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    Title

    Enabling the Future: Developing the Space Workforce

    type

    oral

    Description

    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.

    Date

    2025-10-01

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    Room C4.3

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Ms. Kathleen Coderre, Lockheed Martin (Space Systems Company), United States;

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Kathryn Robison, The University of Sydney, Australia;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    Using Science Fiction to Instruct Technical Audiences on Space Law, Policy, and Ethics

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Kayla Taylor

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

    United States

    2

    15:10

    Scaling Morocco's Space Ambitions: Public-Private Partnerships as a Catalyst for Workforce Development

    10

    Mr. Iliass Tanouti

    Je M'Engage Pour L'Afrique

    France

    3

    15:20

    Enhancing emotional intelligence for project success to maximize collaboration etiquette in 21st-century global space involvement

    10

    Ms. Farah Diya Yasmine

    Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

    Indonesia

    4

    15:30

    Capability Development Through the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt

    10

    Ms. Ayesha Sharafi

    UAE Space Agency

    United Arab Emirates

    5

    15:40

    a roadmap to workforce inclusivity in space: challenges, solutions, and a framework for action

    10

    Ms. SHRUSHTI PATIL

    India

    6

    15:50

    Beyond Technical Expertise: Real-World Experience Advancing Space Workforce Development Through Vertical Leadership and Hands-On Training

    10

    Dr. Julie Chesley

    Pepperdine University

    United States

    7

    16:00

    Ladakh Launchpad: A decade of training the next generation of explorers in science, engineering and mission planning in a high-value terrestrial analogue region.

    10

    Dr. Siddharth Pandey

    Fugro Australia Marine Pty Ltd

    Australia

    8

    16:10

    Empowering Taiwan’s Future Space Workforce: Taiwan Space Generation as a Youth-Led Model for Interdisciplinary Engagement

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Andie Wang

    Taipei

    9

    16:20

    Impact of ARCSSTE-E’s Capacity Development Efforts in Space Science Technology Education within the Anglophone African Countries

    10

    Dr. Oladosu Olakunle

    African Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E)

    Nigeria

    10

    16:30

    Towards a Future-Ready Space Workforce

    10

    Mr. Frederick Guanzon

    Australia

    11

    16:40

    Hands-on S&MA Training with Embedded Anomalies Using HEPTA-SAT: A Rapid-Intensive Program to Accelerate Global Space Workforce Development

    10

    Dr. Masahiko Yamazaki

    Nihon University

    Japan

    12

    16:50

    SpaceKind - Jedi Training for the Space Community

    10

    Mr. Alex Karl

    Space Applications Services

    Belgium

    13

    17:00

    Academia Meets Industry: A Framework for Sustainable Space Innovation

    10

    Dr. Najam Naqvi

    Institute of Space Technology (IST)

    Pakistan

    *

    Emerging countries capacity building in space technologies: Samara University experience in implementing short-term space programs

    10

    Prof. Igor V. Belokonov

    Samara National Research University (Samara University)

    Russian Federation

    *

    Enabling the Future of the Space Legal Workforce

    10

    Mr. Ryan Scott

    University of Florida

    United States

    *

    Space Gurion empowering the next generation: A student-led approach to space workforce development

    10

    Dr. Shimrit Maman

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Israel