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Technical programme

IAC-18 — 69th International Astronautical Congress

E6. IAF BUSINESS INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM

The Business Innovation Symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), is designed to offer papers that observe, study, analyse, describe, and/or propose any topic related to space activities that have commercial objectives, whether from an academic and/or practitioner perspective.

Coordinator: Ken Davidian
— United States

E6.1. Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Practitioners' Perspectives

This session will contain a broad spectrum of entrepreneurship presentations from the perspective of the practitioner. Sample topics include new business plans, new projects, recent experiences of startup companies, etc.

Co-Chair: Gary Martin
International Space University (ISU) — United States

E6.2. Finance and Investment: The Practitioners' Perspectives

This session will contain the practitioners' presentations regarding topics of finance. Sample topics include ways to fund new firms, financial analyses of markets, descriptions of financing and/or banking enterprises, etc.

Co-Chair: Joerg Kreisel
JOERG KREISEL International Consultant (JKIC) — Germany

Rapporteur: Ian Christensen
Secure World Foundation — United States

E6.3. Innovation: The Academics' Perspectives

This session will contain academic presentations, at any level of analysis, on any aspect of business, entrepreneurship, innovation, organization theory, investment, etc. These topics will include interim (e.g., working papers) or finished research work performed at any level, from bachelor's to doctoral students, and post-graduates. This work can include theoretical and applied research. In addition to the IAF proposed abstract, authors are requested to submit a 5-page extended abstract (in the academic style; 1 inch/2.5cm margins, 12 pt font, times new roman font, double spaced, etc.) for review prior to acceptance. Please send the extended abstracts to ken.davidian@gmail.com for review. Content should follow the academic chapters of Introduction, Literature Review, Methods, Data, Results, Conclusions, etc.

Co-Chair

Ken Davidian
— United States

Paola Belingheri
Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) — The Netherlands

Rapporteur: Luigi Scatteia
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory (PwC) — France

E6.IP. Interactive Presentations - IAF BUSINESS INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM

This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Business Innovation addressed in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific ten minute slot to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.

Co-Chair: Ken Davidian
— United States