Space Conference 2022

Agenda

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Calendar25-01-2022 09:0027-01-2022 21:00Asia/JerusalemSpace Conference 2022

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10:00 - 10:40

Opening Session

Welcome to the Ilan Ramon International Space Conference

Moderator: Menny Barzilay

Opening Session

Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel

Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben Israel, Chairman of the Israel Space Agency

Memorial Ceremony for Ilan Ramon

Keynote:

Her Excellency Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, The UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency

10:40 - 11:45

Panel: Space Agencies Vision in the Era of New Space

Moderator: Dr. Deganit Paikowsky

Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Hebrew University

Senator Bill Nelson

NASA Administrator

Brigadier General (Res.) Uri Oron

Director-General, Israel Space Agency

Lisa Campbell

President of the Canadian Space Agency

Salem Butti Salem al Qubaisi

Director General of the UAE Space Agency

Lionel Suchet

CNES Chief Operating Officer

Carlos Augusto Teixeira de Moura

President of Brazilian Space Agency

11:45 - 12:00

2021 in space – A year in review: Mr. Tal Inbar

Tal Inbar

Senior Research Fellow, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

12:00 - 12:50

Panel: How Space Endeavors Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation

Special Keynote: Tamar Zandberg

Minister of Environmental Protection

Moderator: Dr. Adi Ninio Greenberg

Academic Research & Projects, Israel Space Agency

Dr. Karen M. St. Germain

Earth Science Division Director, NASA

Dr. Francesco Longo

Head of Earth Observation Division, Italian Space Agency

Dr. Frederic Bretar

Space Climate Observatory, French Space Agency

Prof. Eyal Ben Dor

Professor at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Exact Science, Tel Aviv University

Rei Goffer

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Tomorrow.io

This panel discussess the space-based technologies designed to monitor climate change and develop a more sustainable way of life on planet Earth.

12:50 - 13:00

Spotlight on Breakthrough Development: TAU NanoSatellite for Quantum Communications

Dr. Meir Ariel

Director of the Tel Aviv University NanoSatellite Center

13:00 - 13:45

Panel: Cutting Edge Research on Space Stations

Moderator: Inbal Kreiss

Head of Innovation, Systems Missiles and Space Division, IAI; Head of Technological RAKIA Mission to the International Space Station

Paul H. Chung MD

Associate Professor of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

Ron Zohar

Chief Product Officer, Healthy.io

Yoav Yair

Dean of the School of Sustainability, Reichman University, IDC Herzliya

Daniel Rockberger

Co-Founder and Chief Engineer, NSLComm

The Rakia mission is a unique opportunity of extraordinary collaboration between diverse factors. This Mission will enable entrepreneurs and researchers to advance innovative ideas to be tested in space environment, thereby contributing to international space eco-system.

13:45 - 14:15

Fireside Talk with Hazza Al Mansouri, the first Emirati Astronaut in Space

Hazza Al Mansouri

The First Emirati Astronaut in Space

Tal Inbar

Senior Research Fellow, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

Join us for a fireside talk with Astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri, the first Emirati in space. The talk will focus on Al Mansouri's mission and remarkable journey, the UAE's vision on space, and much more. Interviewed by Tal Inbar.

14:15 - 14:25

Spotlight on Breakthrough Development

Dan Hart

CEO of Virgin Orbit

14:25 - 14:55

The journey to develop a disruptive space startup

Jonathan Geifman

Co Founder and CEO of Helios

Dr. Raz Itzhaki

Co-Founder and CEO, NSLComm Ltd.

Frank Maximilian Salzgeber

Head of Innovation and Ventures Office, European Space Agency

14:55 - 15:05

ISRO’s Scientific Breakthrough Development

Umamaheswaran R.

Distinguished Scientist and Scientific Secretary, ISRO

15:05 - 15:10

Beresheet2 Unique Lunar Mission- Challenges and Opportunities

Brig. General (ret.) Shimon Sarid

CEO, SpaceIL

15:10 - 15:55

Panel: Cutting-Edge Satellites

Moderator: Opher Doron

CEO of EVR Motors

Arie Halsband

Managing Director, Astroscale Israel Ltd.

Uri Greisman-Ran

Senior Director for New Space Solutions, Elbit Systems

Avi Shabtai

CEO of Ramon Space

Kelly Larson

CEO of Aquarian Space - the Internet Service Provider for the Solar System

Meir Nir-Nissim

Director, Advanced Space Systems Space Division, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI)

This panel will discuss advances in satellites and space services, from business, technology and policy perspectives

15:55 - 16:05

Presentation of Turkish Space Agency and National Space Program

Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım

President of the Turkish Space Agency

16:05 - 16:50

Panel: Future of Human Spaceflight - Private Space Stations' Contribution to Sustainable Life in Space

Moderator: Ran Livne

Director-General, Ramon Foundation

Eytan Stibbe

Rakia Mission to the ISS

Charles F. Bolden Jr.

Major General, United States Marine Corps (Ret.); 12th NASA Administrator; Founder & CEO, Emeritus, The Charles F. Bolden Group

Christian Maender

Director, In-Space Manufacturing and Research, Axiom Space Inc.

Jeffrey Manber

President, International and Space Stations, Voyager Space Holdings

This panel focuses on the increasing privatization of space stations. Experts will discuss what it takes to launch an object in to space, from the regulations and money to the science and engineering.

16:50 - 17:00