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Date: Friday 21st April 2023
Venue: Northumbria Business Hub, Level 3 (304 D and 304 E), Sandyford Building, Northumbria University
Online: Click here to join via Zoom. (Meeting ID: 873 9678 7393 PW: UKMIS2023)
Useful Link: The travel and hotel information can be found here.
Pictures of the event can be found here.
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08:50 – 08:55: Introduction and Welcome
Leads: Richard Harrison and Sarah Matthews
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Session 1: Current missions update
08:55 – 09:10: STEREO (Richard Harrison)
09:10 – 09:35: SolO (Andrzej Fludra, Chris Owen)
09:35 – 09:50: BiSON (William Chaplin)
09:50 – 10:05: DKIST (Mihalis Mathioudakis)
10:05 – 10:20: Hinode (Sarah Matthews)
10:20 – 10:35: LOFAR (with SKA) (Eduard Kontar)
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10:35 – 10:50: Break (tea, coffee, biscuits)
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Session 2: Projects in development
10:50 – 11:05: Solar-C (Sarah Matthews)
11:05 – 11:20: PUNCH (Jackie Davies)
11:20 – 11:35: Vigil (Jonathan Eastwood)
11:35 – 11:50: SAMNet (Robertus Erdelyi)
11:50 – 12:05: ALIGN (Eamon Scullion)
12:05 – 12:25: Funding/Panels update (Lyndsay Fletcher, Colin Vincent (STFC), Ben Wells (UKSA))
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12:25 – 13:50: Lunch and Northumbria CubeSat laboratory tour
The laboratory tour is led by Robert Wicks and Eamon Scullion.
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Discussion/Q&A 1: Proposing and finding opportunities and training future mission leaders
13:50 – 14:35: Discussion leads: Richard Harrison, Sarah Matthews, Colin Vincent (STFC), Ben Wells (UKSA)
- How do I propose and find opportunities?
- How do I get involved in ongoing projects?
- What are the procedures and practices around developing missions from concept to prototyping?
- Where are our future PIs?
- Is the training we need for future PIs available?
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Session 3: Future projects
14:35 – 14:50: EST (Mihalis Mathioudakis)
14:50 – 15:05: SPARK (Hamish Reid)
15:05 – 15:20: HiRISE (Robertus Erdelyi)
15:20 – 15:35: UK in the era of CubeSats and spaceports (Robert Wicks)
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15:35 – 15:50: Break (tea, coffee, biscuits)
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Discussion/Q&A 2: Short- and long-term planning
15:50 – 16:35: Discussion leads: Richard Harrison, Sarah Matthews, Eamon Scullion, Steve Eckersley (SSTL)
- What are the big solar science questions we want to answer?
- What projects/missions do we need?
- International collaboration
- Academia and industry
- Launch Facilities
- HPC facilities