Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-08 — 59th International Astronautical Congress

E1. SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM

The Symposium deals with methods and techniques for space education and outreach. Contributions reporting on programmes/activities that have already taken place will usually be received more favorably than those reporting on future concepts and plans. Similarly, more weight will be given to contributions that include some measures of critical assessment and clearly identify relevant target groups, benefits, lessons learned, good practice, etc.

Coordinator

Pierre-Louis Contreras
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

Lyn Wigbels
American Astronautical Society (AAS) — United States

E1.1. “Hands-On” Space Education

This session will focus on space education projects that use physical, practical and/or interactive activities as their primary means of engaging with their participants.

Chairman

Pierre-Louis Contreras
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France

Fernando Stancato
Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo — Brazil

Rapporteur: Jayesh Hirani
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) — United States

E1.2. Structures for Space Education

This session will focus on formalised, higher-level strategies, structures, methods and systems for space education and outreach.

Chairman

Yolanda Berenguer
Unesco — France

Valerie Anne Casasanto
NASA Goddard/University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) — United States

Rapporteur: Paivi Jukola
Aalto University — Finland

E1.3. Educational Outreach

This session will focus on activities that promote both space and space education activities through engagement with the general public.

Chairman

Carsten Holze
machtwissen.de AG — Germany

Olga Zhdanovich
Modis — The Netherlands

Rapporteur: Vera Mayorova
Bauman Moscow State Technical University — Russian Federation

E1.4. Innovative and Informal Space Education

This session will focus on novel and non-standard ways of communicating space in non-traditional areas and to non-traditional target groups.

Chairman

Jean-Daniel Dessimoz
— Switzerland

Vera Mayorova
Bauman Moscow State Technical University — Russian Federation

Rapporteur: Mabel J. Matthews
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

E1.5. Space Exploration Education

This session will focus on educational and outreach activities, regardless of age range, that leverage the inspirational value of space exploration and aim to prepare today's students and future generations to be actively involved in turning space exploration visions into a real and sustainable endeavour.

Chairman

Lyn Wigbels
American Astronautical Society (AAS) — United States

Marilyn Steinberg
Canadian Space Agency — Canada

Rapporteur: Anne Elisabeth Brumfitt
Space Qualified Ltd — Australia