Hosted by CSEO in Nicosia, Cyprus
6-8 December 2021 - Nicosia, Cyprus
The Moon Village Association (MVA) is proud to announce the 5th Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium in cooperation with the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO).
This Workshop & Symposium, will present various matters for the growth of the Moon Village community and lunar activities, discussing on-going and planned Moon programs, and bringing together stakeholders and lunar community. A big audience is expected from all over the world representing space and non-space companies, space agencies, international organizations, researchers and the wider public.
Preliminary Programme of Workshop and Symposium
Keynote Speech by Dr. Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, UNOOSA
Prime Panel Discussion
Moderator: Dr. John C. Mankins
Selected Presentations from Call for Papers & Round Table
Moderator: Dr. Antonino Salmeri
Presentations:
Round Table participants :
Round Table
with Industry, Academia, Civil Society and Q&A
Moderator: Dovilé Matuleviciute, Luxembourg Space Agency
Selected Presentations from Call for Papers & Round Table
Moderator: Dr. Georgios Nicolaou
Presentations:
Round Table participants :
Three-day fully virtual event, with working sessions, discussion roundtables, and mentoring sessions that will engage students and young professionals to think critically about design challenges that a Moon Village Would face.
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Topics:
Operational Logistics Team: Mangai Prabakar, Selene Cannelli, Lokdeep Kalaiselvam, Sushant Beheruk, Ruth Singh
Co -Chairs: Bernadette Detera, Ali Nasseri
Part 1: Selected presentations from the “Towards a Lunar Generation: First MVA Online Workshop for Students and Young Professionals”
Topics:
Part 2: Discussion on the Future Activities of TLG
Part 3: PromoMoon Initiative by Yuzhnoye Design Office & MVA
"The Moon Village Association’s mission is unique, bridging together both spacefaring and non-spacefaring nations offering them the opportunity to play a role in its realization. There is no other organization on the international scene having such a mission.
Our global role of fostering international lunar cooperation and peace – is aiming to establish a common level playing field for lunar activities through the Moon Village Principles as common practices for sustainable lunar activities for lunar stakeholders, worldwide, to adopt and use in their programs."
"The return to the Moon and the creation of a permanent base on the Lunar surface are major goals for humanity; goals that can be achieved through international collaboration and a uniting effort. The Moon Village Association has been instrumental in facilitating global collaboration between all relevant stakeholders.
Cyprus through its crossroads location and its long history in being a catalyser of friendship between nations, is the ideal location to gather together to take the next steps in the exploration of the moon and beyond."
Co-Chairs:
Antonino Salmeri, Italy – Doctoral Researcher in Space Law, University of Luxembourg
Dr. Georgios Nicolaou, Cyprus – Research Scientist at Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
IPC Members:
Paolo Pino, Italy – Doctoral Researcher, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Dr. Mazhar Kusbeci, Cyprus – Mentor within the Romanian Space Initiative (ROSPIN)
Andreea Florea, Romania – Coordinator at Romanian Space Initiative (ROSPIN)
Nuria Ali, Kenya – Geologist, Directorate of Geological Surveys