INTERNATIONAL
SPACE & ROBOTICS EVENT!

Milena Ratajczak & Jury representatives

Jury representatives and the winning rover team of #ERC2021

Keynote presentation – Artemis Westenberg

Debate introduction.

Debate – Artemis Westenberg, Milena Ratajczak, Adriana Marais, Ilaria Cinelli, Patrycja Karwowska (POLSA/PERASPERA). Moderator: Aleksandra Bukała

What will the discoveries in genetics, cosmology, and AI research bring in the coming years of the 21st century? Will we be able to start time travel, reach the stars and meet other civilizations in space?

Remco Timmermans will talk to (among others): Maria Antonietta Perino, Andrea Merlo (Thales Alenia Space), Oskar Zdunek (Polish Space Agency)

Live from the Mars Yard studio. A conversation with the Jury and Space Experts on the applications of rovers in space exploration, with a mention of drones.

Keynote presentation – Gernot Groemer

Debate introduction.

Debate – Gernot Groemer, Leszek Orzechowski, Romain Fonteyne, Ilaria Cinelli, Joanna Jurga, Thais Russomano. Moderator: Milena Ratajczak

An interdisciplinary conversation with experts from various fields about psychological, physiological, and biological aspects of life on Mars. A discussion on its future economy, governance, and possible lifestyles.

Remco Timmermans will talk to (among others): Przemek Rudź (Future Space, Polish Space Agency), Javier Rodríguez González (CDTI/PERASPERA)

Live from the Mars Yard studio. A conversation with the Jury and Space Experts on the required competencies in the space sector.

Milena Ratajczak

Milena Ratajczak & Jury representatives

A summary of the first day of the ERC competition.

Debate – Gianfranco Visentin (ESA/PERASPERA), Reut Sorek Abramovich, Igor Kolek, Javier Rodríguez González (CDTI/PERASPERA), Carlos Espejel, Maria Antonietta Perino, Grzegorz Wrochna. Moderator: Milena Ratajczak

An interdisciplinary conversation with experts from various fields about our lives and work on the Moon, how to survive extreme conditions, human-robot cooperation, and a zero-waste lifestyle.

Remco Timmermans will talk to (among others): Gianfranco Visentin (ESA/PERASPERA), Krzysztof Walas (Poznan University of Technology), Marta Balcer (Polish Space Agency), Romain Fonteyne, KP Labs

Live from the Mars Yard studio. A conversation with the Jury and Experts on the differences between Mars and Moon rovers.

Debate – Dolly Daou, Niamh Shaw, Javier Rodríguez González (CDTI/PERASPERA), Andrea Merlo, Ben Haldeman, Pedro Duque. Moderator: Milena Ratajczak

An interdisciplinary conversation with experts from various fields about the meaning of art, design, photography, music, and even gardening on space stations. Applied technologies in space.

Remco Timmermans will talk to (among others): Artemis Westenberg, Maria Antonietta Perino, Andrea Merlo, Larie Cujko

Live from the Mars Yard studio. What new professions will space exploration bring? What competencies should the next generation develop?

Milena Ratajczak

Milena Ratajczak & Jury representatives

A summary of the second day of the ERC competition.

Keynote presentation – Justyna Redełkiewicz (EUSPA)

Debate introduction.

Debate – Katarzyna Malinowska, Michał Szwajewski, Pedro Duque, Miquel Pastor Vinader, Kornel Szabo, Marcel Stanyi, Istvan Sarhegyi, Íñigo Estébanez de la Mata, Michael Healy

An interdisciplinary conversation with experts from various fields about financing in the space industry.

Remco Timmermans will talk to (among others): Gianfranco Visentin (ESA/PERASPERA), Oskar Zdunek (Polish Space Agency), Romain Fonteyne

Live from the Mars Yard studio. What benefits does designing better autonomous space robots give us? What new applications for such technologies will we find in the future?

Debate – Łukasz Wilczyński, Remco Timmermans & guests

An interdisciplinary conversation with experts from various fields about how we should talk about space, how to communicate its complex topics, and sway the public.