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Chair of the Day
Franco Ongaro
The Chair of the Day will guide the audience through the symposium, introducing speakers and opening and closing the symposium with a talk of their own. This year’s Chair of the Day is Franco Ongaro. He is the Head of ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk and is Director of Technology, Engineering, and Quality.
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Maria Antonietta Perino
Head of Advanced Exploration Programs at Thales Alenia Space
Didier Schmitt
Space 19+ Coordinator for Human and Robotic Exploration at ESA
John Connolly
Lunar Surface Systems Lead at NASA
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Kevin Cowan
Education Fellow and Lecturer of Astrodynamics and Space Missions at TU Delft
Joost van Tooren
Arianegroup
Carlo Mirra
Space Product Sales Director at Airbus Defence and Space
The Red Destination
A Lunar Voyage to Mars The VSV Symposium 2020 wants to stimulate innovation by inspiring students. We want to bring students and professionals from all different backgrounds together, and contribute to the new space race.
Program
Workshops
Innovation Floor
Presentations
Panel discussions
The VSV Symposium 2020 gives an insight into the most interesting past expectations of the present, and most revolutionary present expectations of the future. The focus will be to make this a hands-on and interactive experience. During workshops, presentations and panel discussions on a variety of different topics in space exploration, the people that are currently part of the technological developments in human exploration can shed light on the rich history and share their enlightening views of the future. Moreover, by means of an ongoing “Innovation Floor” the attendees can meet the future of space technology.