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PROGRAMME

Monday July 17, 2023

Arrival of participants

16:00 - 17.00

Registration at Ice Hotel, Kiruna, Sweden

 

17:00  - 17:45
Opening by the Swedish Host

 

Anna Rathsman, Director-General at Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA)

Representative of the Swedish Government

Welcome Address

Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)

Georgios Giannopoulos, Technologies for Space, Security and Connectivity Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC), Ispra, Italy

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 Director General of the European Space Agency

 

18:15 - 18:45

Opening Lecture 2

Anna Rathsman, Director-General at Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA)

18:45 – 19:00

Opening Lecture 3

Representative of the Swedish Space Agency

19:00 – 20:00
The real Icebreaker Reception - Meet and Greet

Ice Hotel 

 

20:00 WELCOME-DINNER

Restaurant at Ice Hotel

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Tuesday July 18, 2023

09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 1

Eduardo Tapias, Director of GNSS Academy, Toronto, Canada

10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 2

Eduardo Tapias

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 15:30

Lecture: GNSS Signals
Dr. Christopher Hegarty, The MITRE Corporation, Boston, MA, USA

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 17:30

Lecture: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Patents in GNSS

Aude de Clercq, Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Officer, European Space Agency (ESTEC)

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

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Wednesday July 19, 2023

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture: GNSS Receivers
Dr. Christopher Hegarty

10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:30

Civil GNSS Authentication
Dr. Cillian O’Driscoll

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 15:30

Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication

Dr. Sophie Damy, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 17:30

Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 1
Dr. Daniele Borio, Joint Research Centre (JRC), EC, Ispra, Italy

17:45 - 19:15

Lecture: Leadership and Team Effectiveness (2) - Opening of the Project Competition

Dr. Jeff Austin

20:00 DINNER


 

Thursday, July 20, 2023
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09:00 - 10.30

Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 2
Dr. Daniele Borio 

10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:30

Lecture: Differential and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) - Code and Carrier Phase Positioning

Dr. Jihye Park, Oregon State University, USA

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, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

 

 

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 17:30

Workshop: Lab on Measurement Generation
Dr. Daniele Borio, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy

157:30 - 17:45 COFFEE BREAK

17:45 - 18:15

Gold Sponsor Presentation by GMV
Navigation landscape empowered by GMV

Ira Víctor Pozo

18:15 - 19:30

Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty

20:00DINNER
 

 

After dinner by special arrangement (optional): 

Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver

Dr. Daniele Borio, Dr. Sophie Damy and Dr. Franceso Menzione, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy

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Friday July 21, 2023

09:00 - 10.30

Lunar Navigation - Moonlight
Dr. Javier Ventura-Traveset, European Space Agency

10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

11:00 - 12:30

Lecture: GNSS Space Service Volume and Deep Space Navigation
Dipl.-Math. Stefan Wallner, European Space Agency

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 15:30

Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin 

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

 

16:00 - 16:45

Platinum Sponsor Presentation by Thales Alenia Space
The future of Satellite Navigation : LEO PNT and Lunar Navigation Systems

Thibaud Calmettes and Dr Cosimo Stallo, Thales Alenia Space 

16:45 - 17:00  COFFEE BREAK

17:00 - 18:00

Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin

18:15 - 19:15

Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin

 

20:00DINNER

After dinner by special arrangement:

Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver

Dr. Daniele Borio and Dr. Sophie Damy and Dr. Francesco Menzione

Saturday July 22, 2023

08:00 - 12:00

SOCIAL EXCURSION

Visit to Kiruna TTC Station and ESRANGE

 

 

 

 

12:00 – 19:00

SOCIAL EXCURSION

Out in the Swedish Wilderness

Activity still tbd - but prepare for some challenges!

19:30 DINNER

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Sunday July 23, 2023

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture: Multi-Frequency Multi-System GNSS 
Stefan Wallner and Dr. José Ángel Ávila-Rodríguez, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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 2Dr. José-Angel Ávila-Rodriguez, ESA and Matteo Paonni, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

 

16:00 - 17:30

Lecture: GNSS remote sensing
Dr. Jihye Park

17:30- 19:00

Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty

 

20:00DINNER

 

Monday, July 24, 2022

09:00 - 10.30

Lecture: Satellite Communications Systems / Positioning with Communication Systems
Prof. Michel Bousquet, 
retired from Institut Supérieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Toulouse

10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:30

Lecture: LEO PNT
Dr. Roberto Prieto, European Space Agency

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 14:15

Silver Sponsor Presentation (TBC)

14:15 - 15:45

Lecture: GNSS Radio-frequency Link
Prof. Michel Bousquet

 

       

15:45 - 16:15 COFFEE BREAK

16:15 - 17:30

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

 

20:00DINNER

 

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Tuesday July 25, 2023

 

SOCIAL EXCURSION

08:00 – 12:00

Underground Tour of Kiruna Mine 

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH

 

13:30 - 15.00

Lecture: GNSS Effects in Civil Aviation
Dr. Todd Walter, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca., USA

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15:00 - 15:30 COFFEE BREAK

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15:30 - 17:00

Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty

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17:00 - 20:00

Social Activity on site/ Free time

​20:00​ DINNER

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Wednesday July 26, 2023

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture: Galileo – a European success story 

Paul Verhoef, former ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)

10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

11:00 - 12:30

Lecture: Cyber Security for Civil Navigation
Dr. Todd Walter 

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

Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty

 

 

20:00DINNER

 

 

Thursday July 27, 2023

09:00 - 11:30

Project Work Presentations Preparation

Dr. Jeff Austin

11:30 - 12:45 LUNCH

12:45 - 14:30

Student Presentations on Project Work 1

14:30 - 15:00 COFFEE BREAK

15:00 - 16:45

Student Presentations on Project Work 2

18:15 - 19:30

Awards of Student Competition - Closing of the Summerschool 2023 at Ice Hotel

Award Committee:

Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, Chairman

Summerschool Faculty, 

Members of the Jury

Javier Benedicto, Paul Verhoef, Jeff Austin, Dr. Todd Walter, Prof. Michel Bousquet, Stefan Wallner, Dr. Jose Angel Avila Rodriguez, Dr. Jihye Park, Dr. Sophie Damy, Dr. Daniele Borio, Matteo Paonni.

 

19:00 - 23:00

FAREWELL DINNER 

Friday July 28, 2023
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Breakfast & Departure

 

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