Technical programme
IAC-11 — 62nd International Astronautical Congress
E1. SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM
This symposium deals with activities, methods and techniques for formal and informal space education at different educational levels, space outreach to the general public, space workforce development, etc. Each of the sessions in the symposium features an invited key note speaker followed by presentation of selected papers. Symposium sessions may also include panel discussions. When submitting abstracts for consideration, please note that: • Papers should have clear education or outreach content – technical details of projects, even if carried out in an educational context, will not usually qualify. • Papers reporting on programmes/activities that have already taken place will usually be received more favourably than those dealing with concepts and plans for the future. • More weight will usually be given to papers that clearly identify target groups, benefits, lessons-learned, good practice and that include measures of critical assessment. • Papers covering topics/activities which have been reported at a prior IAC must state this explicitly and detail both the additional information to be presented and the added value that will result.
- Coordinator
Chris Welch
— France
E1.1. Lift Off - Primary and Secondary Space Education
This session will focus on all aspects of primary and secondary (K-12) space education.
- Chairman
Kerrie Dougherty
— AustraliaJeong-Won Lee
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) — Korea, Republic of
- Rapporteur
Shamim Hartevelt-Velani
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands
E1.2. On Track - Undergraduate And Postgraduate Space Education
This session will focus on all aspects of undergraduate and (post)graduate space education
- Chairman
Naomi Mathers
Space Industry Association of Australia — AustraliaMarilyn Steinberg
Canadian Space Agency — Canada
- Rapporteur
Anne Elisabeth Brumfitt
Space Qualified Ltd — Australia
E1.3. Enabling The Future – Developing the Project Management and the Technical Space Workforce
This session will focus on the challenges, opportunities and innovative approaches to developing the current and future global space workforce. It will explore strategies for how we can learn together and explore together.
- Chairman
Edward J. Hoffman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United StatesMaria Antonietta Perino
Thales Alenia Space Italia — Italy
- Rapporteur
Amalio Monzon
Airbus Defence and Space — SpainLewis L. Peach, Jr.
— United States
E1.4. Calling Planet Earth - Space Outreach To The General Public
This session will focus on activities that aim to promote awareness and understanding of space in the general public. At IAC2011, this session will feature the E1 Space Education and Outreach Symposium Keynote by Bill Nye (‘the Science Guy’), science educator, comedian and television presenter and now Executive Secretary of The Planetary Society.
- Chairman
Olga Zhdanovich
Modis — The NetherlandsGulnara T. Omarova
Astrophysical Institute — Kazakhstan
- Rapporteur
Carol Christian
STScI — United States
E1.5. New Worlds - Innovative Space Education And Outreach
This session will focus on novel and non-standard methods of space education and outreach in non-traditional areas and to non-traditional target groups.
- Chairman
Jean-Daniel Dessimoz
— SwitzerlandVera Mayorova
Bauman Moscow State Technical University — Russian Federation
- Rapporteur
Mabel J. Matthews
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States
E1.6. Water From Space: Societal, Educational and Cultural Aspects
This session organised by the IAF Space Education and Outreach Committee is co-sponsored by the IAF Technical Committee on the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS). In this inter-disciplinary session we wish to explore the societal, educational and cultural contexts of space, investigate the way in which these contexts engage with each other and with space activities and foster a dialogue between scientists/engineers, artists, cultural practitioners and thinkers active in these fields. For IAC2011, we particularly encourage submissions related to the topic of water and space.
- Chairman
Annick Bureaud
— FranceAdrian Meyer
Space School Africa — South AfricaChris Welch
— France
- Rapporteur
Bee Thakore
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) — United Kingdom
E1.7.-A1.8. Living In Space - Education And Outreach In Space Life Sciences and infrastructure development for capacity building
This is a joint session of the IAF Space Education and Outreach Committee and IAA Commission II on Space Life Sciences. This interdisciplinary session focuses on all aspects of education and outreach activities related to space life and material sciences including the International Space Station.
- Chairman
Andrea Boese
European Space Agency (ESA) — FranceMarilyn Steinberg
Canadian Space Agency — CanadaLyn Wigbels
American Astronautical Society (AAS) — United States
- Rapporteur
Rachid Amekrane
Airbus DS GmbH — GermanyMarlene MacLeish
— United States
E1.8. Space Education and Outreach
- Chairman
Shamim Hartevelt-Velani
European Space Agency (ESA) — The NetherlandsChris Welch
— France