2022 ISU Adelaide Conference on Space Junk and Overcrowding of the Skies (ONLINE)

ISU Adelaide Conference returns ONLINE in February 2022 with the most important space issue of our time: Space Junk. In true multidisciplinary fashion that shapes all courses at the International Space University, our speakers, panelists, and session facilitators will look at this critical topic from many angles:Law & Treaties, Policy & Governance, Economics & Business, Technology & Engineering, Humanities & Arts with a special focus on Indigenous perspectives and overcrowding of the skies.

Top Space agency representatives from the Indo-Pacific region, up-and-coming startup founders, venture capital investors, award-winning authors and artists, technologists and engineers, will all debate and discuss solutions for space debris removal, mitigation efforts, and what action is needed both now, and in the future, to solve this space junk tragedy of the commons.

Join us for this gathering online. In addition to speakers we will have networking and facilitated break-out rooms spread over nine hours of content.

Confirmed Speakers in alphabetical order (this list will be amended continuously):

• Hannah Ashford, Director, The Karman Project, Australia
• Michelle Bannister, Astronomer, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Sanat Biswas, A/Prof, Space Systems Laboratory, IIIT Delhi, India
• Chris Blackerby, Group COO, Astroscale, Japan
• Chris Boshuizen, Co-Founder Planet, Partner DCVC, Commercial Astronaut
• Noelle Riza Castillo, Director, Space Policy and International Cooperation, PhilSA, Philippines
• Jessica Dallas, Senior Policy Advisor, New Zealand Space Agency
• Juan de Dalmau, past President, International Space University, Spain
• Ceridwen Dovey, Author "Everlasting Free Fall", Australia
• Pascale Ehrenfreund, President, International Space University and IAF, Austria
• Gene Fujii, Chief Engineer, Astroscale, Japan
• Alice Gorman, @DrSpaceJunk, Flinders University, Australia
• Jasminder Hayer, Solution Architect, AWS Space
• Moriba Jah, Space Environmentalist, UT Austin, Chief Science Advisor Privateer, USA
• Hiranya Jayakodi, Co-Founder, HEO Robotics, Australia
• Bulbul Mukherjee, Assistant Director SSA, ISRO, India
• Paddy Neumann, Founder and Chief Scientist, Neumann Space, Australia
• Enrico Palermo, Head, Australian Space Agency, Australia
• Elizabeth Pearce, SSA & PNT at Australian Space Agency, Australia
• Benjamin Pope, Astrophysicist, University of Queensland, Australia
• Minoo Rathnasabapathy, Research Engineer, MIT Media Lab
• Deen Sanders OAM, Partner, Deloitte, Australia
• Anirudh Sharma, Co-Founder, Digantara, India
• Duncan Steel, Principal Research Scientist, Xerra Institute of Earth Observation, NZ
• Faumuina Felolini Tafuna’i, Wayfinder, Samoa & New Zealand
• Toru Yoshihara, Director, Space Operations Safety, JAXA, Japan
• ...and many more

Nine hours of content optimized for timezones India to New Zealand.

No Zoom fatigue.  A modest fee.  Register now for early bird pricing.

We are grateful to our sponsors and partners who help us maintain these low prices and enable us to deliver an exceptional online experience.

Astroscale
AWS Space
SpaceTec Partners
Stone & Chalk Space
Embassy of France in Australia
South Australian Space Industry Centre