First European Interstellar Symposium 2024

Version 1.5 Dec. 5, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have moved a session around: “Visit to Luxembourg space companies and University // Coffee at the Interstell'Art exhibition” (Dec. 5, 2024, 3 p.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 2:30 p.m.)

Version 1.4 Dec. 3, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Project Hyperion: Systems Architecting of an Interstellar Generation Ship” by Andreas M. Hein, Yazgi Demirbas Pech, Cameron Smith, Dan Fries, Claas Olthoff, Steve Summerford, Maciej Rebisz (Dec. 5, 2024, 10:40 a.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 11:40 a.m.)
“Biological and mechanical reproduction strategies for interstellar exploration and settlement” by Angelo Vermeulen, Arpi Derm, Alvaro Papic, Igor Nikolic, Frances Brazier (Dec. 5, 2024, 11:40 a.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 10:40 a.m.)

Version 1.3 Dec. 2, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

Version 1.2 Dec. 2, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:

“Shark Tank: Pitch the Space Future”
“A top-down instructed bottom-up production method for space exploration utilising in-situ resources” by Matthias Frenzl, Abhimanyu Shanbhag

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Should Military Issues be Incorporated in Interstellar Missions?” by Ken Wisian (Dec. 3, 2024, 5:20 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 2:20 p.m.)
“Solar Sail Propulsion – Ready for Mission Implementation (and a step toward Proxima Centauri!)” by Les Johnson (Dec. 3, 2024, 2:20 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 5 p.m.)
“Remote control of self-replicating starships” by Alex Ellery (Dec. 3, 2024, 5 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:40 p.m.)

Version 1.1 Dec. 1, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

Version 1.0 Dec. 1, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

Version 0.25 Nov. 29, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Martin Tajmar (TU Dresden): Overview of Breakthrough Propulsion at TU Dresden” by Martin Tajmar (Dec. 4, 2024, 1:30 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 1:30 p.m.)
“Slava Turyshev (NASA JPL): Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanets — A Search for Life with the Solar Gravitational Lens” by Slava Turyshev (Dec. 3, 2024, 1:30 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 9 a.m.)
“Pete Worden (Breakthrough Initiatives): Life in the Universe and Private Sector Space Science Initiatives” by Pete Worden (Dec. 3, 2024, 9 a.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 1:30 p.m.)

Version 0.24 Nov. 28, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

Version 0.23 Nov. 28, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Coffee at the Interstell'Art exhibition”

Version 0.22 Nov. 28, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Coffee at the Interstell'Art exhibition” .

Version 0.21 Nov. 27, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Solar Sail Propulsion – Ready for Mission Implementation (and a step toward Proxima Centauri!)” by Les Johnson .

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Advancing Interstellar Exploration: Integrating Technological, Ethical, and Socio-political Dimensions” by Florian Neukart

Version 0.20 Nov. 27, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Towards optical levitation of centimeter scale photonic crystal lightsails” by Ata Keşkekler, Lucas Norder, Richard A. Norte (Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 11:40 a.m.)
“Pentagonal Photonic Crystal Mirrors: Scalable Lightsails with Enhanced Acceleration via Neural Topology Optimization” by Lucas Norder, S. Yin, M.H.J. de Jong, H. Aydogmus, F. Stallone, P.M. Sberna, M. A. Bessa, Richard A. Norte (Dec. 3, 2024, 11:40 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m.)

Version 0.19 Nov. 26, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Industrialising extrasolar asteroids to build our home among the stars” by Alex Ellery (Dec. 5, 2024, 11:40 a.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 10:20 a.m.)
“Biological and mechanical reproduction strategies for interstellar exploration and settlement” by Angelo Vermeulen, Arpi Derm, Alvaro Papic, Igor Nikolic, Frances Brazier (Dec. 5, 2024, 10:20 a.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 11:40 a.m.)

Version 0.18 Nov. 21, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Feasibility study of reducing interstellar travel times with groups of co-operating fuel-carrying rockets” by Aapo Puhakka .

We have moved a session around: “Working Track” (Dec. 4, 2024, 5:20 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 5:30 p.m.)

Version 0.17 Nov. 20, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Interstellar Precursor Missions by Combining Laser-Powered Electric Propulsion with an Oberth Maneuver” by Angelo Genovese, Nembo Buldrini

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Traversable Wormholes powered by Casimir Energy with Temperature and Charge” by Remo Garattini (Dec. 4, 2024, 3:10 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 3 p.m.)
“Antimatter Versus Fusion Deceleration Concepts for Exoplanet Exploration” by Gerald Jackson (Dec. 4, 2024, 2:50 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 2:20 p.m.)
“Advancing Interstellar Exploration: Integrating Technological, Ethical, and Socio-political Dimensions” by Florian Neukart (Dec. 3, 2024, 2:50 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 2:20 p.m.)
“Should Military Issues be Incorporated in Interstellar Missions?” by Ken Wisian (Dec. 3, 2024, 3:50 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 5:20 p.m.)
“Harry Atwater (California Institute of Technology): StarShot - from physics to spacecraft” by Harry Atwater (Dec. 3, 2024, 1:30 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 3:50 p.m.)
“Interstellar Precursor Missions with Advanced FEEP Ion Thrusters” by Nembo Buldrini, Angelo Genovese (Dec. 4, 2024, 3:30 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 2:40 p.m.)
“A top-down instructed bottom-up production method for space exploration utilising in-situ resources” by Matthias Frenzl, Abhimanyu Shanbhag (Dec. 3, 2024, 4:30 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:40 p.m.)
“Project Lyra: Opening up the space between the stars - Missions to Interstellar Objects and Nomadic Worlds” by Andreas M. Hein, Adam Hibberd, Manasvi Lingam, Marshall Eubanks, Dan Fries, Robert Kennedy, Jean Schneider (Dec. 4, 2024, 4:10 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 4:40 p.m.)
“Working Track” (Dec. 4, 2024, 4:50 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 5:20 p.m.)
“Seeding life with an interstellar probe. Technical and ethical considerations” by Pauli Laine (Dec. 3, 2024, 3:10 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 2:40 p.m.)
“To Seed or Not to Seed: The Ethical Implications of Directed Panspermia” by Anders Sandberg, Asher Soryl (Dec. 3, 2024, 3:30 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 3 p.m.)
“Remote control of self-replicating starships” by Alex Ellery (Dec. 3, 2024, 4:10 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 5 p.m.)
“Shark Tank: Pitch the Space Future” (Dec. 3, 2024, 5 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 5:40 p.m.)
“Streamlined Evolutionary Neurocontrol for Re-Evaluation of Low Thrust Solar Oberth Maneuvers to the Heliopause” by Nadim Maraqten, Angelo Genovese, Willem van Lynden (Dec. 4, 2024, 4:30 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 5 p.m.)

Version 0.16 Nov. 20, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have moved a session around: “Science Fiction Authors Night with Les Johnson (NASA, US), Brandon Q. Morris, Joshua T. Calvert (open to public)” by Les Johnson, Brandon Q. Morris, Joshua T. Calvert (Dec. 2, 2024, 6 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2024, 6:30 p.m.)

Version 0.15 Nov. 17, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “1st Working Track”

Version 0.14 Nov. 6, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have moved a session around: “Opening Reception” (Dec. 2, 2024, 7:30 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2024, 4:30 p.m.)

Version 0.13 Nov. 5, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Relativistic Interstellar Flight Communications by virtue of the KLT” by Claudio Maccone .

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“1st Working Track” (Dec. 3, 2024, 4:30 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:50 p.m.)
“A top-down instructed bottom-up production method for space exploration utilising in-situ resources” by Matthias Frenzl, Abhimanyu Shanbhag (Dec. 3, 2024, 4:10 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:30 p.m.)
“Remote control of self-replicating starships” by Alex Ellery (Dec. 4, 2024, 11 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:10 p.m.)

Version 0.12 Oct. 24, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Gala Dinner” (Dec. 4, 2024, 6 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 8 p.m.)
“Public Outreach Event: Next destinations for Interstellar Travel” by Sara Seager (Dec. 3, 2024, 8 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 6:30 p.m.)
“Science Fiction Authors Night with Les Johnson (NASA, US), Brandon Q. Morris, Joshua T. Calvert (open to public)” by Les Johnson, Brandon Q. Morris, Joshua T. Calvert (Dec. 4, 2024, 8 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2024, 6 p.m.)
“Opening Reception” (Dec. 2, 2024, 5 p.m. → Dec. 2, 2024, 7:30 p.m.)

Version 0.11 Oct. 18, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Streamlined Evolutionary Neurocontrol for Re-Evaluation of Low Thrust Solar Oberth Maneuvers to the Heliopause” by Nadim Maraqten, Angelo Genovese, Willem van Lynden (Dec. 4, 2024, 4:40 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 4:30 p.m.)
“Working Track” (Dec. 4, 2024, 5 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 4:50 p.m.)
“Harry Atwater (California Institute of Technology): StarShot - from physics to spacecraft” by Harry Atwater (Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 1:30 p.m.)
“Traversable Wormholes powered by Casimir Energy with Temperature and Charge” by Remo Garattini (Dec. 4, 2024, 3:20 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 3:10 p.m.)
“Interstellar Precursor Missions by Combining Laser-Powered Electric Propulsion with an Oberth Maneuver” by Angelo Genovese, Nembo Buldrini (Dec. 4, 2024, 4 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 3:50 p.m.)
“Interstellar Precursor Missions with Advanced FEEP Ion Thrusters” by Nembo Buldrini, Angelo Genovese (Dec. 4, 2024, 3:40 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 3:30 p.m.)
“Towards optical levitation of centimeter scale photonic crystal lightsails” by Ata Keşkekler, Lucas Norder, Richard A. Norte (Dec. 3, 2024, 1:50 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m.)
“Antimatter Versus Fusion Deceleration Concepts for Exoplanet Exploration” by Gerald Jackson (Dec. 4, 2024, 3 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 2:50 p.m.)
“A top-down instructed bottom-up production method for space exploration utilising in-situ resources” by Matthias Frenzl, Abhimanyu Shanbhag (Dec. 3, 2024, 1:30 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:10 p.m.)
“Advancing Interstellar Exploration: Integrating Technological, Ethical, and Socio-political Dimensions” by Florian Neukart (Dec. 3, 2024, 2:10 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 2:50 p.m.)
“1st Working Track” (Dec. 3, 2024, 4:10 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:30 p.m.)
“Project Lyra: Opening up the space between the stars - Missions to Interstellar Objects and Nomadic Worlds” by Andreas M. Hein, Adam Hibberd, Manasvi Lingam, Marshall Eubanks, Dan Fries, Robert Kennedy, Jean Schneider (Dec. 4, 2024, 4:20 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 4:10 p.m.)

Version 0.10 Oct. 14, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

Version 0.9 Oct. 14, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Harry Atwater (California Institute of Technology): StarShot - from physics to spacecraft” by Harry Atwater .

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Streamlined Evolutionary Neurocontrol for Re-Evaluation of Low Thrust Solar Oberth Maneuvers to the Heliopause” by Nadim Maraqten, Angelo Genovese, Willem van Lynden (Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 4:40 p.m.)
“Working Track” (Dec. 4, 2024, 4:40 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 5 p.m.)

Version 0.8 Oct. 9, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

Version 0.7 Oct. 9, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Test submission” by Konstantinos Kanavouras, Konstantinos Kanavouras

Version 0.6 Oct. 9, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Macro-Environmental and Technology Readiness Assessment for Interstellar Travel Infrastructure” by Antoine Faddoul .

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“From Interplanetary to Interstellar: Current Status of Exploration using Space Sails And Required Developments” by Debdut Sengupta, Maximilien Berthet, Onur Çelik, Andreas M. Hein, Ken Fujino, Koki Tanaka (Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 10:20 a.m.)
“The use of Textiles as a processing form for space applications” by Linda Cortes Satizabal, Kira Heins, Christian Boltersdorf, Thomas Gries (Dec. 5, 2024, 10:20 a.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 11 a.m.)
“Martin Tajmar (TU Dresden): Overview of Breakthrough Propulsion at TU Dresden” by Martin Tajmar (Dec. 4, 2024, 1 p.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 1:30 p.m.)
“Visit to Luxembourg space companies and University // Coffee at the Interstell'Art exhibition” (Dec. 5, 2024, 2 p.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 3 p.m.)
“Working Tracks Outbrief” (Dec. 5, 2024, 1 p.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 1:30 p.m.)
“Ultimate Biosphere Survival: Interstellar Migration from the Post-Main Sequence Sun” by Gregory Matloff (Dec. 3, 2024, 10:20 a.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 10:20 a.m.)
“A top-down instructed bottom-up production method for space exploration utilising in-situ resources” by Matthias Frenzl, Abhimanyu Shanbhag (Dec. 5, 2024, 11:20 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 1:30 p.m.)
“Interstellar Astrometric Navigation” by Coryn Bailer-Jones (Dec. 4, 2024, 11:40 a.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 11:20 a.m.)
“Remote control of self-replicating starships” by Alex Ellery (Dec. 4, 2024, 10:40 a.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 11 a.m.)
“Advancing Interstellar Exploration: Integrating Technological, Ethical, and Socio-political Dimensions” by Florian Neukart (Dec. 3, 2024, 2:40 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 2:10 p.m.)
“Should Military Issues be Incorporated in Interstellar Missions?” by Ken Wisian (Dec. 3, 2024, 3:40 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 3:50 p.m.)
“Interstellar communications among future human colonies” by Nicolò Antonietti, Claudio Maccone, Luca Derosa, Domenico Caliendo (Dec. 4, 2024, 11 a.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 10:40 a.m.)
“Project Hyperion: Systems Architecting of an Interstellar Generation Ship” by Andreas M. Hein, Yazgi Demirbas Pech, Cameron Smith, Dan Fries, Claas Olthoff, Steve Summerford, Maciej Rebisz (Dec. 5, 2024, 11 a.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 10:40 a.m.)
“Streamlined Evolutionary Neurocontrol for Re-Evaluation of Low Thrust Solar Oberth Maneuvers to the Heliopause” by Nadim Maraqten, Angelo Genovese, Willem van Lynden (Dec. 3, 2024, 10:40 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m.)
“Integrating Interstellar Research and STEM Education: Pioneering the Future of Space Travel” by Kaci Heins (Dec. 4, 2024, 11:20 a.m. → Dec. 4, 2024, 11:40 a.m.)
“Biological and mechanical reproduction strategies for interstellar exploration and settlement” by Angelo Vermeulen, Arpi Derm, Alvaro Papic, Igor Nikolic, Frances Brazier (Dec. 5, 2024, 10 a.m. → Dec. 5, 2024, 10:20 a.m.)
“To Seed or Not to Seed: The Ethical Implications of Directed Panspermia” by Anders Sandberg, Asher Soryl (Dec. 3, 2024, 2:20 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 3:30 p.m.)
“Seeding life with an interstellar probe. Technical and ethical considerations” by Pauli Laine (Dec. 3, 2024, 2 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 3:10 p.m.)
“Optimal Solar Sail Trajectories for Fast Deep Space Missions” by Alesia Herasimenka, Lamberto Dell'Elce, Andreas M. Hein (Dec. 3, 2024, 12:20 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 11:20 a.m.)
“Towards optical levitation of centimeter scale photonic crystal lightsails” by Ata Keşkekler, Lucas Norder, Richard A. Norte (Dec. 3, 2024, noon → Dec. 3, 2024, 1:50 p.m.)
“Deployment strategies for 3D interstellar solar sails” by Julius Karlapp, Martin Tajmar (Dec. 3, 2024, 11:20 a.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 10:40 a.m.)
“1st Working Track” (Dec. 3, 2024, 4 p.m. → Dec. 3, 2024, 4:10 p.m.)

Version 0.5 Oct. 7, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have moved a session around: “Test submission” by Konstantinos Kanavouras, Konstantinos Kanavouras (Dec. 2, 2024, 9:05 a.m., Registration & Activities → Dec. 2, 2024, 8 p.m., Banquet Room).

Version 0.4 Oct. 7, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Simulated Galactic Cosmic Ray Radiation Reduction Using Fungi” by Eszter Gulacsi, Marcela Sabou, Trevor Olsen, Radamés JB Cordero

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Public Outreach Event: Next destinations for Interstellar Travel” by Sara Seager (Registration & Activities → Banquet Room)
“Visit to Luxembourg space companies and University // Coffee at the Interstell'Art exhibition” (Registration & Activities → Banquet Room)
“Science Fiction Authors Night with Les Johnson (NASA, US), Brandon Q. Morris, Joshua T. Calvert (open to public)” by Les Johnson, Brandon Q. Morris, Joshua T. Calvert (Registration & Activities → Banquet Room)
“Opening Reception” (Registration & Activities → Banquet Room)
“Gala Dinner” (Registration & Activities → Banquet Room)

Version 0.3 Sept. 18, 2024

Initial release

We have new sessions!

We sadly had to cancel a session: “Test submission” by Konstantinos Kanavouras, Konstantinos Kanavouras

Version 0.2 July 21, 2024

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Test submission” by Konstantinos Kanavouras, Konstantinos Kanavouras .

Version 0.1 July 21, 2024

We released our first schedule!