ESA/JRC International Summerschool on GNSS
July 17th to 28th 2023 - Kiruna, Sweden
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PROGRAMME
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, 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 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
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
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
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: 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
Lecture: GNSS Threats: Receiver Level Defenses
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
20:00 DINNER
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
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
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Dr. Daniele Borio and Dr. Sophie Damy and Dr. Francesco Menzione
SOCIAL EXCURSION
08:00 – 12:00
Underground Tour of Kiruna Mine
12:00 – 19:00
Out in the Swedish Wilderness
Activity still tbd - but prepare for some challenges!
19:30 DINNER
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 Dr. 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
20:00 DINNER
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
20:00 DINNER
08:00 - 12:00
SOCIAL EXCURSION
Visit to Kiruna TTC Station and ESRANGE
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
13:30 - 15.00
Lecture: GNSS Effects in Civil Aviation
Dr. Todd Walter, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca., USA
15:00 - 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 - 17:00
Project Work Coaching
Dr. Jeff Austin and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
17:00 - 20:00
Social Activity on site/ Free time
20:00 DINNER
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
20:00 DINNER
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.
19:00 - 23:00
FAREWELL DINNER
Breakfast & Departure