A New Space Age for Britain: The Future of Britain's Space Economy

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT OFFER: 10% off all registrations received by 5pm Friday 21st May 2010

The space and satellite industry is one of the UK’s unsung success stories. It supports 68,000 jobs in the UK directly and indirectly and contributes £6bn to the economy. This hi-tech, high-skilled sector underpins the high speed broadband, high definition television, GPS and weather forecasting that the modern world relies on.

In Building Britain's Future: New Industry, New Jobs – one year on, March 2010, the Government outlines that the global market for space manufacturing, services and applications is forecast to be worth at least £400 billion by 2030. To capitalise on this, the UK space industry has come together to set out an ambitious 20-year strategy to grow the UK’s share from 6 per cent to 10 per cent of this market – creating up to 100,000 new UK jobs by 2030. In response, the Government has announced a substantive package of measures.

As a new space age for Britain beckons, this forum will offer delegates the opportunity to examine and discuss the full potential of space exploration and exploitation in building Britain’s future, providing new business opportunities and supporting sustainable development.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

- Martin Ditter, Head of the ESA Harwell Centre, European Space Agency
- Ian Taylor MP, Chairman, Parliamentary & Scientific Committee, Co-Chairman, Parliamentary Space Committee for Space
- Professor Richard Holdaway, Director of Space Science & Technology, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science & Technology Facilities Council
- Richard Peckham, Chairman, UKspace
- John Yates, Lead Technologist - Satellite Telecommunications and Navigation, Technology Strategy Board (TSB)

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EVENT OBJECTIVES

- Discuss the latest policy developments and get an update on the 20-year vision and strategy for the future growth of the space industry
- Gain an insight into the latest work and developments of the UK Space Agency
- Learn how the European Space Agency and International Space Innovation Centre will help strengthen Britain’s space economy
- Understand how the International Space Centre will help us exploit data generated by Earth Observation satellites
- Explore how we can work together at the international level to promote and progress space science
- Learn about the significant growth in opportunities in the telecommunications field
- Hear how we can use space data to understand and mitigate climate change
- Hear about the benefits and future potential of space technology
- Examine how we can identify market opportunities through challenge-based Innovation Platforms and become leaders of global communications
- Examine the important role space surveillance and earth observation play in understanding environmental pressures on society and planning for the consequences
- Maximising space technologies to address and predict security and defence threats
- Learn how we can encourage the take up of more STEM subjects and develop and maintain the skills base needed for the economy of tomorrow
- Explore how we can promote space industry in the regions

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GRACE

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