Day 3 - Wednesday

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7.30am-8.15pm Breakfast
8.20am-8.25am Transport leaves for University
9.00am-12.30pm Session 3: Planetary Science, Astrobiology and
Exoplanets Part II
9.00am Sun's influence on planets and space weather (PDF)
Mike Hapgood (RAL)  More Information
9.25am Planetary magnetospheres (PDF)
Stan Cowley (Leicester)
9.45am The Sun (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4)
Louise Harra (MSSL)
10.05am Stars and stellar environments (PDF)
Martin Barstow (Leicester)
10.25am Poster session
10.45am Break
11.05am Exoplanet detection, ground- and space-based (PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4)
Matt Burleigh (Leicester)
11.25am

Solar Orbiter (PDF)
Nikki Jahn (Astrium)

11.45am Outlook for high energy astronomy (PDF)
George Fraser (Leicester)
12.00pm Session discussion
Led by Mark Lester (Leicester)
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm-5.30pm Session 4: Future of Space, Terrestrial Applications
and Building the UK EConomy Through Space
1.30pm The Space Ideas Hub (PDF)
Ed Chester (Leicester)
1.45pm Nuclear space systems (PDF)
Richard Ambrosi (Leicester)
2.10pm Small satellites and their applications (PDF)
Stuart Eves (SSTL)
2.35pm Developing new technologies (PDF)
Nick Chesher (Astrium)
3.00pm Poster session
3.20pm Break
3.40pm The UK Space Agency and the future of Space UK (PDF)
Saleh Ahmed (UK Space Agency)
4.05pm Future of space technology (PDF)
Malcolm Longair (Cambridge)
4.30pm Future of Earth Observation (PDF)
Alan O'Neill (Reading)
4.55pm Session and general discussion
Led by Mark Sims (Leicester)
5.30pm End of session
5.40pm-5.45pm Transport leaves for Halls of Residence
6.40pm Outreach demonstrations and activities
7.15pm Dinner
8.30pm-9.15pm The role of Academia in the space sector: way forward
Discussion
10.00pm End of event

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Contact

For queries about the symposium please contact:

Brian Bassett
bb133@le.ac.uk