UK Space Conference: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
*[http://www.ukspaceconference.org UK Space Conference Website] |
*[http://www.ukspaceconference.org UK Space Conference Website] |
||
*[http://www.brohp.org.uk website of BROHP] |
*[http://www.brohp.org.uk website of BROHP] |
||
*[http://www.space.co.uk/LinkClick.aspx?link=577&tabid=488&language=en-GB Highlights of the 2008 Conference] |
|||
Revision as of 18:42, 26 October 2008
The UK Space Conference is an annual conference devoted to space held in the UK.
The 2008 conference was held at Charterhouse School in Surrey in March[1]. Speakers included British planetary scientists Colin Pillinger (who was the principal investigator for the Beagle 2 probe) and Professor John Zarnecki who was instrumental in the success of the Huygens probe to Titan. Speakers also came from outside of the UK including former NASA astronaut and shuttle pilot Joe Engle and former Johnson Space Center Director George Abbey. The UK space commerical sector was represented with Virgin Galactic, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and EADS Astrium giving presentations, the latter also sponsoring the event.
Lembit Öpik MP attended the 2008 event, giving a plenary talk[2]
The conference hosts the Sir Arthur Clarke Award prizegiving dinner.
The event also hosts the fly-off of the UKAYRoC student rocket competition[3]
History
The UK Space Conference evolved out of the British Rocket Oral History Programme (BROHP) annual conference which had been running since 1998. The rebranding of the conference in 2007 signalled a broadening of the remit of the conference. The 2008 event included parallel sessions on Education, Research, Engineering and Astronomy as well as History.
2009 UK Space Conference
The 2009 event is due to be held at Charterhouse School from the 1st to the 4th April.