SPECIAL SESSIONS
Monday 5 October
Designing for a Multi-Planet Future: Resilient Mission Architectures for Moon, Mars & Cislunar Operations
Time: 16:30-17:10 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Workshop
Water Propulsion and Beyond: The Role of Water in Empowering a Self-Sustaining Future in Outer Space
Time: 17:20-18:30 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Campfire
Tuesday 6 October
Near Space, Real Time: A Live Stratospheric Mission for Public Engagement and Multidisciplinary Insight
Time: 10:15-11:25 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: High Altitude Platform Launch with real-time data transmission and VR experience
Towards a Metal-Based Circular Space Economy: Improving Safety and Sustainability in Earth Orbit to Enable Long-Term Human Expansion into Space
Time: 11:35-12:45 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Fishbowl
Current State-of-the-Art in Microgravity Research: Most Promising Applications and Pressing Challenges in Advanced Materials and Biotech Manufacturing in Space
Time: 15:00-16:10 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Campfire
Global Cooperation in an Increasing Regionalised Space Economy
Time: 16:20-17:30 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Roundtable Session
Wednesday 7 October
Advancing Diagnostic Imaging in Space: From Ultrasound to Radiography and Beyond
Time: 10:15-11:25 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Fishbowl
From Observation to Decision – Cracking the Last Mile Challenge
Time: 11:35-12:45 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Fishbowl
Nuclear Propulsion for Space Missions: Decision Trade-offs and Governance Conditions
Time: 15:00-16:10 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Workshop
Planetary Defense Model UN: A Space Crisis Simulation
Time: 16:20-17:30 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Workshop
Thursday 8 October
Human Spaceflight as a Strategic Research Infrastructure for Emerging Space Nations
Time: 10:15-11:25 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Campfire
Advancing Human Spaceflight Missions Through Commercial Partnerships
Time: 11:35-12:45 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Fishbowl
From Demonstrations to Operations: Active Debris Removal from an EU Portfolio Perspective
Time: 16:20-17:30 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Fishbowl
Friday 9 October
Very Low Earth Orbits (VLEO) – Fostering the Growing Community of Interest Towards Sustainable Lower Altitude Operations
Time: 10:15-11:25 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Workshop
Challenges for the Future Development of Hybrid Space Communication Networks
Time: 11:35-12:45 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Workshop
Beyond Rations: The Challenge of Dining in Deep Space
Time: 13:45-14:55 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Fishbowl
The UN-IRC Space Debates - How far should we go on the Moon? Nuclear Power and the Role of Science in Resource Utilization
Time: 15:05-16:15 • Room: G3, Nest Convention Center • Format: Oxford Style Debate