BIS Hosts 14th Reinventing Space Conference in London

The venerable British Interplanetary Society is organizing the 14th Reinventing Space (RISpace 2016) conference and exhibition on October 24-27 at the Royal Society in London. The goal is to advance one of the most dynamic, high growth sectors of the space industry, low cost access and utilization of space. A diverse program addresses new ways of doing business in space, interplanetary missions, reducing costs, tactical space systems and education. Keynote speakers include Chief Engineer of UK Space Agency Richard Crowther, Director of NASA Planetary Science Jim Green, Head of Innovation Management at Airbus DS Hélène Huby, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace Stéphane Israël, Chief Scientist at NASA Ellen Stofan, Founder of New Worlds Institute Rick Tumlinson and DG of European Space Agency Johann-Dietrich Wörner. There are at least 85 presentations scheduled over the primary days of the event, with an optional visit to Airbus DS in Stevenage on Oct 28. The venue at Carlton House Terrace is a Grade 1 listed building in St. James, part of a property in London once owned by George, Prince of Wales in the 18th Century. Now it houses scientists, engineers and explorers expanding 21st Century frontiers for all. (Image Credit: BIS, Royal Society, NASA, RISpace 2016)

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4th Asia Oceania Space Weather Workshop: The Risk of Space Weather – Regional Action

The 4th Asia Oceania Space Weather Alliance (AOSWA) Workshop is being held October 24-27 at Shineville Luxury Resort on Jeju Island, South Korea. Sponsored by AOSWA (est. 2010) and Korean Space Weather Center (est. 2011) of National Radio Research Agency, the Workshop is organized for countries to share plans to respond to space weather risks, promote international collaboration and exchanges, and discuss various observatories and models for predicting space weather, solar flares and geomagnetic storms. Four general sessions will cover R&D in Solar Physics, Ionosphere, Interplanetary Space and Magnetosphere. Featured speakers include Chair Yoo Daesun and Co-Chair Wi Gwansik (Korea), Mamoru Ishii (Japan), Zahra Bouya (Australia), Siqing Liu (China), Arun Kumar Upadhayaya (India), Sergey Smimov (Russia) and Le Truong Thanh (Vietnam). There is also participation from Mexico, Malaysia, Belgium, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, UK and USA. The southernmost province of S Korea, Jeju island is ~1,850 km² with a population of 604,771 (Oct 2014), and contains the country’s highest mountain at 1,950 meters, shield volcano Hallasan. (Image Credit: AOSWA, NASA, Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation)

Oct 24 — Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson AZ: Colloquium: Geophysics of Pluto and Charon; Francis Nimmo from University of California – Santa Cruz, 16:00.

Oct 24 — University of Arizona Department of Astronomy, Steward Observatory, Tucson AZ: Lecture: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and “Interstellar”; Sam Gralla of UA Dept. of Physics, 19:30.

Oct 24-27 — British Interplanetary Society, UK Space Agency, Airbus Defence & Space, et al, London, United Kingdom: 14th Reinventing Space Conference (RIspace); at Royal Society.

Oct 24-27 — JPL, NASA/Caltech, Pasadena CA: 3rd International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions.

Oct 24-27 — Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX), Reed Exhibitions, Singapore: APEX EXPO and Aircraft Interiors Expo Asia (AIX Asia).

Oct 24-27 — Asia Oceania Space Weather Alliance, Korean Space Weather Center, Jeju, South Korea: 4th Asia Oceania Space Weather Alliance (AOSWA) Workshop.

Oct 24-28 — Canadian Space Agency, ESA, NASA, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Conference: Exploring the Universe with JWST – II.

Oct 24-28 — African Association of Remote Sensing, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Makerere University, et al, Kampala, Uganda: 11th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE).

Oct 24 — Moon: 1.5° SSW of Regulus, 18:00.

Oct 24 — Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann: At perihelion (1.001 AU).