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    Title

    Sending out a Signal: Innovative Outreach and Communications Initiatives

    type

    oral

    Description

    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.

    Date

    2025-10-02

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    Room C4.3

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Dr. Vera Mayorova, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russian Federation;

    • Co-Chair: Ms. Olga Zhdanovich, Modis, The Netherlands;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Carol Christian, STScI, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Ms. Kaori Sasaki, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    Analog Missions as a Catalyst for Inclusive Space Outreach: Hypatia Mars

    10

    Mrs. Laura Gonzalez

    Spain

    2

    15:10

    Promoting Analog Space Missions through Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Philippines (SEDSPH) Upskills Group Mentorship Program

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Kristine Jane Atienza

    Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

    The Philippines

    3

    15:20

    Postcards from Brunei to Space – A Public Engagement Initiative for Space Awareness

    10

    Mrs. Siti Nuraazzah Abdul Aziz

    Brunei Darussalam

    4

    15:30

    Scaling Space Outreach: The Role of Podcasts and Short-Form Media in Reaching Non-Traditional Audiences

    10

    Mr. Brenden Swanik

    Voyager Space Holdings

    United States

    5

    15:40

    Textured Universe: 3D Astronomical Prints Stimulate Student Interest in STEM

    10

    Dr. Carol Christian

    STScI

    United States

    6

    15:50

    Democratising Space Science: The Australian Lunar Experiment Promoting Horticulture (ALEPH) Mission

    10

    Mr. Anay Ashwin

    University of Southern Queensland

    Australia

    7

    16:00

    Igniting curiosity: Rockets for Tomorrow, an innovative educational launch kits for engaging rural senegalese youth in space science

    10

    Mrs. Rosso K. DIENG

    Senegal

    8

    16:10

    Spacehubs Africa Webinar Series: A New Model for Space Outreach in Africa

    10

    Ms. Nelly-helen Ebruka

    Nigeria

    9

    16:20

    Space and Climate Change: World Space Week 2024 in Nepal

    10

    Ms. Manisha Dwa

    Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO)

    Nepal

    10

    16:30

    From Earth to Orbit: ASTROBEAT's interdisciplinary approach to space exploration and public engagement

    10

    Dr. Leonardo Barilaro

    Malta

    11

    16:40

    From Players to Protectors: \\Gamification for Public Space Safety Awareness

    10

    Mr. Simon Burgis

    TU Darmstadt

    Germany

    *

    Empowering the Next Generation: The Impact of the POLSA Student Council on Poland’s Space Academia Ecosystem (2020–2025)

    10

    Mr. Karol Kołacz

    Rzeszow University of Technology

    Poland

    *

    Lunar Exploration as an Interactive Narrative: Engaging Young Adults Through Gamified Role-Playing

    10

    Ms. Erin Rose

    Swinburne University of Technology

    Australia

    *

    MELIORA: the seed to interconnect South America space community

    10

    Mrs. Julia Alvarez Vallero

    INVAP

    Argentina

    *

    QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF GRAPHIC DESIGN AND CONTENT CREATION ON SPACE OUTREACH IN KENYA

    10

    Ms. Ruth Jebet Kipchumba

    Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

    Kenya

    *

    The use of national volunteering programs to generate space communication methods and shape public opinions; learnings from the Astra Program in Australia

    10

    Mr. Luke Basile

    Australia