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ESA Director of Science visit to Austria

Prof. Dr. Carole Mundell visits IWF Graz on 5 September 2023.

Her first visit to Austria will take Prof. Dr. Carole Mundell, the new ESA Director of Science, to the Styrian capital Graz on Tuesday, 5 September 2023.

The meeting is jointly organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and will be hosted by the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW).

The meeting provides the opportunity to hear and discuss about the activities and plans within the ESA Science Program.
 

FFG Event Page

 

Program

09:45-
10:30		Guided tour through the IWF for registered guests from the Austrian space & science community (2 groups will be formed, tour starts promptly.)
10:30Arrival, Registration, Coffee
11:00Welcome Addresses
11:05ESA Presentations on
  - Vision of the Director of Science
  - Status ESA Science Missions
  - Science opportunities for Austria
  - Status PRODEX activities in Austria
12:10Qs & As
12:30Buffet Lunch (for external guests only)
 Austrian Space Science Presentations:
 
13:15 University of Vienna, Department of Astrophysics (13 +2 min)
13:30 University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (FHWN) (8+2mins)
13:40 Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) (8+2mins)
13:50 University of Innsbruck, Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics (13 + 2 min)
14:05 Joanneum Research, Digital (13 + 2 min)
14:20 Graz University of Technology, Institute of Communication Networks and Satellite Communications (IKS) (8 + 2 min)
14:30 University of Graz, Institute of Physik & Kanzelhöhe Observatory (13 + 2 min)
14:45 Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Space Research Institute (IWF) (13 + 2 min)
15:00End of official part
15:30ATAH touch-base, exchange and connect (meeting room: Mars)
End of day: approx. 17:30
(Next train to Vienna: 18:25 from Graz Hbf.)
ESA Director of Science Carole G. Mundell (© ESA).

Her first visit to Austria will take Prof. Dr. Carole Mundell, the new ESA Director of Science, to the Styrian capital Graz on Tuesday, 5 September 2023.

The meeting is jointly organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and will be hosted by the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW).

The meeting provides the opportunity to hear and discuss about the activities and plans within the ESA Science Program.
 

FFG Event Page

 

Program

09:45-
10:30		Guided tour through the IWF for registered guests from the Austrian space & science community (2 groups will be formed, tour starts promptly.)
10:30Arrival, Registration, Coffee
11:00Welcome Addresses
11:05ESA Presentations on
  - Vision of the Director of Science
  - Status ESA Science Missions
  - Science opportunities for Austria
  - Status PRODEX activities in Austria
12:10Qs & As
12:30Buffet Lunch (for external guests only)
 Austrian Space Science Presentations:
 
13:15 University of Vienna, Department of Astrophysics (13 +2 min)
13:30 University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (FHWN) (8+2mins)
13:40 Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) (8+2mins)
13:50 University of Innsbruck, Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics (13 + 2 min)
14:05 Joanneum Research, Digital (13 + 2 min)
14:20 Graz University of Technology, Institute of Communication Networks and Satellite Communications (IKS) (8 + 2 min)
14:30 University of Graz, Institute of Physik & Kanzelhöhe Observatory (13 + 2 min)
14:45 Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Space Research Institute (IWF) (13 + 2 min)
15:00End of official part
15:30ATAH touch-base, exchange and connect (meeting room: Mars)
End of day: approx. 17:30
(Next train to Vienna: 18:25 from Graz Hbf.)

Information

 

WHAT
ESA Director of Science visit to Austria

WHEN
5 September 2023

WHERE
Space Research Institute of the OeAW
Schmiedlstraße 6, 8042 Graz