CO Meeting Organizer EPSC2022

EP – Europlanet Events

EP1

Europlanet 2024 RI Council Meeting (by invitation only)

Sun, 18 Sep, 10:00–16:00 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 3

EP2

Europlanet TA Meeting

Mon, 19 Sep, 17:30–20:15 (CEST)|Room Splinter Sala de Prensa

EP3

Europlanet Policy & Industry Engagement

The Europlanet Policy & Industry Session is taking place in September 22, at the Europlanet Science Congress EPSC2022, on the theme:

Working with Europe's Planetary Exploration programme to fuel innovation, growth and competitiveness in Europe's space ecosystem (Research, Education and Commercial).

The Session aims to foster a debate on the future of planetary and space research in Europe, focusing on:
• the essential role of space as a strategic asset for Europe, in the landscape of planetary research
• how Europe’s planetary exploration program could drive innovation and competitiveness and impact society
• successful industry-academia collaborations and the associated benefits
This high-level event will feature short interventions and a panel discussion with the participation of policymakers, MEPs, and industry representatives, as well as, the Policy and Industry Officers of the Europlanet Society Regional Hubs.

Public information:

Session 1: Views from the Hubs (10:00 ot 11:30)

Chair: Marcell Tessenyi

Industry and Policy teams: Session welcome and Europlanet Industry/policy overview
Didier Moreau: What is the role for Europlanet on the future of European space industrial landscape?
Severine Robert: Reaching policy makers in the Benelux hub
Akos Kereszturi: Involve companies in next missions - experiences in Hungary
Jonathan Merisson: Perspectives of working with industry from the Northern European Hub
Harri Hauka: Northern European hub views on the planetary exploration programme focusing on the research, education and commercial aspects
Eleni Chatzichristou: Academia-Industry collaborations in the space sector and the new Hellenic Space Center
Elena Benedetto: The Swiss PlanetS Technology and Innovation Platform
Andrés Catalán: Spanish R&D initiatives in space and the opportunity of the new Spanish Space Agency

Coffee Break (11:30 to 12:00)

Session 2: Panel discussion (12:00 to 13:30)

Chair: Nigel Mason

Block 1

MEP Niklas Nienass (European Parliament): Advancing awareness: The importance of space research and programmes
Guenther Hasinger (European Space Agency): Scientific and technological leadership from ESA's scientific programme
Fabio Favata (European Space Agency): Challenges in funding a European space science programme
Gernot Groemer (Austrian Space Forum): Space as a strategic asset for Europe
Eleni Chatzichristou (European Research Council Executive Agency): Funding space research in Europe - the ERC perspective
Dominique Tilmanns (Eurisy): We must get off the beaten track!
Questions Block 1

Block 2 -discussion

Cecilia Hernandez (Centro para el Desarollo Tecnologico Industrial)
Juan Francisco Martin-Albo (Airbus Defence and Space)
Higinio Alavés (EMXYS)
Guillem Anglada-Escude (IEEC Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia): Planetary exploration and human settlements beyond Earth as a driving force for innovation
Questions Block 2

Marcell Tessenyi (BSSL) and Jeronimo Bernard-Salas (ACRI-ST): Session wrap-up

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Conveners: Eleni Chatzichristou, Marcell Tessenyi, Jeronimo Bernard-Salas

Thu, 22 Sep, 10:00–13:30 (CEST)|Room Splinter Sala de Prensa

EP4

Europlanet Society General Assembly

The Europlanet General Assembly is the annual forum for Europlanet Society members (and non members) to learn about the activities of the Europlanet Society which also runs EPSC and is integral to the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure. To learn about our activities, plans for the future and how you can get involved in the Society's activities please come along to the General Assembly.

A limited number of lunch bags will be provided to General Assembly attendees after the assembly.

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Thu, 22 Sep, 13:45–15:15 (CEST)|Room Manuel de Falla

EP5

Agency Night

This community event provides EPSC attendees with the opportunity to hear from representatives from NASA, ESA, the EC and other agencies about future missions, the selection of scientific priorities and strategy reviews. The presentations will be followed by discussions and a Q&A session. All welcome.

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Convener: Nigel Mason

Thu, 22 Sep, 20:00–21:30 (CEST)|Room Manuel de Falla

EP6

Europlanet Project Advisory Board Meeting (by invitation only)

Conveners: Gareth Davies, Angelo Pio Rossi, Nigel Mason

Fri, 23 Sep, 15:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Seminar 8

EP7

Press Briefing Monday, 19 September 2022 "ESA Hera Mission: Investigating Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos and the DART Crater"

One week ahead of the impact by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft with Dimorphos, the moon of binary asteroid (65803) Didymos, representatives of the European Space Agency’s Hera mission, the Italian LICIACube mission and DART will present a preview for the media on the mission and planned investigation of the crater resulting from DART’s kinetic impact.

Speakers:

- Michael Küppers, Hera Project Scientist, European Space Astronomy Centre
- Andy Rivkin, DART Investigation Team Lead, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
- Stavro Ivanovski, LICIACube Team, INAF Astronomical Observatory of Trieste
- Adriano Campo Bagatin, Modelling of Dimorphos, Universidad de Alicante.

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Convener: Anita Heward

Mon, 19 Sep, 14:15–14:55 (CEST)|Room Seminar 2 (Press conference room)

EP8

Press Briefing Monday, 19 September 2022 "Solar System Observations with Webb"

Speakers:

- Giuliano Liuzzi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Sara Faggi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Ann-Carine Vandaele, Institut royal d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique
- Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Convener: Anita Heward

Mon, 19 Sep, 15:00–15:50 (CEST)|Room Seminar 2 (Press conference room)

EP9

Press Briefing Wednesday, 21 September 2022 "Exploring the Planets: Innovations in Robotic Exploration and Visualisation Techniques"

Speakers:

- Sebastian Walter, Interactive Hiking Map of Jezero Crater, FU Berlin
- Patrick Bambach, 'LEAP' (Legged Exploration of the Aristarchus Plateau), Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
- Gerald Eichstäd, Observations of Jupiter Cloud Tops, Citizen Scientist

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Convener: Anita Heward

Wed, 21 Sep, 14:00–14:50 (CEST)|Room Seminar 2 (Press conference room)

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