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Montreal Space Symposium

Mary Grace Kalnay

Space Concordia
Satellite Division Project Manager

8:15am EDT

Registration + Breakfast Exhibit Room

9:00am EDT

Opening Ceremony Room ABDr. Arun Misra • Mavesa Nguyen • Marius Paraschivoiu

9:30am EDT

The space commons versus the clever use of flags (and corporate logos) Room ABDr. Artur de Matos Alves Bringing Astronomy Alive - Student Engagement at John Abbott College Room CDKarim Jaffer

9:50am EDT

What Michel Foucault can tell us about private ownership in and appropriation of celestial bodies Room ABGeorgia Psarrou Arts and Science and Space Room CDSheila Nadimi

10:10am EDT

Legal Aspects of Space Geoengineering Room ABErmanno Napolitano STEM Education with the KickSat Sprite: Practicum in the Developing World Room CDMichael Turner

10:30am EDT

Networking Break Exhibit Room

11:00am EDT

Converging Art and Astronomy: New Perspectives on Lunar Nomenclature and Exoplanet Research Room CDBettina Forget Smallsat system for energy providers and consumers Room ABJan Clarence Dee

11:20am EDT

100 Times Around the Sun - RASC Montreal Centre in 2018 Room CDKarim Jaffer • Morrie Portnoff Discover the Next Generation of Design for Aerospace Room ABYafus Siddiqui

11:40am EDT

Space Incorporated: The Next Big Disruption. Are We Ready? Room CDDaniel Alvarez Satellite detection: A birds-eye view of industrial emissions Room ABStéphane Germain

12:00pm EDT

Lunch + Networking Break Exhibit Room

12:45pm EDT

Plenary Session Room ABOlivier Allard • Sofiane Benyouci • Isabelle Marcil

1:45pm EDT

Networking Break Exhibit Room

2:15pm EDT

Data Visualization for Exoplanet Instrument SPIRou Room CDMariya Krasteva

2:35pm EDT

Opening up Space with Opensource: A Modular, Opensource Cubesat Structure Room ABBryce Edwards

2:55pm EDT

A Virtual Tour of the James Webb Space Telescope Room CDDr. Loïc Albert

3:15pm EDT

Networking Break Exhibit Room

3:45pm EDT

An integrated thermo-structural approach applied to the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) spacecraft Room ABDr. Christian Semler

4:05pm EDT

Searching for life in our solar system: development of the MICRO Life Detection Platform Room CDOlivia Blenner-Hassett • Catherine Maggiori • Dr. Isabelle Raymond-Bouchard • David Touchette

4:25pm EDT

Martian lava tubes as a microbial haven: Characterizing life in Earth analogs and developing a mission concept to explore them on Mars Room CDChris • Brady O'Connor

6:00pm EDT

Cocktail The Ritz-Carlton, Montreal

8:45am EDT

Registration + Breakfast Exhibit Room

9:30am EDT

Exploration of Mars with the Curiosity rover Room CDDr. Richard Léveillé [SGAC: #NextGen Canada] Public-Private Infrastructure in Canada Room ABZaid Rana • Ryan Anderson • Gilles Doucet • Dr. Ram Jakhu • Nathan de Ruiter • Dr. Marie Lucy Stojak

9:50am EDT

Influence of Lunar Rover on Lunar Surface Temperature Room CDDr. Chris Pye

10:10am EDT

3D vision studies for EuroMoonMars 2018 campaign Room CDSandro Papais

10:30am EDT

Networking Break Exhibit Room

11:00am EDT

Swarm Systems for Space Exploration Room CDDr. Giovanni Beltrame [SGAC: #NextGen Canada] Navigating the Canadian Space Landscape Room ABZaid Rana • Collin Cupido • Jan Clarence Dee • Kate Howells • Martin Lebeuf • Ali Nasseri

11:20am EDT

Prospects for Space Exploration Room CDNatalia Larrea Brito

11:40am EDT

Moon Express Commercial Lunar Missions: Developing a cis-Lunar Space Economy Room CDDr. Alain Berinstain

12:00pm EDT

Lunch + Networking Break Exhibit Room

12:45pm EDT

Development of Canadian Orbital Launch Capabilities for the Microsat Market Room CDBachar Elzein

1:25pm EDT

The Space-based Kill Assessment Program: Space-based Missile Defense, Militarized Outer Space and its Terrestrial Implications Room ABJulianne Oh

1:45pm EDT

Networking Break Exhibit Room

2:15pm EDT

[SGAC: #NextGen Canada] Aligning Canada with International Partners for the Advancement of Space Exploration Room ABZaid Rana • Dr. Alain Berinstain • Dr. René Doyon • Mike Greenley • Gilles Leclerc • Ewan Reid

2:55pm EDT

Bringing Interstellar Travel Down to Earth Room CDDr. Andrew Higgins

3:15pm EDT

Networking Break Exhibit Room

3:45pm EDT

The use of GPS/GNSS on Earth and in space Room CDDr. Jérôme Leclère

4:05pm EDT

Space Autonomy and Making Mobile Vehicles Intelligent Room CDPamela Woo