Lecture Programme

Monday, July 8

09:00: Opening
- Konstanze Fila, Head of Summer School Alpbach, FFG
- Christiane Helling, Chair of Programme Committee (Director of Institute for Space Research Graz (IWF))
- Andreas Geisler, Head of Austrian Aeronautics and Space Agency (FFG)
- Video message from Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General
- Peter Falkner, Head Tutor of Summer School Alpbach (Head of Science Mission Studies Division, ESA)
- Hans-Martin Steiner, Austrospace
09:30: Lecture by Carole Mundell (Director of Science, ESA)
10:10: Coffee Break
10:40: Lecture by Susanne Wampfler (University of Bern): Formation of the Solar System
11:40: Lecture by Yamila Miguel (Leiden University): Gas and Ice Giants in the Solar System and their interior structure
12:40: Lunch Break
15:00: Lecture by Patrick Irwin (University of Oxford): Atmospheres of Gas and Ice Giants and exoplanetary science perspective
16:00: Lecture by Ruth Taubner (IWF, Austrian Academy of Sciences): Habitability, Biosignatures and Prebiotic Chemistry
17:00: Coffee Break
17:30: Workshop Preparation by Peter Falkner (ESA-ESTEC)
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:30: “Fireside Chat” with Carole Mundell (Director of Science, ESA) and Christiane Helling (Director of Institute for Space Research Graz (IWF))

09:00: Lecture by Peter Falkner (ESA-ESTEC): Mission & System Design
10:00: Lecture by Michael Khan (ESA-ESOC): Mission analysis
11:00: Coffee Break
11:30: Lecture by Martin Volwerk (IWF, Austrian Academy of Sciences): Icy Moons in the Solar System – Inside and out
12:30: Lunch Break
14:30: Lecture by Jan Thoemel (University of Luxembourg): System engineering
15:30: Coffee Break
16:00: Lecture by Alessandro Mura (INAF-IAPS): Magnetospheric environments of giant planet systems and exosphere generation processes
17:00: Working Team Meetings
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House

09:00: Lecture by Olivier Witasse (ESA): Past and present missions into the outer Solar System
10:00: Lecture by Olivier Witasse (ESA): Lessons learned from past missions
11:00: Coffee Break
11:30: Lecture by Olivier Mousis (Aix-Marseille Université, France): Future Mission Concepts and Technologies
12:30: Lunch Break
14:30: WORKSHOP
16:00: Coffee Break
17:00: WORKSHOP
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House

09:00: Lecture by Alex Stefanescu (ESA): Scientific instrumentation Part 1
10:00: Lecture by Harald Michaelis (DLR): Scientific instrumentation Part 2
11:00: Coffee Break
11:30: Lecture by Andrew Ball (ESA): Planetary Landers, entry probes, penetrators
12:30: Lunch Break
14:30: WORKSHOP
16:00: Coffee Break
16:30: Mission Objectives and Requirements Review
19:00: Joint Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
21:00: Mission Preparation at the School House

09:00: Presentation Team A
10:00: Question and Answer Period
10:30: Coffee Break
11:00: Presentation Team B
12:00: Question and Answer Period
12:30: Buffet Lunch at the School House
13:30: Presentation Team C
14:30: Question and Answer Period
15:00: Coffee Break
15:30: Presentation Team D
16:30: Question and Answer Period
17:00: Closing Remarks
17:15: Meeting of the Jury
19:30: Farewell Dinner at Böglerhof for all participants
Announcement of Jury Evaluation
Award Ceremony