Wednesday, June 3rd
09:00-09:30: Registration
09:30-11:30: Session 1: “Is Space debris an environmental problem?”
- Introduction
- Keynote: "Control of climate and space capacity allocation: what are the commonalities"
- Discussions on similarities and differences with space debris
11:30-13:00: Session 2: “Challenges of space debris modelling”
Presentations:
Covered topic: Modelling of the long-term evolution of the space object population environment and challenges in the forecast of the future launch traffic and technology development scenarios.
13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:00: Session 3: Exercise “Space debris modelling”
16:00-17:30: Session 4: “How space debris mitigation can adapt to the space environment?”
Presentations:
Covered topic: Analysis on how mitigation guideline can adapt to the change in the launch trend and the increase of large constellations.
18:00-20:00: Opening buffet
Thursday, June 4th
09:00-10.30: Session 5: “How to assess the impact of space missions onto the space environment?”
Presentations:
Covered topic: Comparing indices to assess the impact of missions to the space debris environment.
10:30-12:00: Session 6: “How to measure the space capacity?”
Presentations:
Covered topic: Measuring and defining thresholds for the overall space carrying capacity.
12:00-13:00: Session 7: Exercise: “Space capacity”
13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:00: Session 8: Exercise: “How technical mitigation actions can be translated in policies?”
16:00-17.30: Session 9: “Space debris mitigation policies”
Presentations:
Covered topic: Policy studies on space debris mitigations and applicability of capacity management strategies.
17:30-18:00: Wrap up
19:30-21:00: Dinner (upon registration)
Friday, June 5th
09:00-10:30: Session 10: Panel “Space debris and space capacity measures in the EU space act and international cooperation”
10:30-11:00: Discussion
11:00-12:30: Session 11: “Space capacity management”
Presentations:
Covered topics:
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- Proposals to manage the space environment on the long-term,
- Economic studies on space debris mitigations and applicability of capacity management strategies.
12:30-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:30: Session 12: “Towards the integration of all the open aspects in space sustainability”
Presentations:
Covered topics:
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- Integrate different indicators such as light pollution, atmosphere emissions, casualty risk at re-entry, etc.
- Life cycle assessment of space missions
15:30-17:00: Session 13: “Conclusions and next steps”