Technical programme

D5.1. For a successful space program: Quality and Safety!

Space is a difficult challenge, and no complex program can be successful without a creative and thoughtful approach to quality and safety! Relying on luck cannot be the only way to proceed! Beginners or veterans, for training, for science or for industry, for small or large programs, share your projects, methods, observations, analyses of successes or failures... This session deals with methods, tests, standards for the analysis and mitigation of the many risks to maintain the desired quality and required safety. It offers an opportunity to discuss all aspects of the life cycle (including design, development and production philosophy, operations) and the associated risk management approach. It concerns all types of space missions: transportation systems, orbital systems, exploration vehicles, and is also a management, manpower and education issue.

D5.2. Emerging trends of knowledge management in organizations

Digital transformation and innovations, such as cloud computing, new collaboration tools, intelligent search technologies, AI, are changing how people access and share the knowledge. Therefore, knowledge management needs to evolve adapting to the new environment and users needs. Technology is undoubtedly a big part of the growing need for a more effective knowledge management. Although technology plays crucial roles, KM will fail if end users and stakeholders are not in the centre of the strategy, design, implementation, and operations. Key themes addressed during the session are trends, innovations, concerns as well as practical challenges encountered, and solutions and technologies adopted in the field of Knowledge Management in Organisations to sustain, energise and invigorate the ability to learn, innovate, and share knowledge. The session aims to include case studies that demonstrate how KM strategies have been applied and the lessons learned, the challenges faced by the organizations, and innovative solutions that facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration as well as search mechanisms.

D5.3. Prediction, Testing, Measurement and Effects of space environment on space missions

The space environment can strongly impact the performance and reliability of space missions. It has several natural and induced components, including high-energy radiation, plasma, atomic oxygen, planetary dust, extreme temperature, vacuum, micro-gravity, micrometeoroid and debris, molecular and particulate contamination, etc. Environmental conditions yield constraints at design phase, and consideration of significant risks in the course of the mission. The evaluation of the nominal and worst-case conditions to be met, mitigation and protection options, and of their impact on missions and flight systems are thus of prime importance. This session will encompass the following topics: Space Weather, Plasma, Spacecraft Charging, Radiation, Atomic Oxygen, Planetary Dust, Molecular and Particulate Contamination, Plume Induced Contamination Effects and Interactions, and Combined Environments. The key themes addressed during this session are flight measurements, physical processes, prediction of nominal and worst-case conditions, ground-based testing, flight experiments and lessons learned.

D5.4. Cybersecurity in space systems, risks and countermeasures

In the past few years our society and economy have become largely dependent on information technology, computer networks, and IoT solutions. Managing cyber-related risks and protecting against cyberattacks is therefore a growing concern requiring the identification and deployment of relevant cybersecurity measures and solutions. This session covers several topics focused on cyber-security: tools & methods aiming at preventing & forecasting attacks, risk assessment and cyber intelligence, protecting systems, infrastructures and data, space-enabled solutions, making secure the use of satellite communications, earth observation and satellite navigation, addressing all the means to mitigate risks and raising awareness via specific training, information sharing and analysis, addressing new areas candidates for standardisation. New technologies and practices emerging in cybersecurity are also relevant such as the development of quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution, combining big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse communications patterns and operations data. New trends include the development of cyber security test ranges and certification schemes specific to each domain of activities, to better identify threats and vulnerabilities and develop customised solutions.

D5.IP. Interactive Presentations - 57th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, QUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN SPACE ACTIVITIES

This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of safety, quality, cybersecurity, and knowledge management in space activities. 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 links, pictures, audio and video clips. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the D Category at a special ceremony. An abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.

D5.IPB. Interactive Presentations - 57th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, QUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN SPACE ACTIVITIES

D5.LBA. Late Breaking abstracts (LBA)