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Provisional Agenda 2023

3-day event at the heart of the Principality of Monaco focusing on the environmental and social impact of human space exploration.

Day 1 - October 17 (Tuesday)

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October 17
Morning sessions

9:30 - 09:40
Opening speech
Zsolt Szemerszky (Founder of ELEVATE)

9:40 - 10:25
The Orbital Perspective
Colonel Ron Garan, former NASA Astronaut

10:25 - 10:45
Expand our planet, expand our future
Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, Managing Director at ispace

10:45 - 11:15
Pioneering sustainability Beyond Earth
A world-first mission to remove a debris from Earth orbit
Sergey Gugkaev - ClearSpace-1 mission

11:15 - 11:45
Food Out of Thin Air
For the first time in history, humankind can produce food without burdening our home planet.
Arttu Luukanen, Senior Vice President, Space & Defence

11:45 - 12:00
Energy and ecological transition with eco-responsible technologies
Olivier Camp, Climatopolis

12:00 - 12:45
Keynote panel: Environmental impact of the Space Industry

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October 17
Afternoon sessions

13:00 - 13:30
Journey to space
Michel Tognini, CNES and ESA Astronaut and head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency

13:30 - 14:00
Building a brighter future in which access to Space is frequent, affordable, secure and reliable for everyone
José Mariano López Urdiales, CEO of Zero 2 Infinity

14:00 - 14:30
Space Logistics and Orbital Transportation Services
Luca Rossettini, CEO of D-Orbit

14:30 - 15:00
Design and manufacture of modular disassemblable rocket launch vehicles
Anfisa Anikushina, Skyrora

15:00 - 16:00
Keynote panel: The future of humanity

Day 2 - October 18 (Wednesday)

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October 18
Morning sessions

9:30 - 09:45
Opening speech - Recap of ELEVATE 2022
Zsolt Szemerszky (Founder of ELEVATE)

9:45 - 10:30
Living in space, a transformational journey
Colonel Ron Garan, former NASA Astronaut

10:30 - 10:50
A world-first mission to remove a debris from Earth orbit
Sergey Gugkaev - ClearSpace-1 mission

10:50 - 11:20
Space Logistics and Orbital Transportation Services
Luca Rossettini, CEO of D-Orbit

11:20 - 11:40
Food Out of Thin Air
For the first time in history, humankind can produce food without burdening our home planet.
Arttu Luukanen, Senior Vice President, Space & Defence

11:40 - 11:55
Monaco's contribution to the Space sector

11:55 - 12:10
The Dream of Space Travel
David Shilling

12:10 - 12:30
Private Space Travel and Space Research
Nicholas Frankl, Radian Aerospace advisory Board & Axiom Space investor / consultant

12:30 - 13:00
Keynote panel: How can Monaco evolve in the space sector, especially in terms of the future of education

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October 18
Afternoon sessions

13:00 - 13:20
Meet the History-first Private Engineer-Cosmonaut
Doct. Carlo Viberti

13:20 - 13:40
The world's first non-gov zero-gravity techno-science research and aerospace tourism program OPEN to anyone.
SpaceLand

13:40 - 14:05
Research and industrial applications connected to the human exploration of Mars and space
Antonio Del Mastro, Mars Planet

14:05 - 14:30
Monaco's relation to rocket building
Anfisa Anikushina, Skyrora

14:30 - 15:00
The next magnificent adventure
Karl Karlson - Organizer of Prince Albert’s North Pole expedition and other related adventures

15:00 - 15:30
Keynote panel: To the Moon and beyond...

15:30 - 16:30
Rocket building 101 (Workshop)
Alan Offer (Monégasque student)

Day 3 - October 19 (Thursday)

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October 19
Morning sessions

09:40 - 10:00
The importance of Satellites
Zsolt Szemerszky (Founder of ELEVATE)

10:00 - 10:30
Building and launching near-space balloon-borne telescopes with NASA
Emaad Paracha, University of Toronto (SuperBIT team)

10:30 - 10:55
Using satellites to monitor changes on oceans and terra
Nathalie Hilmi, Scientific Center of Monaco

10:55 - 11:20
LIVE satellite demonstration
Julian Erik Harbeck & Anton Johann Grosse Siestrup from TU Berlin

11:20 - 11:40
Keynote panel: Observing the planet / Privacy matters

11:40 - 12:00
Investment into Space technology
Carlson Investments, Chaired Former Minister of State, Serge Telle 

12:00 - 12:20
Examples of a $4.2B space technology portfolio
Jeremy Teboul - Promus Ventures

12:20 - 12:40
Backing industry disrupting founders
Karl Karlson - Sway Ventures

12:40 - 13:00
Keynote panel: Space tech investment strategies

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October 19
Afternoon sessions

13:00 - 13:15
Historic journey through Monaco's aviation heritage
Zsolt Szemerszky (Founder of ELEVATE)

13:15 - 13:40
Challenges in Space
Doct. Carlo Viberti, History-first Private Engineer-Cosmonaut

13:40 - 14:10
Democratization & Privatization of Low Earth Orbit
Nicholas Frankl, Radian Aerospace advisory Board & Axiom Space investor / consultant

14:10 - 14:40
Unique experience of going out in space during a flight
Arnaud Longobardi, President of Stratoflight

14:40 - 15:10
Meet a future space traveller
Per Wimmer, Space advocate and Future Space Traveller

15:10 - 16:00
Keynote panel: Motivations and researches

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