Laboratory for Space and (LEEM) Spanish Space Students (S 3 ) III Laboratory for Space and Microgravity Research (LEEM) Congress University of Saragossa 27-28 November 2008 LEEM Annual Congress Organization Page: 1 de 7
Introduction LEEM Annual Congress 2008 will take place in the Faculty of Physics, University of Saragossa, from 27 to 28 November. The event programme for the congress is the following: Thursday, November 27 th 9:00 09:30 Registration 09:30 10:00 Opening Ceremony 10:00 10:30 LEEM Presentation 10:30 11:00 APSIDE Presentation 11:00 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 12:00 ESA- Education 12:00 12:30 Master in Space Technology MST-UPM 12:30 13:00 National Satellite Earth Observation Programme 13:00 13:30 Xatcobeo - ECSS 13:30 14:30 International Cansat Comp & Round Table 14:30 16:00 Lunch 16:00 16:30 Video Conference I 16:30 17:00 Picosatellits development in Latinoamerica 17:00 17:30 Educational Programme LEEM/Planeta Ciencias 17:30 18:00 Educational Activities in 2008 18:00 18:30 Students Experience: Mission Analysis 18:30 19:00 Highlight I 19:00 20:00 Workshop LEEMSat I Friday, November 28 th 09:30 10:00 Space Technology Transfer in Spain 10:00 10:30 Microgravity Biological researches in Spain 10:30 11:00 ELGRA 11:00 11:30 Microgravity Drop Tower Competition 11:30 12:00 INTA 12:00 12:30 Coffee Break 12:30 13:00 Students Experience: SUCCESS 13:00 13:30 Students Experience: Parabolic flight 13:30 14:00 Students Experience: Spanish Trainee 14:00 14:30 Students Experience: PhD in Spain 14:00 16:00 Lunch 16:00 17:00 Air Exhibition 17:00 17:30 Sounding Rockets 17:30 18:00 SGAC: Overview of Space Activities & Opportunities for Contribution 18:00 18:45 Multilateral Organizations 18:45 19:00 Highlight II 19:15 20:00 Closing Ceremony and Conclusions 23:00 Space Party LEEM Annual Congress Organization Page: 2 de 7
Detailed programme: Thursday, November 27 th Participants Registration In the registration, the organization will give the badge and the detailed programme of the congress. The attendance certification will be given to the participants at the end of the congress. Opening Ceremony (09:30-10:00) Opening Ceremony will be hosted by the Dean Faculty of Sciences of the University of Saragossa and LEEM Board of Directors. Opening of the III Congress: S3, Mr. Miguel J. Romanos, Chairman S3, APSIDE- LEEM University of Saragossa welcome speech, Mrs. Ana Isabel Elduque Palomo, Dean Faculty of Sciences. LEEM Presentation (Mr. Héctor Salvador, President of LEEM) (10:00-10:30) Presentation of the National LEEM activities for last year. Contributions and future activities. APSIDE Presentation (Mr. Miguel J. Romanos, APSIDE-LEEM) (10:30-11:00) Presentation of the APSIDE activities and future plans after its subscription as LEEM delegation in Saragossa. ESA-Education Presentation (Mr. Carlos Lopez de Echazarreta, ESA) (11:30-12:00) Presentation of the educational activities of the ESA Education Office. Master en Space Technology MST-UPM (Mr. Ramón Martinez, UPM) (12:00-12:30) Presentation of the educational activities of ETSIT-UPM in satellites communication. National Earth Observation Programme (Mr. Juan Ureña Carazo, CDTI) (12:30-13:00) Presentation of the INGENO Earth observation satellite. Xatcobeo - ECSS (Mr. Jorge Iglesias, Xatcobeo Team) (13:00-13:30) Presentation of the Xatcobeo Cubesat which will be launch on board Vega maiden flight following the ECSS standards. LEEM Annual Congress Organization Page: 3 de 7
International CanSat Competition Presentation and Round Table (Mr. Adrian Fernández, LEEM) (13:00-14:00) Presentation of the I International Cansat Competition LEEM-UPM, which took place in April 2008 in Madrid. Video conference I (16:00-16:30) Live connection with international students: LEEM-Bangalore, Mr. Satha Kumar Prasanna, LEEM Office in Bangalore, India. Picosatellits development in Latinoamerica (Mrs. Lilia Edith Aparicio Pico, Mr. Ernesto Gómez Vargas, Mr. Roberto Ferro Escobar) (16:30 17:00) Presentation of the Colombian university picosatellite and the development of these activities in Latinoamerica. Presentation Educational programme of LEEM/PC (Mrs. Clara Peregrín, LEEM- PC) (17:00-17:30) Presentation of the educational programme and its development through the space. These activities are carried out by the collaboration between LEEM and Planeta Ciencias in Spain. Presentation Educational Activities in 2008 (Mr. Eleazar Gonzalez y Mr. Amalio Monzón, LEEM) (17:30-18:00) Presentation of the educational activities by LEEM in 2008. Presentation Students experience: Mission Analysis (Mr. Jonatan Peris, APSIDE- LEEM) (10:00-18:30) Presentation of the students experience doing Mission Analysis for a satellite mission in the educational programme of ESA. Highlight I Mission Analysis (Mr. Alberto Abad, University of Saragossa) (18:30-19:00) Presentation where how to carry out a Mission Analysis for a satellite mission will be commented, as well as, the previous experience of the University of Saragossa in this field. 19:00-20:00 Workshop LEEMSat I (LEEM) Pre-phase A documentation of the project LEEMSat-I organization workshop. LEEM Annual Congress Organization Page: 4 de 7
Friday, November 28 th Space Technology Transfer in Spain (Mrs. Izaskun Jiménez Iturriza, TTP) (09:30-10:00) Presentation of possibilities of the Space Transfer Technology in Spain. Presentation Microgravity Biological researches in Spain (Mr. F. Javier Medina, CSIC) (10:00-10:30) Presentation of the microgravity biological researches in Spain and its contribution to the international research in the microgravity field. Presentation ELGRA (Mr. Jack van Loon, ELGRA) (10:30-11:00) Presentation of the ELGRA association and its activities. Presentation Microgravity Drop Tower Competition (Mr. Angel Carretero, INTA) (11:00-11:30) Presentation of the competition for the experimentation in the Microgravity Drop Tower of INTA, which was created through collaboration between LEEM and INTA. Presentation INTA (PhD. M.D. Sabau, INTA) (11:30-12:00) Presentation of the importance of INTA for the Spanish investigations and its contribution to the knowledge in the microgravity field and space development. Presentation Students experience: SUCCESS (Mr. Jonatan Peris and Mr. Andres Russu, LEEM) (12:30-13:00) Presentation of the Spanish student s experience in several calls for the SUCESS Competition of ESA. Presentation Students experience: parabolic flights (Mrs. Julia Marín-Yaseli de la Parra, APSIDE-LEEM) (13:00-13:30) Presentation of the Students experience doing an experiment in the campaign of parabolic flights on the ESA s programme. Presentation Students experience: Spanish Trainee (Mr. Raul Herranz, Spanish Trainee) (13:30-14:00) Presentation of the Students experience during his stay in ESTEC thanks to CDTI Spanish Trainee. Presentation Students experience: Doctorate In Spain (Mrs. Ana Isabel Manzano, PhD student attached to the CSIC) (14:00-14:30) Presentation of the experience of a PhD student perfoming an experiment in international facilities for the study of gravity. LEEM Annual Congress Organization Page: 5 de 7
Presentation Sounding Rockets in LEEM (Mr. Borja Hidalgo, LEEM) (17:00-17:30) Presentation of the different models of sounding rockets developed by LEEM, as well as, the plans for future developments. Presentation SGAC: Overview of Space Activities and Opportunities for Contribution (Mrs. Maite Trujillo, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)) (17:30-18:00) Presentation of the association and its activities. Presentation Institutions and multilateral mechanisms and international cooperation (Mr. Alider Cragnolini, INTA) (18:00-18:45) Presentation of the different institutions and multilateral mechanisms and international cooperation in space material. Highlight II Message to the Spanish Space Students (Mr. Michael Lopez-Alegria, NASA Astronaut) (18:45-19:00) Presentation of the Mr. Michael Lopez-Alegria s experience during his long career as a NASA astronaut. During videoconferencing he will be appointed honorary member of LEEM. Videoconferences Throughout the congress, it will connect directly with students from other countries: Videoconference I (Thursday 27, 16:00-16:30) LEEM-Bangalore, Mr. Satha Kumar Prasanna, LEEM Office in Bangalore, India. Videoconference II (Friday 28, 18:45-19:00) Message to the Spanish Space Students, Mr. Michael Lopez-Alegria, NASA / Astronaut). Exhibition During the congress, the static and posters area will be opened. In this area, the hardware of the current projects of LEEM and the invited institutions will be exhibited. LEEM Annual Congress Organization Page: 6 de 7
Air Exhibition Friday afternoon, aviation exhibition of association, educational rockets and other projects related with LEEM will carry out. It will take place in the sports facilities adjacent to the rooms of the congress. 16:00 Beginning of the event. Presentation of educational activities and the micro rocket launch. 16:15 CANSAT Competition Presentation. Drops of a demonstration CANSAT from helium Globe. 16:30 Presentation of the rocket activities. Mini-Rocket Launching Exhibition (Rk-1 family) 16:45 Presentation of the Aerospace activities. UAV flight. General Assembly The General Assembly will close the congress. During this session, every LEEM member will elect the Board of Directors, division s coordinators and the policy of the association for the next year. The General Assembly is an open session and will hold on Saturday 29 th at 12:00 in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Physics. Coffee break and lunch The coffee in the breaks will be provided by the organization. Lunch can be made in the arranged restaurants and snack bars next to the congress. Space Party Space Party will take place on Friday night. The entrance will be free and drinks will have discount for the participants of the congress. LEEM Annual Congress Organization Page: 7 de 7