Welcome to Space Community Forum homepage!
The Space Community Forum is an unmissable occasion to learn more about the most recent developments of space technology and to look forward, identifying areas in which future action can be taken, including cross-border cooperation between Estonia and Latvia and new job opportunities.
Space technology has rapidly developed since the famous launch of Sputnik in 1957. Nowadays, it affects a wide variety of fields, ranging from such specific ones as space engineering and orbital mechanics, to many others including communications, physics, chemistry, project management, marketing.
The large amounts of private capital attracted by the NewSpace movement shows that there is still much to be done.
Thus, how can this unique opportunity be exploited in the best way by Estonia and Latvia? Which are the next frontiers? Why should the youth and businesses invest in this field? How?
These and many other topics will be dealt with at the Space Community Forum.
Here is the preliminary programme of the event.
Time | |
8:00 | Bus departs from Riga |
12:00 | Registration & brunch |
13:00 |
Welcome & introduction Karoli Kahn – SpaceTEM success stories & results. Insight to the future Aditya Savio Paul – SpaceTEM from the point of view of an intern and supervisor |
13:30 |
How Estonia & Latvia can work together on Moon or asteroids?
Presentations, mindwork, panel
Speakers:
• Senior Research Fellow, Department of Space Technology, Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu (Estonia).
Andris Slavinskis, PhD • Postdoc Researcher, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University (Finland).
Pauls Irbins, PhD • Phd, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Riga Technical University |
15:00 | Coffee break |
15:30 |
Do we need Space Law?
Presentations, mindwork, panel
Speakers:
• MBA, Business and Technology Management.
• MA, International Law and Legal Studies. |
17:30 |
Conclusions |
17:45 | Farewell drinks and Observatory Band in Atrium |
18:15 | End of the day |
Forum will be moderated by Mr. Harald Lepisk, renown moderator of live and broadcasted hackathons, lecturer on innovation.
Event is free of charge, but participants need to register. PLEASE REGISTER HERE.
About the project
The Space Community Forum is part of the SpaceTEM project, aimed at developing NewSpace industry in Estonia and Latvia through a series of mutual activities. SpaceTEM takes upon itself the task of unifying Estonian and Latvian students, entrepreneurs, universities and even policy makers in the field of space technology and NewSpace. Participants from both countries will work together to fill gaps in knowledge, share ideas and collaborate on new initiative.
Partners: Estonian Student Satellite Foundation, Green and Smart Technology Cluster, Heliocentric Technologies Latvia, sTARTUp HUB Ltd (Garage48 HUB Tartu), University of Latvia, University of Tartu, Ventspils University College
Topic: Entrepreneurship
Start date: 2017-03-01
End date: 2019-12-31