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Programme


HAPS4ESA 2019 Preliminary Programme

Status: 20 December 2018, Version 1.2

Day 1: Tuesday, 12 February 2019 (09:30-18:00)

9:30

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9:40

Welcome

Pierluigi Silvestrin

ESA

9:40

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9:50

Aim of the HAPS4ESA Workshop

Malcolm Davidson

ESA

9:50

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10:00

Logistics

Thorsten Fehr

ESA

10:00

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10:20

Keynote

Peter Breger

EC

Platforms and Supporting Technologies, Chair: TBC

10:20

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10:40

Airbus Zephyr – Long Duration Stratospheric Flight Shows Potential for HAPS Services

Roger Tidswell

Airbus Defence and Space

10:40

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11:00

Stratobus for permanent missions

Michel Masselin

Thales Alenia Space

11:00

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11:30

Coffee

11:30

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11:50

ELEVATE: A Balloon-Based Platform for Hardware Testing in the Stratosphere

Izan Peris Marti

Zero 2 Infinity

11:50

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12:10

The "Ascender 28" Prototype HAP:  Development status and future plans

Thomas Olson

Avealto, Ltd.

12:10

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12:30

CNES stratospheric balloons activities, possible synergies with HAPS ?

Vincent Dubourg

CNES

12:30

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12:50

Sprint-and-drift manoeuvre for stratospheric airships

Jesús Gonzalo

University of León

12:50

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13:50

Lunch

13:50

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14:10

Project Loon

Robert Eagles

Loon

14:10

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14:30

High aims, high hurdles – the challenges of persistent stratospheric flight

Paul Brooks

Prismatic

14:30

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14:50

Project AlphaLink - Compound Aircraft as the Next Generation of High-Altitude Platforms

Alexander Köthe

AlphaLink (@Technische Universität Berlin)

14:50

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15:10

New principles of aircraft control of non-standard aerodynamic scheme with flexible wing as exemplified by HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo Satellite) ApusDuo . 

Aliaksei Stratsilatau

Uavos Inc.

15:10

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15:40

Coffee

15:40

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16:00

Applications and Holistic Evaluation of High Altitude Platforms (HAP)

Holger Schumann

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

16:00

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16:20

Comparison of Heavier than Air HAPS to Lighter than Air HAPS

Simon Ashby

Elson Space Engineering

16:20

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16:40

Discussion: Platforms and Supporting Technologies

 

 

16:40

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18:00

Poster pitches / poster session

18:00

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19:30

Ice Breaker

Day 2: Wednesday, 13 February 2019 (09:00-18:00)

Regulations, Chair: TBC

9:00

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9:20

Industry Based Cooperative Separation for Upper Airspace

Robert Eagles/Nancy Graham

Loon/Graham Aerospace International

9:20

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9:40

Application of Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) to HAPS operations under the new Unmanned Aircraft European Regulation

Antidio Viguria

Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies

9:40

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10:00

Where does Space end?

Frank Fuchs

Frank Fuchs Consulting

10:00

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10:20

Operation and Operation Approval of High Altitude Platforms (HAP)

Florian Nikodem

German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Insitut Für Flugsystemtechnik

10:20

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10:40

Discussion: Regulations

 

 

10:40

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11:10

Coffee

Ground Segment and Stratoports / Navigation Activities, Chair: TBC

11:10

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11:30

HAPS in Canarias: GEO-Innovation Program 2030 - A Regional Governmental Initiative

Manuel Miranda Medina

Regional Government of the Canary Islands

11:30

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11:50

ATLAS as a Stratoport: Lessons Learnt and Future Requirements for HAPS Operations

JoaquÍn Rodriguez Grau

ATLAS Center

11:50

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12:10

Iberian Space Port

Simon Ashby

Elson Space Engineering

12:10

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12:30

Esrange Space Center - A Demonstration Site for HAPS and Similar Activities

Mattias Abrahamsson

Swedish Space Corporation

12:30

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13:30

Lunch

13:30

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13:50

A call for interoperable programming of HAPS and satellite observations

Daniel Novak

Airbus

13:50

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14:10

Adaptation of Satellite Control Centre for HAPS

Miguel Angel Molina Cobos

GMV

14:10

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14:30

HAPS as an augmentation solution for GNSS: potential use cases analysis.

Olivier Desenfans

M3 Systems Belgium

14:30

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14:50

HAPS to Augment Terrestrial Based Alternative Positioning Navigation and Timing for Aviation

Boubeker Belabbas

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

14:50

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15:10

Discussion: Ground Segment and Stratoports  / Navigation Activities

 

 

15:10

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15:40

Coffee

Earth Observation Activities, Chair: TBC

15:40

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16:00

Exploring the potential of High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites to improve the CAP monitoring strategies

Judit Anda Ugarte

Regional Government of Andalusia

16:00

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16:20

HAPS-based Security Services for Persistent EO Monitoring

Sergio Albani

European Union Satellite Centre

16:20

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16:40

High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites for water management and safety in the Netherlands

Liduin Bos-Burgering

Deltares

16:40

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17:00

HAPS for maritime surveillance and how they can complement existing surveillance means

Olaf Trieschmann

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

17:00

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18:00

Plenary

Day 3: Thursday, 14 February 2019 (09:00-17:00)

Earth Observation Activities (continued), Chair: TBC

9:00

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9:20

New ESA’s study for the analysis of the added value of the use of HAPS for air quality and GHG applications

Amaya Atencia Yépez

GMV

9:20

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9:40

Air quality monitoring based on hyperspectral imaging from high altitude aircraft

Frederik Tack

Royal Belgian Institute For Space Aeronomy

9:40

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10:00

Atmospheric emission monitoring using a High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite

Barend Ording

Airbus Defence And Space

10:00

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10:20

An Observing System Simulator for Atmospheric Trace Gas Remote Sensing over Cities

Gerrit Kuhlmann

EMPA

10:20

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10:50

Coffee

10:50

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11:10

A Study on payload requirement for new EO missions performed by a Hybrid HAPS in Persistence & Proximity

Cesario Vincenzo Angelino

C.I.R.A.

11:10

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11:30

Hyperspectral imager for HAPS, a follow-on of the 2017 presentation

Mathieu Maisonneuve

ABB

11:30

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11:50

Hyperspectral for HAPS

Marco Esposito

Cosine Measurement Systems

11:50

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12:10

High Altitude Pseudo Satellites in Support of ESA Earth Observation Missions

Jean-François Vinuesa

Airbus Defence and Space

12:10

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12:30

Investigation for HAPS business model and future development

Crepin Jean-philippe

Sonaca

12:30

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12:50

Discussion: Earth Observation Activities

 

 

12:50

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13:50

Lunch

Telecommunication Technologies and Applications, Chair: TBC

13:50

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14:10

HAPS services and applications for a Satellite operator

Antonio Abad

Hispasat

14:10

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14:30

AIRBUS High Altitude AirNode Demo in Canada, mid-August 2018

Jean Philippe Scherer

Airbus

14:30

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14:50

HAPS and satellite integration in 4G / 5G cellular networks

Didier Verhulst

Cell & Sat

14:50

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15:10

Hybrid Adaptive Network: concept and application

Gontran Reboud

Viasat

15:10

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15:40

Coffee

15:40

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16:00

Optical High Speed Communication for HAPS

Dirk Giggenbach

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

16:00

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16:20

Optical Communications for Airborne Users - ScyLight Framework and EDRS Services

Harald Hauschildt

ESA

16:20

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16:40

Making use of SmallSat downlink technology to enable efficient payload data downlink solutions for EO HAPS

Daniel Sander

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

16:40

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17:00

Discussion: Telecommunication Technologies and Applications

 

 

17:00

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17:10

Wrap-up



HAPS4ESA 2019 Draft Preliminary Programme

Platforms and Supporting Technologies

Deployment of HAPS in an Emergency Scenario: Best Configurations and Procedures

Vincenzo Baraniello

CIRA Italian Aerospace Research Center

HAPS-enabled Services: Overcoming Challenges of Flexibility and Persistence

Alexandra Barker

Airbus

Comparing Solar Arrays for Autonomous Fixed-Wing HALE Aircraft

Raj Budhabhatti

Alta Devices

Limits and potential of fixed wings and LTA

Ugo Cortesi

IFAC-CNR

The HEMERA Stratospheric Balloon Infrastructure

Felix Friedl-vallon

KIT

HAPS Zephyr Technology, Payloads and System Integration

André Grabs

Airbus Defence And Space

Where and When Can One Operate a Solar-Powered High-Altitude Drone?

Simon Johnson

OpenStratosphere

High Altitude Platform for Research and Development Elektra Two Solar: Concept and First Experimental Results

Konstantin Kondak

DLR (German Aerospace Center)

Long endurance lighter-than-air tethered platform with aerodynamic lift enhancement as an HAP system or external HAP tethering support platform.

Filipa Lourenço

Omnidea Lda

Light Free Balloons and trajectories optimization

Ivano Musso

Altec

A Hardware Development Tool Stack for future HAPS

Johannes Norheim

Valispace GmbH

Stratosyst HAPS solution (originally two entries - check abstracts)

Jiří Pavlík

Stratosyst

Control Based Optimization of High Altitude Platforms (HAP)

Christian Weiser

German Aerospace Center

Ground Segment and Stratoports

Multi-source HAPS data fusion

Ian Spence

Spacemetric

Earth Observation Activities

Marine Security by exploiting HAPS, Satellite and Open Source data

Andre Bos

Science And Technology Bv

Wide-area Earth Observation instrument for High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS)

Jesús Gonzalo

University of León

Emitter Location & Maritime Target Detection Passive L-Band Payload for HAPS Zephyr S

Achim Helm

Airbus Defence And Space GmbH

Automatic localisation, quantification and categorisation of changes occurring within temporally separated optical satellite imagery

Nicholas Kinsey

Roke Manor Research Ltd.

SYNERGIC USE OF AEROSTATIC HAPS AND VIS/NIR/TIR HYPERSPECTRAL SYSTEM FOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING IN CRITICAL SCENARIOS

Giorgio Licciardi

Consorzio di Ricerca Hypatia

HIS-HAPS-ALPS: Hyperspectral Imaging Systems mounted on High Altitude Pseudo Satellites observing ALpine Processes and ecoSystems

Abraham Mejia-Aguilar

Eurac Research

SPIDER A Maritime Radar for Zephyr-S - First Results (originally two entries - check abstracts)

Yvonne Munro

Airbus Defence And Space Limited

OPAZ: first Earth observation system designed for HAPS acquires images and videos from the stratosphere

Laurent Renouard

AIRBUS DS

Comparative Analysis between Conventional Aircraft and HAPS for Surveillance Missions

Tiago Giglio Rodrigues

Jetwind Brazil

The Need for a HAPS Mission on Air Quality Bridging the Gap between Current Satellite Products and User Requirements for Applications on the City Scale

Tim Vlemmix

KNMI

Telecommunication Technologies and Applications / Navigation Activities

Wireless Laser Communication Terminals for Stratospheric High
Altitude Platforms

Ahmed Al-Mudhafar

Mynaric Lasercom GmbH

HAPS complementing the maritime picture: EMSA's view

Leendert Bal

EMSA

High Altitude Platforms and Low Altitude Drones – Complementary or Competing Telecommunications Delivery Platforms?

David Grace

University Of York

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