09:00-09:10
Marianne Vinje Tantillo
Head of Human Spaceflight and Exploration, Norwegian Space Agency

SHORT BIO
Marianne Vinje Tantillo is Head of Human Spaceflight and Exploration at the Norwegian Space Agency. She represents Norway at ESA in the field of Human Spaceflight and Exploration, as well as in the EU Horizon 2020 Space Programme.
She currently serves as vice chair for the ESA Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration Programme Board. She holds a Master in Applied Mathematics from University of Oslo, Norway, and worked 4 years in ESA (ESTEC/ESOC) as well as in European space industry, before joining the Norwegian Space Agency in 2001.
Welcome to day two!
09:10-09:30
Dr. Matthias Maurer
Astronaut, European Space Agency

SHORT BIO
Matthias Maurer was born in Sankt Wendel (Saarland), Germany, on 18 March 1970.
Matthias participated in the selection process for ESA astronauts in 2008/2009 and passed all selection tests to make it through to the final 10. Though not an original member of the ESA class of 2009, he did join ESA in 2010 as a crew support engineer and eurocom for the Columbus flight control team.
In 2012 Matthias took a lead role in ESA Astronaut Centre projects to prepare for future spaceflight operations with new international partners and extend the Agency’s human exploration expertise beyond the International Space Station.
In September 2014 he was a member of the ESA CAVES expedition crew, contributing his eurocom skills and extensive research and development experience while assessing the programme’s suitability for participation by international partners and potential spin-offs for additional EAC projects.
Matthias formally joined the European astronaut corps in July 2015, and successfully graduated from both basic astronaut training and pre-assignment training in 2018.
In 2016 Matthias participated in the NASA NEEMO 21 analogue mission, spending a total of 16 days underwater as part of a crew testing exploration strategies and tools for future Mars missions.
In August 2017, he participated in sea survival training off the coast of China with fellow ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and seven Chinese Taikonauts. This was the first time foreign astronauts had been invited to participate in Chinese training.
Between 2017 and 2019 Matthias continued to participate in geological field trainings related to future moon exploration and, in March 2018, he gained certification to perform International Space Station-related spacewalks in the American spacesuit EMU.
Going forward to the Moon to stay - an astronaut's perspective
09:30-09:50
Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid
Director, Center for Space Resources,Colorado School of Mines

SHORT BIO
Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid is the Director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, where he also leads the new Space Resources Graduate Program, aimed at educating scientists, engineers, economists, entrepreneurs, and policy makers in the field of extraterrestrial resources. He is currently the President of the Space Resources Roundtable organization. He has more than 30 years of experience in space projects conducted on NASA’s drop towers, microgravity aircraft, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station and received the NASA Astronauts' Personal Achievement Award for his contributions to human spaceflight. Dr. Abbud-Madrid holds a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from ITESM, México, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The business case for the moon
09:50-10:10
Dr. Mathias Link
Director – International Affairs & SpaceResources.lu,Luxembourg Space Agency

SHORT BIO
Mathias Link works on the definition and implementation of Luxembourg’s space sector development policy, with a focus on international affairs, legal & regulatory issues, research and education, as well as finance. He also coordinates the SpaceResources.lu initiative. Prior to this, he occupied a similar function at the Directorate of Space Affairs of the Ministry of the Economy, as well as at Luxinnovation.
For the past 10 years, Mathias has represented Luxembourg at the EU, ESA and UN. He was involved in the preparation of several ESA Council meetings at Ministerial level, as well as of Luxembourg's presidency of the Council of the EU in 2015. He represents Luxembourg in the ESA Council and is the current Chairman of ESA’s satellite communications board.
Before joining the public sector, Mathias was with the management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton. Previous work experiences include R&D activities at Siemens in Munich and Philips in Eindhoven. He holds a PhD in physics from the Université de Lorraine, and a Master in micro- technical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne.
Space resources - the next industrial frontier.Situation report from Luxembourg Space Agency.
10:10-10:30
Kristian Ebbesen Fjelde
Head of strategy development, Global Strategy and Business Development,Equinor ASA

SHORT BIO
Kristian Ebbesen Fjelde is heading up the strategy development team in Equinor, an international energy company inspired by its vision of shaping the future of energy. He is passionate about the long-term direction of the industry and the role the company is taking to bring sustainable, affordable energy to a growing population. Kristian joined Equinor in 2007 and has throughout his career held a variety of challenging leadership and professional positions where strategy, complexity and leadership have been core ingredients. A key focus in his current role is to help bridge the gap between current challenges and future opportunities. Kristian is confident that new approaches to business strategy, development of people, climate action, collaboration and building strong networks across industries is vital to navigating the energy transition.
Efficiency is not enough - solving the biggest challenge of our time, together.
PANEL
MODERATED BY BERNHARD HUFENBACH, EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
11:00-11:15 COFFEE BREAK & EXPO
The new moon race - are we really going back to stay this time?
11:15-11:35
Bernhard Hufenbach
Leader of Strategy and Innovation Team, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration, European Space Agency

SHORT BIO
Bernhard Hufenbach leads the strategy and innovation team of the ESA Directorate for human and robotic exploration. In this function he is responsible for strategic planning and benefit management, developing and implementing a comprehensive innovation plan for space exploration and supporting the preparation of future space exploration missions. He works since 29 years at ESA in areas such as strategic planning, policy development, programme appraisal and evaluation, strategic partnership development, future studies and programme definition, outreach and technology development with a particular focus on space exploration. He holds two Master degrees from the Technical University of Berlin and Delft in Space Systems and Technologies and Space System Engineering, respectively.
Moon development the next 10 years: Industrial opportunities for many, or research and development for the few?
11:35-11:55
Carlos Espejel
Space & Earth Mine Planning Engineer, iSpace

SHORT BIO
Carlos is the Lunar Mine Planning Engineer for ispace. He is responsible of bringing and applying earth-Mining industry experience to space/lunar mining projects. Carlos work focuses primarily in the estimation of Lunar Ore Reserves, optimum Lunar Mine Plans, and to start the creation of a standards code to report Lunar Exploration results, Resources, and Ore Reserves. This through a postdoctoral project funded by the FNR in Luxembourg.
Carlos worked for around 10 years in the mining industry involved in different phases; exploration, scoping, pre-feasibility, feasibility, operations and applied research studies for some of the biggest mining projects in the world with companies as Glencore, BHP, and Anglo American.
Carlos has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland (UQ), a Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering at the University of New South Wales, and a PhD in Mining Engineering at UQ on Strategic Mine Planning Optimization.
Julien-Alexandre Lamamy
Engineering Manager, iSpace

SHORT BIO
Dr Julien-Alexandre Lamamy is the Engineering Manager at ispace Europe. He has over 15 years of professional experience in space engineering working at the MIT Space Systems Laboratory, Jet Propulsions Laboratory, Orbital ATK, and ispace Europe. He has contributed to 7 flight projects covering earth observation, astrophysics, and planetary exploration.
Julien holds Masters from Ecole Centrale de Lyon and MIT and a PhD in Space Systems Engineering from MIT. He is currently preparing ispace to be a leader in exploration data analytics, lunar payload technologies, and space resource utilization.
Expanding our planet and future - finding and using resources on the moon
11:50-12:10
Dr. C.J. (Onno) Verberne
VP Business Development Space, Nammo Raufoss AS

SHORT BIO
Dr. C.J. (Onno) Verberne is the VP Business Development for the Space activities of the Aerospace Business Unit of Nammo AS, Raufoss, Norway. Dr. Verberne holds a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 1985 and a Doctor's Degree in Composite Materials from the Trondheim University of Technology, Norway, 1997. Starting his career as a Structural and Materials Engineer, his responsibilities have since then moved into Rocket Propulsion R&D Management and Business Development of Space Propulsion at Nammo.
Norwegian rocket innovation for moon missions
12:10-12:30
Ian Freeman
Associate Programme Officer, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

SHORT BIO
Ian Freeman, Associate Programme Officer at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), works on external relations to connect national governments and other public and private sector representatives with ongoing developments in space affairs at the UN level. Before joining UNOOSA, he worked for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
With over a decade of experience in the political communications sector, he has an academic background of M.Sc. in Public Policy from Maastricht University/UNU-MERIT, Netherlands and LL.B (Hons) in Law from Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
Space traffic growth and complexity - how will it affect the future of multilateral space policy at the UN?
PANEL
12:30-13:00
Marianne Vinje Tantillo, NOSA
Matthias Maurer, ESA
Angel Abbud-Madrid, CSOM
Bernhard Hufenbach, ESA
Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, iSpace
Carlos Espejel, iSpace
Dr. C.J. (Onno) Verberne, NAMMO
Ian Freeman, UNOOSA
Special session: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Future in Space, But Were Afraid To Ask
MODERATED BY TWO STUDENT STARS FROM NTNU SPACE
13:00-14:00 LUNCH & EXPO
Special session: SpaceX, Space Norway and the high north
14:00-14:20
Hans Christian Haugli
Head of Innovation and development, Space Norway

SHORT BIO
Hans-Christian is Head of Innovation and Development in Space Norway. Hans-Christian has more than thirty years of experience with mobile satellite communications in the European Space Agency and Inmarsat.
New satellites and new capabilities: Space Norway connects the Arctic
Kjell-Ove Skare
Head Strategy and Analysis and Project Director Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, Space Norway

SHORT BIO
Kjell-Ove retired as Major General from the Norwegian Military in 2012, after more than 38 years in active duty. He is Head of Strategy and Analysis in Space Norway and Project Director for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission project, the largest space project in Norway throughout time.
Living, learning and working in space - powered by Norwegian science and technology
14:20-14:40
Carina Helle Berg
Senior Researcher & Deputy Head, CIRiS – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space

SHORT BIO
Carina Helle Berg is a researcher and deputy head of CIRiS – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space. Since 2009 she has been manager of the only Norwegian control room for remote operations of payloads onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Through the work of N-USOC, Berg and her team has provided support to scientists worldwide performing micro-gravity experiments on the ISS. They have collaborated closely with the operations centers of NASA and ESA and been part of the testing and verification of hardware developed specifically for use onboard the ISS.
In addition to managing the N-USOC, planning the test campaigns and integration activities, as well as the 24/7 support during real-time operations, Berg is studying human and organizational aspects of control room operations.
10 years of growing food in space - are we ready for moons and planets?
14:40-15:00
Bernt Skeie
CEO, Prototech

SHORT BIO
Chief executive with line management experience from Technology development, Renewable energy, Oil Services and Top Tier consulting firms. Current responsibilities include identifying, financing, planning and delivering international research projects within Space and Energy. Working closely with the European Space Agency, the Norwegian Space Center and Christian Michelsen Research (Norway's oldest research institute). Core experience from stock listed companies as well as consulting work, both nationally and internationally.
New and sustainable energy systems - surviving the Lunar night
15:00-15:15
Nathalie Labonnote
Senior Research Scientist, Architecture, Materials and Structures, SINTEF

SHORT BIO
Nathalie Labonnote is a senior research scientist at SINTEF and an adjunct associate professor at NTNU. She holds a MSc. in Space Engineering from France and a PhD in Structural Engineering from Norway. She is working daily with the digital transformation of the building industry, and is always curious about new solutions for moving the world forward, especially when those combine computer science, architecture and engineering.
3D printing with lunar concrete - an idea from lunatics?
Harald Justnes
Chief Scientist, SINTEF

SHORT BIO
Harald Justnes is Chief Scientist at SINTEF and Adjunct Professor at NTNU. With a PhD in inorganic chemistry, he has been applying chemistry to understand and develop concrete materials technology for the last 35 years in terms of binder reactivity, chemical admixtures and durability. The focus in the later years has been related to sustainability issues and how to utilize waste and natural clays to form concrete binders.
15:15-15:30
Anna-Lena Kjøniksen
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Østfold University College

SHORT BIO
Professor Anna-Lena Kjøniksen has a PhD in polymer science from the University of Oslo. She has long experience working on various polymer systems, nanoparticles, and hydrogels for a range of different applications, such as controlled drug delivery, gene delivery, nanomedicine, enhanced oil recovery, water purification, and energy technology. She is currently leading a large research project where microcapsules containing phase change materials are incorporated into concrete, with the aim of gaining a material with superior thermal energy storage capabilities while keeping its structural strength. She is also leading a research project in collaboration with ESA to develop geopolymers based on lunar regolith as building materials intended for construction on the moon. She has more than 140 publications in international reviewed journals.
Building a base on the moon? New research in regolith concrete.
15:30-15:45
Felix Gorbatsevich
Managing Director, Pale Blue

SHORT BIO
Felix Gorbatsevich is the managing director and the leading technical expert in PaleBlue. He has been working in technology and software companies including Aker Solutions, Sun Microsystems, small and medium enterprise, in roles ranging from software engineer and systems architect to project manager and managing director. While in Sun Microsystems, he contributed to development of Blu-ray technology. His portfolio of completed projects includes training simulators for drilling, remotely operated robots and offshore lifting cranes. Gorbatsevich holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science.
Getting ready for the ultimate challenge - the value of advanced computer simulation in training
15:45-16:00
Marius Thorvaldsen
Founder & CEO, Breach VR

SHORT BIO
Breach AS CEO Marius Thorvaldsen has a long and proven record of accomplishments in
building and managing start-ups and initiatives in various industries, and is also the
managing director and co-founder of the co-working space Work-Work, as well as a
digital educational technology advisor at the Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.
Space Potatoes! Preparing for space conquest in Virtual Reality
16:00-16:15 BREAK & EXPO
NASA JPL & KONGSBERG: Exploration beyond the moon & Mars
16:15-16:35
Dr. Knut I. Oxnevad
Systems Engineer, NASA JPL

SHORT BIO
Knut I. Oxnevad is a systems engineer for the Next Gen Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) effort at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Over the last years he has supported a number of cryobot efforts at JPL, among them the ROSES 2018 SESAME and the CHROWE. Prior to this, he, over a period of 20 years, led development teams at JPL and in the oil & gas industry. In the oil & gas industry, through his company SIMTANO, he supported well planning, field development, and platform modifications efforts. At JPL, his teams performed advanced studies of space payloads, satellites, and surface/subsurface systems, including for rover and lander missions beyond 2010 for Mars, the Moon and other celestial bodies, as well as the SMAP and Aquarius Earth orbiters. During this time, he also chaired the New Design Paradigms Workshops, and ran the Design Process Improvement (DPI) Project within the NASA Engineering Training (NET) office. Dr. Oxnevad received his Ph.D. from Old Dominion University and is a graduate of International Space University.
Descending Through the Ice into the Oceans on Europa and Enceladus: Opportunities for Norway
16:35-16:50
Carsten Haavardtun
Senior Engineer, KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS

SHORT BIO
Carsten Haavardtun is the product owner of Solar Array Drive Mechanisms for Kongsberg space system. He joined KSS after 10 years of experience in R&D for the oil industry, to take the technical responsibility, for designing the SADM for the Jupiter icy moons explorer satellite. When he is not working he is a father of two daughters and likes hunting and the outdoors life. He is currently working on qualification of the future baseline products for solar array drives and optimization programs for gears.
The right stuff - this is what it takes to go to Jupiter
16:50-17:05
Tom Nordheim
Research Scientist, Astrobiology and Ocean Worlds research group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

SHORT BIO
Tom Nordheim is a research scientist in the Astrobiology and Ocean Worlds research group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His work if focused on the science and exploration of icy worlds in the outer solar system. He is a member of the science teams for the Cassini mission to Saturn and the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter. He is also a member of the project science team for Europa Lander, a mission concept for a robotic lander that would search for signs of life on Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa.
When not doing science, Tom works on robots that help us explore extreme environments on Earth, and that will one day allow us to explore exotic locations in our solar system. He holds a Bachelors in Space Science & Robotics from the University of Wales, a Masters in Space Studies from the International Space University, and a PhD in Space Physics from University College London.
Justin Koch
Robotics Mechanical Engineer, Extreme Environment Robotics Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

SHORT BIO
Justin Koch is a Robotics Mechanical Engineer in the Extreme Environment Robotics Group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). His work focuses on operations of Mars Rovers and the development of underwater robotic technologies. Justin received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. During his time at Caltech, Justin founded the Caltech Robotics Team and led the team as Project Manager developing an autonomous underwater vehicle for an ONR/AUVSI competition. Besides JPL, Justin has also worked for SpaceX and Walt Disney Imagineering.
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Justin is one of the Mars Rover Planners tasked with developing the daily tactical sequences that control the mobility, arm, and sampling systems of the Curiosity Rover on Mars. Justin is also working on the Mission System Engineering for Mars Helicopter operations as part of the Mars 2020 mission. When not driving rovers on Mars, Justin also works on a variety of research and development projects related to underwater robotics and technology development for the exploration of Ocean Worlds. These projects have included large 7 degree-of-freedom underwater robotic arms, miniaturized robotic arms for mini-ROVs, and under-ice exploration rovers.
Exploring icy ocean worlds in the outer solar system
THE END
17:05-17:15
Ole Dokka
Executive Director, Spaceport NorwayChief Strategy Officer, Conventor

SHORT BIO
Ole Dokka is a multidisciplinary leader and strategist, working in the intersection of innovation, design, technology and digital business, since the beginning of the internet economy in 1995. He has held leadership positions in several big companies in Norway, among them Telenor and the global energy company, Statoil.
In Statoil he was responsible for developing and implementing digital and media strategies, new visual and interactive brand identity and a new global marketing programme. This work received multiple Norwegian and international awards. From 2012 he joined the corporate innovation team and headed up Statoil´s open innovation efforts, globally.
He left Statoil in 2014 to take up a new position as Strategy Director in We Are Int., a digital business design & development company based in Oslo and Stavanger. In March 2016 he left We Are Int, in order to develop a new meeting arena and cross-industrial conference, Spaceport Norway. The yearly conference was arranged for the first time in 2017 and is now the biggest space business meeting arena and event in the Nordics. The next conference will be arranged in Trondheim, Norway, 4 and 5 September 2019.
In addition to the position as Executive Director for Spaceport Norway, he also took up a position as Chief Strategy Officer in the strategic event company Conventor in 2018.
Ole Dokka is based in Stavanger, Norway, where he lives with his family of 5 + 2 cats and a lot of surfboards, skateboards, snowboards, golf clubs and tennis rackets.