Moon Village Association

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/

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

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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

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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

Presentation of Moon Village Association - Italy Activities
2023-05-27 02:00 - 2023-05-28 06:00 (Europe/Rome)
Saturday, May 27th, 2023 from 2 PM to 6 PMSunday, May 28th, 2023 from 9 AM to 12 PM and from 2 PM to 6 PM

Via Beroaldo 59/A – Bologna, Italy

The Moon Village Association, an international non-profit organization focused on sustainable lunar exploration, will present its activities in Italy at an event to be held in Bologna at the Marco Peroni Engineering Studio.

The event will feature the National Coordinator for Italy of the MVA, Alessandro Bartoloni, and themember, Engineer Marco Peroni.

During the event, the activities of the MVA Italy members will be presented, and attendees will have theopportunity to visit three exhibitions:

“Far yet so close: Cosmic Ray Measurements in Space with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer(ams02.space) and Ground Control Operations of Space Missions”;

“Radiation and Safety on the Moon: Active Shielding for Radiation Protection”, how fundamentalresearch addresses the issue of shielding against cosmic rays in lunar exploration.

“Living in Space”, Permanent Exhibition located in the premises of the Marco Peroni Engineering Studio.

For further information, please contact alessandro.bartoloni@dev.brb.rs

MVA Participation at UN-COPUOS 66th Session
2023-05-31 08:00 - 2023-06-09 17:00 UTC
More info:https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/2023/index.html

Financial Times summit - INVESTING IN SPACE
2023-06-05 08:00 - 2023-06-06 17:00 (Europe/London)
INVESTING IN SPACE5 – 6 June 2023Balancing optimism with realismDay 1 Digital | Day 2 Digital & In-Person | 133 Houndsditch, London

Following its successful launch in 2022, FT’s Investing in Space summit returns in 2023 to bring together investors, innovators, government and end-users for careful analysis of the opportunities of space. Expertly moderated panel discussion and news-worthy keynotes will encourage nuanced discussions on the transformative opportunities of space, peppered with a healthy dose of realism on the associated risks.

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Cultural WG webinar - Deep Space: Awe Or Fright?
2023-06-06 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/Paris)
“However, what seems to be missing is a ‘definition’ of the Deep Space Effect: Is it the blackness (or death) as mentioned by Shatner or the enrapturing beauty of seeing the Cosmos like looking at the Milky Way in its full spectacular glory. Or is it a psychological effect of distance, and loneliness and a yearning to return to Earth?” (Arthur Woods)

This third webinar about the topic of The Deep Space Effect will try to answer these questions and achieve some firm point in this long discussion.

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Agenda:

Introduction – Arthur Woods, artist and space philosopher

An Outrageous View of the Heavens: The Ultraview Effect as a Cognitive and Cultural Response to the Panorama of Deep Space – Deana L. Weibel, anthropologist

Awe is Not Enough: Contextualizing Astronomical Views through the History of the Sublime and Looking Toward Scientific Studies of Overview Effect(s) – Christopher Cokinos, poet and author:

Comments and questions by:

Giuseppe Reibaldi, President, MVAGiulio Prisco, futurist, cosmist and author

Deana L. Weibel,Ph.D. is a Professor of Anthropology at Grand Valley State University with a joint appointment in the Religious Studies program in the Integrative, Religious, and Intercultural Studies Department. She has held a lifelong interest in voyages, studying pilgrimage, tourism, and scientific expeditions and the religious and spiritual meanings they, and the places visited, hold for those voyaging.Recent publications on religion and space include “Pennies from Heaven: Objects in the Use of Outer Space as Sacred Space,” “Destiny in Space,” and “Following the Path That Heroes Carved into History: Space Tourism, Heritage, and Faith in the Future.”

Christopher Cokinos, is the author of many books, among which Falling Skies: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars and the anthology Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight. His new nonfiction book, Still as Bright: A Backyard Journey through the Natural and Human History of the Moon, is forthcoming in 2024. He has taught at Kansas State University, Utah State University and at the University of Arizona, where he taught creative writing, the history of science fiction, and science communication. Recently he has been the leader of an all-artist lunar analog mission at SAM, the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars at Biosphere 2.

COPUOS Side Event - International Lunar Coordination: A Round Table
2023-06-07 18:00 - 18:45 (Europe/Vienna)

MVA-ISRO webinar - Journey to the unknown: Scientific quest for Chandrayaan-3 at the Moon
2023-07-03 19:00 - 20:30 (Asia/Kolkata)
Topic: Journey to the unknown: Scientific quest for Chandrayaan-3 at the MoonDate: 03/07/2023 MondayTime:19:00 ISTSpeaker: Megala S.

Bio of Speaker:

S. Megala is the Deputy Director for Lunar Science and Exploration at Science Programme Office, ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore, India. She started her career in ISRO as a Scientist and co-ordinated ISRO’s lunar exploration missions such as Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3 and the future lunar polar exploration mission with international collaboration. She played a key role in nucleating the lunar science community in the country and in getting the data peer-reviewed for release to the public.She is a physicist who likes working in a laboratory and has the intent to pursue research in lunar science. She represents ISRO in the International Space Exploration Co-ordination Group and updates lunar exploration plans.Moderator: Nidhi Sandeep Vasaikar (Regional Coordinator South Asia)

PromoMoon Initiative – Closing Ceremony
2023-07-18 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
The Moon Village Association and Yuzhnoye State Design Office cordially invite you to join us for the Closing Ceremony of the 2nd PromoMoon Initiative for Moon Village Generation, honoring the esteemed Dr. Alexander Degtyarev. The event will be held on July 18, 2023, on the eve of the International Moon Day, and will be live-streamed on YouTube.

The Closing Ceremony marks the culmination of the PromoMoon Initiative, where the winning teams will have the opportunity to showcase their projects to a global audience and receive invaluable feedback and suggestions from distinguished leaders in the space industry.

The PromoMooon-2023 Top-7 Finalists:

https://dev.brb.rs/moonvillageassociation.org/announcement-2nd-promomoon-initiative-announces-first-stage-results/

The PromoMooon-2023 Top-3 Winners:

https://dev.brb.rs/moonvillageassociation.org/announcement-of-winners-2nd-promomoon-initiative-in-partnership-with-yuzhnoye-state-design-office/

The winners have been granted support for their research through free-of-charge expert B2B mentoring sessions, which were held from July 11 to July 13, 2023. Furthermore, all three finalists have been given the opportunity to co-author and showcase their work in a paper that will be presented at the prestigious International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Azerbaijan in October 2023.

To experience the thrilling atmosphere of the PromoMoon-2023 Closing Ceremony together, please join us at:

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-2nd-promomoon-initiative-for-moon-village-generation-in-honor-of-dr-alexander-degtyarev/

International Moon Day 2023
2023-07-20 00:00 - 23:59 UTC
Welcome to the International Moon Day

ISRO-MVA Video competition Award Ceremony
2023-08-01 16:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata)
Join us on August 1st at 16:00 IST to honor the winners of the ISRO-MVA Video Competition

The agenda of the ceremony would be as follows:

Speech ISRO Director CBPO Mr Sudheer Kumar N.

Speech MVA president Mr Giuseppe Reibaldi

Annoucement of winners by MVA Outreach Coordinator Pavithra Manghaipathy

Video broadcasting of Category

A winners Video broadcasting of Category B winners

Thankyou Speech by MVA South Asia Regional Coordinator Nidhi Vasaikar

MVA Hackathon 2023: Robotics & AI in a Moon Village
2023-08-11 08:00 - 2023-08-13 17:00 UTC
This year MVA are collaborating with the the MetaArchitectsHUB to give all participants access to a 3D metaverse! Participants will be able to place 3D models of their robots in a virtual 3D environment of the lunar surface.

Sign up for our Hackathon to design a robot with integrated AI capabilities to work on a Moon Village! You can walk around your robot as it stands on the lunar surface and winners will be able to get expert advice to perfect their designs and take it to the next level at conferences!

There will be guides on how to work with the metaverse, how to create efficient 3D models and also how to win a hackathon! (Thanks to our collaboration with The Dream Academy!)

Dates – August 11-13 (details on lectures to follow)

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ISRO - MVA webinar: Challenges in Lunar Landing
2023-09-13 16:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata)
Bio of Speaker :

Shri Senthil Kumar G is currently working as Deputy Project Director, Mechanical Systems of Chandrayaan-3 Project in U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO. He has pursued Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He has rich experience in systems engineering of spacecraft. He has played a major role in configuration and realisation of Chandrayaan-3 & Chandrayaan-2 spacecrafts. His significant contribution also includes performance evaluation testing of Lunar Lander systems in Earth environment for Chandrayaan Landing Missions.

GEGSLA at the UN Science Summit
2023-09-20 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris)
Event Title: Recommended Framework for Sustainable Lunar Activities: Potential Contribution to the UN SDGs and the Summit for the Future

Date: September 20, 2023Time: 16:00 – 18:30 CEST

Registration: https://sciencesummitunga78.sched.com/event/1O4pe

Discover how the Moon Village Association (MVA) and its Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA) are shaping the future of lunar exploration. Gain insights into the GEGSLA Recommended Framework, its key elements for peaceful and sustainable lunar activities, and its relevance to United Nations Policy Brief 7.

Explore the intersections between the GEGSLA Framework, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Summit for the Future. Engage with leading experts and participate in a lively Q&A session!

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part of the discussion on lunar sustainability and its potential contributions to the UN SDGs.

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MVA Italia participation at the Space Education & Strategic Applications 2023 Conference
2023-09-21 13:30 - 14:40 (Europe/Rome)
The First MVA Italian Summer School, by the MVA Italy during the IMD 2023 , will be the subject of a panel in the following conference:

Space Education & Strategic Applications

The event is free and open to the public

Links for registration and the program are on the conference homepage: https://ipsonet.org/conferences/space-education-and-strategic-applications/

The MVA panel will be on 21 of September at 1:30-2:40 PM EDT

MVA participation at the IAC in Baku - Session D4.2
2023-10-03 10:15 - 12:45 UTC
Contribution of Moon Village to Solving Global Societal Issues

Description

Moon Village is a concept that brings together efforts, world-wide, from the private sector, governments, academics and others to explore and use the Moon in a sustainable manner. Moon Village is a community of projects carried out by stakeholders from different fields (for example, technical, scientific, cultural, economic) working together. The implementation of the Moon Village has already started with missions and activities in line with its spirit, It is a major step forward for the peaceful development of humankind. Moon Village can offer a new start to humanity on the Moon and on the Earth by contributing to solve global societal issues. The session will discuss the contributions of the Moon Village to the solution of global challenges (e.g., energy, population, sustainable development, many others). How the Moon Village will support the understanding of the global societal issues and bring benefits to society on a global scale will also be discussed. The session will include also the identification of the related technologies that need to be developed. The definition of a roadmap complementary to the UN Agenda 2030 will be also discussed.Date: 2023-10-03Time: 10:15Room: BCC Balcony C2IPC 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;

More info and papers: https://iafastro.directory/iac/browse/IAC-23/D4/2/

Cultural WG webinar - Moon Rocks: Study and Inspiration
2023-11-14 17:30 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
‘For although our voyage is to be outward, it is also to be inward, to the sources of all great acts, which are not out there, but in here, in us all, where the muses dwell.’ Joseph Campbell, Myths to Live By, 1972

The six Apollo Moon Surface Missions yielded a rich collection of lunar soil and rock, gathered by astronauts, that continue to reveal stories of the early solar system. Within these samples are clues to understanding the planetary processes that created Earth and even the prebiotic materials that support life. These extra-terrestrial rocks have immense value for researchers and human culture alike – this webinar will examine both aspects of their significance.

Transdisciplinary Artist Erika Blumenfeld conceived and established the Astromaterials 3D virtual library for NASA as a permanent public resource for exploring the nature of the solar system and its formation. In this webinar she’ll discuss this pioneering project and how it relates to her art practice. Planetary Scientist Prof Ian Crawford (Birkbeck College, University of London) will discuss the impact the Apollo Mission rock samples have had on our understanding of the Moon and the origin and evolution of the solar system.

Erika Blumenfeld is an artist, researcher, and writer who seeks engagement across the arts, sciences, and humanities to cultivate artworks and dialogue that explore the material and poetic origins of our relationship with the natural world. She approaches her work like an ecological archivist, driven by a passion to trace and collect the evidence and stories of connection across the cosmos. A Guggenheim, Smithsonian, and Emerson Collective Fellow, Blumenfeld has had studios in laboratories, observatories, and extreme environments, and has collaborated with scientists and research institutions, including NASA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, McDonald Observatory, and the South African National Antarctic Program. Her work has been exhibited widely and is featured in multiple books and museum collections. Blumenfeld is the creator and Science-Principal Investigator of Astromaterials 3D at NASA, where she leads a team to create an interactive 3D virtual library of NASA’s astromaterials collections for researchers and the public. https://erikablumenfeld.com/

Ian Crawford is an astronomer turned planetary scientist, and is currently Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck College, University of London. The main focus of his research is in the area of lunar exploration, including the remote sensing of the lunar surface and the laboratory analysis of lunar samples. Ian also has research interests in the field of astrobiology, especially Martian analogue environments on Earth, and in the future of space exploration which he believes will become increasingly important for the future of humanity. A more detailed summary of interests, and list of publications, can be found at: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/8004655/ian-crawford

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7th Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium
2023-12-06 08:00 - 2023-12-10 17:00 UTC
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GEGSLA 4th Meeting
2023-12-13 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
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Cultural WG & Lunar Human Physiology & Biology WG webinar: Microgravity and Human Health
2024-01-23 17:30 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Co-organised by Cultural Considerations WG & Lunar Human Physiology & Biology WG

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Elisa Raffaella Ferre, Birkbeck University, LondonThe Next Small Step: How Microgravity influences Brain and Behaviour

Thais Russomano, Co-Founder & CEO, InnovaSpace-UKSpace Medicine: Challenges and Achievements

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Space travel involves, as is known, considerable physical risks for those who undertake it. Long-duration missions have allowed scientists to thoroughly study the effects that prolonged stay in zero gravity, with limited possibilities of movement and exposure to significant amounts of solar radiation, has on the human body. Apart from the initial discomfort due to space adaptation syndrome (SAS), which involves nausea, headache and lethargy for a few days, the astronauts showed muscle atrophy, osteopenia, alterations in the production of red blood cells, cardiovascular dysfunction, reduction in effectiveness of the immune system, sleep disorders, etc. Moreover, studies conducted in extreme environments on Earth have highlighted numerous possible psychological problems such as stress, boredom and many other factors on safety, efficiency and quality of life in space. This webinar intends to take stock of the progress made by medicine and neuroscience to overcome the serious physical and psychological imbalances associated with life in microgravity.

Speakers

Prof Elisa Raffaella Ferre has completed a Bsc, a Msc, and a PhD in Psychology at the Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy). She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London (UK), then she took up her first faculty position at Royal Holloway University of London (UK). In September 2021, she joined Birkbeck University of London (UK), where she established the Vestibular Neuroscience Laboratory and presently holds the position of Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. She holds the position of Co-Coordinator for the UK Space Life and Biomedical Sciences Association (UKSpaceLABS) and serves as the elected Secretary for the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA). She is engaged in collaborations with ESA Education and with United Nations Space Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Access to Space for All initiatives. She acts as mentor for the UNOOSA Space4Women initiative.

Prof Thais Russomano, MD, MSc, PhD, FRSA has +30 yr of experience in Aerospace Medicine, Space Physiology, Telemedicine & Digital Health. She is an MD from Brazil, specialised in internal medicine, has an MSc in Aerospace Medicine (USA) and PhD in Space Physiology from King’s College London (UK). She worked as a researcher at DLR, Germany, before establishing and coordinating the Microgravity Centre, PUCRS for 18 years. She is academically linked to several universities, is an Elected Academician of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine and the International Academy of Astronautics (Board of Trustees). She is a Board Member of companies, holds patents related to Space Sciences, has numerous scientific publications and has acted as a voluntary Mentor for Space4Women, an initiative of the UNOOSA. She is also Co-Founder & CEO of InnovaSpace-UK and the Chair of the recently established Lunar Human Physiology and Biology Working Group in MVA.

MVA Participation at COPUOS STSC 2024
2024-01-29 08:00 - 2024-02-09 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
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