Joint ESA-ERC scientific networking event/workshop on “Frontiers of space science and technology”

The event is co-chaired by Prof. Sierd Cloetingh, Vice-President of the ERC Scientific Council and Prof Chris Rapley, Chair of the ESA’s High-level Science Policy Advisory Committee - HISPAC.

Key-note lectures:

• Prof Luigi GUZZO (National Institute for Astrophysics) - “Cosmology with galaxy surveys: understanding the dark Universe”
• Dr Nuno C. SANTOS (University of Porto) - "The quest for other Earths"
• Prof Hartmut GRASSL (University of Hamburg) - “Earth Observation as a pillar of European Success”
• Dr Arwen Fedora DEUSS (University of Utrecht) - "Observing the internal structure of the Earth as a planet"
• Prof Michael CRUISE (University of Birmingham) - “Physics and Material Science from the ISS- Why and How”
• Prof Laurence VICO (Université St. Etienne) - “European Research in Space and Terrestrial Osteoporosis”

Evening lecture:

• Prof Benjamin WANDELT - “Planck: A Spacetime Journey to the Big Bang”