ETCW 2024

Day 2

We’d all like to thank Rob Scott for organising such an interesting event

Day 1

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The Two Days Schedule

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Day 1: 19th March 2024
Session 1: Welcome & introductions
9:30	Introduction	Nicolas Leveque	CEOI
9:40	UKSA Welcome & News	Beth Greenaway	UKSA
Session 2: Detector Technology
9:50	Latest Detector Developments in IR Part 1 Part 2	Anton Lindley-DeCaire	Leonardo
10:10	Latest Detector Developments in UV/VIS & IR	Andrew Pike	Teledyne e2V
Session 3: LIDAR and Advanced Optics
10:30	GLAMIS: Towards Satellite LIDAR with Continuous Repeat Coverage. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3	Steve Hancock	University of Edinburgh
10:50	Break
11:10	Advances in Lasers for Space-Based Sensing	Jack Thomas & Emma Le Francois	Fraunhofer CAP
11:30	Very Low Noise AlGaAsSb Avalanche Photodiodes for IR LIDAR Applications Part 1 Part 2	Chee Tan	Univ Sheffield
11:50	Sub 50 fW/√Hz noise equivalent power InAs Avalanche Photodiodes for 1550 and 2004 nm sensing	Jonathan Petticrew et. al.	Univ Sheffield
12:10	Advanced Optics Capabilities	Cyril Bourgenot	CfAI, Univ.of Durham
12:30	Additive Manufacturing for Deployable Mirrors	R Tuck, G Lister, D Isherwood	STFC ATC
12:50	Lunch Break
Session 4: Challenges & CEOI Future
13:50	Challenge: EO needs for Climate Tipping Point Monitoring	Andrew Shepherd	CPOM/Northumberland
14:10	TRL: Expectations from Space Agencies	Will Grainger	RAL Space
14:30	Discussion: CEOI: The Next Generation. Needs, Opportunities, Challenges, Diversity	Beth Greenaway	UKSA
15:00	Break
Session 5: How Do I Fund My Mission?
15:20	Funding Options for Missions using CEOI Instruments: Introduction	Rob Scott	ScottSpace/CEOI
15:30	National & Bilateral Opportunities	Charlotte Massey	UKSA/DSIT
15:40	ESA Options Outside Explorer	Steven George	ESA
15:50	ESA InCubed Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4	Pejman Nejadi	ESA
16:00	Introduction to ARIA: Scoping our Planet	Gemma Bale	ARIA
16:10	SSTL – from Tech to Missions: Getting Your Ideas into Space	Andrew Haslehurst	SSTL
16:20	In-Space Missions: Funding Case Studies	Matthew Angling	In-Space Missions
16:30	Business Plan Essentials	Will Lecky	Know.Space/CEOI
16:40	MOD funding opportunities for the Earth Observation community	Debra Carr	DASA Scotland
16:50	Novel Access to Space Part 1 Part 2	Vinay Dheri	D-Orbit
17:00	Discussion of funding Opportunities	All	All
17:30	Closing Remarks & Retirement of Chris & Rob
18:30	Pre-Dinner Talk: From Mission Aspiration to Mission Pegasus Part 1 Part 2 Part 3	Croydon High School Astrogazers Club
19:30	Conference Dinner	Cosener’s House

Day 2: 20th March 2024
Session 6: International & Government
9:30	ESA Perspectives on EO Technology Part 1 Part 2	Steven George	ESA
Session 7: Quantum techniques
10:00	Science Case for LEO Quantum Missions: OP(C)M & Q-ACE	David Summers	TAS
10:20	Satellite Quantum Accelerometers for Atmospheric Science	Tristan Valenzuela	RAL Space
10:40	High-accuracy Magnetometry using Quantum Sensors Part 1 Part 2	Mark Bason	RAL Space
11:00	Break
Session 8: New Imaging Techniques
11:20	Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors	Kieran O’Brien	Durham University
11:40	SuperSharp Deployable Optics	Ian Parry	Supersharp Ltd
12:00	ADOT: A Small Deployable Telescope for EO & Astronomy	Noah Schwartz	STFC ATC
12:20	High Resolution, Wide Swath EO Payload for Micro-Satellites	Liam Sills (Virtual)	GIS
12:40	Nuscis: XCAM’s Next Generation Imaging System for CubeSats and Small Satellites	James Endicott	XCAM
13:00	Lunch
Session 9: New Payloads & Missions
14:00	BARODAR: Mission & Radar Instrument Design for Global Surface Air-Pressure Observation Part 1 Part 2	Emal Rumi	RAL Space
14:20	G-Band Cloud Radar: Recent Results & the Route to Space	Hui Wang	RAL Space
14:40	Narrow Bandpass Multispectral Imagers for Atmospheric Chemistry: Methane & Other Species	Jerome Woodwark	University of Edinburgh
15:00	Break
Final session 10: TBD
15:20	HIROS and Multiplexed LHR	Damien Weidmann	RAL Space
15:40	Integrated Terahertz-Frequency Quantum-Cascade Lasers for Atmospheric Radiometry	Alex Valavanis	University of Leeds
16:00	Large Deployable Reflector Antennas Part 1 Part 2	Chris Bee	Oxford Space Systems
16:20	Airbus Compact Class Satellite SAR Developments	Geoff Burbidge	Airbus
16:40	Using PocketQubes to Image Earth from Space at Night	Tom Walkinshaw & Caius Reza	AlbaOrbital
17:00	Close of Meeting

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The CEOI will hold a 2-day Emerging Technology for Earth Observation Technologies Conference at Cosener’s House in Abingdon on 19^th and 20^th March 2024. The goal of this meeting is to reveal and discuss new and emerging developments in EO instrumentation and mission concepts, and to examine how these developments will benefit the UK in terms of science, societal and commercial benefit. The meeting occurs at a time when the UK has made a significant uplift in EO funding, and there will be an opportunity to explore how to capitalize on this investment.

The conference is open to all interested parties. We are planning sessions on:

• New detectors and detector concepts
• New on-board calibration techniques
• EO payloads for small spacecraft – miniature high-performance instrumentation.
• Instrument technology and mission architecture considerations for commercial missions
• Recent advances in additive layer and other advanced manufacturing techniques for EO instrumentation
• Advanced on-board image processing concepts for imaging missions, such as super-resolution and AI/deep learning
• Latest developments in LIDAR for EO
• New techniques and future concepts – more left-field/exotic techniques from around the laboratories.
• Quantum techniques for EO such as gravity sensing
• New mission opportunities

There will be a discussion session with UKSA and CEOI regarding how emerging EO Technology will feed into UK EO Strategy.

We have some spare speaker slots, and posters are welcome. We invite presentations from:

• groups engaged in current and recent CEOI technology projects. Note that emphasis will be on novel technologies, techniques, future impacts and benefits rather than project progress reporting.
• groups involved in relevant technology development outside of CEOI (including in NSTP, ETP, NSIP, Innovate UK, ESA etc. and industry and academia);
• researchers and industry developing next generation instrumentation;
• Institutes and agencies with EO space technology requirements;

Talks will be 15-20 minutes. The agenda will be adjusted according to the response. Please send Rob Scott (rob.scott@stfc.ac.uk) your title and author names and affiliation (papers and posters) for consideration, along with your preferred day for presentation.

In addition to oral sessions, there will be display boards for posters.

Spaces are limited, so early registration (free) is advisable. The conference dinner on the evening of the 19^th March will be charged at cost, and we will have a limited number of places for overnight stay (bed and breakfast), so first come first served, charged at cost.  Additionally, it may be possible to stay overnight on March 18^th.  We must release reserved accommodation by mid February, so the deadline to book accommodation at Cosener’s is therefore 14^th February.

Note that there is very limited parking available at Cosener’s House. There is a public car park nearby.

Please contact Niki Legge at RAL Space to register and book accommodation and dinner, detailing any special access and dietary requirements. For general enquiries about the programme, please contact Rob Scott.

• Niki Legge: niki.legge@stfc.ac.uk, Tel 01235 445621
• Rob Scott: rob.scott@stfc.ac.uk, Mob 07789 756938

Cost:

• Conference registration ­- free (including morning and afternoon refreshments and a buffet lunch).
• Conference dinner on the 19^th: ~£30 per head – precise costs nearer the time
• Bed and breakfast: 
• Single en-suite rooms & 2 shared facility rooms at £60.00
• Double en-suite rooms @ £85.00

https://stfc.ukri.org/about-us/where-we-work/rutherford-appleton-laboratory/the-cosener-s-house/