BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//astrosociety.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:24888d36-d94c-4844-92f6-f78b5beac20c X-WR-CALDESC:The Silicon Valley Lecture Series is back in person and talks will be available on the YouTube channel post event for viewing at your co nvenience.\n\nOn Wednesday\, Nov 19\, 2025 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Alfonso Dav ila (NASA Ames Research Center) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-techn ical lecture entitled: \n \n'The Search for Life on Saturn’s Intriguing Moon Enceladus' \n \nin the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Lo s Altos (see directions below) \n \nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astr onomy Lecture Series\, now in its 26th year. \n \nIn 2005\, the Cassini spacecraft made a groundbreaking discovery—it found a massive plume of ice and gas erupting from the south pole of Enceladus\, a small but geologica lly active moon of Saturn. The plume is now believed to originate from a s ubsurface ocean of liquid water beneath the moon’s icy crust\, with condit ions compatible with life\, as we know it. This talk will focus on our cur rent understanding of Enceladus' plume and subsurface ocean\, and on strat egies to search in them for possible evidence of life. \n \nAlfonso Davila is a Research Scientist in the Exobiology branch at NASA Ames Research Ce nter\, where he helps develop strategies to search for evidence of life be yond Earth. He also conducts theoretical and experimental research on the nature and distribution of life in Earth environments that are considered analogous to extraterrestrial settings. His work investigates factors tha t affect biological potential and biosignature preservation in those envir onments. He has been a guest speaker at international conferences and a gu est lecturer in universities and research institutes in the US\, Canada\, South America and Europe.\n \nFoothill College is just off the El Monte Ro ad exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos. \nFor directions and parking inf ormation\, see: https://foothill.edu/parking/ \nFor a campus map\, to fin d the Smithwick Theater (Bldg. 1000)\, see: \nhttps://foothill.edu/map/ \nNote: Parking lot 1 is closest\, with access to the theater by stairs. Parking lot 5 provides access from the same elevation as the theater.\n \n The lecture is co-sponsored by: \n* The Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The SETI Institute and\n* The Astronomic al Society of the Pacific \n\n-----------------------\nFoothill College is just off the El Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos\, Californi a\n \nFor directions and parking information as well as a campus map to find the Smithwick theater\, see ilnks below.\n\nNOTE: Parking lot 1 is c losest\, with access to the theater by stairs. Parking lot 5 provides acc ess from the same elevation as the theater.\n\n--------------- X-WR-RELCALID:56cc2c5ccc188e5de15f1929ce450b04 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20260308T020000 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f4d03209-5a04-47bb-83b3-8274fc9ca7a0 DTSTAMP:20260421T192251Z DESCRIPTION:The Silicon Valley Lecture Series is back in person and talks w ill be available on the YouTube channel post event for viewing at your con venience.\n\nOn Wednesday\, Nov 19\, 2025 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Alfonso Davi la (NASA Ames Research Center) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-techni cal lecture entitled: \n \n'The Search for Life on Saturn’s Intriguing Moon Enceladus' \n \nin the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos (see directions below) \n \nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astro nomy Lecture Series\, now in its 26th year. \n \nIn 2005\, the Cassini s pacecraft made a groundbreaking discovery—it found a massive plume of ice and gas erupting from the south pole of Enceladus\, a small but geological ly active moon of Saturn. The plume is now believed to originate from a su bsurface ocean of liquid water beneath the moon’s icy crust\, with conditi ons compatible with life\, as we know it. This talk will focus on our curr ent understanding of Enceladus' plume and subsurface ocean\, and on strate gies to search in them for possible evidence of life. \n \nAlfonso Davila is a Research Scientist in the Exobiology branch at NASA Ames Research Cen ter\, where he helps develop strategies to search for evidence of life bey ond Earth. He also conducts theoretical and experimental research on the n ature and distribution of life in Earth environments that are considered a nalogous to extraterrestrial settings. His work investigates factors that affect biological potential and biosignature preservation in those enviro nments. He has been a guest speaker at international conferences and a gue st lecturer in universities and research institutes in the US\, Canada\, S outh America and Europe.\n \nFoothill College is just off the El Monte Roa d exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos. \nFor directions and parking info rmation\, see: https://foothill.edu/parking/ \nFor a campus map\, to find the Smithwick Theater (Bldg. 1000)\, see: \nhttps://foothill.edu/map/ \nNote: Parking lot 1 is closest\, with access to the theater by stairs. Parking lot 5 provides access from the same elevation as the theater.\n \n The lecture is co-sponsored by: \n* The Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The SETI Institute and\n* The Astronomic al Society of the Pacific \n\n-----------------------\nFoothill College is just off the El Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos\, Californi a\n \nFor directions and parking information as well as a campus map to find the Smithwick theater\, see ilnks below.\n\nNOTE: Parking lot 1 is c losest\, with access to the theater by stairs. Parking lot 5 provides acc ess from the same elevation as the theater.\n\n--------------- DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T200000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Silicon Valley Lecture Series in person: 'The Search for Life on S aturn’s Intriguing Moon Enceladus' with Dr. Alfonso Davila (NASA Ames Rese arch Center END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR