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7 March 2024

Habitable Worlds Observatory START & TAG Meeting on 11 – 13 March 2024

The next Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) Science, Technology, Architecture Review Team (START) and Technical Assessment Group (TAG) meeting will be held in Pasadena, CA on 11 – 13 March 2024.

In-person attendance is limited to START members, TAG members, and Working Group Co-Chairs, but the meeting will be broadcast publicly via WebEx: connection information can be found below. The meeting agenda is posted on this Google Sheet.

During the meeting, discussion amongst virtual attendees will occur in the #f2f_meetings channel of the HWO_Community Slack workspace: use this link to join that workspace.

For more information about HWO meetings, see the HWO meetings web page.

To receive email updates about HWO, please sign up for our HWO-News email list by sending an email to hwo-news-join@lists.nasa.gov (no subject line or body text required). You will receive an email requiring you to confirm your email address: follow the instructions in that email to confirm your subscription.

To sign up for one or more HWO working groups, use the links in column E of this Google Sheet.

WebEx Connection Information for the Meeting

WebEx Link
Meeting number: 2830 535 4921
Meeting password: nressHD24! (67377432 from phones and video systems)

To join by phone:
Dial +1-929-251-9612 United States Toll (New York City)

Dial +1-415-527-5035 United States Toll

Access code: 283 053 54921

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