session 5-A6.10

Title

Space Debris Young Professionals Virtual Forum

type

oral

Description

A safe and secure space environment is a requirement for all current and future space activities. The sustainability of the space environment is today challenged by a number of threats, the most pressing one being the alarming proliferation of space debris. Space debris has become a major concern for all current as well as future space actors. This virtual session will be a multi-disciplinary forum on emerging issues related to space debris, aimed at raising awareness around this critical threat to space activities. This discussion will present the challenges presented by this threat and how it is currently being addressed at the international, regional and national levels and will seek to explore the way forward. This virtual session will be organised by the IAF Technical Committee on Space Security and the IAF Space Debris Committee.

Date

2015-10-12

Time

15:15

Room

Kerem Carmit (Crowne Plaza Hotel, -1 floor)

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Ms. Charlotte Mathieu, European Space Agency (ESA), France;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Kevin Stube, The Planetary Society, United States;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Christophe Bonnal, European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences (EUCASS), France;