Name: Workshop – Technical Standardization in Space and Sustainability
Start: 2024-07-02T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-07-02T14:00:00+02:00
Location: ILNAS - 8th floor - Belval meeting room

$Workshop \u2013 Technical Standardization in Space and Sustainability$

The Luxembourgish Standards Body (OLN) is organizing a Workshop on "Technical Standardization in Space and Sustainability" (July 2nd 2024).
About this Event

Nowadays, the risks associated to climate change are a priority for most socio-economic actors; thus, the implementation of solutions to mitigate these risks is currently one of the greatest challenges facing stakeholders. Similarly to other fields of technology, the space domain holds two opposing roles in this matter: on one hand, some of its activities are considered as means to efficiently address climate change (notably with Earth observation tools), but on the other hand, they can also be considered as a source of pollution for terrestrial and space environments, caused by space debris, for instance.

Conversely to other fields, the space domain has a particularity which lies in its history, making the related climatic change concerns even more challenging: since the beginning, and only until recently, launches and space missions have been initiated by a mere handful of actors, for specific and limited purposes. However, currently space is opening its doors to an increasing number of private entities, generating the need for a common understanding and good practices to enable safe and harmonized operations, especially when these could yield an impact on the environment and on the feasibility of space activities. Yet, as of today, requirements related to sustainability in space remain for the most part specific to each stakeholder.

In this context and in the frame of the National Policy on Aerospace Technical Standardization (2021-2025), the Luxembourgish Standards Body (OLN) is organizing a Workshop on « Technical Standardization in Space and Sustainability », on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024, from 9:00am to 2:00pm, on its premises, in Belval.

This event will highlight standards development related to sustainability for space activities, while depicting the national landscape in regard to space resources. Moreover, this event will be an opportunity to present the updated version of the National Standards Analysis "Aerospace Sector" and to share the point of view of the Luxembourgish space stakeholders during a question-and-answer session.

AGENDA

09:00 – 09:25 Welcome and registration of participants

09:25 – 09:35 Welcome words by ILNAS / Dr. Jean-Philippe HUMBERT - Deputy Director – ILNAS

09:35 – 09:45 Presentation of the Space Strategy 2023-2027 / Dr. Muriel HOOGHE – Lead Space Safety – Luxembourg Space Agency

Session 1: National and international standardization development

09:45 – 10:10 National Standardization Policy for the Space Sector and legal framework of standardization / Mr. Nicolas DOMENJOUD – Project officer – ILNAS/OLN

10:10 – 10:40 Standardization for sustainability in space & Presentation of national space standardization developments / Dr. Lucas CICERO – Project officer – ILNAS/OLN

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break

Session 2: Space resources – an overview of the current state, from legal and standards perspectives

11:00 – 11:15 Space resource legislation in Luxembourg / Pr. Mahulena HOFMANN - University of Luxembourg, chair of SES

11:15 – 11:35 The need of standards for space resources exploration and utilization/ Dr. Kathryn HADLER – Director – ESRIC

11:35 – 11:55 Q&A session

11:55 – 12:00 Closing session

12:00 – 14:00 Networking lunch

REGISTRATION

Participation is free, but registration is mandatory for this event as seats are limited. We kindly invite you to confirm your attendance by Friday, June 28th, 2024 at the latest. In case of cancellation or replacement by another participant, we kindly invite you to inform us by e-mail.

In case of unexcused absence or if a registration is canceled without prior notice within 48 hours before the event, we reserve the right to temporarily deny access to our future events to the individuals concerned.

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