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Day 1
Monday 1st DecembeR
Monday 1st DecembeR
9:00 - 9:30
Registration
Registration
(Theatre Foyer)
9:30- 10:00
Dr. Sarah Caddy
Dr. Sarah Caddy
Conference Welcome
10:00 - 10:30
Roger Franzen AO
Roger Franzen AO
Blue Horizons Opening Address
Science Drivers
Science Drivers
Chair: Prof. Michele Trenti
10:30 - 11:00
Dr. Andrew Battisti
Dr. Andrew Battisti
"Ultraviolet Extinction Sky Survey (UVESS): A mission concept to study the interstellar medium in the Milky Way and Local Group galaxies"
Invited Speaker
11:00 - 11:30
Dr. Chelsea Huang
Dr. Chelsea Huang
"Global progress of Exoplanet Science from Space and Australian Opportunities"
Invited Speaker
Morning Tea 11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:20
Ms. Haritha Mullathody
Ms. Haritha Mullathody
"Enhancing Gamma-Ray Burst Localisation with Distributed Aperture CubeSat Constellations"
Contributed Talk
12:20 - 12:40
Dr. Marc White
Dr. Marc White
"Translating Stellar Spectroscopy Methods to Vegetation Monitoring: Adapting The Cannon for OzFuel"
Contributed Talk
Lunch 12:40 - 1:30
Local Industry and success
Local Industry and success
Chair: Prof. Peter Moar
1:30 - 2:00
Prof. Peter Tuthill
Prof. Peter Tuthill
"Getting to know the neighbours: Earth analogue exoplanets with the TOLIMAN space telescope"
Invited Speaker
2:00 - 2:30
Prof. Peter Moar
Prof. Peter Moar
"From Australian Labs to Successful Space Deployment: Engineering rigour required for success"
Invited Speaker
Afternoon Tea 2:30 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:30
Dr. Paul Compston
Dr. Paul Compston
"Development of dimensionally stable carbon composite structures for space instrumentation"
Invited Speaker
3:30 - 4:00
Prof. Iver Cairns
Prof. Iver Cairns
"CUAVA-2, Waratah Seed, and Next Steps"
Invited Speaker
Contributed Talks (Session 1)
Contributed Talks (Session 1)
Chair: Dr. Sarah Caddy
4:00 - 4:20
Dr. Mark Casali
Dr. Mark Casali
"Instrumentation for Astronomy in Space 2.0"
Contributed Talk
4:20 - 4:40
Prof. Fred Menk
Prof. Fred Menk
"A Pathway to Sovereign Earth Observation Capability"
Contributed Talk
4:40 - 5:00
Dr. Themiya Nanayakkara
Dr. Themiya Nanayakkara
"JWST Australian Data Centre in the context of future ambitions for Australian space-based Astronomy"
Contributed Talk
SpIRIT Reception 6:30 - 8:30pm (University Market Hall)
Day 2
[Tuesday 2nd December]
[Tuesday 2nd December]
8:30 - 9:00
Morning Bump In
Morning Bump In
(Theatre Foyer)
International Missions
International Missions
Chair: Dr. Chelsea Huang
9:00 - 9:30
Dr. David Valls-Gabaud
Dr. David Valls-Gabaud
"The MESSIER Surveyor: lifting the veil on the dark universe"
Invited Speaker
9:30 - 10:00
Mr. Benjamin Wilcock
Mr. Benjamin Wilcock
"Mauve: a private space telescope mission"
Invited Speaker
10:00 - 10:30
Dr. Paolo D'Avanzo
Dr. Paolo D'Avanzo
"CHIPS - Cubesat at high performance for SkyHopper"
Invited Speaker
10:30 - 11:00
Dr. Jennifer Burt
Dr. Jennifer Burt
"The Early eVolution Explorer (EVE)"
Invited Speaker
Morning Tea 11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Dr. Alejandro Borlaff
Dr. Alejandro Borlaff
"Investigating dark matter and galaxy formation with the ARRAKHIS Space Telescope"
Invited Speaker
Instrumentation
Instrumentation
Chair: Dr. Joice Mathew
12:00 - 12:30
Prof. Michael Ireland
Prof. Michael Ireland
"The SEIRIOS space mission as stepping stone to finding signs of life on other planets"
Invited Speaker
12:30 - 1:00
Prof. Robert Sharp
Prof. Robert Sharp
"Technology translation: Earth observations and astronomy"
Invited Speaker
1:00 - 1:30
Assoc. Prof. Francis Bennet
Assoc. Prof. Francis Bennet
"Developing the ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station"
Invited Speaker
Lunch 1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 2:50
Dr. Chris Betters
Dr. Chris Betters
"Trials and Tribulations of Developing a Low-Cost Hyperspectral Imager for the CUAVA-2 CubeSat"
Contributed Talk
Contributed Talks (Session 2)
Contributed Talks (Session 2)
Chair: Dr. Sarah Caddy
2:50 - 3:10
Prof. Karl Glazebrook
Prof. Karl Glazebrook
"Ideas for future Wide Field IR Space Telescopes"
Contributed Talk
3:10 - 3:30
Mr. Ian Tasker
Mr. Ian Tasker
"Reclaiming Sovereignty in the Skies: Australia’s Position on Space-Based Astronomy for the Next Decade"
Contributed Talk
Afternoon Tea 3:30 - 4:00
4:00 - 4:30
Pannel Discussion
Pannel Discussion
4:30 - 5:00
Round Table
Round Table
Closing Remarks
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