World Space Forum
'Space for our Future'
Online virtual meeting
Organized jointly by
the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency
9-10 December 2020
Information
- Access link to video recordings added to the title of each of the sessions
- Speaker biographies
- Programme
Presentations
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
| OPENING: Space for Everyone, Everywhere |
| UAE in Space - Mr. Mohammed Al Ahbabi, Director-General, United Arab Emirates Space Agency |
| Space for Our Future - Ms. Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| Session 1:
Space for Humanity
"Moderator: Mr. Jorge Del Rio Vera, UNOOSA" |
| CubeSat Educational Programme for Girls in Kazakhstan - Ms. Veronika Vashchenko, UNICEF Kazakhstan |
| Giga: An initiative to connect every school to the Internet, and every young person to information, opportunity and choice - Mr. Alex Wong, ITU |
| Space Generation Advisory Council - Mr. Davide Petrillo, SGAC |
| Connectivity: An Enabler of Development - Mr. Hamed Munther Odeh, Yahsat |
| Ms. Zainab Azim, G.I.V.E; Youngest Member of Virgin Galactic's Future Astronaut Program |
| Session 2:
Space for the Planet
"Moderator: Ms. Nathalie Ricard, UNOOSA" |
| Ms. Fatima Al Shamsi, UAE Space Agency |
| AI for Planetary Stewardship - Mr. Simon Jackman, University of Oxford |
| Mr. James Parr, Trillium Technologies |
| EODC - Mr. Christian Briese, Earth Observation Data Centre |
| Mr. Frederic Bretar, Space Climate Observatory; Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) |
| Special Session:
The Future of Space Exploration
"Moderator: Mr. Niklas Hedman, UNOOSA" |
| Emirates Mars Mission - Mr. Omran Sharaf, UAE Space Agency |
| Artemis - Mr. Michael Gold, NASA |
| The future of space exploration - an international endeavor - Ms. Pascale Ehrenfreund, International Astronautical Federation (IAF) |
| Canada's Space Exploration Activities - Mr. Christian Lange, Canadian Space Agency / Government of Canada |
| Planetary protection: Coordination in international efforts - Ms. Athena Coustenis, CNRS / COSPAR Panel on Planetary protection |
| Mr. Ken Hodgkins, International Space Enterprise |
| High Road or Low Road: Where are we headed in the space arena? - Mr. Peter Martinez, Secure World Foundation |
Thursday, 10 December 2020
| Side Event: Announcement of the new round of KiboCUBE |
| Session 3:
Space for Economy
"Moderator: Ms. Veronica Cesco, UNOOSA" |
| Mr. Naser Al Rashedi, UAE Space Agency |
| Leveraging space programs to scale technology start-ups moving the economy towards the SDGs - Ms. Elodie Robin-Guillerm, Hub71 |
| Mr. Luca del Monte, European Space Agency |
| A New Spacefaring State's Perspective to Space Activities Governance - Ms. Jenni Tapio, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland |
| Session 4:
Sustainable Future in Space
"Moderator: Mr. Ian Freeman, UNOOSA" |
| Mr. Fahad Al Mheiri, UAE Space Agency |
| Mr. Moriba Jah, the University of Texas at Austin |
| Mr. Arfan Chaudry, UK Space Agency |
| Lunar Sustainability: Operations to Strategy - Mr. David Draper, NASA |
| Mr. Yao Jianting, China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
| Mr. Jonathan Hung, Singapore Space and Technology Limited |
| Closing Ceremony |
Contact Information
For more information about the Forum please contact:
UNOOSA - World Space Forum Organizing Team
E-Mail: worldspaceforum[@]un.org