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3/2012 (September 2012)

Message from the PresidentWelcome to the autumn edition of our newsletter, which is published in the run-up to the IAF’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC). As you can imagine, with less than a week to go, the entire IAF staff is focused on making the 63rd IAC an exciting meeting, networking and social point for the entire space community. Everyone involved in its organisation has been working extremely hard to make it a success and I would like to express my thanks, in advance, for what promises to be a stellar occasion.

As you know, the IAC is being held for the first time in Naples, Italy, and you will find some helpful logistical information in the pages that follow. Please note the change in schedule on Monday, the opening day.

We are looking forward to the Congress with great anticipation and I hope all of you will attend and enjoy it.

The newsletter also features the latest on IAF activities and a selection of members’ news in the Members’ Corner. Our members are crucially important to us. This may ‘go without saying’ but I make no apologies for spelling it out once again and I encourage all of you to consider submitting short items for future newsletters, to share your news with the wider IAF community.

I hope you enjoy the newsletter and look forward to seeing you in Naples!

Prof. Dr Berndt Feuerbacher President, International Astronautical Federation

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

IAF NEWS• UpdateonIAC2015HostingBids• IAFSecretariatContinuestoGrow• IAFAttends55thsessionofCOPUOS• IAFatCOSPAR2012ScientificAssembly• IAFFlagsHandoverCeremonyatILA2012• IAFAwardWinners

INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS (IAC) 2012• Usefulinformationforattendees• PublicProgramme• IAF Global Networking Forum

(formerlyIAFClusterForum)• IAC Students’, Young Professionals’ and

EducationProgramme

MEMBERS’ CORNER

INTERVIEW WITH LUIGI DE MAGISTRIS, MAYOR OF NAPLES

OURLATESTPUBLICATIONSIAF Corporate brochureIAF Members ReportsIAC 2012 Brochure

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IACPresentationsubmissiondeadline: 26 September 2012

UPCOMINGEVENTSInternational Astronautical Congress (1-5October2012)IAF Spring Meetings(March2013)

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IAF News

UpdateonIAC2015HostingBidsThe InternationalAstronautical Congress (IAC) continues to attractoutstandingbidsfromIAFmemberorganisationscompetingtohosttheCongressanditsassociatedspaceexhibition.Inrecentyearstheeventhasattractedcloseto3000participantsincludingalmost2000delegatesandpressrepresentativesandmorethan600studentsandyoungprofessionals.

Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) – Pattaya, Thailand

5-9 October 2015

GISTDA is the Thai Government agency tasked with managing, coordinatingandpromotingthenation’sinterestsinspacetechnology,particularlyinremotesensingandgeographicinformationsystems.Thailand’sheritageinspace-basedremotesensingdatesbacktoitsutilisationofNASA’sERTS-1satellite,launchedin1972.GISTAhasbeenamemberoftheIAFsince2010.

Pattaya City islocatedontheeastcoastoftheGulfofThailand,about165kmsoutheastofBangkok.SituatedwithintheindustrialisedEasternSeaboardZone,it isapopularbeachresortandthesecondmostvisitedcity inThailandafterBangkok.

Israel Space Agency (ISA) - Jerusalem, Israel

12-16 October 2015

ISAisthecoordinatingbodyforspaceendeavoursinIsrael.Thenation’sspaceexperiencebeganin1988withthelaunchofOfeq1by itsownShavit launchvehicle,affiliatingIsraeltotheclubofnationscapableof launchingtheirownsatellite.Sincethen,Israelhasdevelopeditscapabilitiesinareasasdiverseascommunicationssatellite technologyandmannedspaceflight. ISAhasbeenamemberoftheIAFsince1996.

Jerusalemisoneoftheoldestcitiesintheworld,withanabundanceofhistoricsites.ThecityhasbeenIsrael’skeytouristattractionformanyyearsandwasalsohost to the 45thIACin1994.

Thisyear,no less than fourcompetitivebidswere receivedby the29 June2012deadline tohost the66th IAC in2015.SiteinspectionswereconductedinAugustwhilstupdatedproposalsweredueby13September2012.Regretfully,oneofthebidders,Istanbul’sTechnicalUniversity,withdrewatthispoint.Thethreeremainingbiddingorganisationsandlocationsaredetailedbelow.ThewinningbidwillbeannouncedbytheIAFGeneralAssemblyduringthe63rdIACinNaples,Italy.

Proposed IAC venue

Proposed IAC venue


Mexican Space Agency – Guadalajara, Mexico

28 September – 2 October 2015

The Mexican Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Mexicana) wasformedinJuly2010tocoordinatethenation’sspaceinterests.Incommonwithmanyemergingspacenations,Mexicohasexperienceinremotesensingandcommunicationsapplicationsbutisalsointerestedindisastermanagement,securityandothersociallybeneficialusesofspace.TheAgencyhasbeenamemberof the IAFsince2011.

Guadalajara, known as “The Pearl of theWest”, isMexico’s second largestcity,amajortouristandindustrialhubandakeycentrefortechnologyinthecountry.AlsoknownastheculturalcentreofMexico,Guadalajarahasaveryyoungpopulationandboastscolonialarchitecture,amildclimateandavibrantmusicalscene.

TheIAFSecretariatContinuestoGrowHaving welcomed Dr Christian Feichtinger as IAF’s new ExecutiveDirectoron1 January2012, the IAF Secretariat continues to grow.No less thanthreenewstaffmembershavebynowbecomeapartandworkontheever-busyandexcitingactivitiesoftheoffice:

MYRIAM MORABET, TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES OFFICER [email protected] • supporttoIAFtechnicalcommittees• coordinationofIACtechnicalsessionsandauthors’interface• coordinationwithInternationalProgrammeCommittee(IPC)SteeringGroup• IACarchivemanagement

VANYA ANGELOVA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS [email protected] • IAFcorporateandeventscommunication• IAFpublications• publicaffairs• organisationofotherIAFevents• mediarelations

ARMELLE DUTRUC, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT [email protected] • relationswithassociations,professionalsocietiesandmuseums• supporttoseveralIAFadministrativecommittees• IACon-sitearrangements• IACregistrationsandroomplanning• IAFSecretariatinternalITsystems

Proposed IAC venue


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JULIANE MCCARTY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS [email protected]• IAFcorporateandeventscommunication• IAFpublications• publicaffairs• mediarelations

LISA ANTONIADIS, PROGRAMMES [email protected]• youngprofessionals’,students’andeducationprogrammes• InternationalMeetingofMembersofParliamentandIACCitiesSummit• IAFawards• supporttoIAFregionalgroups

PHILIPPE MOREELS, DEPUTY ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS [email protected]• industryrelations• globalorganisationoftheIACandotherIAFconferences• IAFGlobalNetworkingForum• supporttoseveralIAFadministrativecommittees• supporttoIAFGeneralAssembly,BureauandFinanceCommittee• membershipdevelopment

VALERIE LEENHARDT, ADMINISTRATIVE [email protected]• administrativeandsecretariatsupport• accounting• membershipadministration

Good news never comes without a pinch of salt though: Pierre-Francois Mouriaux, IAF Technical ActivitiesCoordinator,hasdecideditistimeforachangeandlefttheSecretariatattheendofAugust.HewillnotmissandbeattheIACinNaples.Inthemeantime,wewouldliketothankhimforhisoutstandingworkattheIAF.

ThenewstaffwillbealongsideIAF’sotherSecretariatmembers,detailedbelow,attheIACinNaples,exceptforJuliane McCarty,whoformedicalresasonswillbeabsentandwhomweallwishaspeedyrecovery:

TwointernsarealsogivingusasteadyandpricelesshandinthepreparationfortheupcomingIAC:

CRISTINA POLEACOVSCHI (left)-supportingcommunicationsandpublicaffairs

GIULIA MARIA BERARDI (right)-supportingtheIAFDeputyExecutiveDirector,especiallyintheorganisationoftheIAFGlobalNetworkingForum

CHRISTIAN FEICHTINGER, ExECUTIVE [email protected]


COSPAR was established in 1958 by the InternationalCouncilofScientificUnions(ICSU)-nowtheInternationalCouncil forScience -at thedawnof theSpaceAge. Itsobjectivesaretopromotescientificresearchinspaceatan international level andprovidea forum,open to allscientists, for the discussion of issues affecting spacescience. These objectives are achieved, amongst othermeans,throughtheorganisationofScientificAssemblies.

The 39th COSPAR Scientific Assemblywasheldbetween14and22July2012attheNarayanaMurthyCentreforExcellence in Mysore, India. It was organised by theIndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO)andtheIndianGovernment’s Department of Space (DOS). In additionto the usual scientific sessions, the Assembly includeda number of interdisciplinary lectures, a space agencyround table, an awards ceremony and a public lecturethatattractedanaudienceofabout1000.

In line with an agreement for the provision ofmutualassistance and collaboration, the IAFwas involved in asupportrolethroughouttheAssembly,helpingtopreparefortheCOSPARCouncil,heldonthefinalday,andvariousbusinesspanelmeetings.

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IAFatCOSPAR2012ScientificAssembly

IAF Programmes Officer Lisa Antoniadis with COSPAR Executive Director Jean-Louis Fellous

IAF Attends 55thSessionofCOPUOSOnbehalfoftheIAFPresident,Vice-PresidentGerardBrachetmadeanofficialstatementatthe55th session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS),heldinVienna,Austria,inJune2012.

InlinewiththeFederation’sCOPUOSpermanentObserverstatus,BrachetbriefedtheCommitteeonrecentIAFactivities,includingthe2011IACheldinCapeTown,SouthAfrica,thelaunchofthenewAfricanRegionalGroup,theGlobalExplorationConference(GLEX)2012andIAC2012.

HethenintroducedaproposedIAFsymposiumforthe50thsessionoftheCOPUOSScienceandTechnologySub-Committee(STSC),tobeheldinFebruary2013.Thesymposium,whichtraditionallytakesplaceontheafternoonof thefirstdayof the STSC session,will bedevoted to anoverviewof studies and concepts for activeorbitaldebrisRemoval.Itwillincludefourtofivepresentationscoveringthevariousaspectsofthesubject,fromtechnicalfeasibility to potential legal issues, and provide ample time for discussion and questions from the COPUOSdelegation.

AspointedoutbyBrachet,theissueoforbitaldebrisanditseffectonthelong-termsustainabilityofouterspaceactivities“becameahighpriorityfortheIAF,asitisforCOPUOS,followingaseriesofrecentincidentsthathighlightedthethreatofanincreasingorbitaldebrispopulation”.ThesymposiumwillofferanexcellentopportunityfortheIAFandCOPUOS/STSCtodiscussthesemutualconcerns.

COSPAR 2012 Scientific Assembly opening and awards ceremony


IAF60thAnniversaryFlagsHandoverCeremonyatILA2012IAFreceivesback300flags,theonlyobjectson Earth to have flown on spacecraftbelonging to all nations with an activehumanspaceflightprogramme

During this year’s ILA Berlin Air Show, the Federationreceived back the IAF 60th anniversary space-flown flags,nowtravelledaboardSoyuzTMA-20,theInternationalSpaceStation,SpaceShuttleEndeavour(STS-134),Tiangong-1andShenzhou-9spacecraft.The flags were handed over by a Chinese delegationincluding Mrs Ping WU, Deputy Director-General of theChina Manned Space Agency (CMSA), and Ms JinyuGONG,DeputySecretaryGeneraloftheChineseSocietyofAstronautics (CSA). Representing the astronaut fraternitywasMrWangLIUoftheAstronautCenterofChinawhowasamemberoftheShenzhou-9missioncrew.Theceremony,followedbyacocktailreception,tookplaceon14September,duringILA’sAstronauts’DayorganisedintheAirShowSpacePavilion.TheflagswillbegivenouttoIAFmemberorganisationsastokensofrecognitionandgratitudeduringanExtraordinarySession of the IAF General Assembly on Wednesday, 4October,atthisyear’sIACinNaples,Italy.

AwardWinnersFrank J. Malina Astronautics Medal awarded to an educator whohas demonstrated excellence intaking fullest advantage of theresources available to promotethe study of astronautics andrelated space science, this yeargoes toAmalia Ercoli Finzi whohaspresenteduniversitycourseson spaceflight dynamics andorbital mechanics for almosthalfacentury.Finzihasalsoheldleading positions on several ESAand ASI boards and committeesand is Principal Investigatorfor the SD2 instrument on theRosettaspacecraft.

Allan D. Emil Memorial Award presented for an outstandingcontribution to space science,space technology, spacemedicine or space law, thisyear’s award goes to Kuminori Uesugi who has dedicated fourdecades of his professionallife to astrodynamics, orbitaldynamics and space propulsion.His outstanding contributionsto programmes such as Geotail,Hiten and Hayabusa, the firstasteroid sample return mission,have significantly improvedour understanding of the solarsystem.

Luigi G. Napolitano Award presented annually by the IAF’sEducationCommitteetoayoungscientist, under 30 years of age,whohascontributedsignificantlytotheadvancementofaerospacescience and has presented apaperaboutitattheInternationalAstronautical Congress, hasreceived27 applications inreplytothisyear’scallfornominations.

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IAF flags on their latest space ‘venture’, aboard Tiangong-1 with Shenzhou-9 taikonauts Yang LIU, Haipeng JING and Wang LIU, who was at the ceremony

Shenzhou-9 Taikonaut Wang LIU and CMSA Deputy Director General Ms Ping WU return the IAF flags to IAF President Berndt Feuerbacher | Credit: ESA/M. Pedoussaut

Luigi Napolitano’s award winner will be announced at the IAC in Naples, where alongside Amalia Finzi and Kuminori Uesugi, (s)he will receive the award.

Malina award winner Prof. Finzi

Emil award winner Prof. Dr Uesugi


IAFCompetitionsIAFSTUDENTCOMPETITION

Supported and coordinated by the IAF SpaceEducation andOutreach Committee (SEOC) and theStudentActivitiesSubcommittee,fourcountriesholdanannualnationalstudentcompetitiontoselectandfund theattendanceandpaperpresentationofonetotwostudentsattheIACStudentConference.Thisyear’swinnersandtheircorrespondingpapersareasfollows:

Canada• Myriam LemelinIlmenite Detection on the Moon byRemote Sensing: An integration ofmultisensory datasets over MareAustraleandMareIngeniiregions

France• Geoffrey DuvalModellingofaSupersonicRocketUsingArchitectureAnalysisLanguage

• Julien VaudolonExperimental Study of AccelerationProcessesinHallEffectThrusters

Germany• Andreas WinhardSolid-BorneSoundMeasurementfortheIndependentEventDetection

United Kingdom• Alessandro GrassoFeasibility Study Study of an Ultra-LowAltitudeHyperspectralMicrosatellite

• Charlotte LückingMission and System Design of a 3UCubeSat Passive GTO to LEO OrbitTransfer

IAF - SPACE GENERATION COUNCIL PAPER

COMPETITIONS

$paceisBusiness: challengingyoungmindstothinkaboutthefuture,pastandpresentofentrepreneurshipand investmentwithin thespacesector.ThewinnerofthecompetitionisAsraNajamfromtheUniversityof Michigan for her paper ”Game Theory AnalysisfortheSuborbitalReusableLaunchVehicleResearchMarket”.

SpaceSolarPower:challengingindividualsandsmallteams(1-3people)betweentheagesof18-35tothinkofanewandinnovativetechnicalconceptforspacesolarpower(SSP).ThewinnersofthecompetitionareRyoko Nakamura, Yoshihisa Arikawa and TakamasaItahashifromtheJapanAerospaceExplorationAgency(JAXA) for theirpaper “ActiveTyphoonControlwithSpaceSolarPowerTechnology”.

More information: http://spacegeneration.org/index.php/activities/competitions

Callfor2013awardnominationsThe IAF will open and welcome nominations from its members for the 2013 Allan D. Emil Memorial Award and

the Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal on 1 December 2012. Detailed information on each call will be published on the IAF website, Facebook and Twitter.

YOUNG SPACE LEADERS (YSL) RECOGNITIONPROGRAMMEAWARDS

Announced in the IAF June newsletter (see www.iafastro.org for more information), thewinners of this award will be presented at andparticipateinthe2012IAC.

IAFINTERNATIONALSTUDENTCOMPETITION

The International Student Competition involvesstudentspresentingpapersatthe42ndIACStudentConference.Thewinnerisselectedandannouncedat the IAC. Further details of the competitionsessionswillbeincludedintheIACFinalProgramme.

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IAC 2012

Usefulinformationforattendees

Reaching the congress venueThe Congress venue, Mostra d'Oltremare, is in thewestern part of Naples (Fuorigrotta district),with amainentranceinPiazzaleTecchio.

Reaching the congress venue from the airport:Naples’Capodichinoairportis15kmfromtheconferencevenue,approximately20minutesbyroad.ToreachMostrad’Oltremarebypublictransport,firsttraveltoPiazzaGaribaldi(mainrailwaystation)eitherbytheAlibusshuttleorordinarybus:• Alibusshuttledepartsfromtheairportevery

30 minutes from 6:30 to 23:39. Journeytime:20minutes.Cost:€3.00.Ticketscanbepurchasedonthebusorinsidetheairport.

• BusN.3S(operatedbyANM)departsfromtheairportevery15minutesfrom5:20to 23:20. Journey time: 30 minutes. Cost:€1.00.

FromPiazzaGaribaldiyoushould take the localtrain to Napoli Campi Flegrei station, which iswithinwalkingdistanceofMostrad’Oltremare.

Reaching the city hotels from the airportBy bus/underground: AlibusshuttlehasastopatthePiazzaMunicipioareawhereseveralhotelsare located.Forallotherhotels,gotoPiazzaGaribaldimainrailwaystationandthentakeoneoftheundergroundorbuslinesthatinterconnectthewholecity.

By taxi:youcaneitheraskforfixedfaresortaximeter.Officialtaxifaresfromtheairportvary from€15 (main railwaystationarea,PiazzaGaribaldi) to€23 (city centreandseafronthotels).Officialtaxisarewhiteandbearataxi-meter.Therearetaxistandsatmostofthecity’smainpiazzas.Radiotaxisarealsoavailable.Thestartingfareis€2.60,butthereareadditionalchargesonSundaysandbetween10pmand7amandforluggage.

City transportTheeasiestwaytomovewithinthecitybypublictransportistobuytheUnicoCapaniaTicketwhichisvalidforunderground,buses,cabletrainsandlocaltrains.Itcanbevalidfrom90minutes(€1.20)to3days(dailyticket€3.60).

TheUnico Capania Ticket can also be bought, on-line or in Naples, togetherwith theCampaniaArtecard(www.campaniartecard.it)whichallowstravel inNaples(€16.00)orinandaroundNaples(€27.00)forthreedaysandincludestheairportAlibusshuttleplus

entrancetothreemuseumsmentionedonthewebsite.Theticketmustbevalidatedonyourfirsttrip.

See the IAC website www.iac2012.org for further information.

Palacongressi, one of the main halls at this year’s IAC venue Mostra D’Oltremare

Area Flaggrea theatre where the IAC Opening Ceremony will take place


ThePublicProgrammefor IAC2012inNaples includesno lessthaneightPlenaryEvents,threeHighlightLecturesandthreeLateBreakingNews sessions, all of which will be detailed in the IAC 2012 FinalProgramme.

PLENARIES

As usual, Plenary Event 1 will be the Heads of Space Agencies presentation,featuringtheheads(ortheirrepresentives)ofESA,NASA,Roscosmos,CNSA,ISRO,CSA,JAXAandASI.

Plenary 2 will discuss small and medium-sized satellites and theirpotentialforoperators.

Plenary 3 will cover commercial space transportation initiatives andpromisesarangeofspeakersfromthenewspacecommunityaswellasfromestablishedagenciesandcontractors.

Plenary4willaddresstheage-oldtopicof‘Improving the Quality of Life on Earth’intermsofthesocietalimpactofspaceflightwhilstPlenary5willdiscussdisaster monitoring from space.

Plenary6willintroduceatopicthatisbecomingevermoredominantinthe space arena - the safe and sustainable use of outer space-whilePlenary7willbringtheuse of social media intotheframeunderthetitle‘TheNextGeneration’.

Finally,Plenary8willbedevotedtotheItalian COSMO-Skymed system andtheresultsachievedbythemission.

HIGHLIGHTLECTURES

LATEBREAkINGNEWS

LateBreakingNewswillcovertheShenzhou-9 mission,theMars Science Laboratory and the SpaceX Dragon ISS mission.

IAC2012PublicProgramme

IAC 2012

Heads of Agencies at IAC 2011 Opening Ceremony

IAF will be tweeting live from each of these events, so make sure to follow www.twitter.com/iafastro

Credit: STFC Credit: ESA Credit: ESA-AOES

The three Highlight Lectures will, respectively, focus on the results of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12),“The new face of the Sun from Space”andtheKepler missiondesignedtosearchforEarth-likeplanets.Given thewide rangeof topics, it is clear that IAC2012offers something foreveryone!


The intention: to further reinforcethespiritof livelyknowledge-sharingand networking which have definedClusterfromthestart.

Building on the success andopportunities created by the ClusterForums in Daejeon, South korea(2009),Prague,CzechRepublic(2010)andCape Town, SouthAfrica (2011),the IAF Global Networking Forumwill feature a varied programme ofround-table and panel discussionsand networking sessions, to giveprofessionalsandstudentstheopportunitytoshareideas,knowledgeandbestpractices.Asiscustom,theForumwilltakeplaceintheIACexhibitionandthisyearwillbelocatedinStand20A,Hall2.

Highlightsofthefive-dayprogramme,whichrunsfromMondaytoFridayinparallelwiththeIACprogramme,include:

MONDAY 1 OCTOBER

Opening

IAF Societies Alliance

Heads of Agencies Press Conference

TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER:INDUSTRYDAYwithpaneldiscussionson

The economic impacts of Satellite Navigation Systems, with• Johann-DietrichWörner,Chairman of the Executive Board, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany (moderator)• ZhihengFu,Vice-President, China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), China• SatoshiFujiwara,Senior Counselor, Office of National Space Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan• Jamesk.“kevin”McLaughlin,Director, Space Operations & Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements,

U.S. Air Force, United States •AnatolyShilov,Deputy Director, Federal Space Agency, Russia•PaulWeissenberg,Deputy DG, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, European Commission, Belgium

Earth Observation Challenges,with●VolkerLiebig(invited),Director of Earth Observation Programmes, European Space Agency, Italy (moderator)•DrissElHadani,Director, CRTS Morocco●MagIskander,President, Information System, MDA Corporation, Canada●AzzedineOussedik(invited),DG, Agence Spatial Algérienne, Algeria•EricSoulères,CTO, Astrium Services, France●MartinSweeting,Chairman, Surrey Satellite Center, United Kingdom

The constant evolution of the IAF Cluster Forum and the growing numberof events it hosts inspired the IAF to create something more global andcomprehensive, of even greater appeal to industry representatives, agencyofficials, students and young professionals, experts, decision- and policy-makers,associationsandmuseaemployees,andthegeneralpublic.

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2012IAFGlobalNetworkingForum(formerlyIAFClusterForum)

IAC2011 Exhibition opening with Heads of Agencies


The IAF invites and looks forward to welcoming everyone at the IAC at the opening and activities

at the IAF Global Networking Forum!

Vega Launch System

●LuigiPasquali,CEO,ThalesAleniaSpace,Italy(moderator)●StefanoBianchi,Vega Prog. Manager, European Space Agency, Italy●ArturoCramarossa,Strategic Affairs, Italian Space Agency, Italy●LouisLaurent, Senior VP, Programmes, Arianespace, France

WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER:SOCIALIMPACTSOFHUMANSPACEFLIGHTwithpaneldiscussionson

Innovations with Earth and Space Benefits,with

●JeffreyR.Davis,Director, Human Health and Performance, NASA●SimonN.Evetts,Medical Projects and Technology Lead, Wyle GmBH•WilliamH.Gerstenmaier,Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA ●RupertGerzer,Director, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany•PatrikSundblad,Human Research Coordinator, European Space Agency

keynote lecture: “Innovation in STEM to Inspire the Next Generation of Explorers”byLelandD.Melvin,Astronaut and Associate Administrator for Education, NASA

Benefit to Earth from Space Agencies Around the World•Volker Damann, Head, Crew Medical Support Office,

European Astronaut Dept, European Space Agency• Jeffrey R. Davis,Director, Human Health and Performance

(NASA) •GerdGruppe,Member of the DLR Executive Board responsible

for the German Space Administration (DLR) •ChiakiMukai,Astronaut and Vice-Director for Human Space

Systems and Utilisation Mission Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) •PatrikSundblad,Human Research Coordinator, European Space Agency• IgorB.Ushakov,Director, IBMP, Russian Academy of Sciences (invited)•CarissaVidlak,Lead, NHHPC Social Responsibility, Wyle

THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER:CAREERDAYPROGRAMMEwithpaneldiscussionson

◊ Women in Aerospace and Space Generation Advisory Council (SCAG)

◊ Space Networking and Recruitung in a Social (Media) Environment

◊ Tweet up session on World Space Week, with●BuzzAldrin,Astronaut, Apollo XI ●Bill Nye, CEO, The Plenatary Society ● Max Grimard, Chairman, World Space Week Association

IAC 2012

Leland D. Melvin, NASA Astronaut and Associate Administrator for Education during a public outreach event at IAF Cluster Forum 2011

IAF 60th anniversary award given to the GPS programme represented by Maj. General Shelton at the IAF Cluster Forum 2011

FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER:PUBLICDAYPROGRAMME

featuring a tribute to Neil Armstrong by his colleague and second man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin and a panel discussion with astronauts from CMSA, ESA, NASA and Roscosmos

For more information: Philippe Moreels, IAF Deputy Executive Director and Industry Relations Manager ([email protected])


IACStudents’,YoungProfessionals’andEducationProgramme2012YOUNGPROFESSIONALS(YP)PROGRAMME

●Sunday 30 Sept:Welcome ReceptiontoYPeventsoftheweekwith IAF President Berndt Feuerbacher and IAC 2012 InternationalProgrammeCommittee(IPC)Co-ChairAntonioMoccia,thatwillalsogiveinformationonjoiningtheIACVirtualForums(VF)

●Tuesday 2 Oct:Reception and Industry Panel,withDrLopota,President of Energie, Joanne Maguire, John karas and Jim CrockerfromLockheedMartin,andaseniorrepresentativeofEADSAstrium

●Wednesday 3 Oct: Speed Networking and Social, when IAFCommitteeChairsmeetseveraloftheYoungProfessionalsforaone-on-onebriefintroductionanddiscussion,followedbyasocialreception

IPMCYOUNGPROFESSIONALSWORkSHOPTheworkshop,organisedbythe InternationalProjectManagementCommittee(IPMC)onFriday 28 September,willgather some 50 young professionals from around the world to discuss the opportunities and challenges they areexperiencingand,insmallgroups,talkabout:

● Development Opportunities for Young Professionals: i.e. the skills (from technical to managerial) the nextgenerationworkforceneedstosucced&howorganisationscansupportandencourageindustrialassignmentsofyoungprofessionals

●Cultural Environment and Understanding for Young Professionals:i.e.motivatingfactorsandsupportfromseniorpractitioners&howworkingpracticesandconditionsaffectaYoungProfessional’ssenseofjobsatisfactionandcareerdevelopment.Workshopconclusionswillformawrittenreport,lateravailabletointerestedIAFmemberorganisations.

More information and contact:JimZimmerman(jzimmerman[at]space-services.com)

CROSS-CULTURALPRESENTATIONWORkSHOPTheworkshop,runbytheInternationalSpaceUniversity(ISU)’sCarolCarnettandScottMadryonthemorningofSunday 30 September,willinvolveNextGenerationPlenaryEventspeakersandEmergingSpaceLeaders(ESL)grantawardeeswhowilldoa‘dryrun’oftheirIACpresentation,receivefieldquestionsfromapeeraudienceandreceiveevaluationandfeedbackfromtheworkshopinstructors.

STUDENTPROGRAMMEThisyear’sStudentProgramme,organisedbytheInternationalSpaceEducationBoard(ISEB),includespanel sessions,13:00-14:00onTues,Wed,ThursandFrioftheIAC,onrespectivelyHuman Exploration, Space Applications and Bridging from Student to YP.Studentpresentationsoftheirownresearch,11:00-12:00,willalsotakeplaceonthesedays.

Sunday 30 September is an Orientation Day, with pizza-makingintheafternoonandareceptionintheevening.Onthefollowingday– IAC’sfirstday-studentswill joinotherdelegatesattheHeads of Agencies Plenary Event and,later,meetagencyheadsinaspeciallyorganisedQ&A session in the International Student Zone.

Andofcourse,studentswon’twanttomisstheOpening Ceremony and Welcome Receptionthatevening.Itpromisestobeabusydayandaninterestingweek!

IAC 2012

Winners of the IAF student competition during the IAC 2011 Closing ceremony

Antonio Moccia, IPC Co-Chair, with ESL Youth Grant winners at IAC 2011


GOOD YEAR FOR ITALIANSPACEACTIVITYA number of space activities in2011confirmedtheItalian Space Agency (ASI)asaleadingactorinthespacefield.Mostsignificantly,completionoftheISSwasrealisedthrough fundamental Italiancontributions: the pressurisedmodules (Nodes 2 and 3), theseven-windowed Cupola andthe Permanent MultipurposeModule(PMM),allofwhichwerebuiltinItaly. Last May, two Italianastronauts flew togetheraboard the ISS to celebrate the150th anniversary of the ItalianRepublic.Afewweeksago,Capt.Samantha Cristoforetti, an ESAastronaut, was also officiallyappointedtoa longduration ISSmission in 2014, following theflight of Capt. Luca Parmitanoalready scheduled for May2013. Last but not least, on 13February 2012, an Italian dreambecamereality:thelaunchoftheVega small launcher successfullytook place from the Europeanspaceport in French Guiana,opening a new era for low-costaccesstospace.

AUSTRALIA’S CSIRO ANDSPACEPOLICYUNITSUPPORTGLOBALSPACEACTIVITIESIn May 2012, Australia-NewZealand were jointly selectedwithSouthernAfricatohost the€1.5 billion Square kilometreArray (SkA) radio-telescope. TheSkAwill consist of thousands ofantennaslinkedtogetherbyhigh-bandwidthopticalfibretoactasa single large instrument witha collecting area approximatingonesquarekilometre. Construction of the SkAPhase 1 is expected to start in

2016,withsetsofantennaswithcomplementary frequenciesplaced on each continent andthen networked together. InAustralia and New Zealand, SkAPhase1willconsistof60newmid-frequency SkA dishes equippedwithphasedarray feeds, aswellas an array of low-frequencyantennas. The 36 dishes thatmake up CSIRO’s precursor SkAtelescope, the Australian SkAPathfinder (ASkAP), will also beintegrated into Phase 1 of theSkA. In August 2012,the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, partof NASA’s Deep Space Network,supportedthesuccessfullandingofNASA’s‘Curiosity’MarsScienceLaboratorymissiononMars.Thispartnership continued a longhistory of Australian groundsupport from various facilitiesfor all types of space activities.These range from humanspaceflight(fromApollotorecentcommercialISSsupportmissions)and deep space explorationmissions like Voyager, to Earthorbiting satellites and Earth

returnmissionslikeHayabusa.Closer to home, through theSpace Policy Unit, Australiacontinues to develop a nationalfocus on space applicationsthat benefit all Australians,from precision agriculture toenvironmental sustainabilityand disaster relief. The NationalSpace Industry Policy releasedlast year explains the sevenprinciples behind Australia’sspacedevelopmentstrategy.More information: www.space.gov.au or www.csiro.au/cass.

DGLRCENTENARYIn 2012, the German Association for Aeronautics and Astronautics (DGLR) celebratesits 100th anniversary. TheGerman Aerospace Congress(Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress), held in Septemberthis year in Berlin, providedan excellent opportunity topublicise both historical aspectsandnew technical opportunitiesfor improved products in theaerospace market. More than

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Four of CSIRO’s new ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy ObservatoryCredit: Ant Schinckel, CSIRO


500 congress participantsexchanged the latest results inaerospace research. Followingthe DGLR slogan “Informing,Networking, Supporting”, theDGLRiscurrentlyalsore-shapingits information services formembers in order to addressstudentsandyoungengineers inmoreeffectiveways.Alsoontheagendawastheenhancementofinternationalcooperation. On a global level, DGLRis amember of and contributesto the IAF and the InternationalCouncil of the AeronauticalSciences (ICAS). On a Europeanlevel, it is a member of theCouncil of European AerospaceSocieties(CEAS).Further information on DGLR and the Congress can be found at www.DGLR.de and www.DLRK2012.de, respectively.

EUMETSATMSG-3LAUNCHOn 5 July 2012, MSG-3 wassuccessfully launched fromEurope’s spaceport in kourou,French Guiana. The satellitewill secure continuity of real-time weather monitoring fromgeostationary orbit, a space-based service vital to ensuringsafety on Earth, especially in

situationsofhigh-impactweatherincreasingly experienced aroundtheworldduetoclimatechange. MSG-3willbecomepartof the operational two-satellitesystemthatEUMETSAT operates tosupportweatherforecastersinoneof their greatest challenges,i.e. “Nowcasting”. Nowcastingis the detection, in real time, ofrapidly developing high-impactphenomena like thunderstormsorfog,predictingtheirevolutiona few hours ahead and issuingwarnings accordingly. It requiresvery frequent high-qualityimages of the atmosphere thatonly advanced geostationarysatellites can deliver from theirfixed position 36,000km abovetheEarth’ssurface.Furthermore,MSG-3 will expand the 30-yearclimate records accumulated bytheMeteosatseriessince1981.

HE SPACE: A GATEWAY TOSPACEJOBSFOR30YEARSHE Space, one of Europe’s keyproviders of personnel supportservices to the space business,celebrated30 yearsof existencethisyear. Althoughtthecompany’sroots derive from Houstonand the Apollo programme,nowadays HE Space is firmlyembeddedinallmajorEuropeanspace projects including Galileo,Meteosat,Ariane5andATV. HESpacehasestablishedofficesinNoordwijk,BremenandDarmstadt to support its majorcustomers (ESA, Astrium andEUMETSAT, respectively) andrecently opened a new office inMunichtoaddressthesignificantandgrowingspaceactivityinthatregion.More: www.hespace.com

CROSSING THE 1 NEWTONBARRIER IN ELECTRICPROPULSIONElectric propulsion encompassesspace propulsion technologiesthatrelyonacceleratingpositively-chargedionstoveryhighspeeds.So far, electric thrusters havemostlybeenemployedforstationkeeping and attitude control ofgeosynchronous satellites duetoathrustlevellimitedtoabout100mN. ThePPS-20kMLthruster,a20kW-classHalleffectthruster,was recentlydesignedandbuiltbySNECMAengineersandCNRS researchers in the frameworkoftheHiPEREuropeanproject.ThePPS-20kMListhemostpowerfulelectric thruster developed inEuropetodate.It was fired successfully withxenon in the PIVOINE-2Gvacuum chamber of ICARE-CNRS,demonstratingremarkableperformance.Thethrustreached1.05N with a thrust-to-powerratio as high as 74mN/kW. A

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PPS-20k ML Hall effect thruster firing with xenon at 23.5 kW in the Pivoine-2G test-bench | Credit: ICARE - CNRS

MG3 integrationCredit: Eumetsat


2700s specific impulse wasachievedandthetotalefficiencywasinexcessof60%. Such performanceopensthewaytonewchallengesfor electric propulsion: orbittransfer manoeuvres, end-of-lifedeorbiting and exploration offar-off planets and asteroids, tonamebutafew.

CALL FOR PAPERS FORISU’S 17TH ANNUALINTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM“SPACE TECHNOLOGY ANDTELE-REACH: BENEFITINGHUMANITY ON EARTH ANDBEYOND”Each year, the International Space University (ISU) organisesa three-day symposium as aninterdisciplinary, internationalforum to help both users andproviders of space-relatedsystems to move forward fromthe discussion of problems tothe formulation of innovativesolutions. ISU’s next annualsymposium will address tele-reach, i.e. technologies andapplications which allowremote presence, participation,interaction or control. Emphasiswill be placed on exploringthe role that space can playin broadening and sustainingthe ‘reach’ of Information andCommunicationTechnology(ICT)systems to benefit humankindin areas such as education,healthcare and environmentalmanagement. Looking beyondthe socio-economic benefitshere on Earth, the scope willalso include fields such as tele-presence and tele-operation ofremoteequipmentbothonEarthandinspace. Abstractsof around300words are invited and should

be sent to [email protected] the title, authors’names, affiliations and contactaddresses and the session theyareinterestedby:1.Tele-ReachNeeds,Current

ProvisionsandFuturePlans2.Tele-Education3.Tele-Health4.Tele-Reachandthe

Environment5.OtherApplicationsofTele-

ReachonEarthandinSpace6.Political,Economic,Legal

andEthicalChallenges

kAYSER-THREDESATELLITEINORBITOn 22 July 2012, Germany’sTET-1 satellite was successfullydelivered to its intended 520kmorbit by a Russian Soyuz-Fregatlaunched from the BaikonurCosmodrome inkazakhstan.The120kg spacecraft is healthywithall systems operating nominally.During its one-yearmission, theTechnology Experiment Carrier,TET-1, will test 11 pieces ofnew space hardware in theiroperationalenvironment. The TET platform hasbeenqualifiedaccordingtoECSSstandards and is highly versatileandexpandable tofit theneedsof future missions for science,Earth observation and spaceweather. Kayser-Threde, an OHBcompany, was selected by theGerman space agency, DLR, asthe satellite’s prime contractorandwasalsoresponsibleforthesatellite’s launch and missionsupport phases. Collaboratingwith kayser-Threde in the TET-1 project, which was fundedby BMWi, are Astro- undFeinwerktechnik AdlershofGmbH and DLR’s German Space

OperationCenter.

kYUTECH SATELLITE SETSNEWWORLDRECORDOn 18 May 2012, Japan’sKyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) launched its 7kgHORYU-II satellite to a 680kmsun-synchronousorbitaboardanH2A rocket. On 8 July, HORYU-IIsucceeded in its main mission,the photovoltaic generationof power at a voltage of 300V.Indeed, it was confirmed thatthepayload-66tinysiliconcellsconnected in series - generatedpower at nearly 350V during 30minutesofsolarillumination. Thegenerationofpowerat350Vsetanewworldrecord,thehighestpreviousphotovoltaicpowergenerationvoltagehavingbeen 160V, achieved on theInternationalSpaceStation.Ithasbeen known that photovoltaicpower generation beyond 200Vleadstoarcingatthesolararraysurface.HORYU-II is testing newdesigns of solar array that canprevent arcing even at 300V.The high-voltage technologywillcontribute to the realisation ofhigh-power electric propulsionfor large space platformapplications, such as a spacehotel,aspacefactoryoraspacesolarpowersystem.

SECURE WORLD FOUNDATIONSPONSORS TWO 2012CONFERENCESPursuing its goal of increasinginternational cooperation inspaceactivities,theSecure World Foundation (SWF) is sponsoringtwo important conferencesin Brussels this autumn. InpartnershipwiththeSpacePolicyProgrammeattheInstitutfrancaisdes relations internationales(Ifri),SWFwillholdaconference

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on13Septemberunderthebanner“InternationalRelationsandSpace:theEuropeanapproach”.Withmanycontemporaryevents combining tocreate challenges for internationalcooperation, the conference willlook at the growing pressures onEurope to take positions on keyissues affecting international spacepolicy. Againworkingwith Ifri,on30October2012SWFwillorganisea workshop on the political,commercial and legal aspectsof On Orbit Servicing (OOS) andActive Debris Removal (ADR). Thisconferencewill look at diplomatic,legal, safety and policy challengesthatmustbedealtwithasOOSandADR become technically feasibleoptions.More at http://swfound.org/e v e n t s / 2 0 1 2 / i n t e r n a t i o n a l -relations-and-space-the-european-approach and at http://swfound.org/events/2012/on-orbit.

SELM’S QB50 CUBESATSNETWORkQB50 is an international networkof 50 double CubeSats for multi-point, in-situ, long-durationmeasurements in the lowerthermosphereandre-entryresearchprojects.ItisledbythevonkarmanInstitute for Fluid Dynamics (VkI),whilst its Asian coordinator is theShaanxi Engineering Laboratory for Microsatellites (SELM), part ofthe Northwestern PolytechnicalUniversity, a professional scientificresearch and training centre inChina. The scientific objective ofQB50istostudythein-situtemporaland spatial variations of a numberofkeyconstituentsandparametersin the lower thermosphereusinganetworkofdoubleCubeSats.Itwillalso study the re-entry process bymeasuring key parameters during

re-entryandbycomparingpredictedandactualCubeSattrajectoriesandorbital lifetimes. The project hasbeenapprovedunder theEU’sFP7programme. AsAsiancoordinator,SELMisoneofthethreeParallelMissionControlCentresforall50CubeSats,theothertwobeingatVkI,Stanford.Currently,a2UCubesatfortheQB50network is under development bySELMandwillbelaunchedin2015.

SPACEGENERATIONCONGRESS2012The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) seeks to employthecreativityandvigourofthenextgeneration in advancing humanity

throughthepeacefulusesofouterspace. One of the key ways theorganisationhasachievedthisoverthe past decade is through theSpace Generation Congress, heldannually prior to the InternationalAstronautical Congress. The 2012SGC will be held from 27 to 29SeptemberinNaples,Italy. SGC is a chance for like-minded students and youngprofessionals from around theworld tomeet and an opportunityfor them to share their views andopinions in tackling some of the

most pressing issues affecting thespacecommunity. SGC participants take partinoneoffiveworkinggroups-eachaddressing a separate issue - inorder to create a presentation forrepresentativesofthespacesector.TheSGCwillalsoproducea reportfor presentation to the UnitedNationsCommitteeOnthePeacefulUsesofOuter Space (UN-COPUOS)laterintheyear.

NEW GRADUATE COURSEAT GEORGE WASHINGTONUNIVERSITYONHUMANHEALTHINSPACEAerospace medicine is an excitingmedical specialty that focuses on

thehealth,safetyandperformanceofhumansinvolvedinairandspacetravel. In contrast to traditionalmedicine, it is the study of whathappens to physiologically normalindividuals placed in an extremelyabnormalenvironmentwhere theyare subjected to stressors such asmicrogravity,radiationorG-forces. Dr kris Lehnhardt, anAttending Physician and AssistantProfessor inGWU’sDepartmentofEmergency Medicine, previouslytrained with NASA and CSA FlightSurgeons, has designed this new

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Participants at the Space General Congress 2011


Member Cornercourse (EHS 6227: Introductionto Human Health in Space) atthe university. The course willbe taught in an interdisciplinaryfashion and include elements of

physiology, medicine, law, policy,ethics, engineering and history, toensurestudentsfromanydisciplineare academically challenged andstimulated.

RUSSIA’STSNIIMASHCENTRE A key role of Russia’s Central Research Institute for Machine Building (TsNIImash) is thecommandandcontroloftheRussiansegmentoftheInternationalSpaceStationandtheSoyuzandProgressspacecraft that currently delivercrew and supplies to the ISS. TheMission Control Center (MCC) isoneofthemaindepartmentsoftheInstitute, which itself is a leadingscientificandresearchinstitutionoftheFederalSpaceAgency. For over 60 years theInstitute has participated in thedevelopment of practically allRussian launch vehicles, mannedspacecraft, orbital stations andunmannedspacecraft.Amongotherthings,itundertakestheoreticalandexperimental engineering studies,contributes to the formulation ofguidelinesandprioritiesfornationalspace activity and technology

development, and studies theimpactofmanmadespacedebris. In addition, TsNIImashhas close scientific and technicalconnections with leading foreignorganisations involved in spaceactivity, including those in China,France,India,JapanandtheUSA.

CELEBRATEWORLDSPACEWEEk,4-10OCTOBER2012Each year, from 4-10 October,the global space community -represented by organisations inover50nations - celebratesWorldSpace Week by holding events toattractglobalattentiontospace. To reach an even greateraudience, all space organisationsareinvitedtocelebrateWorldSpaceWeekannually.

Toparticipate,theyareencouragedto:• identify existing 4-10 October

eventsorplannewones• enter them into the calendar

at www.worldspaceweek.org?SubmitEvent

• use the World Space Weeknameandlogo( www.wo r l d s p a c ewe e k .org?logo) in programmematerials

• Before WSW, tell the mediaabout their events, andcoordinatewithothers in theirareaifpossible

• After WSW, return to thecalendartoreportresults.

At the Naples IAC, World Space Week Association - whichsupports the UN in the globalcoordinationofthiseventandsignedapartnershipagreementwithIAFinCapeTown-willdistributeteacherguides and posters at the Heinleinstand. A tweet-up is planned forThursdayevening in the IAFGlobalNetworkingForumintheexhibitionarea.

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InterviewwithLuigideMagistris,MayorofNaplesLuigi de Magistris waselected Mayor of Naplesin May 2011. Previously,as a Member of theEuropean Parliament,he served as Presidentof the Commission onBudgetary Control andworked on issues such astransparencyofinvestmentfundallocationandhumanrights violations. He talksto us about Naples as thehostcityforIAC2012.

Q. What does it mean to the city of Naples, andthe surrounding region, that the InternationalAstronauticalCongressisbeingheldherethisyear?

Iamveryproudandhappythatthe63rd IACistakingplace inmy city. Naples has an important traditionin theaerospace industryand itsmetropolitanareahosts7,000aerospaceindustryemployeesandmanyof the industry’s leading companies.Moreover, theUniversities of Naples are renowned in the field ofaerospaceengineering. I am particularly proud that Naples is thehometownofthelateProfessorLuigiG.Napolitano,aformerpresidentoftheIAF.Hisheritagedemonstratesthat our city is deeply committed to the aerospaceindustry and I believe the IAC will open up newopportunities. Naples has embraced this conference withenthusiasmandthecity isgettingreadytohosttheCongress in thebestpossibleway. I amsure that itwill benotonlya successful scientificcongress,butalsoa‘flywheel’forthedevelopmentoftourismandemployment. I am also convinced that Naples canshowitsbetterfacetotheworld.

Q.WhatcandelegatesandotherIACvisitorsexpecttoenjoyaboutthisparticularIAC,givenitslocation?

Naplesisfullofhiddentreasuresandisrichinhistoryandculture.Itshistoricalcentre–listedbyUNESCOasaWorldHeritageSite-isendowedwithamazeofpicturesquealleysenrichedwithgracefulmonuments,baroque churches and archaeological ruins dating

backtotheAncientGreekswhofoundedourtown. Naplesflaunts itsexceptionalsettingonthewaterfrontofviaCaracciolo,fromwherevisitorscanenjoythebeautyofthesea,thebeachandtheislandsof theGulf ofNaples.One can also enjoy a vibrantatmosphere and experience the dolce vita in thestreets,strollingfromacafeteriatoapizzeria.Lastbutnotleast,Naplesisboththehome-townofthepizzaandconsideredtobetheplacetoexperiencethebestespressoinItaly.

Q.Arethereanyspecificlocalinitiativesorattractionsbeingorganisedforthisyear’sIAC?

Naples is a culturally vibrant city, full of theatres,music venues, sport events, museums and artgalleries.Duringthe63rd IAC,specialexhibitionswilltakeplaceatthefortressofMaschioAngioino,whilethewaterfrontofviaCaracciolo(which isusuallyanopen stage for musicians and buskers) will be theamazingsettingformusicalandsportingevents.

Q. How would you summarise the opportunityofferedtoNaplesandthewiderregioninhostinganinternationalcongresssuchastheIAC?

We have the chance to show the world the imageof the Neapolitan Renaissance we are building, viatelevision,thepress,theInternetandsocialnetworks.Itwill be an amazing opportunity and I am lookingforwardtoit!

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