Name: Swiss Space Sustainability Research Days
Start: 2025-01-06T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-01-08T14:00:00+01:00
Location: The Glacier Hotel (Eurotel Victoria) - Les Diablerets

Swiss Space Sustainability Research Days

from Monday 6 January 2025 (10:00) to Wednesday 8 January 2025 (14:00)

Monday 6 January 2025

12:00

12:00 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Keynotes
Keynotes
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Emmanuelle David (EPFL)

14:30 Lucia Kleint (Unibern)

15:00 Dr Natalia Archinard (Space portfolio at Swiss DFAE)
15:30 Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Keynotes
Keynotes
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Ludovic Monnerat (Swiss Armed Forces)

16:30 "Next challenges in Space Research" by Camilla Colombo (Politecnico di Milano)

17:00 Action of Amazon Kuiper on Space Sust and needs to the research community" by Josef Koller (Amazon Kuiper)
17:30 Icebreaker Game
Icebreaker Game
17:30 - 18:30

18:30 Social Activity
Social Activity
18:30 - 19:30

19:30 Dinner
Dinner
19:30 - 21:00
Tuesday 7 January 2025

09:00 Keynotes
Keynotes
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Impact of Space activities
Impact of Space activities
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Zero Debris vs Net Zero Debris: Why the Difference Matters for the Future of Space Activities - Romain Buchs

09:45 A Numerical Approach for Dynamic Fragmentation: Challenges in Achieving Reliable Statistics for Space Debris - Thibault Ghesquière-Diérickx (EPFL, LSMS)

09:45 Estimating the environmental impacts of human activities related to space with Life Cycle Assessment: Status quo and outlook - Karin Treyer (Paul Scherrer Institute)

10:15 Sustainability for space - Identified knowledge and data gaps, and research opportunities - Mathieu Udriot (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Workshop/Roundtable
Workshop/Roundtable
11:00 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Poster Session
Poster Session
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Student SSA Team Efforts in Tracking and Detecting Orbital Debris - Aurélien Genin (EPFL) Josué Aubert (EPFL) Valentin Meier (EPFL)

14:15 Detailed Brightness Analysis of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) from ground-based optical Observations - Stephan Hellmich (EPFL)

14:15 Space-based surveillance of Resident Space Objects with the CHEOPS space telescope - Luı́s Gonçalves (Universidade de Aveiro)

14:30 Optimization of GEO Satellites On-Orbit Refuelling for Sustainable Space Logistics - Mathieu Udriot (EPFL Space Center)

14:45 EPFL’s Handbook on sustainable practices for spacecraft mission design - Marnix Verkammen (EPFL Space Center)
15:00 Dark and Quiet Skies (Implications of space activties on astronomy)
Dark and Quiet Skies (Implications of space activties on astronomy)
15:00 - 16:15
Contributions

15:00 Three years of the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Skies: accomplishments and looking ahead - Federico Di Vruno (SKAO)

15:15 The Importance of Dark and Quiet Skies in Swiss Astronomy - Carolyn Crichton (EPFL)

15:30 The Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies - advocating for spectral resources for radio astronomy - Susanne Wampfler (Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern)

15:45 Space debris detection and characterization from the ESO VST archive - Elisabeth Rachith (EPFL)

16:00 Under a False Moon: Spaceflight's impact on the celestial sphere - Miles Timpe
16:15 Break
Break
16:15 - 16:30

16:30 Workshop/Roundtable
Workshop/Roundtable
16:30 - 17:30

17:30 Break
Break
17:30 - 17:45
17:45 Technologies for space sustainability
Technologies for space sustainability
17:45 - 19:00
Contributions

17:45 Accelerating Space and Earth Sustainability through CERN Innovation - Enrico Chesta (CERN) Thomas Rimbot (CERN)

18:00 Expert Centre for Space Safety Providing Services in Support of a Sustainable use of Outer Space - Thomas Schildknecht (University of Bern AIUB)

18:15 “Filling the toolbox while defining the job” Product management at ClearSpace - Kees van der Pols (ClearSpace SA)

18:30 Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Constellations of Earth Observation Satellites: Sustainable Satellites for Science and Society - Adrian Jäggi (University of Bern)

18:45 Towards Autonomous Pose Estimation for Unseen Satellites - Andrew Price (EPFL)
19:00 Social Activity
Social Activity
19:00 - 20:00

20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 21:30
Wednesday 8 January 2025
09:00 Law and policy, Ethics, and Economics of space sustainability
Law and policy, Ethics, and Economics of space sustainability
09:00 - 10:15
Contributions

09:00 Ensuring the sustainability of space from a legal perspective - Merve Erdem Burger

09:15 The Panel on Exploration of the Committee on Space Research - André Galli (University of Bern)

09:30 Setting Off Sustainably. Planetary Sustainability and Space 4.0 - Andreas Losch

09:45 Investors' perception of sustainability aspects in space ventures - Sebastian Bélanger Villanueva (EPFL)

10:00 Space traffic management - Benjamin Guyot (spacetalk)
10:15 Break
Break
10:15 - 10:45

10:45 Workshop/Roundtable: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Swiss Good Offices in Space Traffic Management
Workshop/Roundtable: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Swiss Good Offices in Space Traffic Management
10:45 - 12:15

12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:45