2 July - Day 1 - Un-conference
Programme

Date: 2 July
Location: ESA ESTEC, lunch corners

for more information on what an un-conference is and how it works, we recommend the information provided at this link. In short, all participants will have the opportunity to put conference sessions on the agenda. Sessions can be formal, though they tend to be informal and interactive. Usually they range from well thought out pre-prepared talks reflecting years of research and practice to the spur of the moment ‘new idea’ that would be interesting and fun to talk about. Session units will be 30 minutes, though sessions can be scheduled for more than one unit.

3 July - Day 2 - Conference
Programme

Date: 3 July
Location: ESA ESTEC, Newton 2

Time

• Welcome
  Franco Ongaro, ESA

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Kai-Uwe Schrogl,
Marco Guglielmi

• ACT Research - Its impact on ESA and the European Space Sector,
  Leopold Summerer, ESA
• Can ESA find new ways though technical competitions?
  Andrés Gálvez, ESA

• Trends in advanced research on mission analysis
  Massimiliano Vasile, Strathclyde University
• From Desert Ant navigation to landing like a bee - Biomimetics for space
  Tobias Seidl, Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences
  Guido de Croon, ESA
  
• Do we need AI? Does AI need us?
  Marek Rucinski, Univ. of Plymouth
• From debunking murky propulsion concepts to new ways of swimming in space-time and relativistic positioning systems
  Pacome Delva, Observatoire de Paris
  Sante Carloni, ESA

• Innovative ways to active space debris removal
  Claudio Bombardelli, Univ. Pol. Madrid
• New prospects for electric propulsion? From plasma research to advanced electric thrusters, new plasma sources and electric thrusters
  Daniele Pavarin, University of Padova
• Very large structures in space - visions and interesting research directions
  Gunnar Tibert, KTH
  

• Preparing for disruptive innovation in space - the EC Framework Programme Approach
  Christos Ampatzis, EC REA
• Preparing breakthrough innovation at NASA
  Jay Falker, NASA
  
• Preparation of innovative visionary space concepts at JAXA
  Arikawa Yoshihisa, JAXA

• Input summary from the unconference (2 July)
  Dario Izzo, ESA

Panelists:
Franco Ongaro, Giuseppe Morsillo, Alastair Reynolds, Arikawa Yoshihisa, Leopold Summerer, Christos Ampatzis