ESA/JRC International Summerschool on GNSS
The Summer School 2022 will take place: July 18 - 29, 2022, Krakow, Poland
The Summerschool is sold out! Please contact us here to apply for the waiting list!
We are looking very much forward to meeting participants and lecturer from all over the globe.
For further questions please contact us here.
PROGRAMME
Arrival of participants
16:00 - 17.00
Registration at Forest Hotel, Krakow, Poland
17:00 - 17:45
Opening by the Polish Host
“How 10 years of membership Poland at ESA transformed the sector and young minds”
Piotr Zabadała , Deputy Director of Innovation and Industrial Policy, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology
Welcome Address
Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)
Georgios Giannopoulos, Head of the Technology Innovation in Security Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC)
José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, Head of G2G System Security Services, European Space Agency (ESA)
Stefan Wallner, Head of G1G Signal in Space Engineering Unit, European Space Agency (ESA)
17:45 - 18:15
Opening Lecture 1
“Space and Europe : A matter of innovation, cooperation and education“
Jean-Jacques Dordain, CNES and former General Director of the European Space Agency
18:15 - 18:45
Opening Lecture 2
"From Poland to stars, from the orbit to the Earth"
Michal Wiercinski, Vice President of Polish Space Agency
18:45 – 19:00
Opening Lecture 3
"How to survive as a startup with strong technology background"
Jaroslaw Chojnacki, Cracow Science and Technology Park
19:00 – 20:00
Icebreaker Reception - Meet and Greet
Outside Terrace of Przegorzały Castle
20:00 WELCOME-DINNER
Castle Przegorzały, Restaurant “U Ziyada”
(2min walk, 170 metres from the hotel)

09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 1
Dr. Christophe Macabiau, ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile), Toulouse, France
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 2
Dr. Christophe Macabiau
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: GNSS Radio-frequency Link
Prof. Michel Bousquet, retired from Institut Supérieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Toulouse
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: GNSS Signals
Dr. Christopher Hegarty, The MITRE Corporation, Boston, MA, USA
17:45 - 19:15
Lecture: Leadership and Team Effectiveness (1) - Presentation of the Project Competition
Dr. Jeff Austin, Founder and President, Austin Associates, San Antonio, Texas, USA
20:00 DINNER

09:00 - 10:30
Lecture: GNSS Receivers
Dr. Christopher Hegarty
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Patents in GNSS
Aude de Clercq, Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Officer, European Space Agency (ESTEC)
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: Differential and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) - Code and Carrier Phase Positioning
Dr. Jihye Park, Oregon State University, USA
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 17:30
Lecture: Leadership and Team Effectiveness (2) - Opening of the Project Competition
Dr. Jeff Austin
17:45 - 19:15
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 1
Dr. Daniele Borio and Dr. Sophie Damy, Joint Research Centre (JRC), EC, Ispra, Italy
20:00 DINNER


09:00 - 10.30
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 2
Dr. Daniele Borio and Dr. Sophie Damy
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Galileo – a European success story
Paul Verhoef, former ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: Satellite-based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) and Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM, ARAIM)
Dipl.-Math. Stefan Wallner, European Space Agency
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: GNSS Threats: Receiver Level Defenses
Dr. Daniele Borio
17:45 - 19.15
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
20:00 DINNER
Barbecue & Bonfire Dinner, Garden of Mansion in Tomaszowice

09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: GNSS Effects in Civil Aviation
Dr. Todd Walter, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca., USA
10:30 - 10:45 Industry insights hosted by our sponsor FUGRO
10:45 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lunar Navigation
Dr. Javier Ventura-Traveset, European Space Agency
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Workshop: Lab on Measurement Generation
Dr. Daniele Borio and Dr. Sophie Damy
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:00
Lecture: GNSS Space Service Volume and Deep Space Navigation
Dipl.-Math. Stefan Wallner
17:15 - 18:45
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Dr. Daniele Borio and Dr. Sophie Damy
09:00 - 23:30
SOCIAL EXCURSION
Approx. 7hrs walking / hiking trip (incl. lunch at local restaurant)
Ojcowski National Park
18:30 DINNER
Restaurant Chochołowy Dwór
(on the way back to the hotel)

09:00 - 10:30
Lecture: Multi-Frequency Multi-System GNSS
Stefan Wallner and Dr. José Ángel Ávila-Rodríguez, European Space Agency
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Seminar: Evolution of GNSS, in particular of the Galileo System 1
Dr. José Ángel Ávila-Rodríguez and Stefan Wallner
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Seminar: Evolution of GNSS, in particular of the Galileo System 2
Dr. José-Angel Ávila-Rodriguez
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: GNSS remote sensing
Dr. Jihye Park
17:45 - 19:15
Lecture: Satellite Communications Systems / Positioning with Communication Systems
Prof. Michel Bousquet
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Cyber Security for Civil Navigation
Dr. Todd Walter
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Ionosphere and Troposphere models for GNSS: theory and applications
Prof. Paweł Wielgosz, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:15
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
17:30 - 18:30
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
18:40 - 19:40
Panel 1: Q&A with Leading Experts
GNSS Summerschool Faculty - Moderator Dr. Jeff Austin
20:00 DINNER

09:00 - 10.30
Authentication
Dr. Cillian O'Driscoll
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 - 23:00
SOCIAL EXCURSION details TBD

09:00 - 10:30
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
17:45 - 18:30
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
18:45 - 19:45
Panel 2: Q&A with Leading Experts
GNSS Summerschool Faculty - Moderator Dr. Jeff Austin
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 11:45
Project Work Presentations Preparation
Dr. Jeff Austin
11:45 - 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 - 14:30
Student Presentations on Project Work 1
14:30 - 15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00 - 17:00
Student Presentations on Project Work 2
18:00 - 19:30
Awards of Student Competition - Closing of the Summerschool 2022 at Wieliczka Saltmine
Award Committee:
Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, Chairman
Summerschool Faculty
19:00 - 23:00
Underground Tour of Wieliczka saltmine and FAREWELL DINNER at one of the underground chambers

Breakfast & Departure