Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-14 — 65th International Astronautical Congress

YPVF. YOUNG PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL FORUM

The Young Professional Virtual Forum is a technical session oriented towards young space professionals allowing for sharing of information on a global scale with presenters and audience both at the IAC venue and online at their home/work/university locations. There are two types of VFs: 1-Separate or supplemental IAC session with abstract selection. 2-Broadcast of existing IAC session at the venue.

Coordinator

Kathleen Coderre
Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company) — United States

Guillaume Girard
Zero2infinity — Spain

YPVF.1-B6.4. Flight Control Operations Young Professionals Virtual Forum - Joint Session of the Space Operations and Young Professionals Virtual Forum Symposia

This session is a virtual forum co-sponsored by the Space Operations Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee. The forum targets hands-on flight control/operations personnel from multiple international organisations with objectives of sharing best practices, lessons learned, and issues. This is a joint session with session B6.4.

Co-Chair

Katja Leuoth
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

Ahmed Farid
DLR (German Aerospace Center) — Germany

Philip Harris
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center — United States

YPVF.2-B3.9. Human Space Endeavours Young Professional Virtual Forum

The Human Space Endeavours Young Professionals Virtual Forum is targeting individuals and organisations with the objective of sharing best practices, future projects, research and issues for the future of Human Space Endeavours. This is a virtual session co-sponsored by the Human Space Endeavours Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee.

Co-Chair

Cristian Bank
EUMETSAT — Germany

Guillaume Girard
Zero2infinity — Spain

Rapporteur: Alexandra Kindrat
International Space University (ISU) — Canada

YPVF.3-B2.8. Space Communications and Navigation Young Professionals Virtual Forum

A virtual session to present and discuss developments in a wide range of satellite communication topics, including fixed, mobile, broadcasting, and data relay technologies and services, as well as those for satellite based position determination, navigation, and timing. Both Earth orbital and interplanetary space communications topics can be addressed. This session is co-sponsored by the Space Communications and Navigation Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee.

Co-Chair

Edward W. Ashford
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) — United States

Kevin Shortt
Airbus Defence & Space — Germany

YPVF.4-E2.3. Student Team Competition

Undergraduate and graduate level students teams present papers on any subject related to space sciences, industry or technology. These papers will represent the work of the authors (three or more students). Students presenting in this session will compete for the Hans von Muldau Team Award. The guidelines for the student competition will be distributed from the session chairs to the authors after abstract acceptance.

Co-Chair

Naomi Mathers
Space Industry Association of Australia — Australia

Carolyn Knowles
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Rapporteur: Soyeon Yi
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) — Korea, Republic of

YPVF.5-E1.10. Social Media for Space Education and Outreach Young Professional Virtual Forum

This is a virtual session focusing on the use of social media to enhance education and outreach. This session is co-sponsored by the Space Education and Outreach Committee and Workforce Development-Young Professionals Programme Committee.

Co-Chair

Jessica Culler
NASA Ames Research Center — United States

Ruth McAvinia
ESA — Ireland