The EAI ACADEMY is an international educational program broadcasted by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA), Madrid. It provides a framework to meet online with the European astrobiology community and to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge through a series of seminars given by experts in these fields.
The Academy audience connects from more than 32 countries and all continents, with an average participation of 120 attendees per seminar. Past editions are accesible through the CAB youtube channel (CAB website 2021-2022, 2022-2023).
The EAI Academy program for the academic year 2023-2024 will start on October 4th 2023. The seminars are offered for free and are streamed online via zoom every two weeks on Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CET (Madrid time). The talks will be given by world-renowned experts, who answer the questions raised by the public after their talk. All seminars will be recorded for future availability in the CAB youtube channel and the EAI Youtube Channel
At the end of the academic year, CAB awards a certificate of participation to those who attend at least 10 seminars. In order for us to keep track of the attendance, you will need to enter your name and affiliation in the seminar chat when you enter the room (Zoom).
If you were part of the program in previous years your email is already in the distribution list and you DO NOT NEED TO SUBSCRIBE again. If you want to register to the EAI Academy distribution list, please include your information here.
We will soon post an update with the schedule of the year, and the list speakers.
List of Presenters & Topics
previous years
Click on the buttons below to see the program, speakers and topics of the previous years.
All the seminars are recorded and available on the CAB youtube channel and the EAI Youtube Channel
Frequently asked questions
The seminars offer a wide range of topics, such as: “Trips to the outer solar system”, “Habitability of ExoPlanets”, “Life in the dark” and “CoEvolotion of planetary geospheres, atmospheres, and biospheres”.
The sessions will be hosted by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB). If you wish to be included in the EAI-Academy email distribution list to receive the zoom link and meeting access code, please write your full name, institutional affiliation and contact email here.
The CAB will deliver a certificate of participation to those who attend at least 10 seminars. The audience registration will take place, during each session, in the zoom session chat where each member of the audience will include their full name, institution and email for our registration. The individual final certificate will include each of the seminars the applicant has attended.
Additionally, the University of Tartu will award 3 ECTS and a digitally stamped certificate to those who attend a minimum of 10 lectures and complete either a short review of the topic of their own choosing from the list of the EAI Academy lecture series or create a Wikipedia entry about a subject of their choice covered by the seminar, and peer-review one home assignment by a fellow participant.
If you wish to receive credits, you must register for the continuing learning program at the University of Tartu here and send an email to riho.motlep(at)ut.ee, providing your contact information (Name, Country of Residence, affiliation) before the 31st October 2021.
The seminars will be recorded and made available permanently on the CAB YouTube channel.
