UKSC 2010
The UK Space Conference
24 – 28 March
INFORM, EXPLAIN and INSPIRE!
The conference has something for anyone interested in Space and UK Space endeavours. From children to professors of Space Science there is something for everyone.
The conference will last five days and it is anticipated a considerable increase on the nearly a thousand people who attended last year. The first day will be exclusively for schoolchildren and teachers. This is followed by three days of presentations from Academia and Industry, discussions, a careers event, social events and an exhibition. The last and final day of the conference March 28 will be open to the public.
UKSC 2010 will be held at Charterhouse School in Goldaming, Surrey. Click here for directions.
The Arthur Clarke Awards
27 March 2010
The Grand Finale of the conference is the Sir Arthur Clarke Gala Awards Ceremony. The UK Space equivalent of the Oscars a ‘black tie’ event and attended by the elite of the UK Space community.
This year’s nominations are:
Best Film/TV/Radio Presentation
James May - The Moon
Jodcast
Michael Potter - Orphans of Apollo
Best Space Reporting
Jonathan Amos - BBC Online
Will Gater - Sky at Night Magazine
Ben Gilliland - The Metro
Corporate/Team Achievement
ESA - Herschel and Planck
QinetiQ - Ion Engine Team
SSTL - The Disaster Monitoring Constellation
Education
Becky Parker
Helen Baraclough and Space Connections
Marek Kukula
Entrepreneur
Richard Branson - Virgin Galactic
Chris Stott - ManSat LLC
David Williams - Avanti Communications
Individual Achievement
Prof Matt Griffin
Prof Richard Holdaway
Adrian West
Inspiration Award
Nick Spall
Anu Ojha
Tim Peake
International Award
International Space University
Elon Musk
XMM - Newton Team
Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space
EADS Astrium Team
Steve Owen - International Year of Astronomy
Dr Tracey Dickens - Space School UK
Student
Aron Kisdi
Ryan Laird
Ben Rozitis & Naomi Murdoch with Thomas de Lophem
and the winners are ...... come along and see!
www.ukspaceconference.org
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