The description of the event will follow soon.
12 September, Monday
19:00 – 22:00 Dinner @ venue – TBA. (optional)
13 September, Tuesday
11:00 Departure by the optional bus transfer from the recommended hotel (will be announced soon) to European Space Agency (ESA)
12:00 – 13:00 Registration & Lunch @ ESA
13:00 – 13:05 Welcoming words by Jeremy Picot-Clemente, Photonics Technologies Manager, EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
13:05 – 13:15 Welcoming words by European Space Agency
13:15 – 14:30 SESSION 1 – HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION
14:30 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:30 SESSION 2 – NEW PASSIVE PHOTONICS ADVANCES FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND MONITORING
16:30 – 17:15 Coffee break
17:15 – 18:45 SESSION 3 – SPACE BASED LIDAR SYSTEMS
19:00 Departure by the bus transfer from ESA to the dinner place
19:30 – 22:30 Dinner @ Strandpaviljoen “de Zeemeeuw” (Koningin Wilhelmina boulevard, Afrit 18, Noordwijk)
22:40 Departure by the bus transfer from the dinner place to the recommended hotel (will be announced soon)
14 September, Wednesday
07:30 – 08:00 Check out of the Hotel
08:00 Departure by the bus transfer from the recommended hotel to ESA
08:30 – 08:55 Morning coffee @ ESA
08:55 – 09:00 Recap and introduction to the 2nd day – Jeremy Picot-Clemente, Photonics Technologies Manager, EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
09:00 – 10:15 SESSION 4: SPACE BASED LIDAR SYSTEMS
10:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 SESSION 5: OPTICAL LINKS FOR INTER AND INTRA SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATIONS
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 SESSION 6: PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES FOR REUSABLE LAUNCHERS AND SPACE VEHICLES
15:15 – 16:15 Tour at ESA
16:30 Optional bus transfer from ESA to Schiphol airport / central station
European Space Agency (ESA) (Erasmus building, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ, Noordwijk, The Netherlands).
The bus transfers will be organized to / from ESA / dinner place from / to Van der Valk Palace Hotel Noordwijk hotel (Pickeplein 8, 2202 CL Noordwijk, The Netherlands). We recommend to book it for your stay.