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Talks during Sunday's ESA Open Day

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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