"One Giant Leap for Space Sustainability"
This year's Conference will take place over two days, 12th-13th November, as an entirely virtual event. It will provide opportunities for sharing knowledge, raising awareness and making new connections to encourage collaboration in tackling the challenges of space sustainability.
Conference Programme
Day 1: 12th November (draft) |
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Time |
Session Title |
Session Details |
Speakers/Convener |
| 9:30 | Welcome | Katherine Courtney | |
| 9:40 | Opening Keynote | Aarti Holla-Maini – UNOOSA Director | |
| 10:00 | Future Space Traffic Control – Obstacles & Enablers Part 1 | Short Talks (or Panel) +Q&A on barriers and enablers for a future Global Space Traffic Control System from the perspective of Governance, Standards, Law, Politics, etc
“Financing for Space Traffic Control” |
Stuart Eves, SJE Space
Temideyo Oniosun – MD Space in Africa |
| 11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:15 | Future Space Traffic Control – Obstacles & Enablers Part 11 | Short Talks (or Panel) +Q&A on barriers and enablers for a future Global Space Traffic Control System from the perspective of Technologies & Systems | Kerri Mertz – Director of International Business for Slingshot Aerospace (UK) |
| 12:15 | Lightning Talks | 3-4 x 3 min. pre-recorded “pitches” from Researchers | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30 | Welcome & Readout | Short summary of key takeaways from the morning and Intro to afternoon | |
| 13:45 | When will Active Debris Removal Take Off? | Talks covering market trends, licensing issues, and R&D requirements and progress | Mekhi Dhesi – Astroscale
Yang Gao – Kings College London |
| 14:15 | SSA/SDA – What do Operators and Innovators need? | Talks from the perspective of current and future operators about their requirements for SSA/SDA | |
| 15:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:15 | SSA/SDA Solutions – What’s new? What’s missing? | Talks R&D aimed at meeting current and future SSA/SDA requirements
Followed by Q&A with ALL speakers on the SSA/SDA topics “In-orbit RF&Optical Fused SSA” “Digital Telescope” |
Daniele Luchena – Arca Dynamics
Don Pollacco, Warwick |
| 16:15 | Closing Keynote | Pascale Ehrenfreunde – President COSPAR | |
| 16:45 | Wrap-up | Thank Yous, Readout from afternoon sessions and Close Day 1 | |
| 17:00 | End Day 1 | ||
Day 2: 13th November (draft) |
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Time |
Session Title |
Session Details |
Speakers/Convener |
| 9:30 | Welcome | Katherine Courtney | |
| 9:40 | Opening Keynote | ||
| 10:00 | Earth & Space – Environmental Interdependencies and Impacts | The evolving understanding of the impact of space operations on the upper atmosphere, on airspace, light pollution (impacts on nature) and culture | |
| 11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:15 | Circular Economy Topic | Panel +Q&A | |
| 12:15 | Lightning Talks | 3-4 x 3 min. “pitches” from Start-Ups | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30 | Welcome and Readout | Short summary of key takeaways from the morning and Intro to afternoon | |
| 13:45 | Deepening Our Understanding of the Space Environment – Sources of Orbital Uncertainty | Talks from some of the Orbital Uncertainty Working Group | |
| 14:30 | Space Weather | Short Talks (or Panel) +Q&A on developments in Space Weather understanding and forecasting | |
| 15:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:15 | Sharing Data for Safer Space | Talks + Q&A on data sharing | Richard Dal Bello – US DoC
Erika Rossetto – Space Data Association |
| 16:15 | Closing Keynote | How to ensure all voices are heard in the interest of safeguarding space for all stakeholders | |
| 16:45 | Wrap-up | Thank Yous, Readout from afternoon sessions and Close Conference | |
| 17:00 | End day 2 |
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Registration for the Conference is now open.
Attendance at the event is free, and tickets are available to attend online.
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