This International Mars Conference will be held in the Island of Ischia. Ischia is a beautiful island, located in the Gulf of Napoli, with important natural hot springs that aretestimony of the secondary volcanic activity of the near Vesuvio volcano. The conference will last all the third week of September and will be focused on the results of 2004 Mars Exploration campaign and implication for future planning. The Italian Space Agency intends to offer to the international community, involved in the on going Martian missions, the occasion for an extensive presentation of the first results, but also the possibility of a round table confrontation of ideas and perspective for the next future of the scientific exploration of Mars.

September 19-23, 2004

Location: Ischia Island, Italy

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