5th Global Moon Village Workshop & Symposium
Hosted by CSEO in 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.
Programme
Preliminary Programme of Workshop and Symposium
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Online - Times are in Central European Time (CET)
Keynote Speech by Dr. Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, UNOOSA
Prime Panel Discussion
Moderator: Dr. John C. Mankins
- Dr. James Green, Chief Scientist, NASA
- Prof. Jan Woerner, Former ESA Director General
- Mr. Yao Jianting, Deputy Director General of Department of International Cooperation, China National Space Administration (CNSA)
- Mr. R.Umamaheswaran, Scientific Secretary, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- Mr. Hiroshi Sasaki, Vice President for International Space Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Dr. Salvador Landeros Ayala, Director General, Mexican Space Agency (AEM)
- Dr. Mohamed El-Koosy, CEO, Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA)
- Dr. Lev Zelenyi, Former Director, Russian Space Research Institute (IKI)
Selected Presentations from Call for Papers & Round Table
Moderator: Dr. Antonino Salmeri
Presentations:
- Maxim Litvak (Russia)
“Ground tests with Luna – 25 robotic arm in lunar like environment“ - Alyson Decker (United States)
“Jurisdiction and the Legal Enforcement of Rights on the Moon” - Nelly Offord Harle (United Kingdom)
“Lunar Communication and Navigation services – 1st generation in 2024, followed by a constellation by end 2020s”
Round Table participants :
- Maxim Litvak, Russia
- Alyson Decker, United States
- Nelly Offord Harle, United Kingdom
- Bob Lamboray, Luxembourg Space Agency
- Online - Times are in Central European Time (CET)
Round Table
with Industry, Academia, Civil Society and Q&A
Moderator: Dovilé Matuleviciute, Luxembourg Space Agency
- Derek M. Hodgins, Lockheed Martin, USA
- Dr. Alice Gorman, Flinders University, Australia
- Dr. Rajeswari Rajagopalan, Observer Research Foundation, India
- Dr. Nasr Al-Sahhaf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Architectural Concepts WG
Co-Chairs: John C. Mankins, Yoshifumi Inatani - Coordination & Cooperation WG
Co-Chairs: Giuseppe Reibaldi, Mark Sundahl - Cultural Considerations WG
Co-Chairs: Remo Rapetti, Arthur Woods - Exploration Analogues WG
Co-Chairs: Koorosh Araghi - Lunar Commerce & Economics WG
Co-Chairs: Derek Webber, Gidon Gautel - Participation of Emerging Space Countries (PESC) Project
Project Lead: Ghanim Alotaibi - Payload Project
Project Lead: Ayman Ahmed
Selected Presentations from Call for Papers & Round Table
Moderator: Dr. Georgios Nicolaou
Presentations:
- Arun Radhakrishnan (India)
“Ethical & Sustainable Features of Mining of the Lunar Surface” - Hubert Gross (Poland)
“Xors Moon base – interdisciplinary project” - John C. Mankins (USA)
“Oasis 2045: the first human settlement on the Moon”
Round Table participants :
- John C. Mankins, USA
- Arun Radhakrishnan, India
- Hubert Gross, Poland
- Online - Times are in Central European Time (CET)
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.
Click here to see details about the hackathon.
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Topics:
- Space Solar Power – Powering a Moon Village [Business Plan Pitch]
- Transportation on the Moon [Business Plan]
- Education on the Moon [Idea Pitch Presentation]
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:
- “Lunar Medical Autonomy” Speaker: Mark Rosenberg
- “Legal & Policy Issues of using Lunar Resources and Infrastructure” Speaker: Lars Petzold
- “Science on the Moon” Speaker: Sahba El-Shawa
- “Technologies for a Sustainable Moon Village ” Speaker: Sapna Rao
Part 2: Discussion on the Future Activities of TLG
Part 3: PromoMoon Initiative by Yuzhnoye Design Office & MVA
Grand Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
Media Sponsor
"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."
