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    Title

    Contribution of Moon Village technologies and activities to Humanity Challenges

    type

    oral

    Description

    Moon Village is a concept that brings together efforts, world-wide, from the private sector, governments, academics and others to explore and use the Moon in a sustainable manner. Moon Village is a community of projects carried out by stakeholders from different fields (for example, technical, scientific, cultural, economic) working together. The implementation of the Moon Village has already started with missions and activities in line with its spirit, It is a major step forward for the peaceful development of humankind. Moon Village can offer a new start to humanity on the Moon and on the Earth by contributing to solve global societal issues. The session will discuss the contributions of the Moon Village to the solution of global challenges (e.g., energy, population, sustainable development, many others). How the Moon Village will support the understanding of the global societal issues and bring benefits to society on a global scale will also be discussed. The session will include also the identification of the related technologies that need to be developed. The definition of a roadmap complementary to the UN Agenda 2030 will be also discussed.

    Date

    2026-10-06

    Time

    10:15

    Room

    Hall 24

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Dr. Giuseppe Reibaldi, Moon Village Association (MVA), Austria;

    • Co-Chair: Prof. Xiaowei WANG, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), China;

    • Rapporteur: Ms. Paivi Jukola, Aalto University, Finland;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    10:15

    De-orbit disposal of spacecraft in lunar orbits: current status and a way forward

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Hui Du

    Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering,China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)

    China

    2

    10:25

    Interoperability in the Emerging Lunar Operational Environment: From Technical Compatibility to Operational Coordination

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Ulpia Elena Botezatu

    Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)

    Romania

    3

    10:35

    Evolution of Japan's Lunar Industry Vision: From Planet 6.0 to Commercial Ecosystem Development

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Takuya Yokoyama

    JGC Corporation

    Japan

    4

    10:45

    Lunar Industrial Development and Its Contributions to Solving Earth’s Challenges

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Satoru Kurosu

    Cross Space & Sustainability, LLC

    Japan

    5

    10:55

    Achievements and Innovation: The 5th PromoMoon initiative for the Moon village generation

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Iryna Husarova

    Yuzhnoye State Design Office

    Ukraine

    6

    11:05

    Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Moon: Operationalizing Scientific Preservation in an Era of Expanding Lunar Activity

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Ulpia Elena Botezatu

    Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)

    Romania

    7

    11:15

    OPEN AFRIKA Space Exploration & Analog Simulation Initiative: Development of Africa’s First Lunar Analog Ecosystem for Exploration and Settlement

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Claire Nelson

    The Futures Forum

    Jamaica

    8

    11:25

    MoonArch: Cultural and Technological Infrastructure for the Moon Village – A Regolith-Based Urban Habitat System for Long-Term Human Sustainability

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Ayse Oren

    Türkiye

    9

    11:35

    From Island Analogs to Moon Village: A Revenue, Science, and Culture Optimization Framework Informed by Hawaiʻi Human Spaceflight and International Eclipse Festivals

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Ari Eisenstat

    University of Hawaii

    United States

    10

    11:45

    Demonstration of Electron-Beam Welding of Regolith-Based Building Materials for On-Site Lunar Construction

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Shogo Onishi

    Japan

    11

    11:55

    ASTRAX LUNAR CITY Project 2026: Community Management Concept for Improving Lunar Life Using the ASTRAX LUNAR CITY Simulation Facility

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Taiko Kawakami

    ASTRAX, Inc.

    Japan

    12

    12:05

    Ex Ante Risk Allocation among Private Sectors in Lunar Resource Development through Contract

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Hinata Oshima

    Nakamura Tsunoda & Matsumoto

    Japan

    13

    12:15

    Lunar Helium-3: A Commercially Scalable Extraction Architecture for Fusion Energy, Quantum Cooling, and a Permanent Lunar Economy

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Chris Salvino

    United States

    14

    12:25

    Lunar Based Quantum Infrastructure: Leveraging Deep Space Passive Cooling for Thermodynamic Efficiency and Scalability of Superconducting Qubits.

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Amine Ceyda Çalışkan

    Darüşşafaka High School

    Türkiye

    15

    12:35

    Structural Exclusion in Lunar Resource Governance: Lessons from Landlocked States under UNCLOS

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Katerina Fialova

    China