Smart Satellites 2015: Investing in the UK Space Economy

Name: Smart Satellites 2015: Investing in the UK Space Economy
Start: 2015-06-25T09:00:00
Location: Hilton Leicester Hotel

Hilton Leicester Hotel, Leicester

25 June 2015
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Overview

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED.

It is expected that the UK’s share of the world’s space economy will grow from 6.5% to 10% by 2030. By today’s estimates that would give the UK sector a £40 billion per year of turnover, creating 100,000 new jobs mainly in SMEs and supporting sectors.

On 25 June 2015, the Institution of Mechanical of Engineers will be launching its first ever report on the theme of space as a response to the UK Space Strategy.

Smart Satellites: Investing in the UK Space Economy will focus on the research and development, technology and engineering that will be required to meet the space challenge and how society can actually benefit from its implementation.

To coincide with the launch of the report, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, this seminar will address the following key themes:

- Upstream and downstream applications
- Education and skills within the space sector
- The benefits of investing in the UK space sector

ExoMars Programme - 'Bridget' the rover to be displayed at Smart Satellites

'Bridget,' the explorer that has been to Mars and back, will be on display at Smart Satellites.

Find out more about the ExoMars programme.

Day 1

08:30 - Full day programme

08:30
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00
MORNING CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Helen Meese, Head of Engineering in Society, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

SESSION 1 - UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM APPLICATIONS

09:10
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SPACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE UK STORY
Stuart Martin, CEO, Satellite Applications Catapult

• An overview of how the space sector is undergoing revolutionary change
• Understanding how commercial businesses and a new breed of entrepreneurs are
leading space innovation
• An explanation of why the space sector is generating so much interest and how the UK is
set to become a major protagonist

09:40
FOSTERING INNOVATION IN APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY
Tim Just, Head of Space, Innovate UK

• The UK space industry is a hidden success story and key to UK economic growth
• Earth Observation (EO) and telecommunications are set to make significant contributions
to technology innovation
• Bringing together the UK’s innovators and ensuring the UK is at the forefront of satellite
technology development over the next 30 years

10:10
EARTH OBSERVATION: CHANGING VIEWS OF EARTH
Representative of Surrey Satellite Technology (Invited)

10:40
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:10
COMMERCIAL TELECOMS: THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE SPACE ECONOMY
Richard Peckham, Business Development Director Space, Airbus Defence & Space

• Contributing over $300bn to the entire global space economy
• Understanding how satellites are the only means of connection for those in remote
locations, in the air or on the oceans
• Broadcasting to millions of consumers from a single transmitter, satellites make for the
most efficient means of delivery
• Preparing for an already mature sector to evolve as internet entrepreneurs and
commercial companies look to invest

SESSION 2 - ENHANCING EDUCATION AND SKILLS IN THE UK SPACE SECTOR
Chaired by Abbie Hutty, Senior Structures Engineer, Airbus Defence & Space

11:40
SPACE EDUCATION AND SKILLS: SUSTAINING THE GROWTH OF THE UK SPACE
SECTOR
Anu Ojha, Director, National Space Academy

• The UK space sector workforce: upstream and downstream statistics, characteristics and
forecasts for growth
• Government strategies and industry perspectives: addressing the future challenges for
space sector workforce growth
• Sustaining the space skills supply lines: existing and future programmes for support at
school, university and postgraduate/professional levels
• Space exploration and space exploitation: balancing the competing demands and
prioritisation between space research and space industry growth and the implications for
space skills development

12:10
Q&A SESSION WHERE INVITED GRADUATES AND STUDENTS WILL OFFER
INSIGHT INTO STUDYING AND WORKING WITHIN THE SPACE SECTOR
Loughborough College, Airbus Defence & Space and De Montfort University

12:50
NETWORKING LUNCH

13:50
GROWING THE SPACE INDUSTRY TECHNICAL SKILLS MARKET
Daniel White, Head of Technology Innovation/UK R&T, Airbus Defence & Space

• Identifying ways to engage with students and graduate engineers
• The recruitment challenge
• Building partnerships with academic institutions, universities and SMEs

SESSION 3 - INVESTING IN THE UK SPACE INDUSTRY
Chaired by Helen Meese, Head of Engineering in Society, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers

14:20
MAKING THE UK THE PLACE FOR SPACE
Alice Bunn, Director of Policy, UK Space Agency

• Shared Government/industry targets for growth
• The challenges of achieving these targets
• The ways Government is supporting the sector in overcoming these

14:50
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:20
THE ROLE OF LEICESTER LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP (LLEP) AND
UNIVERSITIES IN SUPPORTING SPACE INNOVATION AND SECTOR GROWTH
Corin Crane, Director, Leicester Local Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) and Paul
Monks, Professor Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science, University
of Leicester

• Overview of the LLEP strategy
• Perspective of experts from University of Leicester
• Examples of local work and research undertaken

15:50
SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH SPACE EXPLORATION
Prof Martin Barstow, President, Royal Astronomical Society

• The technological developments made from the current space programme, the direct
benefits to industry and the downstream impact
• Case studies from UK experience
• The vision for space exploration in the next decade and potential stimulation for new
research and innovation through the technological developments needed

16:20
IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE! DESIGNING DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES FOR SPACE
Mike Lawton, CEO, Oxford Space Systems

• A look at some of the innovative designs and materials that Oxford Space Systems (OSS)
is commercialising for the global satellite industry
• Why the space environment can be fiendishly tricky to design mechanical systems for
• A personal look at the experiences of being an SME in the satellite sector

16:50
SME Q&A PANEL SESSION
Chaired by Helen Meese, Head of Engineering in Society, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers

Invited panellists include Clyde Space and Oxford Space Systems

17:10
CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS

17:20
END OF SEMINAR

Stuart Martin: CEO, Satellite Applications Catapult

Stuart Martin was appointed CEO of the Satellite Applications Catapult in January 2013. Prior to this appointment, he was a partner at Logica (now CGI), a large European business technology company where he was responsible for the worldwide space business. During his time at Logica, Stuart held a range of engineering and management functions, mainly in the fields of satellite navigation and meteorological processing. More recently, he held the position of Vice Chair of UK Space, the UK trade association for space business. Stuart was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Institute of Physics in 2003.

Helen Meese: Head of Engineering in Society, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Helen Meese works to raise the profile of mechanical engineering, focusing on innovative and emerging technologies and how they impact on society in the UK and internationally. She graduated from Loughborough University in 1996 with a degree in Electro-Mechanical Power Engineering and then gained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering developing performance characteristic programmes for turbocharger compressors. Outside her work with Babcock and BAE Systems, Helen worked for GE Energy, project managing several contracts on the design and installation of electrical propulsion and navigation systems in South Korea.

Abbie Hutty: Senior Structures Engineer, Airbus Defence & Space

Abbie Hutty is a Spacecraft Structures Engineer on Airbus’ ExoMars Rover Project. She gained her Master’s in Mechanical Engineering at Surrey University, where she received several awards and prizes for her achievements, including her placement year at SSTL, and her Master’s thesis on the use of composites in spacecraft structures. She joined Astrium at Stevenage, now Airbus Defence & Space, as a Mechanical Engineer in 2010. Abbie now leads a team of specialists in the design of the ExoMars Rover Vehicle Structure. In 2013 she was selected as the IMechE’s Young Member of the Year and later named as the IET’s Young Woman Engineer of the Year.

Tim Just: Head of Space, Innovate UK

Tim Just is the Head of Space at Innovate UK, the new name of the Technology Strategy Board. Innovate UK is a business-led executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and is in effect the ‘Innovation Agency’. In addition to working closely with the recently formed UK Space Agency, Tim fulfils a broad thought leadership and coordination role for space activity and its applications in the UK between various government departments, industry and other stakeholders. Tim is also a NonExecutive Director for the Satellite Applications Catapult Centre and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation.

Alice Bunn: Director of Policy, UK Space Agency

Alice Bunn originally worked for the Natural Environment Research Council where she was Head of Earth Observation Future Missions (2002-04) and Earth Observation Science Co-ordinator (2000-02). Her successful career in the science sector follows a PhD in Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge. As Director of Policy at the UK Space Agency, Alice’s primary responsibility is to provide policy advice on civil space activities to the Minister for Universities and Science, and other ministers as required.

Richard Peckham: Business Development Director Space, Airbus Defence & Space

Richard Peckham is Business Development Director Space for Airbus Defence & Space in the UK, having worked in the aerospace sector for the last 30 years in a range of senior engineering and management positions. In his current post, he leads business acquisition, manages the company relationship with Government and leads on national strategy. Richard is a member of the UK Space Leadership Council and has previously been Chairman of UK Space, a Founding Director of
the International Space Innovation Centre (now part of the Satellite Applications Catapult) and has served on UK Trade & Investment advisory boards.

Anu Ojha: Director, National Space Academy

Anu Ojha has been Director of Education & Space Communications at the National Space Centre, Leicester, since 2008 and is Director of the National Space Academy programme (STFC, ESA, UK Space Agency). He was awarded Advanced Skills Teacher status by the Department for Education in 2003 and was a Physics Lead Practitioner for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in 2010-11. In addition to being appointed as an ESA ‘Space Ambassador’ Anu has worked as a consultant in Holland and Spain, using data from the SOHO solar observatory and Mars Express missions.

Corin Crane: Director, Leicester Local Enterprise Partnership

Corin Crane took up the role of Director of the Leicester Local Enterprise Partnership in August 2014. Prior to this he held the post of Head of Economic Partnerships and Investment at Wolverhampton City Council, where he was also a lead officer with the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership. Corin is responsible for driving forward the LLEP’s Strategic Economic Plan, which sets out ambitions to create 45,000 new jobs, lever £2.5bn of private investment and increase GVA by £4bn, by 2020.

Martin Barstow: President, Royal Astronomical Society

Martin Barstow was appointed to the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Leicester in 1994, promoted to Reader in 1998 and became Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science in 2003. He has been involved in many space missions, including NASA’s Voyager probes, the Hubble Space Telescope and ESA’s Gaia. He has published more than 300 papers, has been a member of the ESA Astronomy Working Group and Space Programme Advisory Committee of the UK Space Agency. In 2013 he was elected as the President for two years of the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Mike Lawton: CEO, Oxford Space Systems

Mike Lawton co-founded Futuretec, an electronics and software design consultancy in 2003. This quickly gave rise to two internal business units: martcellar and Regenatec, which exploited ideas Mike had while studying electronics at university. Mike holds a BEng (Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Plymouth and has numerous awards for design and innovation including the IMechE Engineering the Future Award 2007, Oxfordshire Up and Coming Entrepreneur of Year 2007 and Best Green Technology Award for India 2009.

Paul Monks: Professor Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science, University of Leicester

Paul Monks was awarded the EU Lillehammer Young Scientist Award in 2004 and is currently the Co-Chair of the IGBP-International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Programme and Chair of the DEFRA Air Quality Expert Group, as well as being a member of the UK Space Agency, Space Leadership Council and NERC Council. Paul has recently been appointed as the European representative on the Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry Scientific Steering Committee (EPAC SSC).

Daniel White: Head of Technology Innovation/UK R&T, Airbus Defence & Space

Daniel White began his career in what used to be Matra Marconi Space, holding a BEng (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering. On obtaining an MSc in Computing Science, he spent several years working in computer-aided engineering before returning to the mechanical design office to lead the Structure Engineering & Technology Group until 2014. He currently leads the Transnational Technology Innovation Group, responsible for innovation work streams, managing selection and delivery of early-stage technology studies as a precursor to R&T programmes, as well as a broader UK role supporting R&T.

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