Conference opportunities for sponsored students ESA offers European students the opportunity to attend high-level space related conferences and workshops around the world.       students at IAC 2007     Opportunities are available across a wide range of science and engineering fields. Below is a list of conferences supported for the last quarter of 2011 as well as a preliminary list of conferences supported for the first quarter of 2012. ESA Education will provide sponsorship to a select few students to support their participation in these conferences. The selection is competitive and clear priority will be given to students whose abstracts have been accepted by the conference organisers and who have not been sponsored by ESA before.     List of conferences for 2011   2011 International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy 15 -18 Nov – Noordwijk, NL Sponsorship deadline: see website The conference themed “Global Collaboration in Sustainable Environmental and Alternative Energy Strategies” presents an opportunity to hear distinguished international and U.S. guest speakers, workshop leaders, and students present information and ideas relevant to European and U.S. engineers and scientists interested in solving their environment and energy issues. European Navigation Conference (ENC 2011) 29 Nov - 1 Dec – London, UK Sponsorship deadline: 23-Oct-2011 The ENC 2011 conference will cover advances in all aspects of location and navigation technology and their applications.     List of conferences for 2012   European CubeSat Symposium 30 Jan -1 Feb – Brussels, B Sponsorship deadline: 4-Jan-2012 Conference dedicated to a wide range of topics related to cubesats. European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials & Environmental Testing 20-23 March – Noordwijk, NL Sponsorship deadline: 12-Feb-2012 The aim of the conference is to promote and facilitate discussion and exchange of experience and information among members of the various mechanical engineering disciplines and environmental testing community concerned with spacecraft development, assembly, integration and verification.     The conferences to be supported later in 2012 will be announced in March 2012       Last update: 4 November 2011 More information  •  How to apply (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Education/SEMAZXWX3RF_0.html)  •  Sponsorship conditions (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Education/SEMDZ5ITYRF_0.html) Conference websites  •  2011 Environment and Alternative Energy (http://www.teerm.nasa.gov/workshop.html)  •  ENC 2011 (http://www.enc2011.org/)  •  European CubeSat Symposium (https://www.vki.ac.be/CubeSatWorkshop/index.php)  •  European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials & Environmental Testing (http://congrex.nl/12a06/) Register for ESA Education projects  •  - (http://www.joinspace.org)