
On-site Conferences
Rocky Worlds Conferences are focused on facilitating in-person debate between researchers from exoplanet astronomy, geosciences, and astrobiology. The next in-person conference, Rocky Worlds IV, will take place in January 2026 in Groningen/Netherlands.

Zurich, Switzerland
Organisers:
Paolo Sossi, Sascha Quanz, Caroline Dorn, Emeline Bolmont, Tim Lichtenberg, Christophe Lovis, Amy Bonsor, Paul Tackley
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Participants:
170, in-person: 140, online: 30
Oxford, United Kingdom
Organisers:
Tim Lichtenberg, Amy Bonsor, Oliver Shorttle, Vivien Parmentier, James Bryson, Jayne Birkby, Colin Wilson, Raymond Pierrehumbert
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Participants:
209, in-person: 105, online: 104


Cambridge, United Kingdom
Organisers:
Amy Bonsor, Oliver Shorttle, Helen Williams, Paul Rimmer, James Bryson, Mihkel Kama, Mark Wyatt, Sue Kaufman
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Participants:
89, external: 51, internal: 38