Location:  Art Centre Delft – Rotterdamseweg 205, 2629 HD Delft

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Morning Programme

9:30                   Welcome by Laura Bergshoef Chair of the Day

09:40 – 10.10    Keynote 1 Envision, towards a better understanding of Earth’s closest neighbour by Dr. D.M. (Daphne) Stam (TUD)

10.10  – 10.15   Q&A to the presenters

10.15 – 10.20    Pitcher Behnam Mirzaei, PhD – Faculty of Applied Sciences (TUD) Spectroscopic detection technology for NASA balloon borne Terahertz Observatories

10.25 –  10.30    Pitcher Kevin Kouwenhoven, PhD candidate (SRON-TUD)

10.30 – 11.00    Keynote 2  On The LISA gravitational wave mission by Prof. G.A. (Gijs) Nelemans (Radboud Nijmegen)

11.00 – 11.05    Q&A to the presenter

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11.05 – 11.30   COFFEE BREAK
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11.30 – 11.35   Pitcher Vidhya Pallichadath, Space Systems Engineer Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (TUD) Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE)

11.40 – 11.45   Pitcher

11.45 – 12.15   Keynote 3 On Interferometry by Prof. Dr. S.P. (Sascha) Quanz (ETH)

12:15 – 12.20   Q&A to the presenter

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12:35 – 13:30   LUNCH
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Afternoon Programme

13.30 – 13.35    Introduction Splinter Workshops

13.35 – 14.15   Workshops

Workshop 1 on space-based astronomy by Prof. G.A. (Gijs) Nelemans (Radboud Nijmegen)
Workshop 2 on distributed space-based systems vs. large spaceborne telescopes, Dr. S. (Sijme-Jan) Paardekooper (Queen Mary University)

14:15 – 14:30  Summary from the Workshops

14:30 – 15:30  Roundtable Discussion, chairman Prof. dr. H.G.C. (Henri) Werij (TUD)

Roundtable Members:

Dr. M. (Michael) Wise, Director General SRON

Prof. dr. L.L.A. (Bert) Vermeersen, Professor of Planetary Exploration and Civil Engineering and Geosciences (TU Delft) Sr researcher at  (NIOZ) on Texel

Drs. (Kees) Buijsrogge, Director Space TNO

Prof. dr. H.J.A. (Huub) Rottgering, Scientific Director / Professor of Observational Cosmology, Leiden University

Dr. M. (Marc) Oort, Systems Architect at Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands B.V.

15:30 – 15:45  Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks

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15:45 – 18:00   DRINKS
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Interested in this symposium and want to attend?
Please register by sending an email to: SpaceInstitute@tudelft.nl