Thu 24 May 9:30am — 6:30pm
Addington Event Centre, 75 Jack Hinton Dr, Addington, 8024, Christchurch
New Zealand is an "Incubation Nation" for the global space economy AND already has the ingredients for our own sustainable space industry.
Join this event looking at tech and innovation in the extreme environments of the Antarctic and Space; solving problems for climate change and opportunities for commercialisation.
Keynote speakers:
* Rafael Kargren who has worked with countries around the world to develop space strategies and is seeing big opportunities in NZ
* Peter Beggs about the challenges of working in Antarctica
* Alex Roetter about why Zephyr chose Canterbury to trial their autonomous flying taxis
Hear from businesses who are already working on commercial opportunities including big data analytics (Matthew Simmons, Nyriad) and cryocooling to keep astronauts at the right temperature (Chris Boyle, Fabrum)
Breakout sessions:
1. Commercialising opportunities – with entrepreneurs and investors Mark Rocket and Grant Ryan
2. Building a community – run by Space Base founders Eric Dahlstrom and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom
3. Human factors to consider when developing solutions – with Dr Rob Lindeman from HIT Lab NZ at the University of Canterbury and Gary Steel from Lincoln University
Panel session asking what the next steps should be for NZ – featuring entrepreneur Mark Rocket; space strategist Rafael Kargren; the head of the NZ Space Agency Dr Peter Crabtree and Miranda Satterthwaite STEM coordinator for Ara who has just returned from taking Christchurch students to NASA
The day will culminate in the Grand Final of the NZ Space Challenge with a $40,000 prize up for grabs
This event will appeal to those from science, research, technology, innovation, the education eco-systems and anybody who has an interest in the Antarctic and space.
Ticket price includes morning & afternoon tea, lunch and networking drinks at the end of the day!
*Photo Credit: Bruce Davies of the GPR tracking equipment used in the traverse. Supplied by Antarctica New Zealand.
Joanna Norris from ChristchurchNZ will introduce the Christchurch narrative, covering exploration, tech & innovation and how Christchurch is being used as a gateway to the Antarctic.
Dr. Peter Crabtree from MBIE speaks about the overview of the opportunity for New Zealand in the global space industry & why New Zealand would want to be involved
Rafael Kargren joins us to speak about linkages between space & the environment, opportunities for NZ and activity that is happening here now.
Fabrum's Chris Boyle joins us to give an overview of Fabrum - and how they're weaving their capability to be relevant to the space industry.
Matthew Simmons will give an overview of Nyriad and the opportunities of big data science
Join Mark Rocket & Grant Ryan as they discuss commercialisation of opportunities - investing in technology & space
Sir Edmund Hillary Fellows Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom & Eric Dahlstrom will give an introduction to SpaceBase and their mission to democratise space
Human factors to consider when developing solutions – with Dr Rob Lindeman and Gary Steel from Lincoln University
Join Mark Rocket & Grant Ryan as they discuss commercialisation of opportunities - investing in technology & space
Sir Edmund Hillary Fellows Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom & Eric Dahlstrom will give an introduction to SpaceBase and their mission to democratise space
Human factors to consider when developing solutions – with Dr Rob Lindeman and Gary Steel from Lincoln University
Science and Mission Operations Laboratory Supervisor Zaheer Ali joins us to speak about NASA’s overarching purpose and the work he is doing for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) including multiple deployments to Christchurch.
Key note speaker Peter Beggs from Antarctica NZ joins us to speak about the challenges of operating in a harsh/remote environment, the importance of technology to support science on the ice and how this could be applied to space.
Our panel discussion will be a session led by the MC and aims to really challenge the audience and the broader eco-system with solving problems and leveraging opportunities.
We will hear from Alex Roetter who will talk about what the flying-taxi Zephyr project is and where they're hoping it will go and the opportunity to test and prototype new things in New Zealand.