12th Appleton Space Conference

11 Oct 2016

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The 12th Appleton Space Conference was held on Thursday 1st December 2016 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire. The annual conference gave leading figures from within the Space sector, the opportunity to meet and discuss the latest developments on a range of current and future Space activities.

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Speakers and their presentations: 

​​Keynote speech by European Space Agency Astronaut Tim Peake - Principia: A Journey of a Lifetime​

​Dr Chris Mutlow, Director, STFC RAL Space - Welc​ome

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Ross James, Deputy CEO, UK Space Agency -  UK - the Place for Space?

Alan Brunstrom, Liaison Officer, European Space Agency - The Perspectives from ESA ECSAT: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities

 

Alexander Whitley, Alexander Whitley Dance Company (and Hugh Mortimer, STFC RAL Space)  - 8 Minutes: The Dance of Solar Physics

Tim Just, Head of Space, Innovate UK - Innovate UK - Simplification​

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Stuart Martin, CEO, Satellite Applications Catapult -  To 2030 and Beyond: The Challenges and Opportunities

Professor Mick Johnson, Director, Centre for EO Instrumentation - New Technologies for future EO Instrumentation

 

Dr Craig Donlon, Principal Scientist for Ocean and Ice, European Space Agency - Copernicus Sentinel-3 Past, Present and Future

Dr Tim Bestwick, Director of Business Innovation, STFC -  The Harwell Campus and the Space Cluster

Professor Don Pollacco, Warwick University - Exoplanets and the Search for Extraterrestial Life

Dr Ian McCrea, STFC RAL Space - EISCAT-3D

 

 

Professor Sheila Rowan MBE, University of Glasgow - Gravitational Waves: A New Astronomy

Dr Samantha Lavender, Pixalytics Ltd / British Association of Remote Sensing Companies - Harnessing Increasing Volumes of Earth Observation Data to Add Value for Science, Business and Society

 

Professor Tim Wright, University of Leeds - Monitoring our Hazardous Earth from Space

Professor Martin Wooster, Kings College London - Quantifying Biomass Burning Emissions to the Atmosphere

 

Paul Jerram, e2V - Image Sensors for Space

Mark Thomas, Reaction Engines - SABRE - Hypersonic and Space Access Platforms​

 

Conclusion

Networking Reception

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For more information please contact: RAL Space Enquiries