January 14-16, 2020
Hilton Arlington, Washington, D.C., USA
Due to the generous sponsorship from the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the University of Florida (UF) invites you to attend the second International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA). The ICSSA will be hosted at the Hilton Arlington, in Washington, D.C., USA, from January 14th to January 16th 2020.
The foremost purpose of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is to provide decision-making processes with a quantifiable and timely body of evidence (predictive/imminent/forensic) of behavior(s) attributable to specific space domain threats and hazards. The conference will cover broad-ranging technical and policy related aspects associated with the topic of SSA. Over the past two decades, SSA has evolved into a high-impact, multidisciplinary field of research. The magnitude and complexity of its constituent lines of inquiry are growing at rapid pace, driven by the increasing number of objects of interest, including resident space objects: RSOs (a collective term for active spacecraft and space debris) as well as near Earth objects: NEOs (comets and asteroids in Earth’s vicinity). Combining its various “notions”, SSA today spans research in areas of RSO/NEO sensing, identification, forecasting, tracking, association, risk assessment, resource allocation, spacecraft control, information & communication, proximity operations, debris removal, space weather, drag-controlled re-entry, alternative (non-propulsive) deorbiting technologies, liability and insurance issues and a host of other related topics. Continued sustainable access and utilization of space relies on the awareness of its environment, both from the perspective of human operators on the ground and autonomous spacecraft during flight. Moreover, as the nature and number of participants utilizing the space environment grows, there is critical need for steadfast governance driven by a coherent space policy.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Riccardo Bevilacqua, University of Florida and member of Miami Scientific Italian Community
Moriba Jah, University of Texas at Austin
Mrinal Kumar, Ohio State University
Organizing Committee Members:
Arun Misra, Canada
Jeng-Shing (Rock) Chern, Canada
Ali Al-Mashat, France
Christophe Bonnal, France
Holger Krag, Germany
Luciano Anselmo, Italy
Carmen Pardini, Italy
Thomas Schildknecht, Switzerland
Jer-Chyi Liou, NASA, United States
Tarek Elgohary, University of Central Florida, United States
For questions regarding registration and logistics, please contact:
Katie MacWilkinson, University of Florida Conference Department
kmacwilkinson@dce.ufl.edu
Important Dates:
Abstract Deadline: August 15, 2019
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