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E1.1. Lift Off: Primary and Secondary Education

This session will explore innovative programmes and curricula focusing on space education and outreach to students up to the age of 18. Emphasis will be placed on programmes that effectively engage primary and secondary school students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), help them develop key skills, and foster a long-term passion for space. This session will also consider programmes and activities that focus on the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers, or on educational methodologies of relevance to primary and secondary education. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.2. Space for All: Decolonial Practices in Space

This session will focus on the examination, identification and impact of oppressive narratives and behaviors rooted in colonial practices in the space sector while taking into account the systemic character and historical repetition of such narratives in present day disparities. This session will showcase and provide examples of solutions via education, culture and outreach activities as well as Belonging, Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, Justice and Inclusivity (BADEJI, EDI, DEIA) protocols in the workplace, organisations and space agendas. Learnings and recommendations from the perspectives of professionals, scholars, experts, educators, artists and cultural institutions including museums, space agencies and non-profit organisations will be included. From code of ethics to pluralistic commitments towards achieving equity and accessibility, all relevant methodologies and formats are welcomed. This session is a showcase of demonstrated practices and/or experiential learning, and work presented should already have been implemented before the presentation. When submitting abstracts for this session, please: • Clearly identify both the historical context and decolonial praxis, and its connection to space activities. • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.3. On Track: Undergraduate Space Education

This session will explore innovative space education and outreach programmes for undergraduate students. This can include the development and delivery of innovative courses, project-based work, and work placements. Emphasis should be placed on how the programme is structured for maximum impact, how the impact is measured and how the lessons learned are being applied to other courses. This session will also consider programmes and activities that focus on the professional development of undergraduate educators, or on educational methodologies of relevance to undergraduate education. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.4. In Orbit: Postgraduate Space Education

This session will explore innovative space education and outreach programmes for postgraduate students. This can include the development and delivery of innovative courses, project-based work, and work placements. Emphasis should be placed on how the programme is structured for maximum impact, how the impact is measured and how the lessons learned are being applied to other courses. This session will also consider programmes and activities that focus on the professional development of postgraduate educators, or on educational methodologies of relevance to postgraduate education. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.5. Enabling the Future: Developing the Space Workforce

This session will focus on the challenges, opportunities and innovative approaches to developing the current and future global space workforce. The work presented in this session may include but is not limited to formal professional development and accreditation programmes and professional development activities by companies, nonprofits and other actors. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.6. Calling Planet Earth: Large Engagement and Communications Initiatives

This session will highlight activities, programmes and strategies for communicating with and engaging the general public in space activities. Topics should involve outreach outside the formal education system with demonstrated or projected reach in the many thousands or millions. Presentations in the session focus on measurable outcomes and demonstrate the strategic nature and thinking in the design of the work. Presenters will be expected to show objective assessment of results or thoroughly describe the design of their evaluation plans. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.7. Sending out a Signal: Innovative Outreach and Communications Initiatives

This session will highlight non-traditional, inventive, innovative, and new types of outreach activities, programmes and strategies for engaging audiences general public in space activities, outside the formal education system, with demonstrated outcomes. This could involve new outreach strategies, tactics, or storytelling mechanisms, new audiences, or using new technologies. The session will focus on results and evaluation of the activity, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the activity. Presenters will provide information about how participants/audience were drawn to the activity (e.g., how it was promoted or disseminated). When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.8. Show Us Space: Demonstration of Hands On Education and Outreach

Presenters in this session will demonstrate effective hands-on activities and experiments to explore, teach and reinforce space-related concepts. Hands-on space education and outreach is a powerful way to introduce and teach space concepts and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) concepts, especially with diverse learners. During the session, presenters will not only present the ideas behind the activity, but also physically demonstrate it hands-on and engage the session audience at the IAC. Note: A physical in-person demonstration of the activity is mandatory for this session. If you would like to make a presentation only, please submit your abstract to a different session. Submissions that cannot be physically demonstrated on-site (for example CubeSats) will be rejected. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the hands-on nature of the work presented, how the audience at the IAC will sample this work, and its space connection. • Include any special technical requirements you will need for your demonstration such as “live webcam connection to remote location”, “four long tables for audience members to gather around to build a model”, or “ability to be near a window to view the sky for the demonstration.” • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.9. Space Culture: New Processes of Public Engagement in Space through Culture and Art

This session will focus on the education and outreach activities of institutions such as museums, space agencies, non-profit organisations and individual contributions, which link space with culture, humanities and critical thinking. This session will specifically look at papers elaborating on new and original processes used in public engagement through culture and art. Presenters will be required to explain how their projects informed critical reflection and what mechanics in public engagement through culture and art were used to allow it. When submitting abstracts for SEOC sessions, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

E1.10-E11.2. Space Education Outreach and Workforce Development for Emerging Communities

Space Education Outreach and Workforce Development for Emerging Communities - Joint session with the E1 IAF Space Education and Outreach Symposium under E11.2.

E1.IP. Interactive Presentations - IAF SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM

This session offers a unique opportunity to share your education and outreach activities through an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of the symposium. The presentation will be displayed on a digital screen in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations presented by the authors. Authors will be assigned a ten- minute slot to present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of digital capabilities, including Powerpoints, embedded hyperlinks, pictures, audio and video clips. An award will be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the E Category at a special ceremony. When submitting abstracts for this session, please: Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted when choosing the purpose of the activity, targeting an audience, and designing the activity. Clearly state the goal of the activity, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the activity is in planning or has already occurred. Provide a short but clear description of the activity or the programme. Include information about anything that makes the activity unique, original or innovative. Provide information about how your participants/audience were drawn to the activity (e.g., how it was promoted or disseminated). Set up the analysis you’ll provide in your presentation, which should include results and evaluation of the activity, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the activity. You will be expected to assess results against your measurable objectives that indicate if your goal was met. Include your top-level lessons learned, best practices, recommendations for future activities, practical applicability of theoretical work, or other takeaway findings.

E1.IPB. Space Education Outreach and Workforce Development for Emerging Communities

E1.LBA. Late Breaking abstracts (LBA)