Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-15 — 66th 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 practive 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 results.

Coordinator

Naomi Mathers
Space Industry Association of Australia — Australia

Chris Welch
— France

E1.1. Ignition - Primary Space Education

This session will focus on all aspects of primary space education, i.e. up to a student age of 11.

Co-Chair

Gulnara T. Omarova
Astrophysical Institute — Kazakhstan

Christopher Vasko
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Rapporteur: Michael Pakakis
Victorian Space Science Education Centre — Australia

E1.2. Lift-Off - Secondary Space Education

This session will focus on all aspects of secondary space education, for students of age 12-18.

Co-Chair

Lisa Antoniadis
Astrocast SA — Switzerland

Michael Pakakis
Victorian Space Science Education Centre — Australia

Rapporteur: Lisa La Bonté
Arab Youth Venture Foundation — United Arab Emirates

E1.3. On Track - Undergraduate Space Education

This session will focus on all aspects of undergraduate space education.

Co-Chair

David Cook
University of Alabama in Huntsville — United States

Lisa Antoniadis
Astrocast SA — Switzerland

Rapporteur: Michal Kunes
— Czech Republic

E1.4. In Orbit - Postgraduate Space Education

This session will focus on all aspects of (post)graduate space education.

Co-Chair

Angela Diaz Phillips
— United States

Franco Bernelli-Zazzera
Politecnico di Milano — Italy

Rapporteur: Maria Victoria Alonsoperez
A&K Enterprises — Uruguay

E1.5. Enabling the Future - Developing the Space Workforce

This session will focus on the challenges, opportunities and innovative approaches to developing the current and future global space workforce.

Co-Chair

Edward J. Hoffman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Bettina Boehm
European Space Agency (ESA) — France

Rapporteur: Amalio Monzon
Airbus Defence and Space — Spain

E1.6. Calling Planet Earth - Space Outreach to the General Public

This session will focus on the challenges, opportunties and innovative approaches to developing the current and future global space workforce.

Co-Chair

Carol Christian
STScI — United States

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

Rapporteur: Frank Friedlaender
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company — United States

E1.7. 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.

Co-Chair

Vera Mayorova
Bauman Moscow State Technical University — Russian Federation

Olga Zhdanovich
Modis — The Netherlands

Rapporteur: Carol Christian
STScI — United States

E1.8. Open Space: Participatory Space Education and Outreach

This session will focus on the involvement and participation of target groups in space education and outreach-related activities which are internet - or digitally mediated or rely on an "open source" approach, e.g. hackathons, unconferences, barcamps, etc.

Co-Chair

Jessica Culler
NASA Ames Research Center — United States

Lisa La Bonté
Arab Youth Venture Foundation — United Arab Emirates

Rapporteur: Carol Carnett
International Space University (ISU) — United States

E1.9. Space Culture

This session will focus on the process, critical thinking and methodologies underlying space education and outreach events. This session is co-sponsored by the IAF Technical Committee on the Cultural Utilization of Space (ITACCUS).

Co-Chair

Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian
SETI Institute — United Kingdom

Jessica Culler
NASA Ames Research Center — United States

Rapporteur: Remco Timmermans
International Space University (ISU) — United Kingdom

E1.IP. Interactive Presentations

Coordinator

Naomi Mathers
Space Industry Association of Australia — Australia

Chris Welch
— France