MVA Mexico webinar - Los desafíos de habitar la Luna
2022-04-22 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Mexico_City)
En este panel, se discutirán diferentes problemas y propuestas frente a los desafíos que trae consigo el habitar la luna. Al panel están invitados start ups y empresas Mexicanas, Mayan Space y Dereum Labs. Quienes actualmente se encuentran trabajando en proyectos relacionados con la Luna.

ENG. On this panel, we will discuss different problems and solutions to face the challenges of living in the moon. A Mexican start up and a new company are invited, Mayan Space and Dereum Labs. Which are currently working in projects related to the Moon.

List of speakers:

Sebastian Alba (Mayan Space)Carlos Mariscal (Dereum Labs)

Moderators:Roberto David Aleman RamosXitlali Chazez

Agenda:

Brief introducion of Moon Village AssociationPresentation of speakersSubject 1. Challenges of power generationSubject 2. TransportationSubject 3. protection against space weatherTentative Subject 4. psychological and social effects in humans.Questions from the public

Participate on Zoom:Meeting ID: 839 7278 9767Passcode: [REDACTED]

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Why Moon Exploration for Emerging Space Countries? And the Moon Village Oasis 2045
2022-04-27 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
The first webinar in a series organised by the MVA PESC project.Speakers:Ghanim AlotaibiJohn C. Mankins

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Egypt PESC Roadmap Progress toward the Moon
2022-05-23 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)
The second webinar of the PESC Project.

Register to Participate or watch live on the MVA Facebook Page.

Speakers:MVA Egypt members

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Progress Toward the Vision of the Moon Village - MVA Activity Session at the ISDC 2022
2022-05-29 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax)
A session on MVA activities will take place at the upcoming International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2022 in Arlington, VA (USA).

Agenda

10:00 am – Moon Village Architecture WG Case Study. John C. Mankins (Moon Village Association)10:20 am – The International Moon Day. Dr. Nasr Al-Sahhaf (Moon Village Association)10:45 am – NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentation11:00 am – Global Exploration Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities. Kate Calderwood (Moon VillageAssociation)11:15 am – Candidate Sites for Artemis Base Camp. Dr. Pascal Lee (Mars Institute, SETI Institute, & NASA Ames Research Center)11:40 am – Program for Energy Space Countries. Ghanim Alotaibi (Moon Village Association)

ISDC website

COPUOS Side Event - Progressing Lunar Policy: a Round Table
2022-06-03 14:00 - 14:45 (Europe/Paris)
Online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84164682183

Organizers

Moon Village AssociationOpen Lunar FoundationSecure World FoundationSpace Generation Advisory Council

Moderation:

For All Moonkind (Michelle Hanlon)

Program (45 minutes):

Introduction by the moderatorOpening remarksRepresentatives of the organizing Permanent ObserversGiuseppe Reibaldi (Moon Village Association)Chelsea Robinson (Open Lunar Foundation)Ian Christensen (Secure World Foundation)Antonino Salmeri (Space Generation Advisory Council)Discussion between panelistsQuestions & Answers

Moon Village Association General Assembly
2022-06-16 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)

MVA Pakistan Webinar - Lunar Imaging & Data Processing
2022-06-25 20:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Karachi)
When: Jun 25, 2022 08:00 PM Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent

Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkf-qupzssGdMcFN_VR54OrcjPMCGu6fRXAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Agenda:

In this webinar our speaker is going to talk about his lunar imaging experience and share his techniques of lunar imaging and data processing.Image processing is a method to perform some operations on an image, in order to get an enhanced image or to extract some useful information from it.

Event details are mentioned below:

Speakers Full Name: Talha Moon Zia

Biography of Speaker:

Talha Moon Zia is a research astronomer at Exascale Open Data Analytics Lab- NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi & M.Phil. scholar at Institute of Space Science and Technology. University of Karachi.His lunar images featured at NASA’s Astronomical Picture of the Day (APOD) website and his work also get featured on different platforms including: European Sky Agency (ESA) photo community page, Forbes, Astronomy Magazine, spaceweather.com, Earthsky.org, media.inaf.it, Dawn newspaper, the News paper, photographingspace.com, in the newsletter of astronomical society of Durban,South Africa.He is also a member of Karachi Astronomers Society (KAS).

Organizer: Muhammad Rayan Khan – MVA National Coordinator of Pakistan

Some links of his work : Astronomy Picture of the Day 2022,

A bridge to the Moon, Opening opportunities for analog research in Colombia
2022-06-30 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
The third webinar in the PESC Project webinar series.Speaker:Oscar Ojeda

Register on Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VaRownkIQleAka-5LvRCDw

PromoMoon Initative - Closing Session
2022-07-15 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
At the end of 2021, the Moon Village Association in cooperation with the leading Ukrainian space engineering company Yuzhnoye State Design Office organized the 1st PromoMoon Initiative for Moon Village Generation in honor of Dr. Alexander Degtyarev.

15 teams from 10 countries from around the world covering 3 different continents have participated in the competition – 4 startups, 5 young professional and scientist teams, and 6 student teams.

After receiving the proposals on novel ideas relating to lunar technologies, the PromoMooon Initiative has completed the 1st stage of evaluation and selected the top 10 projects:

https://dev.brb.rs/moonvillageassociation.org/announcement-promomoon-initiative-in-partnership-with-yuzhnoye-state-design-office/

After the 2nd phase of evaluation and final selection, the international team of leading space experts selected the top 3 projects (in no particular order): Project / Team Name / Country:● Lunar building materials produced based on recycled space debris / startup Orbit Recycling / Germany● Technology to efficiently generate food and O2 and remove CO2 during space missions / startup Spira Inc. / USA● Volatile extraction technology on planetary surfaces / team of students VEPS / Germany

The winners received support for their research through voluntary and free-of- charge expert B2B mentorship and Q&A sessions that were held on June 28, 2022. All three finalists will also be provided with a spot to present their projects at the IAC-2022 during D3 or D4 technical sessions related to space exploration.

The closing session of the Initiative with awarding of finalists will be held on July15, 2022 (17:00 CET).

Watch the Session:

The Initiative inspires the Moon Village Generation to develop ideas for future sustainable lunar activities and provides an opportunity to advance their engineering maturity level.

For more information about the Initiative:https://dev.brb.rs/moonvillageassociation.org/announcement-promomoon-initiative-in-partnership-with-yuzhnoye-state-design-office/

International Moon Day 2022 - Inaugural Celebration
2022-07-20 00:00 - 23:59 UTC
The International Moon Day Group proudly announces the Inaugural Celebration of the International Moon Day (IMD) on July20, 2022 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA, hosted by Drake State Community & Technical College, with sponsorship by the Marshall Association and Lockheed Martin Corporation.

We celebrate Humankind’s first steps on the Moon, as well as its return to explore a sustainable living environment, for the first time, from the place where a large part of the Apollo Program has its roots, in Huntsville, where the Marshall Space Flight Center is located. The celebrations will take place at Drake State Community & Technical College, at S.C. O’Neal Sr. Library and Technology Center, starting at 1:30 pm (Central Time).

For more information and live Stream: https://internationalmoonday.org/imd-inaugural-celebration/

MVA Jordan - JSRI Space Architecture Series: Designing Lunar Habitats
2022-08-05 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
JSRI is kicking off a Space Architecture webinar series as part of our ongoing competition! The series will feature distinguished space architects who will present their work and design considerations, giving competition participants a chance to learn from experts in the field and get guidance on their designs for JSRI’s space analog facility.

We are proud to announce our first invited speaker:

Dr. Samer El Sayary is an assistant professor of architecture, researcher, and award-winning architect with a passion for space architecture. Over the years, he has received many national and international awards (40 awards and prizes til 2021) from 4 different continents, including: 1st Prize Mars City design foundation (Los Angeles, 2017), Jacques Rougerie Foundation (Paris, 2016, 2018, 2020), Kuala Lumpur International Architectural Festival (Malaysia, 2019), 1st Prize Mediterranean scientific forum “MEDIBAT” (Tunisia, 2011), and Hasan Fathy Award for sustainable architecture (Egypt, 2011, 2013). His work has been exhibited at NASA Johnson Space Center and the United Nations Office For Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), as well as in France, Greece, Tunisia, and Malaysia to name a few. Dr. El Sayary has given workshops in 13 different countries with over 10,000 trainees during the last 20 years. He has given numerous public talks and been featured on the Discovery channel, Wired magazine, Forbes Middle East, TEDx BAU, as well as many others. He has also served as a jury member for various international design and architecture competitions for the Mars Society, IDS Cairo, BIM Africa, and more.

Join us for our first webinar this Friday at 5pm CEST to learn more about designing lunar habitats with Dr. El Sayary! The webinar series is open for everyone to join, however JSRI competition participants will be given priority to ask questions during the Q&A.

Zoom details will be shared through Eventbrite, register at tiny.cc/jsri-series

The series will be moderated by Sahba El-Shawa, JSRI founder and national coordinator for Jordan in the Moon Village Association as well as the Space Generation Advisory Council.

Stay tuned as we announce more speakers over the coming month!

MVA Pakistan - Opportunity to focus on upcoming lunar missions as a writer
2022-08-18 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Title of Event : Opportunity to focus on upcoming lunar missions as a writerSpeaker Name : Brett HoffstadtDate & Time: Aug 18, 2022 02:00 PM Greenwich Mean TimeRegistration Link : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuf-irpzgsEtMRvI26hXYEn3dxTlicURuv

About Speaker :

Brett Hoffstadt is a multi-disciplinary engineer, project manager, and author with 4 aviation patents and over 20 years of experience in the aerospace industry. Since 2014, he has channeled his passions for STEM education and outreach, mentoring, and books into creating original books on world-changing STEM topics. His first book is “How To Be a Rocket Scientist: 10 Powerful Tips to Enter the Aerospace Field and Launch the Career of Your Dreams.” His other books include “Exploring Smart Cities Activity Book for Kids” and “Goodnight Moon Base.”

In this presentation and discussion, Brett will talk about his journey of introducing the opportunities of space and aviation to a wider community, and how writing can be a unique and powerful opportunity for people to enter the space community.

MVA Jordan - JSRI Space Architecture Series
2022-08-26 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/Paris)
This Friday we will be hosting the third webinar in our Space Architecture Series this month as part of our ongoing competition!

The series features space architects presenting their work and design considerations, giving our competition participants a chance to learn from experts in the field and get guidance on their ongoing designs for JSRI’s space analog facility.

We are pleased to announce our third invited speaker and long-time collaborator:

Leszek Orzechowski is an architect and founder of Space is More – a space architecture company that also runs Lunares Research Station – a European analog habitat. Leszek is an enthusiastic science advocate with hundreds of lectures presented to the public and an award-winning designer. His group created a number of scientific reports on the future manned Moon and Mars missions presented during international competitions and conferences. Space is More was a part of a winning team in ESA – European Space Agency Moon Challenge for a report on returning to the Moon in the next decade and a finalist of NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3d-Printed Habitat Challenge phase 1 from 2015. The team won multiple architectural awards for Mars bases and habitats including Marsception (2018) and Mars Colony Design Competition (2019). Currently, Leszek is leading operations and research at LunAres Research Station.

Join us for our webinar this Friday at 6pm EEST (Jordan time) to learn more about space analogs around the world! The webinar series is open for everyone to join, however JSRI competition participants will be given priority to ask questions during the Q&A. Zoom details will be shared through Eventbrite so make sure to register before the event at: tiny.cc/jsri-series

The series will be moderated by Sahba El-Shawa, JSRI founder and national coordinator for Jordan in the Moon Village Association as well as the Space Generation Advisory Council.

Stay tuned as we announce our final speaker for the series!

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83388553102

Cultural WG webinar - Space Design For A New Extra-Terrestrial Human Being
2022-09-15 17:30 - 18:30 (Europe/Paris)
with Annalisa Dominoni & Benedetto Quaquaro

Introduction by Remo Rapetti, Q&A session by Arthur Woods

Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 17.30 CEST

Why “Space Design”? We believe space today, and in the future, will have an ever more decisive influence on the daily life, behaviours and performance of people, and, consequently, on the transformative capacity of private companies to generate innovation and new business models, thanks to the strategic contribution of design. “Go to space” is the new aspirational dream.

Design is visionary, design is innovation, and act as a “bridge” between science and beauty, speaking the different languages of engineering, technology, but also culture, art and economy, keeping at the centre the needs of people, with the aim of increasing the well-being of living space and extreme environments looking at the “human sensible factors”.

In this webinar is presented the new emerging discipline of “Space Design” in between space and earth that anticipates the scenario of the future human space missions: if astronauts feel better in a comfortable environment, considering physiological, psychological, and emotional factors, their performance, and the success of the whole mission increase.

The speakers, thanks to their more than twenty-year experience in researching and designing for space at the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano, as extra-terrestrial habitation modules and tools that have been used by astronauts on-board the International Space Station (ISS), have helped assert design’s role and purpose in the space field. They created and are leading currently at the School of Design the 1st and unique course in space design called “Space4InspirAction” recognized and supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) in which research and teaching are strongly connected with industry to create a dialogue between space technology and productive knowledge and generate innovation.

Both PhDs, architects, designers and professors, they founded the studio (a+b) in Milan with the aim of doing design by combining research and technological innovation with poetry. They regularly collaborate with leading international space agencies and industries and major design companies, at the same time they conduct research activities at the Design Department of the Politecnico di Milano, together with teaching and publishing essays on the culture of the project that have contributed to affirming the strategic role of design in Space.

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https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4yP4aL0UR1SIF9TeaIBMRw

IAC2022 - Session D4.2: Contribution of Moon Village to Solving Global Societal Issues
2022-09-19 10:15 - 12:45 (Europe/Paris)
LocationRoom E06B

IPC members

Co-Chair: Dr. Giuseppe Reibaldi, Moon Village Association (MVA), Austria;Co-Chair: Prof. Yu Lu, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China, China;Rapporteur: Ms. Paivi Jukola, Aalto University, Finland;

Link

https://iafastro.directory/iac/browse/IAC-22/D4/2/

During the Session, the papers “The first International Moon Day and its contribution to Peaceful Lunar Exploration and Utulisation” by Dr. Nasr Alsahhaf, “Emerging Space Countries and the Future of Lunar Exploration” by Mr. Ghanim Alotaibi and “PromoMoon Initiative: Capacity-building activity for New Space market development on lunar technologies” by Ms. Bernadette Detera will be presented.

IAC2022 - Session E3.2: The future of space exploration and innovation
2022-09-19 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
LocationRoom E04B

Description

Technological innovation, new policies and initiatives have allowed public and private actors to once again focus their energy on space exploration ventures. this session provides an opportunity to discuss the changing space exploration context and current challenges and opportunities for future space activities in this domain.

Linkhttps://iafastro.directory/iac/browse/IAC-22/E3/2/

During the session, the paper “The Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA) contribution to the International Lunar Governance definition” will be presented, by Dr. Giuseppe Reibaldi

IAC2022- Moon Village Association Open Floor Meeting
2022-09-20 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Paris)
Location

Room 721/722

The Moon Village Association (MVA) invites everyone to the in-person MVA Open Floor Meeting during the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris on 20th September.Get to know the latest activities of MVA, meet and network with MVA members and partners. This event is open to everyone – both members and non-members.

We look forward to seeing you in IAC!

Agenda:

10:00-10:10 Opening/Ingress10:10-10:20 Welcome remarks10:20-10:35 MVA Highlights and Updates (year 2021 to 2022)10:35-10:50 IMD 2022 Highlights10:50-10:55 Invitation to MVA 2022 WS&S; Announcement of PromoMoon 202310:55-11:00 Opportunities/Vacancies at MVA11:00-11:05 Group Photo11:05-11:25 Open Forum/Networking11:25-11:30 Closing/Egress

IAC2022 - Press Conference: The First The International Moon Day - 20 July 2022
2022-09-21 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
LocationTerminal 7

Description

The Moon Village Association considers that the peaceful exploration and utilisation of the Moon is the next step for humanity in opening new perspectives related to economic, cultural, and inspirational goals. The Moon has huge benefits to offer to humanity, but these must be shared between all countries and involve space and non-space industries. Humanity needs to work together to reach this goal with all stakeholders, including governments, industry, academia, international organisations, and the public. MVA proposed at the United Nations Committee on the Use of Outer Space the celebration of the International Moon Day on 20 July. This was approved by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2021.Because MVA has been an early advocate of the concept of the International Moon Day (IMD) celebration, MVA is taking the initiative to organize its implementation. The goals of the IMD are fully in line with the MVA mission and objectives to promote the development of lunar exploration in addressing the largest public, scientific, educational, and industrial communities. The theme of the IMD for 2022 is “Lunar Exploration Coordination and Sustainability”. The celebration is involving either “bottom up” events organized at national level as well as “top down” event organized on a global scale. The roundtable shall discuss the achievements of the first year celebration held on 20 July 2022 and the plan for next year.

SpeakersDr. Nasr AlsahhafDr. Dorin PrunariuProf. Simonetta Di Pippo

ModeratorDr. Giuseppe Reibaldi

More Info:https://www.iafastro.org/events/iac/iac-2022/media-partners/press-conferences/the-first-international-moon-day-20-july-2022.html

Cultural WG webinar - Space Habitats And Habitability: Designing For Isolated And Confined Environments On Earth And In Space
2022-10-24 17:30 - 18:30 (Europe/Paris)
With Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger and Sheryl Bishop

Introduction by Remo RapettiQ&A session by Arthur Woods

Human factors and habitability design are important topics for all working and living spaces. For space exploration, they are vital. While human factors and certain habitability issues have been integrated into the design process of manned spacecraft, there is a crucial need to move from mere survivability to factors that support thriving. As of today, the risk of an incompatible vehicle or habitat design has already been identified by NASA as recognized key risk to human health and performance in space. Habitability and human factors will become even more important determinants for the design of future long-term and commercial space facilities as larger and more diverse groups occupy off-earth habitats. The webinar will provide an overview of the evolution and advancements of designed living spaces for manned spacecrafts, as well as analogue research and simulation facilities in extreme environments on Earth.

Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger, PhD is a researcher and practicing architect in habitability design solutions for compact and extreme environments. She teaches and conducts ‘space architecture design studios’ at the department of building construction and design at the TU Wien for more than 15 years. Sandra is the academic director of the Science Academy in Lower Austria for which she developed the curriculum of a 2-year-interdisciplinary course on space research and technologies for adolescents. She is also the Academic Director of the new part-time MBA on Space Architecture that will start 2023 at the TU Wien. She has published several scientific papers and worked on aerospace design and research projects, as PI, collaborator, manager and initiator.

Sheryl L. Bishop, PhD is Professor Emeritus and Social Psychologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Nursing. As an internationally recognized behavioral researcher in extreme environments, for the last 30 years Dr. Bishop has investigated human performance and group dynamics in teams in extreme, unusual environments, involving deep cavers, mountain climbers, desert survival groups, polar expeditioners, Antarctic winter-over groups and various simulations of isolated, confined environments for space at remote habitats. She has over 60 publications (including NASA’s Historical Series on Psychology in Space) and over 50 scholarly presentations in both the medical and psychological fields.

Register on Zoom to participate:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f1Dt5UqXTaitoICeiOL1DA

The webinar will be streamed on the MVA Youtube channel

MVA Hackathon Info Session
2022-10-29 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Join this hackathon info session to learn more about the problem statement, the design constraints, assumptions and stick around for brainstorming discussions!

For more details about the competition, prizes and networking opportunities, please join the slack workspace: http://mvahackathon2022.slack.com/

Join the info session from Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86167663731?pwd=[REDACTED]

6th Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium
2022-11-08 08:00 - 2022-11-10 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
More Information & Registration

MVA Hackathon Finals
2022-11-09 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

MVA & JAXA Webinar: Moon surface mobility in the decades to come
2022-12-14 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris)
The third in the series of webinars “Non-Space Business Goes to the Moon”

Co-organisers: MVA and JAXA

Participants: MHI, Toyota, Lockheed Martin, MDA, Lunar Outpost

When: December 14, 2022 from 14h00 to 15h30 CET

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Moon Village Association (MVA) and Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) will host onDecember 14, 1400 CET a webinar on the topic of ‘Moon surface mobility in the decades tocome’.

One of the top priorities for MVA in the context of the Moon Market creation is engagement of thenon-space companies. The webinar is third in the series of ‘Non-Space Business Goes To The Moon’.JAXA is currently very actively working on the Pressurized Rover, which will be used for moonexploration and utilization in near future. For this study, JAXA is co-working with the Japaneseautomobile industries and space industries to gather all the technologies, ideas, and heritage from thepast to realize the world first-ever pressurized rover on the moon.

In this webinar, we will be joined by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Toyota, Lockheed Martin,MDA and Lunar Outpost. The combination of experts from both space and non-space industries willintroduce the opportunity the sector brings in the coming decades.

The speakers will address two key topics:

Designing smart lunar vehicle

Infrastructures to support lunar mobilityThe webinar will also include a roundtable discussion after each topic, and last for about 1h50.

Moderators:

Oleh Ventskovsky (MVA)

Naoki Sato (JAXA)

Speakers:

Hiroaki Kodama (MHI)

Yamaguchi, Junichi (Toyota)

Derek M Hodgins (Lockheed Martin)

Laurie Chappel (MDA)

Justin Cyrus (Lunar Outpost)

Agenda:

Opening remarks (MVA)

Introduction (JAXA)

Topic 1 – Designing smart lunar vehicle

Round table discussion

Topic 2 – Infrastructures to support lunar mobility

Round table discussion

Final wrap-up (JAXA)

Closing remarks (MVA)

MVA Africa webinar: Africa and the New Lunar Economy
2023-01-14 17:00 - 18:30 (Africa/Lagos)
With the rapid evolution of the African space industry, it is essential to have discussions on economies’ planned or anticipated lunar ambitions. This webinar will educate space experts, young professionals, and students in the African space industry about the Moon Village Association’s role in the developing lunar economy. The webinar will also introduce participants to the MVA’s various working groups, membership categories, and how to get involved in its activities.

Agenda

Opening Remarks

Introduction to MVA (Giuseple Reibaldi, MVA President)

Cultural Challenges in the next Space Adventure ( Remo Rapetti, MVA Cultural Considerations Working group Chair)

Question and Answer Sessions

Opportunities at MVA (Bernadette Detera)

Closing Remarks

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Registration Link

Cultural WG webinar: Deep Space Effect
2023-02-08 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/Paris)
This webinar is organised in cooperation with SPACE RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL (SRI)

Registration

Registrer to participate

AGENDA

Remo Rapetti: Introduction

Giuseppe Reibaldi and Bernard Foing: Welcome address

Frank White: The Universal Insight and the Overview Effect

Annahita Nezami: Going boldly where no human has gone before: The impact of space exploration and habitation on human psychology and the well-being ecosystems required to support this transition

Marie-Luise Heuser: Creatio ex zero. The Vacuum and the Blackness of the Universe in Philosophy and Art

Arthur Woods: Q&A session

Adriano Autino: Closing remarks

Frank White has authored or coauthored numerous books on topics ranging from space exploration to climate change to artificial intelligence. His best-known work,The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, is considered by many to be a seminal work in the field of space exploration. A film called “Overview,” based largely on his work, has had nearly 8 million plays on Vimeo. White considers himself to be a “space philosopher,” and has long advocated developing a new philosophy of space exploration. His book on this topic, The Cosma Hypothesis: Implications of the Overview Effect, has been recently published. In it, he asks the fundamental question, “What is the purpose of human space exploration? Why has the evolutionary process brought humanity to the brink of becoming a spacefaring species?” In the book, he shares the idea of “the Human Space Program” as a “central project” that will engage all of us in the process of becoming “Citizens of the Universe.”

Annahita Nezami: She is a chartered counselling psychologist with many years experience of working in mental health. She is trained in Psychodynamic theory and principles, Person Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She has talked about mental health on BBC Radio 4, The Weekend University, at Central St Martin’s and TEDX London, and published papers and articles with Springer and other media outlets, focusing also on the Overview Effect. She has research experience in forensic and applied psychology, and has successfully devised research studies with multiple universities.

Marie-Luise Heuser: Studies of philosophy, history, physics and mathematics. Doctorate at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf with a thesis on “”The Productivity of Nature. Schelling’s Philosophy of Nature and the Paradigm of Self-Organization in the Natural Sciences””. Research and teaching at the Universities of Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Heidelberg and Braunschweig. At TU Braunschweig, head of the transdisciplinary space group in the Institute of Philosophy and subsequently head of the Department of Culture and Space at the Institute of Space Systems. Head of the Space Philosophy Laboratory of the Space Renaissance Academy. Founder and Executive Director of the Society for Space Culture www.space-culture.eu. Numerous publications on the philosophy of space travel since antiquity, especially on Plato, Giordano Bruno, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Romanticism, the avant-garde of the 1920s, and Günther Anders.

UN-COPUOS LSC - The First International Moon Day Results and Outlook for 2023
2023-03-20 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)

UN-COPUOS LSC - The Lunar Commerce Portfolio Report - Main ResultsUN-COPUOS LSC
2023-03-22 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)

Cultural Considerations WG webinar - The Deep Space Effect, Culture And The Human Space Program
2023-03-22 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/Paris)
An in-depth webinar on the possible effects of humanity’s encounter with deep space. After the first space flights and the first testimonies of the astronauts on the Overview Effect, pacifist and ecological movements have developed on a large scale. How will global society react when space travel multiplies and travelers report their impressions of the immensity of the cosmic void? Will they choose the universalist sentiments reported by Edgar Mitchell or will they espouse the pessimistic vision of William Shatner? In this webinar, space philosopher and author of seminal books, Frank White, will focus on probable cultural shifts and how to organize the next space exploration fairly and sustainably.

Introduction:Remo Rapetti

Key Speaker:Frank White, space philosopher and author

Comments and questions by:Giuseppe Reibaldi, President, MVAGiulio Prisco, futurist, cosmist and authorStefano Catucci, philosopher and author

Q&A session:Arthur Woods

Registration:

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UN-COPUOS LSC - MVA Technical Presentation
2023-03-27 08:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris)

Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2023 - GEGSLA Presentation
2023-04-21 09:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Paris)
More info and registration:https://www.spaceresourcesweek.lu
