PROGRAM
Arrival of participants
15:30 - 16:45
Registration at Korpilampi Hotel, Espoo, Finland
17:00 – 17:30
Opening by the ESA/JRC Summerschool Organizers:
Javier Benedicto Ruiz, Director of Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)
Georgios Giannopoulos, Deputy Director Directorate E: Societal Resilience and Security, Head of Unit E2 - Space, Connectivity and Economic Security, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
17:30 - 18:00
"Finland hosting the GNSS Summerschool 2026"
Tero Vihavainen, Chief Specialist, Space Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland
18:00 – 18:45
“Space and Europe: A matter of innovation, cooperation and education”
Jean-Jacques Dordain, CNES and former Director General of the European Space Agency
18:45 – 19:15
"GNSS in Finland - from research excellence to resilient PNT applications"
Heidi Kuusniemi, Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland
19:25 – 20:00
Meet and Greet at Korpilampi Hotel
Lisa Beaty, Executive Director at the Institute of Navigation
20:00 WELCOME-DINNER
Korpilampi Hotel, Espoo, Finland
09:00 - 10:15
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 1
Jade Morton, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:45
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 2
Adriá Rovira Garcia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
11:45 - 12:00 BREAK
12:00 - 13:15
Lecture: GNSS Radio frequency link
Michel Bousquet, retired from Institut Supérieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Toulouse, France
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH
14:15 - 15:30
Lecture: Multi-frequency Multi-system GNSS
Stefan Wallner, Head of Galileo First Generation Signal, Space Engineering Unit, ESA
José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, Head of the Future Programmes Office, ESA
15:30 - 15:45 BREAK
15:45 - 17:00
Lecture: GNSS Signals
Christopher Hegarty, The MITRE Corporation, Boston, MA, USA
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Meeting the Father of the Summerschool, Guenter Hein
09:00 - 10:15
Lecture: GNSS Receivers
Christopher Hegarty, The MITRE Corporation, Boston, MA, USA
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:45
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 1
Daniele Borio, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
11:45 - 12:00 BREAK
12:00 - 13:15
Lecture: Ionosphere
Jade Morton, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH
14:15 – 15:30
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 2
Daniele Borio, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
15:30 - 15:45 BREAK
15:45 - 17:00
Lecture: Satellite Communications Systems / Positioning with Communication Systems
Michel Bousquet, retired from Institut Supérieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Toulouse, France
20:00 DINNER
Women for PNT DINNER
(in parallel)
Lisa Beaty, Jade Morton, Sophie Damy
Made possible by ION - The Institute of Navigation
09:00 - 10.15
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 3
Daniele Borio, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:45
Lecture: Differential and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) - Code and Carrier Phase Positioning
Jihye Park, Oregon State University, USA
11:45 - 12:00 BREAK
12:00 - 13:15
Workshop: Lab on Precise Point Positioning (PPP)
Adriá Rovira Garcia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH
14:15 - 15:30
Lecture: System Engineering - The key to successful projects
David Ibanez Izquierdo, OpSTAR Study Manager, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
15:30- 15:45 BREAK
15:45 - 17:00
Lecture: GNSS Remote sensing
Jihye Park, Oregon State University, USA
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Workshop: Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Daniele Borio, Sophie Damy and Franceso Menzione
After dinner by special arrangement:
Meeting a Project Manager
Marco Falcone, Head of Future Navigation Department at the European Space Agency
09:00 - 10:15
Lecture: Towards resilient and trustwothy multilayer PNT
Heidi Kuusniemi, Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:45
Lecture: GNSS Space Service Volume and Deep Space Navigation
Francesco Menzione, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
11:45 - 12:00 BREAK
12:00 - 13:15
Lecture: LEO PNT
Marco Anghileri, Celeste Payload Manager, European Space Agency
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH
14:15 - 15:15
Lecture: The Future of Ground Segment for Space Systems
Sonia Toribio, Head of the Galileo Ground Segment Management Office at the European Space Agency
15:15 - 15:30 BREAK
15:30 - 16:15
Lecture: Navigation on the Moon
Monica Gotta, Moonlight Navigation Manager, NAV Directorate, ESA
16:30 - 17:15
Lecture: Disruptive PNT
José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, Head of the Future Programmes Office, ESA
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Workshop: Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Daniele Borio, Sophie Damy and Francesco Menzione
After dinner by special arrangement:
Meeting GNSS Lunatic, Javier Ventura, European Space Agency, Toulouse, France
09:00 - 23:30
SOCIAL EXCURSION
09:00 - 10:15
Lecture: Evolution of GNSS, in particular of the Galileo System
José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, Head of the Future Programmes Office, ESA
Matteo Paonni, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:45
Lecture: GNSS Effects in Civil Aviation
Todd Walter, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
11:45 - 12:00 BREAK
12:00 - 13:15
Lecture: Satellite-based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) and Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM, ARAIM)
Stefan Wallner, Head of Galileo First Generation Signal, Space Engineering Unit, ESA
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH
14:15 - 15:30
Lecture: Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication
Sophie Damy, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
15:30 - 15:45 BREAK
15:45 - 17:00
Team Building: An Introduction to Team Work
Stuart Schofield, Client Director at Mannaz, London, UK
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Workshop: Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Daniele Borio, Sophie Damy and Francesco Menzione
After dinner by special arrangement:
Meeting a GNSS professional: EGNOS – a European success story
Didier Flament, former EGNOS Project Manager, European Space Agency (ESA)
09:00 - 10:15
Lecture: Cyber Security for Civil Navigation
Todd Walter, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:45
Team building: The conditions for team effectiveness
Stuart Schofield, Client Director at Mannaz, London, UK
11:45 - 12:00 BREAK
12:00 - 13:15
Lecture: Jamming Mitigation
Cillian O’Driscoll, CODC, Cork, Ireland
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH
14:15 - 15:30
Team Building: Minimizing Group Biases
Stuart Schofield, Client Director at Mannaz, London, UK
15:30 - 15:45 BREAK
15:45 - 17:00
Seminar: Navigating Career Challenges
Paul Verhoef, former ESA Director of Navigation
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Meeting ESA's Top NAV Management
Javier Benedicto, Director of Navigation at the European Space Agency
Philippe Michel, Head of Strategy, Programmatics & Coordination Office of Navigation at the European Space Agency
09:00 - 10:15
Team Building: Presentation Skills
Stuart Schofield, Client Director at Mannaz, London, UK
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:45
Panel: Navigating Career Challenges
Paul Verhoef, former ESA Director of Navigation
12:00 - 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 – 23:00
SOCIAL EXCURSION and DINNER
Suomenlinna and Helsinki
09:00 - 13:00
Project: Project work
GNSS Summerschool Faculty
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 18:00
Project: Project work
GNSS Summerschool Faculty
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 13:00
Project: Project work
GNSS Summerschool Faculty
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:15
Project: Student Presentations on Project Work 1
15:15 - 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 - 16:45
Project: Student Presentations on Project Work 2
17:00 - 18:15
Project: Awards of Student Competition - Closing of the Summerschool 2026
Chairman:
Members of the Jury:
19:00 - 23:00
FAREWELL DINNER at Korpilampi Hotel
Breakfast & Departure