Space Generation Advisory Council

SGAC Malawi Information Session
2021-09-18 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Zoom
The purpose of this webinar is to raise awareness about SGAC and to inspire the audience on space technologies and the potential which Malawi has in the space sector.
Patrick Ken Kalonde
Fulbright Scholar at St Cloud State University (United States). Prior to graduate studies, Patrick worked as a Junior researcher with Vector Biology Research Group at the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust. He is currently a National Point of Contact (NPoC) for Malawi in the Space Generation Advisory Council. His current research focuses on exploring innovative use of aerial images including drone data, high-resolution satellite data in public health and environmental protection.
Rania Toukebri
Space engineer and programs manager. UNOOSA Space4Women mentor and Regional coordinator for Africa in space generation advisory council.

Christopher Luwanga
Researcher at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore where I do research in space weather prediction focusing on the ionosphere. Christopher studied Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi. He is currently involved in satellite development with a focus on electrical power system (EPS) as well as attitude determination and control system (ADCS) of the satellite. Christopher represents Malawi in SGAC as a NPoC.
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Nigeria's Insecurity in Focus
2021-09-18 11:00 - 12:00 (Africa/Lagos) | Zoom
Nigeria’s Insecurity in Focus; Utilising Space technology to redirect the course
This webinar organized by SGAC in Nigeria will highlight and address the various means through which Space technology is being used and can be used to detect instances of insecurity and violation of human rights in Nigeria.
Specifically, the discussions will enlighten the audience on the present status quo of utilizing space for peace in the country, the challenges involved, and possible measures that can enhance and promote the same.
Attendees will be undergraduates and young professionals interested in the country and the space sector and other concerned Nigerians.
On the side, we will advise and encourage young people on ways to get involved in space-related activities in the country and beyond.

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Partners for this webinar
The team in Nigeria has partnered with three student organisations which support this webinar:

Space Club Futa is a student space club that operates under the Center for Space Research and Application of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria with collaboration from the African Regional Center For Space Science and Technology Education: The aim of the club is to help students become relevant in the use of Space Science and Technology in Socio-Economic development, undertake projects on key topics of relevance to Space Application thereby contributing to National development and provide a platform in which students can expand their knowledge in Space Science and Applications preparing them to become leaders in the sector tomorrow.

Space club OAU is a non-profit community in Obafemi Awolowo University with the aim to stimulate the exchange of ideas and information among intellectuals thereby bringing awareness around space science and technology and at the same time building STEM capacity in the Country.

LASU Space Club is all about promoting learning of space science and technology through hands-on experience, practical projects, audio visuals and multimedia presentations of space exploration. The Club was established to provide and spread space knowledge to all students of Lagos State University and its entire environment and to further help in space research and its application for the growth of Nigeria and the world at large.

Your Speakers
Prof. Rabiu Babatunde, Chief Executive/Director @ Centre for Atmospheric Research, NARSDA
Nelly-Helen Ebruka, National Point of Contact for Nigeria, SGAC
Abraham Akinwale, Human Resource Coordinator, SGAC

Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Webinar Series #3
2021-08-21 14:00 - 15:30 (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur) | Zoom
SpiSEA Webinar 3: Space Opportunities and Careers in South-East Asia
The third in a series of virtual discussions, this webinar will discuss the opportunities and careers in the region’s space sector, and discuss the challenges and paths that can be paved along the way. The session will feature a panel discussion with esteemed speakers from academia and industry. Full speakers list and biographies can be found below.
Register below to save your seat in this upcoming discussion. See you there!
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Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Series
SpiSEA is a series of webinars to educate and raise awareness on space, space-based services and the benefits that they bring to humankind.
Space assets and their applications significantly impact society by contributing to global GDP and covers around 40% of the SDG targets. They are indispensable for gathering data on the majority of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and are critical to managing disasters at all levels. Innovation drives new downstream applications and services across a wide range of sectors. Yet, billions of people still do not have access to these benefits.
This webinar aims to propel discussions towards bridging the space divide – to build up knowledge, opportunities, and access to space and its services, particularly across the Asia Pacific region.
Don’t forget to keep a lookout on this page in the coming months for upcoming episodes in this webinar series:

25 September – World Space Week Special: Gender Diversity in Space and Space Science

Your Speakers
Norilmi Amilia Ismail is a dedicated academic in the School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the founder of SpaceIn, a spinoff company of USM. She graduated in Aerospace Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2004.
After two years of working in the automobile industry, her interest in Aerospace made her leave the industry and further her studies at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. She was awarded MSc in Space Mission Design and Analysis in 2007 and PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2011.
She started her teaching career in USM in early 2011 and with her passion for teaching she drove the interest of the undergraduate students and public in Space. She is actively involved in the outreach program organised by the university and the local community in space education in Malaysia.
She was one of the Emerging Space Leader Grant recipients by IAF in 2014, and in the same year, she became involved with SGAC. She was the founding President of the Malaysia Space Initiative (MiSI), an NGO which aims to connect space enthusiasts in Malaysia.
Her journey as an entrepreneur started in 2020 where she founded SpaceIn together with other four young space enthusiasts from Malaysia. Her goal is to give opportunities and show the way to the younger generation to be more involved in the space industry.
Professor Hien Vo began his space science research using the auroral imaging database from the global ultraviolet imager onboard the Swedish VIKING satellite way back in 1986 as a graduate student at the University of Calgary in Canada, where he also completed both his undergraduate studies in Physics and postgraduate studies in Space Physics.
Presently he is a senior lecturer at the Senior Lecturer at the Vietnamese German University (VGU), Binh Duong, Vietnam where apart from teaching undergraduate and graduate classes, he conducts research on internet of thing products such as mobile low cost dust sensors (in collaboration with University of Southampton, United Kingdom), and near IR spectrometer for quick diagnostics of chemical contents of food product.
He also works with the University of Paris 7 on the IGOSat cubesat (a small satellite of 4 kg mass) project, igosat.fr. where he is responsible for the attitude determination and control system. The project is near the critical design review phase by CNES – the French space agency.
Professor Hien Vo also passionately guides his students on mechatronics projects such as quadcopter, and mobile robots and under his guidance, the students have successfully clinched awards at the national level such as the second prize of the Texas Instrument Vietnam competition in 2018, and the first prize at the Smart city hackathon of Binh Duong new city in 2018.
Dr. Potiwat Ngamkajornwiwat is the co-founder of Space ZAB, a company that focuses on space education and research in Thailand. At Space ZAB, he leads Space*Lab, a virtual lab and a learning platform for middle-income countries. This online space education experience is an effort to reduce barriers to access space information and technology among the countries.
He also has served as the Junior Science Talent Project (JSTP) at the National Science And Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in Thailand. He brings with him his design expertise, combining art, science and technology at each camp to inspire the children. In addition, he holds a PhD in Robotics and Automation and was a postdoctoral fellow at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China (2019-2021).

Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Team
SpiSEA is brought to you by SGAC’s National Point of Contacts for Malaysia and Singapore, and the Regional Communications Manager for Asia-Pacific. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any queries, or if you would like to discuss speaking opportunities at our upcoming webinar sessions:
Marco Marsh, SpiSEA Organiser & NPoC, Malaysia – marco.marsh@spacegeneration.org
Brelveenraj Kaur, SpiSEA Co-Organiser & NPoC, Malaysia – brelveenraj.kaur@spacegeneration.org
Gillian Chin, SpiSEA Local Coordinator & NPoC, Singapore – gillian.chin@spacegeneration.org
Faith Tng, SpiSEA Local Coordinator & NPoC, Singapore – faith.tng@spacegeneration.org
Sathesh Raj, Regional Communications Manager, Asia-Pacific – sathesh.raj@spacegeneration.org
The team extends a special thanks also to ​​
Ha-Ninh NGUYEN, SGAC NPoC, Vietnam (ha-ninh.nguyen@spacegeneration.org)
Wares Chancharoen, SGAC NPoC, Thailand (wares.chancharoen@spacegeneration.org)

Protection of drought-resilient soil moisture areas using satellite data
2021-08-10 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Droughts and low rainfalls are the new conditions for the countries in the Pacific Ocean region.
Wildfires have destroyed ecosystems in Central America, California, Australia, and New Zealand.
Satellite images detect areas that keep the soil moisture even with these tough conditions. United Nations sustainability goals must protect these resilient regions. The use of surveillance systems using satellites could be a practical and low-cost approach to analyse the data in real-time.

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Your Speaker
Fernando Roque is a teacher at Geo University about GIS, satellite data, and droughts. Additionally, he is an SAP HANA expert in Machine Learning in Michael Management SAP training.

SGAC Webinar Series Nicaragua 9
2021-08-01 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Managua) | Zoom
When it comes to collecting data about the Earth and to better understand our environment, satellite images play a huge role and it has become one of the most powerful and important tools used for gathering information about the weather, landforms, oceans, vegetation, and so much more. During this episode of our webinar series we will have our dearest engineer and master Alexandra Blandon sharing with us about the project AGRISAT and how satellite images are an important tool for sustainability in Central American Sugar Mills.

This webinar is hosted in partnership with NICAWoman Tech.

Notice: This webinar will be held in Spanish.

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A Salvadorian living in Nicaragua, Alexandra Blandon is a Chemical Engineer by profession with a Master’s Degree in Operations Management from the University of Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid. Alexandra also holds an MBA from INCAE Business School, her career is focused on Quality and Sustainability. Currently she works as a Production, Quality and Sustainability Comptroller Manager at Ingenio San Antonio in Nicaragua.

What Space can do for WI 4
2021-07-31 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Nassau) | Zoom
What Space can do for WI
(The “WI” in the title is a play on the word “we”. WI stands for West Indies, which is another name the collection Caribbean of islands with similar history/culture is called. The phrasing of the title also represents common Caribbean dialect so instead of saying “What space can do for us”, some Caribbean natives might say “What Space can do for we”).
This webinar will feature an introductory session discussing the potential benefits and feasibility of space technology to the Caribbean. The session on 31st July will focus on how space technology can play an integral role in the Caribbean achieving Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities. No prior Space knowledge is required
Cities by their very nature are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. They are an essential part of humanity’s advancement, both socially and economically.
However, they all face unique challenges especially in the Caribbean. In addition to discussing the challenges that might impede sustainable cities and communities in the Caribbean, the purpose of this webinar is to discuss how to maintain Caribbean cities in a way that continues to create jobs and prosperity without straining land and resources. For instance, Space technologies can help in developing sustainable cities and communities in the Caribbean by developing Smart Cities through the application of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Earth Observation and Satellite Telecommunications.
Moreover, space technologies can also improve city services and disaster management.

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Your Speaker
Britt Adkins is the first space urban planner and founder of Celestial Citizen. She is passionate about the intersection of urban planning, engineering, science, and social justice as humans look to build new societies in space. Celestial Citizen is a platform for promoting a more equitable and just vision of planetary settlement beyond Earth. This organization seeks to encourage conversation about how to be a better interplanetary citizen and responsible steward of Earth at the same time. Key initiatives include making space exploration and space urban planning a diverse and inclusive enterprise, while promoting a sustainable presence across the solar system.
Britt is an entrepreneur in the Blaze Space Accelerator Program. She also hosts the Celestial Citizen Podcast where she looks to spark unique conversations about the human factors that will be essential to our long-term survival and evolution into a spacefaring civilization.
She is currently enrolled at the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy pursuing a Master of Urban Planning, and recently graduated from the Colorado School of Mines, where she received a Master of Science in Space Resources. She also graduated from the MIT-Wellesley Double Degree program where she received the S.B. in Urban Studies & Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. from Wellesley College in Architecture.
Prior to Celestial Citizen, Britt worked in asset management and real estate development before focusing full-time on her desire to help plan the first cities on the Moon and Mars. She lives in Pasadena, CA with her husband and three children.

Indonesia’s Space Activities
2021-07-31 09:30 - 12:15 (Asia/Jakarta) | Zoom
SGAC for Indonesia is committed to spread and increase the space awareness of Indonesian students and young professional by conducting a local event related to the development of Indonesia’s space activities and the role of Indonesian young generations in space.
The event will be held online via Zoom and will invite several prominent speakers in the space discipline. The event will be lead by a moderator and each of the speakers will present their opinion or give a presentation related to the topic.
At the end of event, the participants will have the opportunity to raise questions to the speakers as well as propose their ideas related to the topic.
Register now to save your seat in this upcoming discussion. See you there!

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Confirmed Speakers for the event are:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Djamaludin, Head of Indonesian Space Agency (LAPAN)
Adhimantara Ibnu Nugraha, Policy Analyst at LAPAN
Louisa Anna Cammaro, Founder Antarexxa Space Global Indonesia
Ridha Aditya Nugraha, Air and Space Law Studies, Universitas Prasetya Mulya
Yaries Mahardika Putro, SGAC NPoC for Indonesia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Surabaya
Taufik Rachmat Nugraha, SGAC NPoC for Indonesia and the moderator of this session.

SG[Germany] 2021
2021-07-24 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
In 2021, SG[Germany] will build upon the success of last year’s virtual event series held in November and continue the discussion about advancing the role of Germany and the German industry in the space economy within the next decade.
This virtual event intends to attract students and young professionals across Germany as participants.
The program will consist of keynote speeches and panels, followed by a round of discussions where participants are split into groups and work together on proposed topics guided by subject matter experts from our sponsors.

As was the case last year, the audience will have a proactive role in the event!

The language will be English since the organisers aim to be inclusive and diverse concerning participants and panel experts.

#SGGermany #SpaceMadeinGermany

We have a few spots left for the Cyber Security Round Table. Interested?
Please reach out to Maren (maren.huelsmann@spacegeneration.org) if you want to attend the event.

ProgrammeRound Table TopicsProgramme

Round Table Topics
Discussions will evolve around the future of the German space ecosystem with a special focus on the following 5 issues:
Space Safety and Sustainability
Space is becoming congested and addressing the sustainability challenge is more and more complex. Stakeholders have different commercial and political interests and the only thing they have in common is wanting to be able to use the space environment for future generations. How could the new generation in Germany champion solving this issue, promoting a responsible use of space, while providing business opportunities to the national actors?
Cyber Security
This topic addresses how data may become commoditized (and even weaponized) in the future and how new space-based solutions may help increase cyber-resilience. From blockchain in space to hosting servers on the Moon, novel and captivating solutions will be explored in conjunction with the group.
New Space
This topic looks at promising companies developed in Germany in the last 10 years and explores the pace of change of the space economy and how new companies adapt to an increasingly fast-changing ecosystem. What are the biggest innovation drivers, opportunities, and challenges in the country for the space sector?
Digital Earth Twin
Climate change, deforestation, depletion of resources, overpopulation… how can a digital Earth twin help predicting the future? What inputs and outputs are needed to create smart(er) cities, ensure food security, and maintain ecological health? How can an interactive model of the Earth (that accurately reflects diverse physical aspects of our planet) help society, politicians, and even machines make informed/better decisions in Germany?
Downstream Applications
Downstream applications – Downstream applications of EO and GNSS data have generated an ever-growing market with many new players emerging. This is a true opportunity of NewSpace start-ups completing the entire value chain of space-based services. What are the most promising applications and what is their impact?

Sponsors
The team of SG[Germany] and SGAC thank our sponsors for their contributions. The event could not have happened without their generous support!

GOLD SPONSORS and PARTNERS

SILVER SPONSORS and PARTNERS

BRONZE SPONSORS and PARTNERS

LOCAL PARTNER (Media)

SUPPORTED BY

Event Manager

Maren Hülsmann
maren.huelsmann@spacegeneration.org

Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Webinar Series #2
2021-07-24 14:00 - 15:00 (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur) | Zoom
SpiSEA Webinar 2: Space Education and Activities for Youths
The second in a series of virtual discussions, this webinar will discuss space education and opportunities for youth in Southeast Asia as well as the ongoing outreach activities to develop interest for space. The session will feature a panel discussion involving space education leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, followed by a Q&A session from the floor. Full speakers’ list and biographies can be found below.
Register below to save your seat in this upcoming discussion. See you there!
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Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Series
SpiSEA is a series of webinars to educate and raise awareness on space, space-based services and the benefits that they bring to humankind.
Space assets and their applications significantly impact society by contributing to global GDP and covers around 40% of the SDG targets. They are indispensable for gathering data on the majority of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and are critical to managing disasters at all levels. Innovation drives new downstream applications and services across a wide range of sectors. Yet, billions of people still do not have access to these benefits.
This webinar aims to propel discussions towards bridging the space divide – to build up knowledge, opportunities, and access to space and its services, particularly across the Asia Pacific region.
Don’t forget to keep a lookout on this page in the coming months for upcoming episodes in this webinar series:

21 August – Space Opportunities & Careers in South-East Asia
25 September – World Space Week Special: Gender Diversity in Space and Space Science

Your Speakers
Ms. Ann Cammaro is the Founder of Antarexxa Space Global, a New Space start-up based in Bali, Indonesia focusing on increasing public interest and awareness in the space industry by connecting space enthusiasts, educators and industry professionals globally.
She hopes to inspire the Artemis Generation from emerging countries in succeeding the Space Leadership, as a multicultural perspective and international cooperation is needed for a successful and prosperous global space economy.
Ann is also active as a Senior Business Development for Biteback Biotechnology Pte. Ltd., an insect biorefinery start-up company based in Singapore that is converting agro-industrial waste into a healthier drop-in replacement for palm oil, biofuels, and other functional ingredients such as alternative protein for future space food.
Mr. Muhammad Hafez Ahmat Murtza is the Founder & CEO of Apadilangit and Universe Awareness Malaysia. Apadilangit (translated as What’s in the sky) is a space science education programme which he founded back in 2016 in Malaysia, meanwhile Universe Awareness Malaysia is another educational program focusing on astronomy, which he founded in collaboration with Leiden University and UNESCO. He is actively involved in space education and outreach programmes in Malaysia and also in the international astronomy community as part of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Apart from that, he also holds several key portfolios such as the President of Malaysia Space Initiative (MiSI), National Coordinator for Astronomer without Borders (AWB) and Board Director of SpaceIN, a satellite building company in Malaysia.
Ms. Lynette Tan is the founding CEO of the Singapore Space & Technology Limited, which also serves as the trade federation for the Singapore space community. She develops and leads the various programmes of SSTL, including providing business match-making, accelerator programmes, technical training for the industry. Lynette also oversees the mentoring of start-ups and adopting new technologies into the sector, for example AI, machine learning for space.
Another key mission of SSTL, which Lynette is extremely passionate about, is to promote the interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, to grow talents for the space industry.
Dr. Potiwat Ngamkajornwiwat is the co-founder of Space ZAB, a company that focuses on space education and research in Thailand. At Space ZAB, he leads Space*Lab, a virtual lab and a learning platform for middle-income countries. This online space education experience is an effort to reduce barriers to access space information and technology among the countries.
He also has served as the Junior Science Talent Project (JSTP) at the National Science And Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in Thailand. He brings with him his design expertise, combining art, science and technology at each camp to inspire the children. In addition, he holds a PhD in Robotics and Automation and was a postdoctoral fellow at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China (2019-2021).

Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Team
SpiSEA is brought to you by SGAC’s National Point of Contacts for Malaysia and Singapore, and the Regional Communications Manager for Asia-Pacific. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any queries, or if you would like to discuss speaking opportunities at our upcoming webinar sessions:
Marco Marsh, SpiSEA Organiser & NPoC, Malaysia – marco.marsh@spacegeneration.org
Brelveenraj Kaur, SpiSEA Co-Organiser & NPoC, Malaysia – brelveenraj.kaur@spacegeneration.org
Gillian Chin, SpiSEA Local Coordinator & NPoC, Singapore – gillian.chin@spacegeneration.org
Faith Tng, SpiSEA Local Coordinator & NPoC, Singapore – faith.tng@spacegeneration.org
Sathesh Raj, Regional Communications Manager, Asia-Pacific – sathesh.raj@spacegeneration.org
Special Thanks to:
Taufik Rachmat Nugraha, NPoC, Indonesia
taufikrachmat.nugraha@spacegeneration.org
Wares Chancharoen, NPoC, Thailand
wares.chancharoen@spacegeneration.org

[Partnered] SEDS Canada's Arctic Research Program: CAN-ARX
2021-07-18
SGAC is proud to partner with SEDS-Canada to support the launch of the Canadian Arctic Research Expedition, CAN-ARX! CAN-ARX is Canada’s only competition for post-secondary students to design an experiment for Canada’s Arctic. The CAN-ARX challenge is designed to be a real-world opportunity for students to conduct meaningful scientific research in Canada’s arctic.
SEDS-Canada’s goal is to train the next generation of Canadian scientists and engineers through space-related opportunities and experiences for students. Canada’s Arctic provides a unique environment for planetary science, space science, and instrumentation experiments as it is a good analogue for Mars and icy bodies. The Canadian Arctic Research Expedition (CAN-ARX) is Canada’s first space-themed Arctic research expedition for university students.

Are you a student interested in planetary science, atmospheric science, resource utilization & food production, remote healthcare, and/or space analogue studies? Or do you just love space?
You should apply for CAN-ARX!
The application process is different depending on if you are a team of students, a student living in the North, or an individual student working on a human health/physiology study.

Apply by July 18, 2021 here:

APPLY HERE

SG[Egypt] 2021
2021-07-10 14:30 - 2021-07-17 20:30 (Europe/Vienna) | Zoom
SG[Egypt] will be the first-ever SGAC event in Egypt, which provides a platform for national and international stakeholders and space industry experts to engage in discussions with Egypt’s most talented space youth and provide key recommendations to the UN COPUOS general assembly.
The discussions will focus on lunar exploration, space medicine, and diversity in space, which are at the centre of Egypt’s national space strategy. There will be a special focus on international cooperation, capacity building, increasing representation of minorities in the space sector, and leveraging indigenous space capabilities in Egypt and other emerging space countries.
Participants will play a critical role in inspiring the next generation of Egyptian space leaders,
and in creating a more sustainable ecosystem for Egypt’s next frontier.
#SG_Egypt #EgyptNextFrontier
We’re happy to announce that the registrations are now live! The fee is 10$ to attend both events.

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Scholarships
We are happy to announce there are available scholarships funded by Space Hero to attend this event. Find more information here.
Call for Artwork
SG[Egypt] and Our Giant Leap (OGL) are also inviting artists from all domains to submit their original work under one or more of SG[Egypt]’s themes. Partnering with OGL, the soon-to-be eleventh SGAC Project Group focusing on diversity and gender equality in the aerospace sector, SG[Egypt] will display the submitted artwork at the virtual art exhibition of SG[Egypt], announce the winner of the call on social media, and offer the winner(s) of the artwork competition a chance to participate in SG[Egypt] 2021. Contributions related to “Diversity in the space sector” will be featured in the second edition of the OGL magazine (most likely to be published at the beginning of 2022) via link or QR code.
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The expected outcomes of the event include:

Knowledge transfer and networking opportunities to SG[Egypt] delegates
Global brand exposure, access to talent, and partnership opportunities for SG[Egypt] sponsors
Ramping up capacity building and leveraging Egypt’s indiginous space capabilities

The virtual conference will be held on July 10. It will consist of keynote presentations and panel discussions by a diverse and carefully selected group of international subject matter experts on Lunar Exploration, Diversity in Space, and Space Medicine.
The interactive workshop* will be held a week later, on July 17 (a full Moon day!). It will bring delegates together with international space experts to participate in an interactive online workshop. The delegates will be matched by mentors and split into three groups based on the themes of the event.
*In an effort to protect our community against the spread of COVID-19 and allow international participants to easily participate, SG[Egypt] will be fully virtual, including the virtual conference on July 10 and the interactive workshop on July 17.

Programme
10th July 2021

17th July 2021

*Please note that this programme might be subject to some changes.
Round Tables & Workshops
From there, the three groups will participate in brainstorming sessions and roundtable discussions with subject matter experts. They will also get a chance to present their findings and report outcomes and recommendations to SGAC, the UN, government, academia, and the private sector. Delegates and sponsors will be able to create meaningful connections through both virtual networking tools and special in-person events organised by our potential partners.
Lunar Exploration: Opportunities and Challenges for Emerging Space countries

A group of delegates will explore designing a lunar CubeSat mission using COTS components and leveraging indigenous space capabilities.

Diversity in Space Panel: Importance of representing Women and Minorities

A group of delegates will explore tools and policies to identify and address diversity gaps and increase the representation of gender and underrepresented minorities in the space sector.

Space Medicine Panel: Leveraging existing capabilities using Analog planetary research

A group of delegates will explore building an analog research facility leveraging indigenous capabilities for Egypt’s emerging human spaceflight program.

Speakers - Detailed Programme
Virtual Conference Agenda, July 10th, 2021

Interactive Workshop Agenda, July 17th, 2021

Sponsors

Secure World Foundation

Secure World Foundation (SWF) is a private operating foundation dedicated to the secure and sustainable use of space for the benefit of Earth and all its peoples. SWF engages with academics, policy makers, scientists and advocates in the space and international affairs communities to support steps that strengthen global space sustainability. It promotes the development of cooperative and effective use of space for the protection of Earth’s environment and human security. The Foundation acts as a research body, convener and facilitator to advocate for promoting key space security and other space related topics and to examine their influence on governance and international development. Secure World Foundation is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Brussels, Belgium.

Space Hero

SGAC would like to thank Space Hero for their support in providing scholarships to qualified applicants.
Space Hero is a world-wide movement aiming to democratize Space. It organically fosters international cooperation and partnerships by bringing the space community together with all other existing industries from around the world. Through the World‘s first ever global casting show, 24 contestants from across the globe will compete for a 10 day stay at the International Space Station.
Even though the applications to the competition will open at the end of 2021, Space Hero invites anyone who is interested in their mission, to become a Space Hero Insider, the community built around the movement of democratizing Space. This application is open to all people regardless of their age, educational background, or experience. Insiders get exclusive information, participate in Space Hero-hosted networking events, and even get the chance to contribute to the company in a unique and meaningful way.
More in www.spacehero.org and Space_Hero_Media

Partners

Moon Village Association

The Moon Village Association (MVA)is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Vienna, founded in 2017. Its goal is the creation of a permanent global informal forum for stakeholders like governments, industry, academia and the general public interested in the development of the Moon Village. The MVA is the assembling of all efforts from private industry, governments and others aimed to explore and use the Moon in a sustainable manner.
The MVA fosters cooperation for existing or planned Moon exploration programs, be they public or private initiatives. It comprises approximately more than 200 individual and 27 institutional members from more than 48 countries, representing a diverse array of technical, scientific, cultural and interdisciplinary fields.
The MVA partners with non-space organizations to promote international discussions and formulation of plans to foster the development of the Moon Village, and is creating international, national and regional networks to engage civil society around the world. The Moon Village Association’s mission is unique, bridging together both spacefaring and non-spacefaring nations offering them the opportunity to play a role in its realization. There is no other organization on the international scene having such a mission.

Egyptian Society for Astronomy

A non-profit NGO founded by a group of professional & amature astronomers with the goal of raising public awareness in space and astronomy.
Since 2012, ESA has been holding a wide range of astronomical activities on a regular basis. Our activities include public lectures, observational nights, open discussions, astronomy-related movies screening, workshops, beginners courses and astronomy trips.
esaeg.org

Mars Society Egypt

The Mars Society is the world’s largest and most influential space advocacy organization dedicated to the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars. Established by Dr. Robert Zubrin and others in 1998, the group works to educate the public, the media and the government on the benefits of exploring Mars and creating a permanent human presence on the Red Planet.

Our Giant Leap

Our Giant Leap is a SGAC initiative that aims at encouraging gender equality and diversity in the space sector. We offer a networking platform for the space sector to utilize in order to break stereotypes and embrace diversity for the full palette of opportunity and ingenuity that it presents.

This is the second call for artwork that the Our Giant Leap team is organizing: the first one being co-organized with the SpaceGen United organizing team. See here the winning outcomes.

Media Partners

SpaceWatch.Global

SpaceWatch.Global is a digital magazine and portal for those interested in space and the far-reaching impact that space developments have. While showcasing the technology that enables the industry to edge closer to the next frontier, SpaceWatch.Global also provides analysis, forecasts and insight into the geopolitical implications of space developments. From space policy, exploration and missions to space weapons and technology, SpaceWatch.Global provides a complete perspective on the global space sector.
The team behind SpaceWatch.Global comprises a dynamic mix of space geeks, tech junkies, space policy experts, regional space specialists and passionate writers, who fully believe that space should be used for humanity; that it enables knowledge and enriches societies.
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About us
We are active SGAC members united by a shared vision of advancing Egypt into the new space economy. We are committed to ramping up capacity building, strengthening international cooperation with key stakeholders, raising public awareness, and engaging students and young professionals in SGAC’s space-related activities in Egypt. We invite you to participate in SG[Egypt] and help us build a sustainable future in space that benefits Egypt and other emerging space countries.
Contacts
If you have any questions, please contact sgegypt@spacegeneration.org
To sponsor SG[Egypt]2021, please contact the sponsorship team:

mina.takla@spacegeneration.org
abdelhamid.sherif@spacegeneration.org

For more information regarding the registration process, please contact the delegates team:

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SG[France] 2021 : When Space Comes to You
2021-07-03 09:00 - 20:30 (Europe/Paris) | Lille, Lille, France
The first satellite launched into space in 1957 was nothing more than a tin can sending beeps. How far have we stepped since then ! Satellites, rockets, probes and station have fundamentally changed the way we live, work and explore.
From Earth orbits to outer space, through the moon and Mars, this year’s SG[France] will be your opportunity to discuss what Space brings to our planet, our industry and our research and how that will evolve in the next year.
So, stay tuned and get ready to discover what happens When Space Comes To You !
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SGAC Webinar Series Nicaragua 8
2021-06-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Managua) | Zoom
Save the date!! Let’s talk about business and policy in the space industry with our dearest MS. Victoria Carter who is an astrophysicist and currently works as a consultant in the Space sector of the multinational company PwC. Previously, Victoria worked for the European Space Agency at its Foreign Office in Washington D.C. There she analysed the events of the main space agents and worked to strengthen the connections between the European Space Agency, NASA and other actors in the aerospace sector. Come and join us to know more about this incredible topic.

This webinar is hosted in partnership with NICAWoman Tech.

Notice: This webinar will be held in Spanish.

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Victoria Carter-Cortez was born in Sucre, Bolivia. She is an astrophysicist and aspires to work in the development of space programs. Victoria currently works as a consultant in the Space sector of the multinational company PwC, where she actively participates in projects that support both the public and private sectors in decision-making, the development of space policies and the performance of economic impact assessments.
Previously, Victoria worked for the European Space Agency at its Foreign Office in Washington D.C. There she analysed the events of the main space agents and worked to strengthen the connections between the European Space Agency, NASA and other actors in the aerospace sector.
Victoria earned her Master’s degree from University College London where, in association with the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, she investigated the erratic X-ray auroras on Jupiter.
Opening up opportunities in science and technology, particularly for women, is something Victoria is passionate about. To this end, she has served as an academic mentor internationally, sharing her passion for space and teaching interactive courses to motivate and inspire the next generation of space scientists and engineers.

Asia-Pacific Openhouse - Space4All
2021-06-26 11:00 - 13:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Zoom
Are you a space enthusiast?
Join us to take the first step in getting involved with the Asia-Pacific regional space industry.
Awaiting for you in the event is an intriguing keynote presentation on Asia-Pacific cooperation, fun-filled trivia session and an interactive fireside chat with the guests on how to build an international career profile in Space industry.
Prior experience in Space industry is NOT required for this event.

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Confirmed Speakers
Le Xuan Huy

Dr. Le Xuan Huy is the keynote speaker of this event. He is the Vice Director General at Vietnam National Space Center. He received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2014. He has been working for VNSC since 2011 at Space Systems Design Department.

Quentin Verspieren
Quentin Verspieren is the moderator for the fireside chat session of this event. He is a Researcher at the Science, Technology, and Innovation Governance (STIG) program of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy and Associate Research Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI). His research primarily focusses on space policymaking and technology development in developing countries and on international regime-making for space security, safety and sustainability. In addition, he serves as the General Manager for Global Strategy at ArkEdge Space Inc., a multi-million-dollar micro/nano-satellite manufacturing start-up in Tokyo, Japan. Dr Verspieren has two master’s degrees in aerospace engineering (ISAE-SUPAERO and The University of Tokyo) and a Ph.D. in public policy.
Wasanchai Vongsantivanich

Wasanchai is the guest for the fireside chat session of this event. He is currently working as the head of Strategic and Operations Aerospace Research Center (SOAR) under Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Thailand. He has initiated and currently in charge of several national and international space projects, mainly on space operations and space applications. He is also actively working in Thailand airspace policy committee as well as national SSA-STM policy committee. He had obtained IAF Emerging Space Leaders Award in 2018. Wasanchai graduated from Kasetsart University, Thailand with a Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering and obtained a Master’s degree in Aerospace Mechanics and Avionics from French ISAE SUPAERO (Institut supérieur de l’aéronautique et de l’espace), Toulouse.

Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Webinar Series #1
2021-06-26 11:00 - 12:00 (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur) | Zoom
SpiSEA Webinar 1: Overview of the Space Ecosystem in South-East Asia
The first in a series of virtual discussions to come, this webinar will give an overview of the ongoing activities in the region’s space sector, and discuss the challenges, roadmaps, and opportunities that lie ahead.
The session will feature presentations by senior speakers from the Philippines Space Agency, Office for Space & Technology in Singapore, as well as industry leaders, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A. Full speakers list and biographies can be found below.
Register below to save your seat in this upcoming discussion. See you there!

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Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Series
SpiSEA is a series of webinars to educate and raise awareness on space, space-based services and the benefits that they bring to humankind.
Space assets and their applications significantly impact society by contributing to global GDP and covers around 40% of the SDG targets. They are indispensable for gathering data on the majority of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and are critical to managing disasters at all levels. Innovation drives new downstream applications and services across a wide range of sectors. Yet, billions of people still do not have access to these benefits.
This webinar aims to propel discussions towards bridging the space divide – to build up knowledge, opportunities, and access to space and its services, particularly across the Asia Pacific region.
Don’t forget to keep a lookout on this page in the coming months for upcoming episodes in this webinar series:

24 July – Space Education & Activities for Youths
21 August – Space Opportunities & Careers in South-East Asia
25 September – World Space Week Special: Gender Diversity in Space and Space Science

Your Speakers
Chris Leck, Deputy Executive Director, Office for Space Technology & Industry (OSTin) in Singapore
Chris Leck is the Deputy Executive Director of Singapore’s national space office, the Office for Space Technology & Industry (OSTIn).
Chris has served in the Singapore Public Service for some 20 years, and his past roles include:

Deputy Group Director, Technology & Industry Development Group, Land Transport Authority
Director, Futures & Transformation Division, Ministry of Transport
Director for Strategic & Political-Military Planning and Director for International Relations (Americas, Europe, Middle East & Africa), Ministry of Defence
Head, Planning & Management Information Unit, Agency for Science, Technology & Research
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations in New York

Chris graduated from the London School of Economics with a bachelor’s degree in government & economics, and he also has master’s degrees in international relations and international law from Columbia University, the Australian National University and Tel Aviv University.
Gay Jane P. Perez (Dr.), Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology (DDG-SST) at the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)
Dr. Perez serves as the Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology (DDG-SST) at the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). She is also an Associate Professor and Scientist II at the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology of the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Prior to her appointment at PhilSA, Dr. Perez has led various programs on satellite development in the Philippines as well as other projects that utilized satellite and remotely sensed data for environmental applications and climate studies. Dr. Perez is a recipient of The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) Award (2019) and is the first Filipino woman to receive the ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women (2018).
She was a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2010-2011), and also a graduate of the National Institute of Physics at the University of the Philippines Diliman, from which she received Bachelor of Science (2003), Master of Science (2005), and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (2009).
Noordin Ahmad (Dr.), Principal Consultant of IntecX Creation & Former Director General, National Space Agency of Malaysia
Dr. Noordin Ahmad served as the Director General of the National Space Agency of Malaysia MYSA (formerly known as ANGKASA) until 2018.
He currently holds the position as the Principal of IntecX Creation Sdn Bhd. Dr Noordin obtained his Geomatics degree from University of Melbourne, Australia in 1984 and PhD in GPS Positioning from University of Newcastle, UK in 1988.
He is also an adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UTM) since 1998 with more than 50 journal papers and has supervised more than 30 research graduates.
Noordin is actively involved in the Geospatial sector and members of several technical committees on GNSS and GIS both locally and at regional level. He has won several prestigious awards and competitions at international level such as British High Commissioner Award, Asia Geospatial Excellence Award and Gold award for inventions at several international events at Geneva (Switzerland), Nuremburg (Germany), Manila (Philippines) and Madrid (Spain).

Space in South-East Asia (SpiSEA) Team
SpiSEA is brought to you by SGAC’s National Point of Contacts for Malaysia and Singapore, and the Regional Communications Manager for Asia-Pacific. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any queries, or if you would like to discuss speaking opportunities at our upcoming webinar sessions:
Marco Marsh, SpiSEA Organiser & NPoC, Malaysia – marco.marsh@spacegeneration.org
Brelveenraj Kaur, SpiSEA Co-Organiser & NPoC, Malaysia – brelveenraj.kaur@spacegeneration.org
Gillian Chin, SpiSEA Local Coordinator & NPoC, Singapore – gillian.chin@spacegeneration.org
Faith Tng, SpiSEA Local Coordinator & NPoC, Singapore – faith.tng@spacegeneration.org
Sathesh Raj, Regional Communications Manager, Asia-Pacific – sathesh.raj@spacegeneration.org

SG[France]2021 webinar series : Lunar exploration synergies with non-space sectors
2021-06-24 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/Vienna) | Zoom
An increasing number of lunar missions is planned in the 2020’s, to build sustainable infrastructure to live and work on the Moon. This requires to create an ecosystem involving many sectors (transportation, energy, resources, communications, health, entertainment). As technology progresses, companies develop new business models, products and services that foresee a lunar ecosystem. Public Private partnership, international cooperation and inspiration are key factors to enable these collective endeavours, supported by communication and entertainment.

All these aspects already exist in many different sectors: gathering the know-how, best practices and participation of these non-space actors is essential to build a sustainable lunar ecosystem. In addition, such a diverse ecosystem will open the door to diversified applications and benefits to better support life on Earth.

This webinar aims at introducing the key question that will be studied during the SG[France]2021 event next month in workshop sessions: How to build a lunar ecosystem, involving non-space actors, which contributes to applications on Earth?

To provide some context and present ongoing projects in this field, this webinar will introduce speakers from the space industry who are developing technologies with dual uses on the Moon and on Earth.

For this webinar, the participants will attend speeches on Space Resource Utilization (SRU), lunar human exploration as well as lunar robotics and how all these fields connect with terrestrial sectors.
Speakers are:

Carlos Espejel, Space Resource Utilisation Lead at ispace Europe;
Ksenija Milicevic Neumann, Senior Research Advisor at RWTH Aachen University
Romain Charles, from Spaceship FR and Support Officer for CNES at MEDES
Miguel A. Olivares-Mendez, Head of SpaceR team and LunaLab at SnT (University of Luxembourg)

The participants will then be able to ask their questions to the experts.
This webinar is concluding a series preparing the upcoming SG[France]2021 event, and will allow event’s participants and other participants to start thinking about the different topics and challenges that will be tackled during the day.
About the Speakers :
Carlos Espejel
Dr. Carlos Espejel is ispace’s Space Resources Lead working in the estimation of Space Resources, Space Reserves, as well as in the optimisation of the Space Resources Utilization Value Chain. He is also a member of the science team for the PROSPECT (ESA) project which is part of the Luna 27 mission to the Moon (Roscosmos).
Dr. Carlos Espejel has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland, a Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, and a PhD in Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland. In addition he is currently doing a Postdoctoral Project on Space Resource Utilization (SRU) in Luxembourg in collaboration with a number of institutions (ispace, UNSW, University of Luxembourg, and Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)).
Before Dr. Espejel joined the space industry he worked for around 10 years in the international mining industry (Metalliferous Mining) as a Strategic Mine Planning Engineer, particularly in Scoping, Pre-feasibility, Feasibility, and applied research studies for green field (new projects) and brown field (operations) Tier 1 companies as Glencore, Anglo American, BHP, Teck and CRCORE.
Romain Charles
Spaceship FR – Support officer for CNES at MEDES – Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology
Romain Charles of French nationality received a Masters degree in Engineering from the French Institute of Advanced Mechanics in Clermont-Ferrand, France and worked for 6 years in the automotive industry as a quality engineer. In 2010, he was selected by the European Space Agency to become the Flight Engineer of the Mars 500 crew. This mission of 520 days simulated a journey to Mars between the 3rd of June 2010 and the 4th of November 2011.
For more than 7 years, he then worked as a crew support engineer at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany. His tasks covered the management of the European Space Food, the upload of private items for the astronauts, the organization and participation in the Launch and Landing campaigns in Kazakhstan and the organization of all the private video conferences between the astronauts’ families and the ISS.
He’s now helping CNES to create the “Spaceship FR” structure in Toulouse, France. The goal of the “Spaceship” network, coordinated by ESA, is to prepare the future of exploration.
Ksenija Milicevic Neumann
Ksenija Milicevic Neumann works as Senior Researcher at IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling Institute (RWTH Aachen University) on Battery Recycling, Space Resources and Zero-emission Metallurgy.

She is an experienced engineer and Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in (aero)space and renewable energy fields with the focus on ISRU, electrochemical, material and metallurgical technologies. She worked on multiple international projects with companies such as German Aerospace Centre and Airbus and wrote many project proposals (Horizon 2020, BMBF, DFG, DAAD) acquiring further funding.
Miguel Angel Olivares Mendez
Dr. Olivares Mendez joined in 2013 the Interdisciplinary Center for Security Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg (Uni.Lu), as Associate Researcher in the Automation & Robotics Research Group. In December 2016 he became Research Scientist and major responsible for the research activities on mobiles robotics in the Automation & Robotics Research Group at the SnT-University of Luxembourg. He was appointed as Assistant Prof. on Space Robotics and head of the Space Robotics Research Group (SpaceR) at the SnT-Uni.lu on Nov-2019.
The main research and innovation activities of SpaceR is on Planetary and Orbital Robotics: Planetary Robotics for explore and search, extract and collect resources, and orbital robotics for in-orbit servicing and operations, such as debris collection, refuelling, orbit raising or maintenance.
The SpaceR group is using a Lunar analogue facility (LunaLab) of 80m2 and 20 tons of basalt and equipped with a motion capture system and our 2D zero-gravity facility (Zero-G Lab) to simulate micro-gravity environment for in-orbit operations and servicing
The main research interests of Dr. Olivares Mendez are on unmanned aerial systems, computer vision, sensor fusion, vision-based control, soft-computing control techniques and robotics and automation.
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SpaceCon: A convention for those who live space to the fullest
2021-06-24 08:00 - 18:30 (Europe/Vienna) | Centre d’Art et Culture, Meudon, France, Meudon, France
Description
SpaceCon is a cozy and informal convention dedicated to those who live space to the fullest. This is why we prepared an exciting program spanning over multiple days, including various different activities. The event takes place at the fantastic venue of Centre d´Arts et de Culture, and the beautiful garden of Potager du Dauphin in Meudon, a few minutes from the heart of Paris.
#KSPACECONTEST, 19th June 2021
The journey starts on June 19th at the Potager du Dauphin, a luxurious venue in the middle of a relaxing garden, with our Kerbal Space Program contest in partnership with OMEN and Kerbal Space Challenge. In this contest, 24 teams will compete in an arduous 10 hours mission that no kerbal has accomplished before. The jury is composed by a balanced mix of industry leaders and space geeks. Amazing gadgets and prizes await you.
Do you have what it takes to be a kerbonaut? Buy a ticket for the 19th to be part of an exciting endeavor and get free access to SpaceConnect the 24th June.
Register for the KSP Contest#SpaceConnect, 24th June 2021
The journey continues on June 24th with no less than 3 formats to get involved in: SpaceConference, SpaceConnect and SpaceConcept.
SpaceConference takes place at Centre d´Art et de Culture, proposing fascinating talks by leading experts and two round tables discussing hot topics relevant to #newspace.
Our lineup features, among others:

Bruno Sainjon (ONERA president)
Veronica Moronese (Space Law Expert)
Eric Labaye (president of Ecole Polytechnique)
The Paraboladies (Space Medicine Researchers)

Get in touch with leading tech startups, institutions, makers, incubators and much more at our forum and get involved in the informal atmosphere of SpaceConnect. The forum will be a place where you can meet CEOs and CTOs of, among others, Venture Orbital Systems, Exotrail, Preligens, Anywaves, Aerospace Lab and other space industry leaders present at the event. Don’t forget to bring some spare CVs and boost your space career!
Program of the Conference#SpaceConcept, 24th June 2021
Are you working on a project in your garage? Do you have a groundbreaking idea which needs to be opened to the masses? Pitch your idea at SpaceConcept, in partnership with IncubAlliance. The jury is made of a panel of investors and industry leaders!
Pitch your idea!COVID-19 Guidelines
We are optimistic that the event will take place in presence. If it won’t be possible, considering the solution space, we will provide a hybrid experience with a reduced number of in-place presence or, in the worst case scenario, the event will be postponed in 2022.
Registration is now open!

Space in 2050 Webinar Series - Space Debris
2021-06-23 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
In this series, we focus on challenges impacting the younger generation. For our inaugural event, we ask the question:
How do we utilize diverse perspectives and approaches from industry, academia, and government to address the space debris crisis?

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Confirmed Speakers
Charity Weeden
Charity Weeden is Vice President, Global Space Policy at Astroscale U.S., coordinating and synchronizing Astroscale’s global policy efforts towards spaceflight safety and long-term space sustainability.
Gabriel Swiney
Gabriel Swiney is the lead international space lawyer for the U.S. Department of State. He advises the United States National Space Council as well as Department of State officials on all issues relating to international space law, as well as the nexus between international rules and domestic laws and regulations. Gabriel works directly with the highest levels of U.S. Government space policymakers as well as with private space actors.

Jordan Space Research Initiative and LunAres Series
2021-06-21 20:00 - 2021-06-25 18:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Zoom
Join us in this webinar series exploring analog habitats and hear directly from analog astronauts! This series is hosted by the Jordan Space Research Initiative (JSRI) and LunAres, an analog research facility based in Poland.
This year, JSRI is hosting the first two competitions of their kind in Jordan: a Rover Design Competition and Spacesuit Design Competition. LunAres is one of the key collaborators in this initiative, and has partnered with JSRI to host this educational webinar series.

These webinars will cover the following topics:

Analog Habitats (presented by the director of LunAres, Leszek Orzechowski- June 21st, 8:00- 9:00 pm CEST)
Experiences of Analog Astronauts with Rovers and Spacesuits (presented by the current analog crew in LunAres- June 23rd, 8:00-9:30 pm CEST)
Livestream of the LunAres crew’s final EVA at the end of their mission( 3:00-6:00 pm CEST)
The series will be moderated by Sahba El-Shawa, who is the founder of JSRI and the national coordinator for Jordan in the Space Generation Advisory Council as well as the Moon Village Association.
The goal of these webinars is to give JSRI competition participants some insight into the operations of analog habitats, as well as an opportunity to learn directly from analog astronauts and ask them questions to help with their preliminary rover and spacesuit designs.

The webinar series is open to everyone to observe, however only JSRI competition participants will be able to ask questions during the Q&A sessions.

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SG[France]2021 webinar series : The Future of the International Space Station
2021-06-18 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | Zoom
Last year, the 20th anniversary of the greatest international project of all time – the International Space Station (ISS) – was celebrated! Twenty years of ongoing human presence in space, of scientific research in a unique microgravity environment and twenty years of acquired experience to deal with future human space explorations… But after all of this, what is next?
The future of the ISS is pending on its investors. Until now, and likely until the mid 2020s, space agencies and mostly NASA, were its contributors. But, due to their new ambitions, and with private businesses starting making their way in the station, things will change.
This webinar aims at introducing the key question that will be studied during the SG[France]2021 event next month in workshop sessions: how to diversify the ISS activities to create opportunities for non-space sectors from 2025-2030? To find elements of answers for this wide question, the various domains that will be considered during the SG[France]2021’s workshop are physical science and technology, life science and biology, space accessibility and space art and culture.

For this webinar, the participants will attend 3 speeches which are:

The ISS and its environment, and space accessibility for businesses and industries – by Jason Aspiotis, Business Development Manager at Axiom Space;
The ISS as a lab for Life Science Research – by Lucie Campagnolo, Space and Life Sciences Expert at MEDES.
Art and space, an old relation – by Annick Bureaud, Director of Leonardo/OLATS, Member of ITACCUS & Independent art critic, curator and event organiser in the domain of art and technosciences;

The participants will then be able to ask their questions to the experts, followed by an interactive activity in teams on the theme of the Future of the International Space Station!
This webinar is part of a series preparing the upcoming SG[France]2021 event, and will allow event’s participants and other participants to start thinking about the different topics and challenges that will be tackled during the day.
The Speakers:
Annick Bureaud
Annick Bureaud is an independent art critic, curator and event organiser in the field of art and technosciences. She wrote numerous articles and contributes to the French contemporary art magazine art press. She organised many symposia, conferences and workshops among which Visibility – Legibility of Space Art. Art and Zero Gravity: The Experience of Parabolic Flight, project in collaboration between Leonardo/Olats and the International Festival @rt Outsiders, Paris, 2003. She curates several exhibitions and events, such as the exhibition (Un)Inhabitable? Art of Extreme Environments, Festival @rt Outsiders, MEP/European House of Photography, Paris in 2009, that included space art works. Since 1997, she has organised the Leonardo Space Art and Science Workshop in Paris. She is a member of ITACCUS, the IAF technical committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space. She is the director of Leonardo/Olats.
Lucie Campagnolo
Dr Lucie Campagnolo is project manager at MEDES, the Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology. Since its creation in 1989, MEDES has been striving to maintain and help develop French competence in space medicine and physiology and to promote the application of space research in the field of health. MEDES achieves this through its work in three main sectors: support in space medicine and physiology for space exploration, clinical research, and lastly e-health and support for epidemiological monitoring.
Lucie also acts as Head of Healthcare applications at the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) to promote and foster innovation between the healthcare and space industrial sectors. She participates in several Think Tanks and knowledge groups in the field of technological development in space and terrestrial medicine.
Prior to this, Lucie was payload ops engineer at CNES where she worked as an Experimental Manager to help scientists to prepare and conduct a broad range of experiments in microgravity, be it aboard the International Space Station, Airbus A300 Zero-G, or Ground Analogs.

Jason Aspiotis
Jason Aspiotis is a business developer, strategist, finance innovator, and technologist for the long-term socio-economic development of the Space frontier and currently a Business Development Manager for Axiom Space. He also founded and was Chairman of Finsophy PBC (Public Benefit Corporation), a Financial Innovation & Technology company developing solutions for transparent, long-term, and Space industry-aligned capital. Total experience of 18+ years in entrepreneurial, technical, organizational and project leadership, R&D, systems engineering, strategy, and business development. Career includes 7+ years in startups, 16+ years in the aerospace & defense industry, and 5+ years in innovative finance & banking
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Episode 1: Women from the aerospace sector in Colombia (Mujeres del sector aeroespacial en Colombia)
2021-06-08 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/Vienna)
In Spanish :
Este primer webinar de la serie “Women in aerospace around the world”, se focaliza sobre las mujeres trabajando en el sector aeroespacial en Colombia. Durante este intercambio con nuestras cinco invitadas, hablaremos de sus recorridos académicos y de sus carreras, de sus modelos de infancia, pero también de sus visiones del sector aeroespacial en Colombia, especialmente con respecto a la diversidad e igualdad de género. El público podrá también proponer preguntas para el final del intercambio. Para todos los hispanohablantes interesados en el sector aeroespacial, esta es la ocasión perfecta para descubrir las actividades aeroespaciales en Colombia, presentadas por esplendorosas mujeres del sector. Este webinar será registrado, y subido a la cuenta YouTube del SGAC con subtítulos en inglés.
In English :
This first webinar of the “Women in aerospace around the world” series focuses on women working in the aerospace sector in Colombia. During this discussion with our five guests, we will talk about their academic backgrounds and careers, of their childhood role models, but also of their visions of the aerospace sector in Colombia especially with respect to diversity and gender equality. The audience will get a chance to ask questions as well, at the end of the discussion. To all Spanish-speaking people interested in the space sector, this is the perfect opportunity to discover the aerospace activities of Colombia, presented by brilliant women employed in the field. This webinar will be recorded, and uploaded to the SGAC YouTube channel with the English subtitles.

This is a partnered webinar with
the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia – Minciencas
El Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (Minciencias) es el organismo del Gobierno Nacional para la gestión de la administración pública, rector del sector y del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SNCTI), encargado de formular, orientar, dirigir, coordinar, ejecutar, implementar y controlar la política del Estado en esta materia, teniendo concordancia con los planes y programas de desarrollo, de acuerdo a la Ley de su creación.

and the Colombian Air Force
La Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (FAC) es una de las tres instituciones de las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia, encargada de acuerdo a la Constitución de 1991 de la labor de ejercer y mantener el dominio del espacio aéreo colombiano para defender la soberanía, integridad territorial y el orden constitucional.

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Your speakers for this session are:
Olga Lucía Quintero Montoya
Olga Lucía es Ingeniera de Control de la Facultad de Minas de Colombia-Medellín, y obtuvo su Doctorado en Sistemas de ingeniería de control del Instituto de Automática en la Universidad Nacional de San Juan en Argentina en 2008.
De 2008 a 2011 fue consultora para empresas de petróleo y gas y desarrolló varios trabajos en el mercado de las telecomunicaciones en Latinoamérica. También fue Profesora en la USFQ en Quito. Desde 2011 se incorporó al Departamento de Ciencias Matemáticas de la Universidad EAFIT y actualmente es Directora Académica del Programa de Doctorado en Ingeniería Matemática y del Grupo de Investigación de Modelado Matemático de la Universidad EAFIT.
Es Investigadora Senior de Miniciencas (Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de Colombia) y Profesora Visitante en la Universidad Técnica de Delft TUDelft (Holanda) y la Universidad de Cornell. También es Alumni del Programa de Liderazgo para Visitantes Internacionales del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos y se desempeña como árbitra nacional e internacional de varias revistas e instituciones, incluido el Congreso de Colombia. Sus intereses de investigación no son solo los sistemas de control, sino también el filtrado bayesiano, la asimilación de datos, el análisis de señales multidimensionales, la inteligencia artificial y el aprendizaje automático.
Ana María Orozco
Emprendedora social y científica colombiana, sus campos de trabajo son los sistemas de transporte inteligente y las ciencias aeroespaciales.
Ana María es Ingeniera telemática (U. Icesi) con maestría en ciencias del transporte de la Universidad Técnica de Munich y actualmente realiza su doctorado en mecánica aplicada (U. del Valle). Ella ha trabajado en la Agencia Aeroespacial Alemana, en la industria automotriz para BMW y actualmente asesora a la Secretaría de Movilidad de Cali.
En el campo aeroespacial ella hace parte del proyecto MISC-3 para el estudio, diseño y operación de una misión espacial en Colombia, proyecto apoyado por Minciencias, la Academia y la Fuerza Area Colombiana (FAC). Fuera del laboratorio de investigación, su mayor interés incluye proyectos de impacto social y emprendimiento, como fundadora en CAR MII S.A.S -startup de movilidad- y en “Proyecto ECO”, con el apoyo del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) en el marco del post-conflicto en Colombia.
Teniente Coronel
Eliana Mallarino Velandia
Teniente Coronel Eliana Mallarino Velandia, oficial de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, Administrador Aeronáutico, especialista en Logística Aeronáutica y Magister en Administración. Se ha desempeñado en diferentes áreas a través de su carrera profesional, iniciando en logística y mantenimiento aeronáutico, posteriormente en el sistema de educación de la FAC, y en la actualidad se desempeña como Jefe del Centro de Gestión de Operaciones Espaciales y Docente en la escuela de Postgrados de la FAC. Se destaca su participación como representante de Colombia en el 57° Subcomisión de Asuntos Científicos y Técnicos de la Comisión de la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos (COPOUS), así como la realización de proyectos estratégicos en temática espacial que buscan la potencialización de estas capacidades a nivel nacional y de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, entre estos se destaca el Proyecto de observación de la tierra, Proyecto de ley regulación de actividades espaciales, CONPES 3983 de 2020 Política de Desarrollo Espacial: Condiciones Habilitantes para el Impulso de la Competitividad Nacional; a nivel institucional apoyo en la gestión del proyecto FACSAT.
Mayor
María Alejandra Charry Guilombo
María Alejandra es oficial de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana graduada de la Escuela Militar de Aviación como subteniente en diciembre del 2007 y como ingeniera informática en diciembre del 2008, magister en Logística Aeronáutica de la Escuela de Postgrados de la Fuerza Aérea en 2019. Ha volado aeronaves como Cessna 172, Bell 212 y Huey II, participando activamente en misiones humanitarias y de rescate en todo el territorio colombiano, en 2016 se convirtió en la primera mujer en comandar el helicóptero UH-60 Black Hawk en Colombia acumulando en la actualidad más de 3.200 horas de vuelo. Durante sus 15 años de servicio a la institución ha liderado procesos en apoyo a los colombianos como lo son: operaciones aéreas, cooperación cívico-militar y administración de recursos del Estado, entre otros.
Mayor
Sonia Ruth Rincón
Jefe del Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías Aeroespaciales CITAE de la Jefatura de Educación Aeronáutica. Lidera el programa espacial FACSAT, dentro del cual se desarrolla el diseño y desarrollo de la nueva misión espacial FACSAT-2, nanosatelite de observación terrestre de 6 unidades que será lanzada en el año 2022.
El CITAE tiene como misión liderar la investigación aplicada del programa Espacial de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana. Dentro de las capacidades del Centro están el desarrollo de sensores satelitales, integración de nano satélites, control y monitoreo desde el segmento terrestre del FACSAT-1, post-procesamiento de imágenes con inteligencia artificial, y el desarrollo de vehículos espaciales.
Ingeniera Metalúrgica, Especialista en Logística Aeronáutica, MPhil en Manufactura Aeroespacial. Con amplia experiencia en Investigación, desarrollo de soluciones de ingeniería y mantenimiento mayor de aeronaves. Como ingeniería posee competencias en gerencia de proyectos en ingeniería espacial, diseño de misiones satelitales, materiales compuestos, degradación y control corrosión, ensayos no destructivos, análisis de falla y caracterización de materiales e integridad de estructuras aeronáuticas y modelamiento y simulación por ABAQUS.
Inició su carrera militar en el 2003 como jefe de Laboratorio de Ensayos No destructivos y comandante de la Escuadrilla de Estructuras Metálicas y Compuestas del Comando Aéreo de Mantenimiento. Como ingeniera lideró inspecciones mayores de los AC47T, Casa212, helicópteros y la recuperación del M5 FAC 3030.
Como jefe de Ensayos no destructivos lideró la certificación ante la Aeronáutica Civil como taller de ensayos especializados, la certificación del primer laboratorio de la Fuerza Pública en OSHAS 18000, además de participar en las inspecciones nivel III de las aeronaves de la Fuerza Aérea.

SGAC Japan Space Talk #15: Acceptance at MIT Graduate School
2021-06-06 11:00 (Asia/Tokyo) | Zoom
SGAC Japan Space Talk is a webinar with space experts.
This time, we will discuss the MIT graduate school application process with Kota Kondo, M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kota Kondo will conduct research on system control for drones and spacecrafts at MIT starting in June. During his undergraduate career at Kyushu University, he developed a microsatellite which was selected as the Japanese Ministry of Economy’s “Mitou Project”. He studied at the University of Michigan for a year during his bachelor’s studies, conducting research on attitude control of satellites using Model Predictive Control and trajectory planning of drones.
Kota is a Funai Overseas Scholar.

SG[France]2021 : How does space contribute to design societies and mobilities of tomorrow?
2021-06-03 17:30 - 18:45 (Europe/Paris) | Zoom
The webinar will focus on how space is a key player in the Sustainable Presence of Human Being on Earth. Indeed, we are at the dawn of huge challenges of urban and land planning, new mobilities and energy transition.
Therefore, this webinar aims to introduce Round table #2 of SG[France]2021 and will allow you to discuss and prepare with our three experts from Kinéis, CNES and European Commission, on the topic before the event day, which is the 3rd of July 2021 in Lille.

By 2050, the world’s population will reach 10 billion people and will face a lot of vital challenges for the future of Humanity. Beyond climate change and Earth’s preservation (see Round Table 1), Humanity will have to govern its Earth’s presence regarding these challenges: reorganization of territories and urban centers, governance of natural resources, new mobility and flow monitoring.
At the same time, the number of satellite constellations as well as their associated services (Earth Observation, Geolocation, Telecommunications) will have skyrocketed and will represent one of the major assets to help human beings make better and more sustainable decisions regarding these challenges.
This round table will thus highlight the state of the art and make new recommendations regarding the role of space for more sustainable territories: SMART cities territories, energy and sea preservation, and finally the role of future mobility and transportation.

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Astrid Cousteau
https://www.linkedin.com/in/astrid-cousteau-a9b01a1/
Chief Commercial Officer at Kinéis
Eric Brel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-brel-7ab3113a/?originalSubdomain=fr
Durabilité et mobilités en Métropoles at CNES
Ricardo Poeta
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardopoeta/
Co Lead of the intelligent mobility for energy transition at European Comission SmartCity Marketplace

UNOOSA/SGAC Space4Youth 2021 Competition Winners Announcement
2021-06-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Vienna)
On 3 June at 15:00 CEST, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and SGAC will host a special webinar to announce the winners of the Space4Youth competition, in which young people from all over the world were asked for ideas on space as a tool to foster climate mitigation and adaptation.

Please join us to find out the results of the competitions and to hear from representatives of the UNOOSA, SGAC, U.S. Permanent Mission to International Organizations in Vienna and UK Space Agency.

We’ll announce the 9 finalists whose essays will be published on UNOOSA’s website and the 3 winners who will travel to the U.S. in 2021 to visit space-related locations!

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SGAC Webinar Series Nicaragua 7
2021-05-30 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Managua) | Zoom
For this webinar we will be having Eng. Eduardo who will be sharing with us about this important topic Lunar & Mars Analog Missions, and he will also share with us some of his experience in Analog missions. Come and join us to learn more about the topic of discussion.

This webinar is hosted in partnership with NICAWoman Tech.

Notice: This webinar will be held in Spanish.

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Eduardo Salazar Pérez graduated from Mechatronics Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Additionally, he works as assistant professor at the Faculty of Sciences of UNAM, where he teaches Signal acquisition and processing. His experience in the field of astronautics includes taking part in virtual analog missions with habitat Marte and as analog astronaut in LunAres Research Station, located in Poland, and in the future at the Mars-Moon Astronautics Academy & Research Science habitat, located in the Mojave Desert, in the United States.

What Space can do for WI 3
2021-05-29 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Nassau) | Zoom
What Space can do for WI
(The “WI” in the title is a play on the word “we”. WI stands for West Indies, which is another name the collection Caribbean of islands with similar history/culture is called. The phrasing of the title also represents common Caribbean dialect so instead of saying “What space can do for us”, some Caribbean natives might say “What Space can do for we”).
The session on 29th May will focus on how space technology can play an integral role in the Caribbean achieving Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth. No prior Space knowledge is required.
Recent advancements in technology have made small satellites like Cubesats and Nanosats easier to make and more cost effective. In addition, the development of reusable launch vehicles has driven down the cost of getting satellites into space.
These two factors make it a lot more feasible for the Caribbean to build and launch satellites that can be used for communications, earth observation or remote sensing. All of these applications can provide valuable information to help with climate change, coastal monitoring and agriculture, which have an economic impact.
In addition, NewSpace Startups and several Space Agencies have now provided Open Access to their Satellite Imagery and Astronomical data. In this breakout room, we’ll discuss how some of these new trends (CubeSats, Open Data, Astropreneurship, Astrotourism and more) can be used to create exciting job opportunities and drive sustainable economic growth and progress throughout the region.

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SG[France]2021 webinar series
2021-05-28 20:00 - 21:15 (Europe/Vienna) | Zoom
Climate change is a current issue. A lot of space firms of all sizes are thinking about how to use space to monitor and counter climate change. Satellites collect a large variety of data about the atmosphere, oceans, forests, agriculture … They are more efficient and gather more and more details.
To what extent do we/could we use space to face climate change?
There are a lot of applications which are lately being developed, with this webinar we will look deeper into 3 topics of space use to face climate change: ocean monitoring, forest monitoring and land monitoring.
After a presentation made by our 3 speakers from Eumetsat, German Orbital Systems, and Hydrosat, the participants will be able to ask their questions and to do short activities to foster teamwork and creativity towards this important challenge of fighting climate change from Space.
This webinar is the first episode of a series preparing the upcoming SG[France]2021 event, and will allow event’s participants and other participants to start thinking about the different topics and challenges that will be tackled during the day.
Join the speakers and moderators in this interesting discussion!

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Confirmed Speakers
Dr Hayley Evers-King
Dr Hayley Evers-King is a marine applications expert at EUMETSAT in the User support and Climate Services division. She provides user support and training on ocean applications of satellite data, and manages feedback between user(s) and operational satellite agencies, mostly in support of the European Commission Copernicus Programme. Her research background covers the use of optics to derive information about the oceans.
She has worked throughout the satellite data value chain from the validation of satellite sensor measurements, to algorithm development and data use for various applications including harmful algal blooms and water quality services for aquaculture, ocean heat flux, carbon pools, climate model validation and marine spatial planning. She is a keen programmer, focusing exclusively on open source tools, and a passionate science communicator seeking novel ways to use new media to share science with new satellite data users and the public.
Prior to her current role, Hayley worked for 5 years as a Marine Earth Observation Scientist at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. She obtained a PhD in ocean remote sensing from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2014.
Daria Stepanova
Daria is a CTO at German Orbital Systems GmbH, Small Satellite Project Group (SSPG) co-leader, aerospace engineer, researcher and enthusiast with 7 years of experience in small satellites and subsystems design from idea to implementation, launch and operations. She was leading 8 CubeSat missions for various applications starting from Earth Observation to AIS and space weather monitoring.
For almost two years she has been spreading the knowledge about small satellites through SGAC SSPG. During this time the project group has conducted several researches on small satellite utilization supported by different organisations (e.g. UNICEF). Currently SSPG is investigating possibilities of CubeSat utilization for CO2 monitoring. Besides that, Daria is highly interested in the small satellite industry and technological trends.
Vanessa Da Silva
Customer Relations Manager at Hydrosat

SGAC Croatia Webinar Series #8
2021-05-27 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/Vienna)
The SGAC Croatia Webinar Series aims to inspire and motivate university students and young professionals in Croatia and abroad to grow a career in the space industry.
Inspired by the motivational stories from talented SGAC members from all around the world, the SGAC team in Croatia aims to bring the same excitement about space and self-development in Croatia and the region.
A series of 8 webinars will host local experts in various fields such as space science and engineering, space policy, space business and others, and give them a floor to share their projects, ideas, and experiences with the community.
Everyone is welcome to attend and will be able to interact with lecturers at the end of each webinar session.
The eighth and final episode of the SGAC Croatia Webinar Series will cover the topic of space humanities. The guest speakers are creative individuals who their passion and curiosity towards space share with a broad audience. The topics that would be covered:

The artist’s perception of space
How could we express our creativity using space as an inspiration?
How could we communicate space to a broad audience, and in particular to children and young generations?

Meet the speakers

Goran Nikolašević, Space Educator and President at the Association for Astronautics and Space Technologies, UAST, former Executive Director at World Space Week Association – presentation title: “Space for all”
Vernesa Smolčić, PhD Astronomy, Full Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science (PMF), University of Zagreb, Croatia, Author and Coordinator of Astroučionica, a digital platform for space education and outreach – presentation title: “Learning about space with Astroučionica”
Saša Nuić, amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, active member of the Astronomical Society Infinitum (AD Beskraj) – presentation title: “Astrophotography through the prism of humanity”
Ksenija Kušec, MSc Architecture and mag. art. saxophonist, freelance artist in the field of literature – presentation title: “Tales from the Solar System”
Goran Hudec, PhD Electrical Engineering, Full professor at the Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb – presentation title: “Potočnik’s Space Odyssey”
Nena Brozan Perišić, MSc Civil Engineering, Main Program Coordinator at the International Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival Liburnicon – presentation title: “How to promote science among young people?”
Dominik Vuković, MSc Graphics, Freelance Illustrator, Graphic Artist and Painter, External Associate at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb – presentation title: “The Journey of the Golden Record”

Webinar host and moderator:

Mirta Medanić, SGAC Alumna and National Point of Contact in Croatia 2017-2021

This webinar is hosted in partnership with Adriatic Aerospace Association, A3.

Notice: This webinar will be held in Croatian.

Other webinars from the SGAC Croatia Webinar Series are available on Youtube @spacegeneration:

Webinar #1: “SGAC, the Space Industry for Young Professionals”, held on 11th February 2021. The recording is available here: https://youtu.be/OowrJfK7lUw.
Webinar #2: “UN COPUOS and UNOOSA – Space and International Cooperation”, held on 25th February 2021. The recording could be found here: https://youtu.be/aiFin12T37s.
Webinar #3: “Space is (not) Hard – Space Systems and Engineering”, held on 11th March 2021.
Please visit: https://youtu.be/3_rwBx1QsCg.
Webinar #4: “From Sputnik to Starlink – Space and Entrepreneurship”, held on 25th March 2021. The recording is available here:
https://youtu.be/S-qix1p2opc.
Webinar #5: “Solar System and Beyond – Scientific Research in Space”, held on 15th April 2021, with the recording on YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/L2EWU2CMPdk.
Webinar #6: “Space Applications in Everyday Life – Satellite Data and Systems” held on 29th April, 2021. The recording is available here: https://youtu.be/c8B5jn-f8Og.
Webinar #7: “Challenges of Humans in Space” held on 13th May 2021. The recording is available here:
https://youtu.be/d59wk9ah4vw.

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Goran Nikolašević is a President of the Association for Astronautics and Space Technologies, UAST, space educator, project manager and social media specialist. With a background in mathematics, IT and aviation, Goran is an entrepreneur, inventor and long-time space advocate. He is a prolific speaker about space in public, schools, and media appearances. Prior experience includes programming, banking, air-traffic control and intellectual property rights management.
During his 6-year work at the World Space Week Association, WSWA at the leading positions: national coordinator in Croatia, global coordinator, operations manager and executive director, he significantly contributed to the growth of the World space Week, the largest global space event. Goran received the Service Award in 2017 for dedication and service in the World Space Week Association. Areas of his interest are Human Spaceflights and Earth Observation.
Vernesa Smolčić is a full professor at the Physics Department, Faculty of Science University of Zagreb. Her main area of research is astrophysics, and in particular observational, big data studies of galaxies, and their evolution in time, from early epochs of the universe until today. She held one of the most competitive European research grants (the European Research Council Starting grant), which allowed her to build an international team of researchers at the University of Zagreb (2014-2019). She is a member of the scientific steering committees of the international research projects COSMOS and XXL, and one of the three leaders of the COSMOS team, she is the head of the graduate studies module ‘Astrophysics’ at University of Zagreb and the Physics Council for Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Science University of Zagreb.
Having returned to Croatia in 2013, she spent almost a decade developing her career abroad, in Germany, the USA, and Australia.
At this webinar, Vernesa will share with us her creative side. She is an author and a coordinator at Astroučionica, a digital platform with the aim to explain space science, the universe and everything in it in simple words. Beside creating educational and entertaining content for Youtube, Facebook and TikTok, Vernesa is a co-author and collaborator on other creative projects: Astrokuharica (eng. Astro Cookbook), a children’s book that meets cooking and astronomy and Psi u svemiru (eng. Dogs in Space) – a picture book about dogs and animal space flight.
Profile photo taken by Bruno Konjević
Born in 1969, Saša Nuić has been an amateur astronomer since 2008. He is an active member of the Astronomical Society Infinitum (AD Beskraj) in Zagreb. In 2009, he took his first astrophotographs. His work was exhibited at several exhibitions in Croatia. He is the author of several articles at the astronomical portal www.zvjezdarnica.com, and on the astrophotography blog astro.beer. He has given lectures related to astrophotography at around thirty popular science and astronomical events. At his lecture “Astrophotography through the prism of humanity” Saša will cover topics such as: How do camera sensors see the universe, and how do we experience it? Are measuring instruments enough for humanity? What is our space perspective, what is humans’ position in space?
Ksenija Kušec was born in 1965 in Zagreb. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and the Academy of Music at University of Zagreb (Wind Instruments Department: Saxophone). She worked in education. Since the beginning of 2016, she has been a member of the Croatian Association of Independent Artists. She has won several short story awards. She has published numerous stories in anthologies, magazines and on literature portals. The book Prozirna Lili (eng. Transparent Lili) is currently being translated into Ukrainian (Volodimyr Krinitsky). In 2014, the Puppet Factory Theater performed the play The Universe, which was based on an adaptation of the book Priče iz sunčeva sustava (eng. Tales from the Solar System). She writes screenplays for movies and has published nine books. She loves the underwater world and sometimes dives. Her wish is to become a pilot of Cessna, because she loves airplanes.
At the webinar she will speak about her book published in 2010. called “Tales from the Solar System”, a collection of stories about planets and other bodies of our Solar system where she intertwines real facts with imaginary moments.
Goran Hudec was born in Zagreb, where he finished the XV. Mathematics and Physics Gymnasium, in the first generation of students. He graduated in Computer Engineering and Informatics in 1973 from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zagreb. In 1978 he obtained a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1992. Goran is currently employed at the Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, as a full professor where he teaches electrical engineering courses. He was the leader of a number of projects, from innovative student projects to the IT industry. He is the author of a patent, and three university textbooks. He is the author of around 80 publications at TV Kalendar (author of text, selection of videos, editing). He was the president of the Croatian Aerospace Society and vice-president of the association “Korak po korak”. He is an active athlete, enjoying long-distance running, triathlon and mountain running.
When she was a young girl, Nena Brozan Perišić dreamed of becoming an astronaut, but in the end she decided to study at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka and became a master engineer in civil engineering. Her passion and love for science and space inspired her to join Cultural Front, an association which promotes culture and science among young people in the city of Opatija. As an active member of the association, she participated in the organization and led various workshops, quizzes and events for young people and children. She has been the main program coordinator of the international science fiction and fantasy festival Liburnicon.
At this webinar, Nena will cover the topic: How to promote science among young people? The Cultural Front Association found the answer to this question: through interesting workshops – from making astronaut suits to levitating rockets, games, quizzes and popular lectures by leading scientists – at the annual festival Liburnicon. The festival program combines educational and entertaining content with the participation of organizers, volunteers, guests, exhibitors and visitors themselves, which according to previous experiences is the perfect recipe for an unforgettable summer weekend in Opatija. And learning is always easier when having fun – would you agree?
Dominik Vuković was born in Zagreb in 1990. He gained his master’s degree in applied graphics and illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in 2015. He participated in many art colonies and workshops and was awarded with prizes for his work. He exhibited in several group exhibitions and four solo ones. His solo exhibition “Hahari i žabe” (eng. “Hahari and frogs”), a series of red drawings about childhood and growing up, was set up in the art gallery Lauba in Zagreb and attracted the attention of art experts and the audience. After graduation, he worked in the collective “Space Shuttle” with his colleagues Klara Rusan and Martin Hrastić. He collaborated with the collective Pimp my Pump in the street art studio Lapo-Lapo and became acquainted with the making of murals. He collaborates with the Croatian publishing houses in Croatia on illustrating novels and picture books. He lives and works as a freelance illustrator, graphic artist and painter in Zagreb, and since 2019 he has been working as an external associate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in the graphic department.
He believes that art, just like science, is an evidence of human existence. At the webinar he will tell us more about his latest exhibition: “The Journey of the Golden Record”, a homage to the Voyager Golden Records, the two phonograph records that were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.
Mirta Medanić is a program manager at Amphinicy Technologies, a satellite software company from Zagreb and Luxembourg. At Amphinicy, she manages several EU-funded projects. One of them is Blink, a software solution for ultra-fast acquisition and processing of Earth observation data, granted by the Horizon 2020 program for innovative SMEs in the Space sector. She holds a master’s degree in Telecommunications and Computing from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, the University in Zagreb (FER). She completed Space Studies Program 2019 at the International Space University in Strasbourg and calls herself a Space Optimist.
She has volunteered at the SGAC from 2017. As a former National Point of Contact in Croatia, she promotes space science and education among the young community in the country. Mirta is passionate about working with people and travelling.

SGAC Webinar Series Nicaragua 6
2021-05-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Managua) | Zoom
For this webinar we will be having Eng. Edwin will be sharing with us about this important topic The 21st Century Era of CubeSats, and he will also share with us some of his expertise in CubeSat development. Come and join us to learn more about the topic of discussion.

This webinar is hosted in partnership with NICAWoman Tech.

Notice: This webinar will be held in Spanish.

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Edwin Cruz is an Engineer in Robotics, specialist in Design Mechanical and certified by Dassault Systèmes. Currently, he is a Master’s degree student in Aerospace Engineering in the Universidad Politécnica Metropolitana de Hidalgo; His line of research focuses on structures for Nanosatellites type Cubesat. In 2019 he participated in the Cansat Competition in Texas, United States, as leader of the mechanical subsystem in the Axolotl AAFI team.

El Salvador Webinar Series #1
2021-05-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/El_Salvador) | Zoom
This webinar is part of a series featuring several Salvadoran and international speakers with topics pertaining to various space fields.
Through these Webinars, the El Salvador NPoCs seek to engage Salvadoran students and young professionals to become involved with SGAC and SGAC activities in El Salvador such as:
Projects, Open Courses and other Academic Space Endeavours.
The first of these webinars initially aims to present an option for current and graduated students that seek to further their education in a post-graduate setting. We will have a presentation by Prof. Maeda about the SEIC Program at KYUTECH, Japan.
Subsequently, we will have Dr. Rodrigo Cordova, explaining the design, construction, assembly, and operation of CubeSats in Kyutech in order to foster the development and research of similar satellites in the country of El Salvador.

Please note: Prof. Maeda’s presentation will be in English and Dr. Cordova will present in Spanish. The webinar will be in Spanish.
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Your Speakers
Prof George Maeda is an Assistant Professor at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KYUTECH) since 2015, and responsible for promoting different engineering programs such as the Space Engineering International Course (SEIC) and the Postgraduate Studies on Nanosatellite Technologies (PNST) at KYUTECH.
Dr Rodrigo Cordova is a mechatronic engineer. He holds a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Ph.D. degree as a specialist on Attitude and Orbit Control System for small satellites. Currently, Rodrigo works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Lean Satellite Enterprises and In-Orbit Experiments (LaSEINE) in KYUTECH.
