Deadlines & milestones
| Date | Task | Group | 
|---|---|---|
| 20 January – 12 February 2020 | Call-for-sessions: public can suggest sessions in the various Programme Groups | Community | 
| 13 February – 02 March 2020 | Session programme finalization based on the call-for-sessions suggestions | SOC | 
| 27 May 2020 | Call-for-abstracts, start of the abstract submission | Community | 
| 30 June 2020, 13:00 CEST | Abstract submission deadline | Community | 
| 01–09 July 2020 | Convener Part 1 + 2 (SOI + II) Convener Part 1: acceptance, rejection, transfer of abstracts to other sessions including confirmation of oral/poster format, additional upload of abstracts by conveners are possible, session mergers should be processed thorugh this tool Convener Part 2: Session Tagging, i.e. conveners communicate wishes and requirements regarding time blocks, no-overlap requests, to SOC | Conveners | 
| 10–16 July 2020 | PCI (SOC Part 1): evaluation of rejected and unassigned contributions, finalization of sessions that have not completed Convener Part 1 task (SOI), session mergers should be processed thorugh this tool | SOC | 
| 17 July 2020 | Letter of acceptance email (information to authors if their abstract is accepted including information about oral or poster decision and in which session) | Copernicus | 
| 17–28 July 2020 | PCII (SOC Part 2): assigning of time blocks, days and exact session times to each session showcase | SOC | 
| 29–30 July 2020 | Convener Part 3 (SOIII): ordering of presentations | Conveners | 
| 03 August 2020 | PCIII (SOC Part 3): finalization of programme | SOC | 
| 04 August 2020 | Letter of schedule email (information to authors with precise information regarding session showcase day and time) Upload of conference programme on website | Copernicus | 
| 04 August 2020 | Call for splinter meetings | Community | 
| 31 August 2020 | Deadline for splinter meeting requests | Community | 
| 31 August 2020 | Deadline for OSPA applications | Community | 
| 7 September 2020, 13:00 CEST | Deadline for presentation upload | Community | 
| 7 September 2020, 13:00 CEST | Presenting author registration deadline | Community | 
| 21 September – 09 October 2020 | Europlanet Science Congress 2020 | Community | 

