Talks during Sunday's ESA Open Day
The current schedule of talks at our ESA Open Day at ESTEC on Sunday 2 October. Times may change on the day
Space Talks – Tennis Hall
A day of talks about space from ESA astronauts and space experts. Come to our Tennis Hall in the Escape Building, which is also the location of astronaut autograph sessions.
Time | Title | Presenter | Language |
11.25 | Introduction | Nichola Gebers de Sousa and Arianna Ricchiuti ESA Communications |
English |
11.30 |
Cosmic Kiss A 177-day mission to the International Space Station |
Matthias Maurer ESA Astronaut |
English |
12.00 | Break | ||
12.05 |
Work Together, See Farther The James Webb Space Telescope's view of the Universe |
Kai Noeske ESA Communications |
English |
12.40 |
Artemis The human return to the Moon |
Martin Born Orion-ESM Product Assurance and Safety Manager |
English |
13.10 | Break with some films | ||
13.30 |
Living and Working in Space Memories of two missions to the ISS |
André Kuipers ESA Astronaut |
English |
14.30 | Break | ||
14.35 |
Space in a Nutshelll A concise guide to the science of spaceflight |
Koen DeBeule ESA Electronic Engineer |
English |
15.05 | Break | ||
15.30 | Talk TBC | ||
16.05 | Break |
Five Years of Tropomi – NL Space Tent
The NL Space Tent is the place to learn about Dutch space activities. This year the focus is on celebrating five years of Tropomi in orbit, the Dutch-built atmosphere monitoring instrument aboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite
Time | Title | Presenter | Language |
11.30 | Welcome | Sander Koenen Journalist and Author |
Dutch |
11.33 | Introducing Tropomi | André Kuipers ESA Astronaut |
Dutch |
11.37 | Building Tropomi | Harry Forster Netherlands Space Office |
Dutch |
11.47 | Tropomi for Weather | Pepijn Veefkind KNMI |
Dutch |
11.57 | Tropomi, a technical breakthrough | Ilse Aben SRON |
Dutch |
12.07 | Tropomi for Earth Observation | Yasjka Meijer Directorate of Earth Observation |
Dutch |
12.12 | Flying Tropomi | Josef Aschbacher ESA Director General |
English |
12.20 | Conclusion | Sander Koenen Journalist and Author |
Dutch |
Careers at ESA – Newton Auditorium
Interested in finding out more about what it is like to work for ESA and what jobs are available? Come to the ESA Careers stage in the Newton auditorium where you can listen to ESA professionals as they talk about their projects and experiences working for the Agency or ask your questions one-on-one to an ESA colleague.
Time | Title | Presenter | Language |
10.30 |
Launch your career at ESA Find out about the career options and job opportunities at ESA |
Florence Loustalot ESA Entry-Level Programmes Coordinator |
English |
11.00 | My Career in Space |
Suzana da Mota Silva Head of Product Assurance Management Section |
English |
11.30 | My Career in Space |
Jennifer Ngo-Anh Research and Payload Programmes Coordinator |
English |
12.00 | My Career in Space |
Alexander Stefanescu Head of the Instrument Studies Section |
English |
12.30 | My Career in Space |
Kotska Wallace EarthCARE Mission and Optical Payload Manager |
English |
13.00 |
Launch your Career at ESA Find out about the career options and job opportunities at ESA |
Florence Loustalot ESA Entry-Level Programmes Coordinator |
English |
13.30 | My Career in Space |
Jinesh Ramachandran FLEX System and Operations Manager |
English |
14.00 | My Career in Space |
Maris Tali On-board Data Processing Engineer |
English |
14.30 | My Career in Space |
Felice Vanin FORUM Payload Manager |
English |
15.00 | My Career in Space |
Nadine Boersma System Engineer for Payload Development |
English |
15.30 |
Launching your Career at ESA Find out about the career options and job opportunities at ESA |
Florence Loustalot ESA Entry-Level Programmes Coordinator |
English |
Young ESA – Einstein Auditorium
Presentations by Young Professionals at ESA, including Young Graduate Trainees (YGTs), National Trainees, Interns, Research Fellows, Contractors and Staff, in our Einstein Auditorium
Time | Title | Presenter | Language |
11.00 |
Terrae Novae ESA's human and robotic exploration programme - where are we today and what's next? |
Marie Deschamps YGT, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration |
English |
11.25 |
ESA Young Professionals’ Satellite on Ariane 6: Inspire the next generations by recording key phases of the Ariane 6 Maiden flight |
Julien Krompholtz YGT, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality |
English |
11.50 |
Dust Mitigation Techniques for Space Exploration Finding techniques to minize space dust damage for human health and space missions |
Ya-Chun Wang Visiting Researcher, German Aerospace Center |
English |
12.15 |
Insight into Real-time Operations Take a look into the European Astronaut Center's activities and how support is provided to the crew during operations |
Salvi Verma YGT, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration |
English |
12.40 |
In Situ Resource Utilisation: a Glimpse into the Research of ESA laboratories Have you ever wondered how to obtain oxygen on the Moon or the Mars or build entire habitats? |
Áron Selmeci YGT, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality |
English |
13.30 |
An Intern on the Moon The role of an intern at ESA working on future mobility solutions for the Moon |
Tanguy Dehon Intern, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration |
English |
13.55 |
Mermaid or Space Mission? The mission, the science and the role of a YGT in the Projects Department |
Howard Hall YGT, Directorate of Science |
English |
14.20 |
The Minerva Mission - 169 days on board the ISS: Take a look at the incredible experiments of Samantha Cristoforetti's mission in 2022 |
Chiara Piacenza Utilisation Planning Team, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration |
English |
14.45 |
ESA's Cyber-Compliance Efforts in Navigation: Learn more about ESA's navigation programme, cybersecurity audits, and what a lawyer can do in space |
Maria de Utrilla YGT, Directorate of Navigation |
English |
15.10 |
Equality Diversity and Inclusion at ESA – What does it mean? How can diversity become an enabler of space exploration? |
Imane Marouf Trainee, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality |
English |
Space Rocks stage at Space Expo for NL Space Campus' Space Festival
ESTEC's visitor centre Space Expo is hosting an all-day Space Festival to mark the last day of The Space Week organised by the NL Space Campus with space-culture group Space Rocks - see the schedule below