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- National Student Space Conference 2013In 2013, the National Student Space Conference was hosted by Bristol SEDS at the University of Bristol. Our keynote speakers for the event included Dr Ralph Lorenz of the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab on “Exploring Titan” and Dr Jason Hatton of the European Space Agency on “The ESA ELIPS programme and European ISS Utilisation”. This year was also the 25th anniversary of the founding of UKSEDS, and we had a ‘Birthday Social’ aboard the boat ‘Under the Stars’ in Bristol Harbour!
- National Student Space Conference 2014In 2014, the National Student Space Conference was hosted by Leicester AstRoSoc at the University of Leicester. The conference was attended by industry experts such as the ESA astronaut Major Tim Peake. Our keynote speakers were Dr David Parker, the UK Space Agency Chief Executive, and Professor Richard Brown, Director of the Centre for Future Air-Space Transportation Technology at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The sponsors for the event included Telespazio, Reaction Engines and the UK Space Agency.
- National Student Space Conference 2015In 2015, the National Student Space Conference was hosted by Surrey Electronics and Amateur Radio Society (EARS) at the University of Surrey. One of the keynote speakers at the event was Abbie Hutty, a Spacecraft Structures Engineer on Airbus’ ExoMars Rover Project, whose talk was titled “Structural challenges in the Martian environment”. Another keynote speaker was Dr Matt Taylor, a project scientist on the Rosetta Mission whose talk was “The Rosetta Mission So Far”. Students had the opportunity to socialise at the Networking Reception sponsored by Satellite Applications Catapult and the evening social on Saturday.