Session 1 (9.00 – 10.40)
Martin Ditter – Head of the ESA Harwell Centre
David Southwood – Director Science and Robotic Exploration European Space Agency
Fred Taylor - Halley Professor of Physics Oxford University - The Scientific Exploration of Mars
Session 2 (11.10-12.50)
Dr. Peter Hargrave – Herschel
Dr. Neil Dunbar – Astrium – Lisa Pathfinder and the challenge of building Europe’s first fundamental Physics Mission
Peter Grindrod – Aurora Research Fellow UCL – Exploring New Sources of Water on Mars
Session 3 (2.00-3.30)
Professor Richard Harrison – STEREO: From Sun to the Earth
Dr. Chris Castelli - The UK space science programme in 2010
Space Industry
Session 1 (9.00 – 10.40)
Ian Taylor MP – Former Space Minister
Dr. Frank Danesy – Careers with ESA
Alan Bond and Simon Feast – Reaction Engines
Session 2 (11.10-12.50)
Professor Tony Musker – Southampton University, DELTACAT -Low Toxicity Green Propulsion for Spacecraft
George Abbey – former Director of the Johnson Spaceflight Center NASA - The past, present and Future of Space travel
Session 3 (2.00-3.30)
Dr. Dave Hodgson –DMC, Chair of British Association of Remote Sensing Companies – Global Forest Monitoring
Reg Turnill – ex BBC Aerospace Correspondent – Apollo 13
BIS Human Space Flight Day
Session 2 (11.10-12.50)
Nick Spall – Human Spaceflight the way ahead.
Dr. Ian Crawford - UCL Birkbeck - The scientific case for an international lunar exploration programme.
Panel discussion.
SESSION 3 (2.00-3.30)
2.00 – 2.40 pm
Dr. Iya Whiteley - ESA-EAC - Exploring the human mind; mission to Mars
Dr. Gail Iles - ESA astronaut training specialist, EAC- Going zero-g; from parabolic flight microgravity experiments, to the Columbus ISS laboratory.
Session 4 (4.00-5.30)
Peter Diamandis Chief Executive Officer the X-Prize Foundation
The Charles Martin Lecture – Brig. General Michel Tognini Head of the ESA Astronaut Corps