Conference “Making Space Open”

The conference "Making Space Open" organized by non-commercial “Space Education Development” with the support of Geoscan will be held on October 5, in the framework of the international event “Road to Space”. It will take place at Moscow Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and will become a platform for exchange of ideas and technologies in the field of open space and popularization of astronautics. Presentations will be given by participants, which can include any specialist, researcher, postgraduate, or undergraduate student who has filled out the application form.

Among the main topics:

• open-source small spacecraft projects;
• amateur radio satellites;
• conducting scientific experiments in space;
• development of small spacecraft technologies for scientific research;
• educational space projects;
• experience of space education;
• open ground technologies for space exploration (radio and software technologies, amateur radio projects).

If your activities are related to the creation of open space technologies, as well as research, educational, or outreach projects on space, send in your applications and take part in the conference!

You can join as a spectator or speaker: to do so, please fill out the registration form. Form for submitting you works with presentation will be additionally sent in the near future. When preparing, please keep in mind that 10-15 minutes are allotted per presentation.

Applications will be accepted until the end of August. The conference organizers will select 24 presentations to be part of the final event agenda.

Admission is free; there will also be an online broadcast available and a videoconference will be organized for speakers from other cities.

Where: Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 84/32 Profsoyuznaya St., entrance A-4, Moscow.

When: October 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. — break).

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