reports on the historic four-month Mars mission simulation at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island, 900 miles from the North Pole, and the seventh season of the Mars Desert Research Station. There will also be extensive political discussions and planning meetings on how we can make use of the current fluid political situation to turn NASA's space policy into a real exploration initiative that can get humans to Mars in our time. The agenda will also include a wide assortment of panels and debates concerning key issues bearing on Mars exploration and settlement, a banquet with lots of fun entertainment, and plenary addresses from many prominent leaders of the effort to get humans to Mars. Prior conventions have drawn thousands of participants from all over the world and received extensive press coverage in many leading international media. This year's conference should be the most exciting event to date.

1.The Question of Life on Mars

2.Latest Findings from the Mars Probes

3.Plans for the Missions of 2009 and Beyond

4.Concepts for Future Robotic Mars Missions

5.Plans for Human Mars Missions

6.Advanced Propulsion

7.Launch Vehicles for Mars Exploration

8.Long Range Mobility on Mars

9.Life Support and Biomedical Factors

10.Human Factors and Crew Composition

11.In-situ Resource Utilization

12.Habitat construction and industrial infrastructure

13.Martian agriculture/aquaculture and greenhouse/greenhab technology

14.The First Martians, a permanent base on Mars

15.Terraforming - Creating an Ecology for Mars

16.How Martian technology can help life on Earth

17.Getting really far out, technologies for getting beyond the solar system

18.Analog Studies Relating to Mars Exploration

19.The Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station

20.The Mars Desert Research Station

21.The Spaceward Bound program at MDRS

22.Rovers, robots and mobile agents; technology to assist human exploration

23.Independent Study - reports from student groups

24.The benefits of Space Exploration for humanity

25.Public Policy for Mars Exploration

26.Concepts for Privately Funded Mars Missions

27.International cooperation and agencies

28.Law, Governance, and social systems for Mars

29.Moonbase: Making the moon work for Mars

30.Why Mars?

31.Philosophical Implications of Mars Exploration

32.Educating the next generation of Marsnauts

33.Poetry slam

34.Martian Film Festival

35.Political Action

36.Chapter tools and outreach strategies

37.Proposed Projects for the Mars Society

38.Song contest, art gallery, literature reading and more

Presentations for the convention are invited dealing with all matters (science, engineering, politics, economics, public policy, etc.) associated with the exploration and settlement of Mars. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent by June 30th 2008 to: The Mars Society, PO Box 1312, Big Piney WY, 83113 or via email to: Marsabstracts@aol.com. (e-mail submission preferred.)

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