European Space ExpoDiscover what Space brings to your life

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See, touch and experiencethe benefits Space has for Earth

ec.europa.eu/eu-space-expo

Free entranceOpen daily: 10.00 - 21.00

On Thursday: 10.00 - 17.30Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 -22.00

Agenda Copernicus is the European programme designed to provide information services, which combine satellite data and local observations, in order to monitor the environment and contribute to the security of European citizens.

Galileo is Europe’s global navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control.

7 - 15 June 2014Jana Palacha square (in front of the Rudolfinum) Prague

15-minute presentations followed by questions and answers

Wednesday 11 June 2014

17.30Space Situational Awareness activities in the Czech Republic

Jaroslav Urbář - Czech Space Office

18.00Using satellite navigation in aviationKamil Slavík - GNSS Centre of Excellence

18.30The Copernicus Emergency Management Service

Jan Kucera - Joint Research Centre

19.00Galileo - the newest member of the GNSS family

Martin Šunkevič - Czech Ministry of Transport

19.30Safety and information systems in mountain resorts

Luděk Kühr - BIC R&D Brno

20.00 Special event: Galileo Soirée PraguePresentation of the Galileo Masters Competition

Thursday 12 June 201416.30

The Czech Republic in the European Space AgencyOndřej Rohlík - Czech Ministry of Transport

17.00Space activities in the Czech Republic

Václav Kobera - Czech Ministry of Transport

Friday 13 June 201417.30

Benefits of Copernicus to societyOndřej Šváb and Lenka Hladíková - Czech Ministry of Transport / CENIA

18.00Colonising the solar system: research and challenges

Jan Šifner - Prague Planetarium

19.30 TBA

Saturday 14 June 201417.30

Overview of EU Space programmes Michal Kunes - Czech Space Office

18.30 TBA

19.30Galileo in everyday life

Petr Mazůrek - Czech Technical University

Sunday 15 June 201417.30

Galileo in everyday lifePetr Mazůrek - Czech Technical University

18.30 TBA

19.30Overview of EU Space programmes

Michal Kunes - Czech Space Office

The agenda may be subject to change. You can find the most updated version of the agenda on the website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/space/expo/index_en.htm

Saturday 7 June 201417.30

Visualisation and monitoring of Space radiationCarlos Granja - Czech Technical University

18.30EU-funded Space research in the Czech Republic

Ondrej Mirovský - Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences

19.30 TBA

Sunday 8 June 201417.30 TBA

18.30Using satellite navigation in aviation Tomáš Duša - GNSS Centre of Excellence

19.30Microgravity experiments in the Czech Republic

Michal Václavík - Czech Space Office

Monday 9 June 201416.30

Measuring the effects of Space radiation on astronauts Carlos Granja - Czech Technical University

17.30Using satellite navigation in aviation

Jakub Kraus - GNSS Centre of Excellence

18.30The use of satellite navigation in rail transport

Daniel Lopour - European GNSS Agency

19.30Space Situational Awareness activities in the Czech Republic

Jaroslav Urbář - Czech Space Office

Tuesday 10 June 201417.30

TBAKamil Balwar - Indra

18.00Monitoring urban areas from Space

Kateřina Jupová - GISAT

18.30Responding to emergency situations in the Czech Republic with

the help of satellite dataJan Kucera - Joint Research Centre

19.30TBA

TBA: To Be Announced