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Space Week Grand Opening
October 17, 2021 @ 16:00 - 17:30 +04
WHY SPACE? BECAUSE EARTH DEPENDS ON IT.
From space we see no borders. With the same openness we will share insights from space and contribute to a new space perspective that will benefit your everyday life.
16:00 Introduction by Jan Thesleff, Commissioner General, Swedish Committee for Participation at Expo 2020. (TBC)
16:05 Opening speech: Anna C Belfrage, chair Peace Parks Foundation Sweden
16:10 Keynote: Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut
16:25 Launching Space for wildlife: Cecilia Hertz, Umbilical Design
16:35 Presenting the real picture of wildlife crime: Doug Gillings, Peace Parks Foundation
16.45 Mattias Sundin, Warp Institute
16:55 Panel. How space technologies can stop poaching and preserve biodiversity.
Panelists: Cecilia Hertz, Umbilical Design, Doug Gillings, Peace Parks Foundation, Tina Sjögren, Explorer, Professor Jan Stael von Holstein.
Moderated by Konrad Olsson, Scandinavian MIND (TBC)
17:25 The Mars Rover Show, by students from Chalmers.