Space

Thursday 23rd September 2010, Church House Conference Centre - London, 09:20 - 16:00

A New Space Age for Britain: The Future of Britain's Space Economy

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Overview

Space technologies are increasingly important in all our lives. Space and satellite technologies underpin many of today’s major commercial sectors; they provide essential information to understand our planet’s environment, changing climate and weather; enable great strides to be made in the scientific understanding of our Solar System and beyond; and they provide innovative tools for enhancing our quality of life.

The space and satellite industry is one of the UK’s unsung success stories. It supports 68,000 jobs in the UK directly and indirectly and contributes £6.5bn to the economy. This hi-tech, high-skilled sector underpins the high speed broadband, high definition television, GPS and weather forecasting that the modern world relies on. The global market for space manufacturing, services and applications is forecast to be worth at least £400 billion by 2030.

To capitalise on this, the UK space industry came together to set out an ambitious 20-year strategy to grow the UK’s share from 6 per cent to 10 per cent of this market – creating up to 100,000 new UK jobs by 2030.

A new £40 million International Space Innovation Centre at Harwell, backed by £12 million from the Strategic Investment Fund, was announced on 23 March 2010. The centre, to be sited with the European Space Agency facility which opened last July, will establish centres of excellence to exploit data generated by Earth Observation satellites, use space data to understand and mitigate climate change, and enhance the security of space systems and services.

Further measures to support the British space industry include the launch of the UK Space Agency, which brings together all UK civil space activities under one single management and a National Space Technology Strategy to make sure the space sector delivers its potential, overseen by an industry-led steering group.

On 28 May 2010, the Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts, published membership of UK’s Space Leadership Council. The Council is a body of representatives from industry, academia and government tasked with providing strategic advice to the newly formed UK Space Agency.

Agenda

As a new space age for Britain beckons, this forum will offer delegates the opportunity to examine and discuss the full potential of space exploration and exploitation in building Britain’s future, providing new business opportunities and supporting sustainable development

09:20	Registration and Coffee
10:10	Morning Chair’s Welcome Address Sa'id Mosteshar, Director, London Institute of Space Policy and Law & Member, Space Leadership Council (CONFIRMED)
10:15	Keynote Address: A New Space Age for Britain: Developing Tomorrow’s Economy Dr David Williams, Acting Chief Executive, UK Space Agency (CONFIRMED)
10:35	Strengthening Britain’s Space Economy Achievements to date of the European Space Agency, Harwell Adapting space data and images to create new everyday applications Developing technologies and innovative robotics to explore the Moon and Mars Maximise the exploitation of past investments by operating existing space science missions which are scientifically viable and of sufficient priority within the UK science programme Developing Europe’s space programme Role of UK within European Space Agency Strengthening the UK’s space expertise Martin Ditter, Head of the ESA Harwell Centre, European Space Agency (CONFIRMED)
10:55	Working Together to Strengthen Innovation from Space Funding of the International Space Innovation Centre Role of the International Space Innovation Centre in developing Britain’s space economy at home and abroad Exploiting the data generated by Earth Observation satellites Using space data to understand and counter climate change Security and resilience of space systems and services Working together at the international level to promote and progress space science Developing a more significant role for the UK in the global space effort Dr Barbara Ghinelli, Executive Director Business Development, Science & Technology Facilities Council (CONFIRMED)
11:15	Questions and Answers Session
11:35	Coffee Break and Networking
11:55	Benefits and Future Potential of Space Technology Delivering world-leading exploitation of space systems for managing our changing planet Funding for research and development Research and development investment by the UK space industry Facilitating the development of a wide range of new services Underpinning sustainable future prosperity Transfer of space technologies into non-space applications Space commercialisation and knowledge exchange Translating research into impacts Examples of successful knowledge transfers Professor Richard Holdaway, Director of Space Science & Technology, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science & Technology Facilities Council (CONFIRMED)
12:15	Skills Development and Outreach for a High-Technology Future Developing and maintaining the skills base needed for the economy of tomorrow Training highly skilled scientists and engineers of the future Increasing the take-up by young people of science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related subjects and careers A co-ordinated programme of outreach and space-related educational activities, improving general awareness, and with links to the curriculum and teachers Exploiting space for education Yvonne Baker, Chief Executive, STEMNET (CONFIRMED)
12:35	Questions and Answers Session
13:00	Lunch and Networking
	Afternoon Chair’s Welcome Address Ian Taylor, Former Chairman, Parliamentary & Scientific Committee & Former Co-Chairman, Parliamentary Committee for Space (CONFIRMED)
14:00	The UK in Space - The Size and Shape of the UK Space Industry An overview of the global space market Where the UK fits in with regard to other space nations UK industrial strengths and prospects The main space markets and technology trends Update on the20-year vision and strategy for the future growth of the space industry How can government work with industry to set out how space-enabled services can help deliver next generation broadband Role and future of the Space Innovation and Growth Team Taking forward the Space Innovation and Growth Teams recommendations Phil Davies, UKspace (CONFIRMED)
14:20	Delivering innovation - the Technology Strategy Board's role in the UK space sector Space Innovation and Growth Strategy Technology Roadmapping Workshops Developing a National Space Technology Strategy Digital Britain - Broadband via satellite John Yates, Lead Technologist - Satellite Telecommunications and Navigation, Technology Strategy Board (TSB) (CONFIRMED)
14:40	GRACE: An update on the European Satellite Navigation Competition Quick update on GRACE About the European Satellite Navigation Competition UK performance & update The future of the competition in the UK Dr. Chaz Dixon, Business Development Manager, GRACE (CONFIRMED)
14:45	Coffee and Networking
15:05	Special Keynote: The Use of Space to Address and Predict Security and Defence Threats Predicting the Future Space and the Future Character of Conflict Space Power? Space Situational Awareness Limited Budget, Lofty Aims, Unlimited Responsibility?y Group Captain Clive Blount, Assistant Head Air and Space at the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Ministry of Defence, Shrivenham (CONFIRMED)
15:25	Managing our Changing Planet: The Use of Satellites for Weather Prediction and Climate Monitoring The relevance of space in understanding and monitoring climate change The use of space systems to improve weather forecasting Important role space surveillance and earth observation play in understanding environmental pressures on society and planning for the consequences Future plans for the global observing system Meeting the challenges for climate instruments Instrumentation opportunities in future operational missions Professor John Remedios, Head of Earth Observation Science, Space Research Centre, University of Leicester (CONFIRMED)
15:45	Questions and Answers Session
16:00	Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Exhibitor

Grace

Audience

Delegates will include space directors, heads of manufacturing, satellite managers, heads of technology processes, heads of innovation, heads of science, knowledge transfer managers, technical directors, capability directors, heads of production, heads of operation, heads of space data recorders, Earth Observation & Atmospheric Scientists, scientific advisors, social scientists, satellite managers, supply chain transport organisations, business development managers, engineers, vice president of operations, engineers, production managers, directors of engineering, heads of funding, pro vice chancellors and will be drawn from central government, local authorities, regional development agencies, research councils, academia, and anyone interested in the future growth of the space industry.