President’s Conference 2014
THE STRATEGIC
CHOICES FOR SPACE
LONDON / 8 - 9 OCTOBER 2014
Sponsors:
Supported by:
TWO DAY CONFERENCE
THE STRATEGIC CHOICES
FOR SPACE
The Royal Aeronautical Society President’s
Conference, inaugurated in 2013, aims to
be the premier conference in its class for the
international aerospace community and one
of the most auspicious events of its kind. The
2014 President’s Conference will showcase
the work being undertaken in the UK and
around the world to roll back the frontiers of
space exploration and increase its commercial
exploitation.
The Conference will examine future
opportunities and challenges, novel and
contentious solutions, and the potential
benefits of pushing the boundaries further.
It will ask questions and seek solutions. The
papers will be presented by distinguished
speakers who are pre-eminent in their fields.
The wide-ranging Conference will take a
global perspective, and will cover the strategic
challenges; the economics of commercial
spaceflight; the opportunities presented by
partnerships; the strategies for innovation and
growth; and the UK Government’s vision for the
future.
VENUE
Royal Aeronautical Society
No.4 Hamilton Place
London W1J 7BQ
United Kingdom
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Space Sector R&D Directors & Managers
- Space Sector Technology Directors & Managers
- Public Sector Space Organisations Directors
and Managers
- Managers of Small & Medium Enterprises
- Senior Members of Academia with Space
interests
- Space Media Correspondents
Sponsors:
Supported by:
REGISTRATION FEES: (include refreshments, lunch and access to conference proceedings)
Fee £
VAT 20% £
Total £
Non-Member
450.00
90.00
540.00
RAeS Corporate Partner * (Inc. Armed Forces)
375.00
75.00
450.00
RAeS Member
295.00
59.00
354.00
RAeS Baseline Member
180.00
36.00
216.00
RAeS Student Affiliate Members may attend free of charge subject to availability.
* RAeS Corporate Partners are entitled to the special offer of five places for £1500+ VAT
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER
www.aerosociety.com/events
PROGRAMME – 8 OCTOBER 2014
08:30
Registration and Refreshments
09:00
OPENING REMARKS
Simon Luxmoore, Chief Executive,
Royal Aeronautical Society, UK
09:05
INTRODUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT
Air Cdre Bill Tyack CBE, President,
Royal Aeronautical Society, UK
SESSION 1: KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Chairman: Air Marshal Iain McNicoll,
Chairman, RAeS Air Power Group, UK
09:20
09:35
09:55
Space for Global Sustainable
Development
Ms Simonetta Di Pippo, Director,
United Nations Office for Outer Space
Affairs, Vienna, Austria
Funding Models for Space:
Government or Private Capital?
Sir Martin Sweeting OBE, Executive
Chairman, Surrey Satellite Technology
Ltd, UK
Europe’s Military Space Programmes
General Jean-Pierre Serra, Special
Adviser to the CEO, Airbus Defence &
Space
10:15
China’s 3rd Five Year Space Plan
Speaker TBC from China
10:35
Networking Refreshment Break
11:05
Defence Domain Opportunities,
Threats and Solutions
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach
KCB CBE FRAeS, Vice-Chief of
Defence Staff, MOD, UK
11:20
SESSION 2: THE UK MODEL FOR
SPACE (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Moderator: Simon Luxmoore, CEO,
Royal Aeronautical Society, UK
Short Statements from each Member
of the Panel followed by moderated
discussion:
- Andy Green, President UK Space &
Co-Chair UK Space Leadership Council, UK
- Dr Matt Perkins, CEO, SSTL, UK
- David Williams, CEO, Avanti Comms, UK
12:20
Lunch Sponsored by:
SESSION 3: ISSUES FOR THE
SPACE SECTOR
Chairman: Philip Davies, Chairman,
RAeS Space Group, UK
13:20
The Space Foundation
Elliot Pulham, Chief Executive Officer,
Space Foundation, USA
13:35
Cyber Security in Space
Andrew Rogoyski, Head of UK Cyber
Security, CGI, UK
13:50
Vega Space
Richard Lowe, Group Manager, EO
Systems & Operations,
Telespazio VEGA UK
SESSION 4: NEXT STEPS FOR
SPACE
Chairman: Air Cdre Bill Tyack CBE,
President, Royal Aeronautical Society,
UK
14:05
Next Steps for Space
Charles F Bolden Jr, Administrator,
NASA, USA
14:25
DELEGATE QUESTIONS
14:55
Networking Refreshment Break
15:25
SESSION 5: PARALLEL SESSIONS
Three Groups - Discussion Topics:
The Space Environment:
Panel Chairman: Dr Richard Crowther,
Chief Engineer, UK Space Agency
Human Spaceflight:
Panel Chairman: Dr Daniela Petrova,
RAeS Aerospace Medicine Group, UK
Commercial Space:
Panel Chairman: Dr Geoff Busswell,
RAeS Space Group Vice-Chairman
16:25
16:40
17:00
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Future Prospects Seen Through the
Director General’s Prism
Magali Vaissiere, Director of
Telecommunications & Integrated
Applications, ESA
CLOSE DAY ONE
NETWORKING RECEPTION &
SIR ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARDS
CEREMONY
Sponsored by:
PROGRAMME – 9 OCTOBER 2014
08:30
Refreshments
08:55
OPENING REMARKS
Air Cdre Bill Tyack CBE, President,
Royal Aeronautical Society, UK
09:00
09:15
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
The UK Government Position on
Space
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for
Universities, Sciences & Cities,
Dept of BIS, UK (TBC)
Small Satellites
Panel Chairman: Philip Davies,
Chairman, RAeS Space Group, UK
12:55
Networking Lunch:
Sponsored by:
13:55
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Space in Africa
Dr Seidu O Mohammed, DG & Chief
Executive, NASRDA, Nigeria (TBC)
SESSION 8: CHANGING THE SPACE
PARADIGM
Chairman: Dr Kevin Fong, Aerospace
Medicine Group Committee, RAeS, UK
DELEGATE QUESTIONS
SESSION 6: COMMERCIAL
EXPLOITATION OF SPACE
Chairman: Pat Norris, Learned Society
Board, RAeS, UK
09:30
Space Tourism
Stephen Attenborough, Commercial
Director, Virgin Galactic, UK (TBC)
09:50
SpaceX
Barry Matsumori, VP Commercial
Sales, SpaceX, USA
10:10
The Economics of Launchers
Pacome Revillon, CEO, Euroconsult,
France
10:30
Satellite Communication Technology
George Nicola, Technical Marketing
Manager, Inmarsat, UK
10:50
Space Imagery
Sanjay Patel, Google Space, UK
11:10
DISCUSSION
11:25
Networking Refreshments Break
Sponsored by:
11:55
SESSION 7: PARALLEL SESSIONS
Three Groups - Discussion Topics:
Launch Vehicles
Panel Chairman: Dr Adam Baker,
Senior Lecturer - Space Technology,
Kingston University, UK
The European Space Agency
Panel Chairman: David Southwood,
Senior Research Investigator,
Imperial College, UK
14:15
Societal Benefits for the UK
Derived from Participation in Human
Spaceflight
Dr Simon Evetts, International
Collaborations Development Manager,
Wyle GmbH, Germany
14:35
Harnessing Technology in Engine
Design
Richard Varvill, Technical Director,
Reaction Engines Ltd, UK
14:55
The Satellite Applications Catapult
Mark Hampson, Chief Innovation
Officer, Satellite Applications Catapult,
UK
15:15
Networking Refreshment Break
Sponsored by:
15:45
SESSION 9: OPEN FORUM:
The Way Ahead/ Delegate Issues for
Discussion
Simon Luxmoore, CEO,
Royal Aeronautical Society, UK
Air Cdre Bill Tyack CBE, President,
Royal Aeronautical Society, UK
and invited panellists
16:25
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Meeting the Challenges with
Confidence
Dr David Parker, Chief Executive, UK
Space Agency, UK
16:45
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE