Hosted by the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University, Sydney

International Astronomical Union Symposium 213

"Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the Stars"

Great Barrier Reef, 8-12 July 2002

Opened by Apollo astronaut and geologist Dr Harrison Schmitt

In tandem with the Fulbright Symposium     "Science Education in Partnership"   Introduction  The Great Barrier Reef Science program The Whitsunday Islands  Poster papers  Useful Web links    Plenary and invited speakers  Committees    The above picture is of the Heart Reef near Hamilton Island where the Bioastronomy Conference will be held. The natural formation is one of the many wonders of the Great Barrier Reef

Sponsors Australian Centre for Astrobiology   SETI Institute, California NASA Astrobiology Institute International Astronomical Union     Australia Telescope National   Facility    Anglo Australian Observatory     University of Western Sydney  Fantasea   Hamilton Island   Heli-Aust Tourism

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