{"id":1418,"date":"2024-07-15T09:31:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T08:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:34:16","slug":"kick-off-meeting-of-cost-action-planets-held-in-torun-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/kick-off-meeting-of-cost-action-planets-held-in-torun-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick-Off Meeting of COST Action PLANETS Held in Torun, Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the COST Action &#8220;Planets: The Birth of Solar Systems&#8221; held its highly anticipated kick-off meeting from 9-11 July 2024 in the historic city of Torun, Poland.<\/p>\n<p>This groundbreaking initiative aims to create a multidisciplinary network that integrates experiments, models, and observations to study disc evolution and planet formation. By combining these critical elements, the Action seeks to build a comprehensive and holistic understanding of how Solar Systems are formed.<\/p>\n<p>One of the meeting&#8217;s highlights was a keynote talk by Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physics-astronomy\/people\/1006\/mason-nigel\">Nigel Mason<\/a>, co-director of <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/\">KAIROS<\/a>, who emphasised the importance of laboratory data and discussed the challenges of replicating astronomical conditions in the lab. Following the insightful presentations, discussion sessions outlined plans for a significant laboratory campaign and proposed the formation of pan-European consortia.<\/p>\n<p>This Action will provide the necessary structure and funding to develop a robust research framework, offer training to the next generation of scientists, and disseminate findings to key stakeholders, furthering our understanding of Solar System formation.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the COST Action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cost.eu\/actions\/CA22133\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Exciting times are ahead for the solar system formation research community as this initiative sets the stage for significant scientific advancements and collaborative efforts across Europe. \ud83c\udf0c\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the COST Action &#8220;Planets: The Birth of Solar Systems&#8221; held its highly anticipated kick-off meeting from 9-11 July 2024 in the historic city of Torun, Poland. This groundbreaking initiative aims to create a multidisciplinary network that integrates experiments, models, and observations to study disc evolution and planet formation. By combining these critical elements, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2050,"featured_media":1421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences-talks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2050"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1424,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/1424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/kairos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}