Programme

Wednesday 10 May 2023

10:00 Welcome
10:30 Introductory speeches

Jean-Jacques Dordain, AAE member and President of the Programme Committee, former Director General ESA
Mr Michel Wachenheim, President of AAE 
Pr Erasmo Carrera, President AIDAA
Pr Guido Saracco, Rector of PoliTo
11:00 An overview of space exploration
Dr Francis Rocard, Astrophysicist, CNES

Space exploration: from underlying motivations to the first human steps

11:45 Keynote 1
Dr Josef Aschbacher,  Director General ESA
12:15 Lunch
Session 1: Philosophy and cultural motivations of space exploration

Chair: Eric Dautriat

13:30 « Introduction: What drives us to explore? A report from an AAE working group
Mr Eric Dautriat, Vice president of AAE
13:45 The cultural roots of space exploration across the world 
Dr Xavier Pasco, Director of the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
14:00 The future impact of space age on human civilisation
Pr. Wu Ji , President, Chinese Society of Space Research
14:15 Panel: Ideals, knowledge and imagination
Moderator: Michel Praet, AAE member, Head of ESA Office in Brussels, EU President Advisor
Participants:
 Pr. Jean-Pierre Bibring, AAE member, Astrophysicist, Institute of Space Astrophysics
Pr. Giancarlo Genta, Emeritus professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polito
Dr. Julie Patarin-Jossec, Sociologist, Fellow Royal Society of Arts.
14:15 3 minutes on: Cosmic footprint: dealing with space ethics at large scales   
Mr Adrien Normier, aerospace engineer, airline captain, doctoral researcher in philosophy and founder of Space Ethics
15:30 Break
Session 2: Dream missions, a selection by Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

Chair: Bram de Winter & Tania Gres

16:00 Introduction to SGAC and to the session
Mr Bram de Winter, SGAC Space Exploration Project Co-lead
Ms Tania Gres, SGAC DIVINAS co-lead
16:10 Send a crewed mission to Titan with a return ticket
Mr Gueorguy Serafimov, SGAC AAE Dream Scholarship Winner
16:25 Europa Oceanic Sample Return Mission
Mr Luca Kiewiet, SGAC AAE Dream Scholarship Winner
16:40 Questions & answers
16:55 IOSO: a vision towards global cooperation
Ms Athena Vourgos, SGAC AAE Dream Scholarship Winner
17:10 Space Sleep: Legal Implications with Cryogenics
Mr Charles Horikami, SGAC AAE Dream Scholarship Winner
17:25 Message for the future
Dr Roger-Maurice Bonnet, AAE member, Former Director of ESA Science Programme
17:35 Panel

Dr Roger-Maurice Bonnet, AAE member, Former Director of ESA Science Programme
Dr Josef Aschbacher, Director General ESA
Ms Tania Gres, SGAC ​DIVINAS co-lead
Pr Selene Canelli, Archeo-biologist, SGAC point of contact Italy
Ms Donya Divsalar, Co-founder and CEO, Caidin
17:55 Closing
Mr Bram de Winter, SGAC Space Exploration Co-lead
18:30 Cocktail
20:00 Life in the universe: rule or exception?
Dr Nathalie Cabrol, Astrobiologist, Head of Carl Sagan Department, SETI Institut
Pr Jean-Pierre Bibring, Institute of Space Astrophysics, CNRS, AAE member

Thursday 11 May 2023

Session 3: The first step: towards an environment-friendly approach to Lunar exploration

Chair: Michel Blanc, Jean Broquet

Assessing the impact of the new wave of Lunar exploration on lunar resources and the Lunar environment

09:00 The present Lunar environment: scientific assets and cultural heritage
Pr Pierre-Yves Meslin, Professor at University Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, researcher at IRAP (CNRS-UPS-CNES), Principal Investigator of the DORN experiment
Pr Michel Blanc, AAE member, past vice-president for research of Ecole Polytechnique, France, Emeritus professor at IRAP, Toulouse
09:10 Assessing Lunar resources
Dr. T. Dylan Mikesell, Remote Sensing and Geophysics, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
09:20 The development of technological capabilities associated with the new wave of Lunar exploration
Dr Gerald Sanders, In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) System Capability Leadership Team (SCLT) Lead, NASA
09:30 First panel discussion
Moderator: Pr Bernard Foing, AAE member, former Senior Scientist at ESA/ESTEC, Professor at Leiden University
Participants:
Dr Bertrand Baratte, General Secretary EURO2MOON, Space Market Director, Air Liquide
Pr Michel Blanc, AAE member, past vice-president for research of Ecole Polytechnique, France, Emeritus professor at IRAP, Toulouse
Dr Jean Blouvac, Programme manager for Human Spaceflight and Exploration activities, CNES
Dr Stefaan De Mey, Senior strategy officer at ESA, ESTEC
Dr Antonino Salmeri, Lunar Policy Platform, Director
M. Gerald Sanders, In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) System Capability Leadership Team (SCLT) Lead, NASA
Pr Wu Ji, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The development of “new space” on the Moon: how to mitigate environmental impacts and preserve Lunar resources?

10:00 Management of Lunar orbits 
Dr Eric Joffre, System Engineer in the Concurrent Design Facility, ESA
10:10 Management of the Lunar surface
Tbd
10:20 Space law and its possible solutions
Dr Antonino Salmeri, Lunar Policy Platform, Director
10:30 Second panel discussion
Moderator: Pr Bernard Foing, AAE member, former Senior Scientist at ESA/ESTEC, Professor at Leiden University
Participants:
Dr Bertrand Baratte, General Secretary EURO2MOON, Space Market Director, Air Liquide
Pr Michel Blanc, AAE member, past vice-president for research of Ecole Polytechnique, France, Emeritus professor at IRAP, Toulouse
Dr Jean Blouvac, Programme manager for Human Spaceflight and Exploration activities, CNES
Dr Stefaan De Mey, Senior strategy officer at ESA, ESTEC
Dr Antonino Salmeri, Lunar Policy Platform, Director
M. Gerald Sanders, In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) System Capability Leadership Team (SCLT) Lead, NASA
Pr Wu Ji, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:00 Break

Implementation means

Session 4: Flying machines

Chair: Jean-Pierre Lebreton
Active / In development missions

11:30 Helicopters for Mars Exploration
Mr Bob Balaram, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Mr Teddy Tzanetos, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
12:00 The Dragonfly New Frontiers mission to Titan
Dr Ralph Lorenz, Dragonfly Mission Architect, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory

The Future: Ideas, Concepts, Studies

12:15 Balloons for Mars, Venus and Titan exploration
Dr James Cutts, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
12:30 Kumo: Venus Atmosphere Explorer study
Ms Helena Momoko Powis, Student, University of Delft, The Netherlands
12:45 Uranus glider : Mission analysis and navigation design concept study
Ms Emilie Bessette, Young Graduate Trainee at ESA/ESTEC
13:00 Questions & answers
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Keynote 2
Ms Samantha Cristoforetti, Astronaut, ESA
Session 5: Going faster (and further)

Chair: Jean-Pierre Lebreton

15:00 Transfers to the Outer Solar System
Mr Michael Khan, Mission analyst, ESOC, Darmstadt
15:15 How will solar sailing enable deep space exploration ?
Dr Louis De Gouyon Matignon, Co-founder and CEO, Gama Startup, Paris
15:30 Electric Solar Wind Sail
Dr Pekka Janhunen, Research manager, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki
15:45 Nuclear energy for space exploration
Dr Eric Proust, Science and Energy Directorate CEA, Paris, President of the European Nuclear Society High Scientific Council
16:00 Breakthrough propulsion – Where is the limit ?
Pr Martin Tajmar, Head of Space Systems chair, TU Dresden
16:15 Aerocapture as an enabling technology for planetary missionsn
Mr Soumyo Dutta, Aerospace Engineer, NASA Langley Research Centre
16:30 AIM/DART/HERA NASA/ESA Collaboration
Dr Patrick Michel, CNRS Director of Research, Côte d’Azur Observatory (OCA), Nice
16:45 Questions & answers
17:00 End of sessions
18:00 VIsit Thales Alenia Space

Friday 12 May 2023

Grand Objectives

Session 6: Water: our quest for "oases" in the Solar System

Co-Chairs: Maria Antonietta Perino, Jean-Jacques Dechezelles

09:00 Overview
Pr Enrico Flamini, Former ASI Chief Scientist, IAF
09:15 Water detection under the surface of planets 
Pr Wlodek Kofman, Emeritus Research Director, CNRS, Space Research Center PAS, Warsaw, AAE
09:30 Chasing a comet with sample return, a way to better understand how life was generated
Pr Jean-Pierre Bibring, Institute of Space Astrophysics, CNRS, PSL University, AAE
09:45 Exomars Science
Dr Jorge Vago, ExoMars Rover Project Scientist at ESA
10:00

JUICE mission – The Ocean moons of Jupiter with many expectations
Dr Athena Coustenis,LESIA, Paris Observatory, CNRS, PSL University
Dr Olivier Witasse, JUICE Project Scientist, ESA
10:20 Water Resources on the Moon and Mars. Plans and Implications for NASA ISRU and sustained Human Exploration
Dr Gerald Sanders, Lead ISRU, space technology Mission Drectorate, NASA JSC
10:40 Question & answers
11:00 Break
Session 7: Human-robots collaboration

Chair: Stefaan de Mey

11:20 Collaboration first: the future of AI is where humans and AI are joining forces
TBD
11:35 Deep space: Human vs. artificial intelligence: Operations of science missions at small bodies
Mr Michael Kueppers, COMET interceptor and HERA Project Scientist, ESA
11:50 Mars: Operating a drill 400M km from home
TBD
12:05 Moon: Human-robotic partnerships in the Global Exploration Roadmap lunar surface scenario
Pr Ian Crawford, Birkbeck, University of London
12:20 Humans-robots collaboration in delivering clean energy from space to Earth 
Mr Sanjay Vijendran, Lead for ESA’s Solaris initiative, Mars Exploration Strategy Team Leader and Future Mars Studies (MarsX Team)
12:35 Earth: preparing exploration on ground
TBD
12:50 Questions & answers
13:20 Lunch
14:20 High-level round table: Industry leaders and members of the ESA High-Level Advisory Group for Exploration 
Participants TBC
15:15
 Wrap-up of the 7 themes
Moderated by Davide Petrillo, SGAC Executive Director, IAF Vice President – Education and Workforce Development,
and Jean-Jacques Dordain, former Director general of ESA, Conference chairman, AAE,
with the participation of the audience
16:15 Conclusions
Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, AAE member, former Director General ESA
16:30 Farewell
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