session 7

Title

Sending out a Signal: Innovative Outreach and Communications Initiatives

type

oral

Description

This session focuses on non-traditional, experimental, and innovative outreach and communications approaches that engage the public in space activities outside the formal education system. Contributions may explore novel storytelling formats, emerging technologies, creative dissemination strategies, or engagement with new or underrepresented audiences. Presentations should highlight what makes the initiative innovative, how audiences were reached or attracted (e.g. promotion, partnerships, platforms), and what outcomes were achieved or are expected. Authors should present evaluation results where available, or clearly articulate anticipated impacts and assessment methods for ongoing or planned initiatives. When submitting abstracts for this session, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

Date

2026-10-08

Time

15:00

Room

E1

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Ms. Darcey Watson, The Andy Thomas Space Foundation, Australia;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Alev Sönmez, Fraunhofer Alliance Space, Germany;

• Rapporteur: Ms. Gillian Chin, International Space University (ISU), France;