Conference Programme
This year's conference programme runs across three consecutive days, with the option to attend any or all days. Each day will consist of a combination of talks from selected presenters as well as dedicated panel sessions and invited Keynote talks aligned with each day's theme.
The conference will host a Gala Dinner on the evening of the second day, Tuesday 12th November, which will include the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards – this event is not to be missed!
Programme Summary
Day 1 – Monday 11 October – Near-term Commercial Insights, critical challenges and solutions
Commercial Developments, Key Applications, Logistics and Wider Perspectives
Day 2 – Tuesday 12 October – Long-term Developments and Operations ‘Beyond the Moon’
Space Exploration and Settlement, Human Challenges, Space-based Resources, Novel Systems
Day 3 – Wednesday 13 October – Medium-term Developments – Solutions and Strategic Stepping-Stones
Astrodynamics, Human Spaceflight, Launch and Enabling Technologies
Full Programme (Provisional):
Day 1 - The Commercial Revolution - 11 November
Day 1 – The Commercial Revolution
11 November
08:30 – Arrival and Registration
09:00 – Welcome – Colin Philp, President, British Interplanetary Society (BIS)
09:05 – Welcome – David Chinn, President, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
09:10 Keynote 1 – Gerald D. Griffin – The Commercial Revolution
Commercial Revolution #1
09:40 Balazs Slezak – A Crash Course On Product Development For Space
10:00 Russell Sawyer – Risk Mitigation For Commercial Space Development
10:20 Ali Raiss-Tousi – Commercial Revolution Or Laissez-Faire Anarchy: The Case Against Privatisation Of Space Activity
10:40 Coffee And Networking Break
11:00 Two Minutes Silence for Remembrance Day
11:20 Q&A with Gerald D. Griffin
Logistics
11:50 Jake Heath – Prototype Development Of An Autonomous Optical Space Surveillance Station Using Commercial Off The Shelf (Cots) Components
12:00 Giacomo Rossetti – Off-World Nuclear Waste Disposal
12:20 Simon Evetts – Commercial Human Spaceflight Forges an Evolution in Human Spaceflight Preparation
12:40 Lunch – Sponsor speaker– Ian George from LOCKTON
Poster Session (At 13:10)
Cameron Margetts – The Logistical Implications Of The Commercial Revolution In Space
Nazib Mohammad Nur – Hyperspectral 3d Photogrammetry In An Age Of Commercial Revolution
Norman Fitz-Coy – A Machine Learning Approach For Minimization Of Identification Bias In Thin Debrisat Fragments
13:50 Keynote 2 – The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts – UKSA
Philosophical And Artistic Perspectives
14:20 Nina Kojima – Panopticon On Mars; Ethical Proposal For The Extraterrestrial Settlement
14:40 Helen Schell – The Human Spaceship – Off Balance
15:00 Keynote 3 – Dr. Rolf Densing – ESA
15:30 Afternoon Coffee And Networking Break
Commercial Revolution #2
16:00 Dominic Walley – Building A Commercial Space Nation – A ‘How To’ Guide
16:20 Griff Ingram – Due Diligence In Satellite Collision Avoidance: A Proposal For A Space Moot Court
16:40 Keynote 4 – Dr. Alice Bunn – UKSpace
Link To Beyond The Moon
17:10 Nick Spall – The Lunar Economy – Unlocking Access to the Solar System.
17:30 End of Day
Day 2 - Beyond The Moon - 12 November
Day 2 – Beyond The Moon
12 November
08:30 – Arrival and Registration
Early Morning Session – Exploring and Settling In Space.
09:00 Richard Soilleux. (Chair) – Welcome And Introduction.
09:10 Richard Soilleux – Abundances Of Construction Materials In Sources Most Convenient To High Earth And Mars Orbits.
09:30 Ahmed Usman – Sustainable Space Exploration: Ai-Powered Asteroid Mining For Fuel Production.
09:50 Alex Ellery – Faster, Better, Cheaper, More Sustainable (Leaner) Approach To Lunar Industrialisation & Beyond.
10:10 Ruth Bamford – Digger Drilling And Integrated Gigahertz-Generated Energy Resource For Lunar And Asteroid Applications
10:30 Coffee and Networking Break.
11:00 Pete Swan. The Green Road To Space Is The Essence Of Developing Commercial Sustainable Space Operations.
11:20 Jerry Stone – Island Zero: A Practical Gateway To Large-Scale Space Habitats That Also Offers A Base For Commercial Space Activities.
Late Morning Session – Extraterrestrial Life & Future Humans.
11:40 Nina Kojima – Ethical and Practical Challenges in Detecting Extraterrestrial Life.
12:00 Samual Mckee – Taking Advantage of Genomics and Gene Editing for Space Exploration in The Next Decade.
12:20 Elisa Ferre – The Next Small Step: Neuropsychological Challenges For Future Spaceflight
12:40 Lunch.
Poster Session (At 13:00)
John Knapman – Space Elevator Research
Douglas Robinson – Extraordinary Challenges Require Extraordinary Solutions
Sanskriti Verma – Microgreens In Microgravity
The Selenar Fungi Team – Selenar Fungi
Alyson Nativel – Pikali (Public Innovation Kit For Aerospace Local Incubator)
Early Afternoon Session – The Acquisition of Construction Materials.
13:40 Matthew Harris – QinetiQ US – The TALON Robot on the Moon
14:00 Robert Buckalew – Engineered Exogenesis: The Seeds of Interstellar Colonization
14:20 Jon Mcnaught – Self-Sufficiency
14:40 Emanual Petrakakis – Vasco Da Gama To Mars Exploration
15:00 Matjaz Vidmar – Engineering Future(S) In Deep Space
15:20 – Afternoon Coffee and Networking Break
Late Afternoon Session – Novel Launch Systems
15:50 Phil Swan – Why The High Cost Of Interplanetary Space Travel Requires Us To Adopt A New Approach
16:10 Michel Lamontagne – SpinLaunch On The Moon
16:30 Pete Swan – Assembling Huge Space Systems For High Speed Release At The Top Of The Gravity Well.
16:50 – Panel Discussion
17:30 End of Conference Day
17:30 – Networking Drinks for all conference attendees – Argyll Room
18:30 – Networking Drinks for Gala Dinner Guests – Argyll Room
19:30 – Gala Dinner & Sir Arthur Clarke Awards Ceremony
Day 3 - The Commercial Revolution - 13 November
08:30 – Arrival and Registration
09:00 – Welcome
09:10 Keynote 5 - Dr. Joanna Hart - Space Partnership
Industry, Academia and Government Working Together Through The Space Partnership
Astrodynamics Session
09:40 Nicola Baresi – Trajectory Design Of The Moon-Enabled Sun Occultation Mission (Mesom)
10:00 Danny Owen – Mapping Heteroclinic Connections Within The Lunar Vicinity
10:20 Takuto Shimazaki – Theoretical Framework Of Orbital Transfers Between Libration Point Orbits For The Avoidance Of Eclipses And Solar Radiation
10:40 Coffee And Networking Break
Human Spaceflight Operations
11:10 David Ashford – Space Tourism–The Key To Low-Cost Space Access
11:30 Alex Ellery – Space-Based Solar Power is the Most Sustainable Renewable Energy Option
11:50 Katya Paliwoda – Managing People For Innovation, An Employee Perspective Of Agile Space SMEs And Start-Ups. A Literature Review
12:10 James Parr, Trillium Technologies – Futureproofing the UK
12:30 Lunch
Poster Session (At 12:50)
David Roberts - Planetary Defence – Interstellar Object Sentinels.
Marc Blanchet - Using the Internet Protocol Suite for Deep Space Networking
William Humphreys - The Sustainable Technologies for Advanced Research in Space (Stars) Program
Greg Grozdits - Acquisition and Deployment Strategy for Space Technology
Francis Walker - Evolutionary Infrastructure: A Look at the Horizon for Spaceport Master Planning
13:30 Keynote 6 - Dr Matthew Angling - BAESystems
Technology
14:00 Betty Bonnardel – Implications of Space Commercial Activities on Frequency Management
14:20 Ethan D’Alessandro – Open Source Flight Software: The Future of Cubesat Operations
14:40 Nikki Antoniou – Why LEO Satellite Providers Need to Standardise to Revolutionise
15:00 Afternoon Coffee and Networking Break.
Launch
15:30 Nikki Antoniou – Why Bigger Launchers May Fundamentally Change The Space Industry
15:50 Ethan D’alessandro – SpaceX Recovery Operations: A First Hand Look at How it is Done
16:10 – Keynote 7 - Dr Stuart Clark - Earth Space Sustainability Initiative (ESSI) Update
16:40 Voice of The Next Generation – The BIS NextGen Network
17:20 Closing Remarks
17:30 Close of Conference
Day 3 - Parallel Session - NextGen Careers Day
Careers Day Programme and other information for the Next Gen Network Student Session which runs in Parallel to the Reinventing Space Conference at the Royal Aeronautical Society
08:30- 17:30
Silver Sponsor:
Sir Arthur Clarke Awards Sponsor:
Exhibition & Sponsorship Opportunities
Alongside the Exhibition Packages, there are additional conference sponsorship packages, as well as individually itemised sponsorship opportunities to increase your brand reach, or enhance your presence at the 2024 Reinventing Space Conference.
Showcase your organisation at Reinventing Space 2024 by purchasing one of our conference sponsorship packages. A range of options are available providing varying levels of engagement to match your interests and budget. Sponsorship packages can be purchased directly through the RISpace conference webpage at www.bis-space.com/reinventingspace.
Many more options are available, for more information, please download the Reinventing Space Conference 2024 Opportunities Brochure.
If you are interested in taking advantage of our Sponsorship opportunities or exhibiting at the event, and for more information on the conference, please contact the Reinventing Space team at RISpace@bis-space.com with any questions.
Gala Dinner and the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards
12 November 2024
The British Interplanetary Society organises the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards on behalf of The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation.
The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards recognise and reward those individuals and teams that have made notable or outstanding achievements in, or contributions to space activities in the UK. Better known as ‘The Arthurs’, they have been presented annually since 2005.
Nominations take place across a number of different categories and can be made by anybody.
The Gala Dinner and Sir Arthur Clarke Awards Ceremony will be held on the evening of Tuesday 12 November 2024.
This event is not to be missed!
BUY tickets for the Gala Dinner and Sir Arthur Clarke Awards
NextGen Student/Careers Day
13 November 2024
On Wednesday 13 November a separate Student Careers Conference will be run by the BIS’ NextGen Network and the UKSEDS in parallel with the Reinventing Space Conference. This will include talks by speakers from the main conference, a careers panel and a speed mentoring session.
REGISTER for the NextGen Careers Day
For further information please contact the Reinventing Space team at RISpace@bis-space.com with any questions.
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