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08:30 – Open doors & welcome coffee
09:30 – Welcome
09:45 – Opening keynotes
10:30 – Coffee break & networking
11:00 – Energy challenges : Today and into the future – When Energy Markets Escape Geography – Chaired by Marc VALES
11:15 – Energy challenges : Today and into the future – Holistic Evaluation of the System Integration and Benefits of Space-Based Solar Power in Supporting Net-Zero – Chaired by Marc VALES
11:30 – Defence applications of Space-based Solar Power – Invited talk on SBSP for Defence – Chaired by Peter GARRETSON
11:45 – Defence applications of Space-based Solar Power – Panel discussion – Chaired by Peter GARRETSON
12:30 – Lunch break & networking + Live Power beaming demo by Virtus Solis
14:00 – Presentation and discussion Panel : Best of Commercial Space-Based Solar Power – Chaired by Srikanth RAVIPRASAD
15:15 – Demonstrations of Wireless Power Transmission – Relaying Solar Power to Earth – Chaired by Srikanth RAVIPRASAD
15:30 – Coffee break & networking
16:00 – Socioeconomics – Path to Strategic Energy Sovereignty and Industrial Leadership – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU
16:15 – Socioeconomics – Africa’s Participation in the Space-Enhanced Future Global Energy Mix – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU
16:30 – Environmental Impacts – How SBSP could effect astronomy and what can be done to mitigate that – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU
16:45 – Communications – The Exo-Energy Race: Framing Space Based Energy and Infrastructure for the Public and Peer Powers – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU
17:00 –Policy & Governance – How Can Space Solar Power Avoid Megaproject Doom – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU
17:15 –Policy & Governance – For the Good of All Mankind: When the Moral Imperative of the Outer Space Treaty Meets the Reality of Space-Based Solar Power – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU
17:30 – Invited talk on Geopolitics of SBSP – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU
17:45 – Cocktail reception
19:30 – End of day 1
08:00 – Open doors & welcome coffee
09:00 – System concepts & Applications – Enabling Space-Based Energy: Power Beaming as the First Step Toward Space Solar Power – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY
09:15 – System concepts & Applications – Virtus Solis’ Lucidus SBSP architecture as a distributed generation solution for all markets – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY
09:30 – System concepts & Applications – CASSIDI : Advancing SBSP for a sustainable futur – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY
09:45 – System concepts & Applications – An Orbital Grid to Enable Global and Affordable Lunar Night Survival: Status Towards Commercialization – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY
10:00 – System concepts & Applications – Wireless Power Transmission: a new frontier for lunar colonisation development – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY
10:15 – System concepts & Applications – TerraSpark: Lighting the path to viable space-based energy – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY
10:30 – Coffee break & networking
11:00 – Economics and Financing – Investing in SBSP – Chaired by Matthias LAUG
11:15 – Economics and Financing – Invited talk on Economics of SBSP – Chaired by Matthias LAUG
11:30 – Economics and Financing – Panel discussion – Chaired by Matthias LAUG
12:30 – Lunch break & networking
14:00 – General topics of interest – Building the Ecosystem for Space-Based Solar Power: Infrastructure, Logistics, and Construction – Chaired by Marc VALES
14:15 – General topics of interest – Celestial Power’s Terrestrial Footprint: An Overview of Life-Cycle Assessments for Space Solar Power – Chaired by Marc VALES
14:30 – Enabling Technologies # 1 – In-Space Manufactured Solar Arrays: A Scalable Path to Space-Based Solar Power – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN
14:45 – Enabling Technologies # 1 – HSTAR SPACE – Enabling global access to the Space-Based Solar Power Market – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN
15:00 – Enabling Technologies # 1 – Insights into Calibration Methods for Large-Scale Phased Arrays: Comprehensive Experimental Results for Solar Power Satellites – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN
15:15 – Demonstration concepts and missions – Demonstrating a 600-Watt Retrodirective Cross-Helix Power Beaming System: Are We Now Ready for Space-Based Solar Power ? – Chaired by Marc VALES
15:30 – (SPACE)2 – Synergistic Predictive Analytical Control Environment using Sensible Programmable Analyzable Control Envelopes
15:45 – Coffee break & networking
16:15 – Why isn’t Space Solar Power a thing yet?: An engagement- Facilitated by Sean MAHONEY and Srikanth RAVIPRASAD, Space Frontier Foundation
17:15 – End of day 2
08:00 – Open doors & welcome coffee
08:00 – Workshop on “International space power policy & standards institute” – Bryan ZETLAN & Gary BARNHARD – AZUR room
09:00 – Orbital Reflectors – Sunlight Redirection for Enhanced Solar Energy Production: Reflect Orbital’s Commercial Constellation Approach – Chaired by Robert GORDON
09:15 – Orbital Reflectors – Orbiting Solar Reflectors for Lunar Exploration – Chaired by Robert GORDON
09:30 – Orbital Reflectors – Delivering clean energy services using orbiting solar reflectors: architectures, technologies and economics – Chaired by Robert GORDON
09:45 – Orbital Reflectors – The dynamics and control of orbiting solar reflectors – Chaired by Robert GORDON
10:00 – Orbital Reflectors – Panel discussion – Chaired by Vaibhav Somaji ANUSE
10:30 – Coffee break & networking
11:00 – Orbital Data Centres – ASCEND – A space cloud to ease the data center conundrum – Chaired by Yves DURAND
11:15 – Orbital Data Centres – Demonstrating terrestrial-grade GPU compute in space: Starcloud’s first mission – Chaired by Yves DURAND
11:30 – Orbital Data Centres – Panel discussion – Chaired by Yves DURAND
12:30 – Lunch break & networking
13:30 – Enabling Technologies # 2 – Mission enablement and enhancement via space-to-space power beaming – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN
13:45 – Enabling Technologies # 2 – A multifunctional anti-reflection coating for space solar cover glass – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN
14:00 – Enabling Technologies # 2 – Transparent Antennae and Water Metasurfaces for Environmentally Robust GRS – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN
14:15 – Enabling Technologies # 2 – Joining Hands for Power Delivery: Space-Based Solar Power as a Market Driver for Development of In-Space Assembly Infrastructure – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN
14:30 – Carbon credits market – Panel discussion – Chaired by Vijay IYER
16:00 – Closing keynote
16:15 – 3i3s-Europa presentation
16:25 – Wrap-up
16:45 – End of day 3
| Poster Title | Author | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| A Significant Update to the Hyper-Modular Approach to Space Solar Power: SPS-ALPHA Mark-IV | John Mankins | Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC |
| Space-based solar power tech tree: Mapping the technology behind the promise | Matthew Allcock | NeoWatt |
| Powering the Next Frontier: How Space-Based Solar Power Can Catalyze a Sustainable Commercial Space Economy | Seth Elliot | Virtus Solis |
| Bridging the Sky: Microwave-to-Laser Energy Conversion for High-Altitude Power Transfer | Amit Kumar Baghel | UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO |
| Structural design and testing strategies for ultra-lightweight orbiting solar reflectors | Litesh N. Sulbhewar | University of Glasglow |
| A Strategic PESTLE Feasibility Analysis of Space-Based Solar Power | Ori Bloch | Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion |
| Electron Beam Welding Tool For Cost-Effective In-Orbit Assembly Of Energy-From-Space Infrastructure | Guillaume Mohara | ArcSpace |
| Efficient High-Power RF-DC Conversion for Wireless Space-Based Solar Power Transfer Applications | Helena Ribeiro | Universidade de Aveiro |
| Licensing, liabilities and lasers: legal questions posed by space-based solar power | Saul Blankstone | Private |
| (SPACE)2 - Synergistic Predictive Analytical Control Environment using Sensible Programmable Analyzable Control Envelopes | Gary Barnhard | XISP Inc. |
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