session 4

Title

Contribution of Space Activities to Solving Global Societal Challenges

Description

The session will discuss the contributions in the far future of space activities to the solution of world challenges (e.g. energy, population…), and how the space systems approach will support the understanding of the global societal issues. The session will also include the identification of the related technologies that need to be developed. World global challenges will be discussed and the possible contributions of space activities identified. The definition of a roadmap will be encouraged. Environmental issues including global climate change will be not covered in this particular session.

Date

2013-09-27

Time

09:45

Room

208B

IPC members
papers

Order

Time

Paper title

Selection result

Mode

Presentation status

Speaker

Affiliation

Country

1

Space at the service of citizens – the ESA viewpoint and associated activities

accepted

20'

confirmed

Mrs. Isabelle Duvaux-Bechon

European Space Agency (ESA)

France

2

Outer Space Development as a Solution for Global Challenges

accepted

20'

confirmed

Prof. Edythe Weeks

Webster University Worldwide, Washington University and Northern Arizona University

United States

3

Launch Sustainability Forums Seek Novel Innovations and Carve Niche Audiences

accepted

20'

Ms. Beth Beck

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

4

Food Production within a Container by Recycling Urine and Organic Waste

accepted

20'

confirmed

Mr. Dominik Quantius

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

Germany

5

Climate Engineering: Which Role for Space?

accepted

20'

confirmed

Dr. Isabelle Dicaire

European Space Agency (ESA)

The Netherlands

6

Space Technology Applications to support Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

accepted

20'

confirmed

Mr. Yusuke Muraki

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The Philippines

7

Ending Scarcity by Fulfilling Our Destiny: How Space Resource Extraction Can Meet Global Societal Challenges

accepted

20'

confirmed

Mr. David Vaccaro

Futron Corporation

United States

8

Study on Critical Technologies and Mission Roadmap for Asteroid Mining

accepted

20'

confirmed

Dr. Yang Liu

Beijing Special Engineering Design and Research Institute (BSEDI)

China

9

Asteroid Mining Possibilities and Challenges in the Future

accepted

20'

Mr. Lakshya Datta

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

India

10

Tele-Reality:How Space Technology Transforms Human Perceptions of Space, Time and Self

accepted

20'

confirmed

Dr. Jacques Arnould

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

France

11

underground terraforming

accepted

20'

withdrawn

Mr. André Caminoa

Unispace Exponential Creativity

Argentina