15th ELSI International Symposium: Redefining the Limits of Detection – Tracing Life From the Deep Past to Planetary Frontiers
January 6, 2027 - January 8, 2027
Date: January 6-8, 2027
Location: Institute of Science Tokyo, Ookayama Campus, Tokyo, Japan
Registration/Poster Deadline: November 30, 2026
(Poster submissions may close earlier if capacity is reached.)
How can we distinguish traces of life from non-biological signals when evidence approaches the limits of detection? The symposium will bring together researchers in planetary science, geoscience, biology, chemistry, and astronomy to discuss biosignatures in ancient terrestrial rocks and extreme environments, life detection on Mars and icy moons, sample return missions and laboratory analyses, and atmospheric signatures of exoplanets.
For more information and registration: https://sympo15.elsi.jp