ERC 2020 Conference – meeting of world space sector representatives

Similarly to the previous year ERC Space & Robotics Event will be accompanied by business conference. Its quests will be the representatives of the European and global space sector, who will take part in six sessions planned by the organizers. Women in the space sector, technology transfer, and ways of inspiring the next generations to work in space industries — these are just examples of the topics that will be discussed during the conference.

The conference will be held on September 11th from 10:00 to 19:00 and will be carried out in the hybrid formula. Part of the sessions will be held in the Auditorium of the Kielce University of Technology, and some in the form of a webinar. Everything will be broadcasted live on the ERC Space & Robotics Event website. Admission to the conference is free and the whole event will be conducted in English.

Below we present detailed agenda of the conference.

Time	Session theme	Participants	Moderator
09:30-10:00	Registration of participants
10.00-11:00	Robotics not only on rovers (technology transfer)	Aleksandra Przegalinska – Kozminski University; Marek Krawczyk – KP Labs; Karol Seweryn – Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences; Konrad Kolski – Oprogramowanie Naukowo-Techniczne, przedstawiciel firmy MathWorks; Joana Kamenova – European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications; Paweł Wojtkiewicz – GMV; Polish Space Industry Association;	Piotr Kaczmarek-Kurczak – Kozminsky University
11:15-11:30	Break
11:30-12:30	Science on rovers	Michał Szwajewski – Astronika; Łukasz Poweska – SENER; Mateusz Wolski – PIAP Space; Natalia Zalewska – Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences;	Łukasz Cioch – Host
12:30-13:30	LUNCH break
13:30-14:30	Women for Space	Natalia Lemarquis – United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Space4Women; Agnieszka Łukaszczyk – Planet; Giuliana Rotola – European Southern Observatory; International Space University; Maria-Gabriella Sarah – European Space Agency;	Artemis Westenberg – Explore Mars Europe
14:30-14:45	Break
14:45-15:15	„Metrology for Space, Space for Metrology”	Central Office of Measures	Maciej Gruszczyński
15:15- 16:15	How can we inspire young generations to participate in the space sector?	Gianfranco Visentin – European Space Agency; Douglas Terrier – National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Pascale Ehrenfreund – International Astronautical Federation; Space Policy Institute; Maciej Konacki – Polish Space Agency; Ken Davidian – Federal Aviation Administration;	Aleksandra Bukała – Polish Space Agency
16:15-16:30	Break
16:30-17:30	What do we need Martian rovers for? – webinar by Industrial Development Agency	Marcin Wygachiewicz – Polish Space Professionals Association; Mateusz Wolski – PIAP Space; Jakub Michalski – VersaBOX; Krzysztof Walas – Faculty of Control, Robotics, and Electrical Engineering , Poznan University of Technology; Łukasz Wilczynski – European Space Foundation