Programme Outline

0900	(0900) Registration and exhibition
1000	(1000) Professor Sir Martin Sweeting (SSC, SSTL) Welcome and keynote speech (plenary)
	(1045) Transfer
1100	(1100) Session A1 Dr Tim Horbury (Imperial): Cubesat projects Dave Parker (BNSC): TBC	(1100) Session B1 TBC (Astrium): TBC Keith Muirhead (HE Space): Jobs in Space!
1200	(1200) Coffee break
	(1215) Session A2 Professor Fred Taylor (U. Of Oxford): The atmosphere and climate of Venus, and the European Venus Express mission Jonathan Amos (BBC News Online): A tour of my year: November to November	(1215) Session B2 Natalie Allred & Simon Feast (Reaction Engines): TBC Ed Trollope (VEGA): Asteroids, Aliens and the Apocalypse - the lighter side of spacecraft operations
1300
	(1315) Lunch and exhibition
1400	(1400) Session A3 Dr Frank Danesy (ESA): Careers at ESA - Do you have the right stuff? Professor Alan O'Neill (Director of NCEO): TBC	(1400) Session B3 Helen Page (ESA): ESA education office opportunities Professor Jan-Peter Muller (UCL): Mars 3.5 billion years ago: dramatic water release discovered from 3D mapping
1500	(1500) Coffee break
	(1515) Session A4 Professor Matt Griffin (U. Of Cardiff): The Herschel and Planck Satellites: Exploring the Big Bang and the Formation of Stars and Galaxies Dr Gianmarco Radice (U. of Glasgow): SpaceART	(1515) Session B4 Adam Baker (Virgin Galactic): SpaceShipTwo and LauncherOne: Opening the Door to cost effective space science & technology demonstration Professor Alan Smith (MSSL): Penetrators - an alternative approach to planetary exploration
1600
	(1615) Transfer
	(1630) Professor David Southwood (ESA): Space and space exploration: for what it's worth UKSEDS Committee: Long term project open discussion (plenary)
1700
	(1730) AGM (plenary)
1800
1900
	(1930) Transfer to The Lounge
2000	(2000) Social The Lounge, University of Surrey campus
2100
2200
2300	(2300) Close

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  Many thanks to
  Sir Patrick Moore Sales