[socios-spr] Ciencia 2020 :: Panel on Portugal in Space for Science and Exploration

[Rodrigo Ventura]

PANEL: PORTUGAL IN SPACE FOR SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION
November 4th, 2020, 11h30-13h00

A special session at Encontro Ciencia 2020 ( https://www.encontrociencia.pt/ )

In parallel with the establishment of protocols with CERN (1985), ESO (2000), ESA (2000), and more recently with the creation of Portugal Space (2019), the scientific community of Portugal has been growing and strengthening its research in Space Science and Exploration. This panel aims at discussing the past, present, and future of these areas in Portugal, as well as the available and necessary tools to foster Portuguese participation and growth on the international scene of Space Science and Exploration.The speakers include a broad range of experts from academia, together with a representative of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG).


Moderator: Mário João Monteiro (Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of Porto; Portuguese Delegate do the Science Programme Committee of the European Space Agency)

Panelists:
Zita Martins (Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico)
Pedro Machado (Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon)
Nuno Santos (Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of Porto)
Patrícia Gonçalves (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico)
Nuno Peixinho (Centre for Earth and Space Research of the University of Coimbra)
[ISECG representative, name TBC]

Organizers:
Rodrigo Ventura (Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico)
Marta Gonçalves (Portugal Space)
Manuel Wilhelm (Portugal Space)