The 12th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference
The 12th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference
“Bringing Space Down To Earth”
30.1.2017 – First Day of the conference
08:00 Registration
08:45 Opening Session
Musical Interlude – The Israel Air Force Band
Greetings:
Peretz Vazan, Director General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Space
Moshe Fadlon, Mayor of Herzliya, the host city
Prof. Simonetta di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs
Commemoration of the STS-107 mission of the space shuttle Columbia
Awarding Ceremony of the Ilan Ramon Scholarships, in the presence of:
Peretz Vazan, Director General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Space
Prof. Isaac Ben Israel, Chairman, Israel Space Agency
Avi Blasberger, Director, Israeli Space Agency
Ran Ber, Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Space,
and Director of the Governmental Ramon Foundation
Rona Ramon, Founder and President of the Ramon Foundation
2016 – A year in review: Space Sciences
Prof. Eli Waxman, the Weizmann Institute of Science
Extraordinary visions of space exploration – mission to Alpha Centauri
Dr. Simon (Pete) Worden, Executive Director, Breakthrough Prize Foundation, USA
Science from Space Exploration Missions of JPL
Dr. Leslie Deutsch, Deputy Director for the Interplanetary Network Directorate (IND),
JPL
Space exploration: The NASA perspective
Charles Bolden, Former NASA Administrator
10:35 Greetings by MK Ofir Akunis, Minister of Science
10:50 Break
11:15 Science and Space Exploration – for the Benefits of Mankind
Space Exploration - special panel with heads of space agencies.
Moderator: Avi Blasberger, Director, Israel Space Agency
Dr. Jan Woerner, Director General, ESA
Charles Bolden, Former NASA Administrator
Dr. Jean-Yves Le Gall, President, CNES and IAF
Prof. Roberto Battiston, President, ASI
Dr. Tapan Misra, Director, Space Applications Center, ISRO
Dr. Leslie Deutsch, JPL
2016 – A year in Review: Space launches and technologies
Tal Inbar, Head, Space Research Center, the Fisher Institute for Air and Space
Strategic Studies
Bringing space down to Earth – session on space applications with participants
from the Israeli space industries
Session Chair – Haim Russo, Chairman, Taasiyeda, Former VP, Elbit Systems Ltd
New challenges and directions in remote sensing
Opher Doron, VP & General Manager, MBT Space Division, Israel Aerospace Industries
Detection of fires from space
Ilan Porat, Head of Space Systems BU, Elbit – ElectrOptics - ELOP
Thrusting new frontiers in space
Ofer Livne, Project Manager, RAFAEL
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Space and Security Session
Session Chair: Brig. Gen. (Res.) Abraham Assael, CEO, the Fisher Institute for Air and
Space Strategic Studies
2016 – A year in Review: Space Security and Policy
Dr. Deganit Paikowsky,
Senior Fellow, Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security, Tel Aviv
University. National Council for R&D, Ministry of Science, Technology and Space,
Israel
Annual Address of the Israel Air Force Commander
Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel
Challenges for space assets considering emerging threats
General John “Jay” Raymond, Commander, US Air Force Space Command
The MILAMOS (Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of
Outer Space) project review
Kuan Wei (David) Chen, Deputy Director of MILAMOS Project at the Institute of Air
and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal
15:40 Space for EVERYONE – bringing the spaceflight experience to the public:
PANEL OF ASTRONAUTS
Moderator: Tal Inbar, Head, Space research center, Fisher Institute for Air and
Space Strategic Studies
Dr. Richard Arnold II, NASA
Dr. Donald A. Thomas, NASA former
Prof. Jean-Jacques Favier, CNES
16:30 Break
16:50 Visions of the future – A Panel on Innovative and New Space Missions
Session Chair: Tal Inbar, Head, Space Research Center, the Fisher Institute for Air and
Space Strategic Studies
A year of accomplishments and challenges, SpaceX in 2016
Garrett E. Riesman, Director of Space Operations, SpaceX
Innovative constellation of LEO satellites for narrowband communications
Meir Moalem, CEO, Sky and Space Global
Launcher one – a new launch vehicle
Barry Matsumori, Sr. VP – Business Development and Advanced Concepts, Virgin
Galactic
Low cost responsive launch services using reusable first stage space planes
Chuck Lauer, Co-founder & VP Business Development, Rocketplane Global, LLC
“Israel 70” – innovative constellation of satellites
Dr. Meir Ariel, Herzliya Science Center
18:05 Special session on space applications on maritime domains for the Mediterranean Sea
Session chair: Dr. Nili Mandelblit, Director Aero-Space, Transport,
Nanotechnology, Materials, Production, Processes, Research Infrastructure, JRC,
ISERD – Israel Europe R&D Directorate
The evolution of remote sensing: from data to solutions
Yoav Ben-Shem, VP and Head of Geospatial Intelligence, ISI (ImageSat International)
Monitoring the seasonal and annual dynamics of sediments and chlorophyll in the
Southeastern Mediterranean using remote sensing
Dr. Tamir Caras, Ben Gurion University
18:35 Conclusion Remarks
31.1.2017 – Second Day of the Conference (by invitations only)
ISERD-COSMOS Workshop on EO applications for the Mediterranean Sea
09:00 Registration
09:15 Welcome note
Nili Shalev, ISERD
09:20 Introduction and Workshop Goals
Dr. Nili Mandelblit, ISERD
09:30 COSMOS 2020 Network of the National Contact Points
Mr. Constantine Karamanis, PRAXI Network, COSMOS 2020 Greece
09:35 The EU Copernicus Program Overview
Mrs. Cristina Ananasso, European Commission
10:05 Session A: Challenges for Mediterranean Sea monitoring
- Use of EO for integrated coastal management (ICZM)
Prof. George Zalidis, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki - Use of EO for Mediterranean port cities
Mrs. Betty Vasiliki, Charalampopoulou, Geosystems Hellas S.A. - Monitoring water contamination - Surface mixing and, stirring based on satellite data
Prof. Hezi Gildor, The Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University - Use of EO for validation of modelled velocity fields in Mediterranean Sea,
Dr. Isaac Gertman, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Session B: Answering the challenges
• ODYSSEA - Operating a Network of Integrated Observatory Systems in the
Mediterranean sea, Mr. Simon van Dam, Agora Partners
• The vision of total maritime awareness, Mr. Ori Zeisel, ISI
• Water quality products of the SHALOM mission, Dr. Tal Feingersh, IAI
• SISCAL Project - Satellite-based Information System on Coastal Areas and
Lakes, Dr. Gideon Tibor, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
(IOLR)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 - 17:00 Space sustainability and small satellites -
Special workshop on space sustainability at the era of small satellites and constellations.
Issues to be addressed:
Space situational awareness; threats to space assets; regulatory solutions; the challenges of large constellations and swarms of satellites;
The workshop will include short presentations (“pitch”) followed by a free discussion.
Among the speakers:
· Ian A. Christensen, Project Manager, Secure World Foundation
· Dr. Meir Ariel, Director of the Herzliya Science Center and the “Israel 70” project
· Meidad Pariente and Meir Moalem, Sky and Space Global;
· Kuan Wei (David) Chen, Deputy Director of MILAMOS Project at the institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal,
SGI -Space Generation workshop
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