UPCOMING EVENTS
Oxford University and Harwell Showcase Event
The event will provide an opportunity to visit Harwell businesses and space organisations and to provide an insight into exciting developments in research, including engineering and materials, at Oxford University. It will provide a valuable networking opportunity for academia and industry including business across the Harwell and Westcott Clusters, to understand how the latest technology and research can help to advance your programmes and ambitions.
Astronomy Society upcoming talk: Engineering in Space - Fixing Things You Can't See or Touch at 7km/sec!
Speaker Info: Paul Brooks (1985, Physics) graduated from St. Catz College, Oxford. From 1991 to 2011 he worked for the Defence Research Agency Space Department, delivered the UK’s first space-based surveillance camera (MWIR), designed “TopSat”, the World’s first high-resolution small satellite and founded the World record holding “Zephyr” solar-powered high altitude UAV. Following 6 years as a director at Surry Satellites (SSTL), Paul formed Prismatic in 2011, to first rebuild the Zephyr programme and then develop a new, more capable HALE UAV, PHASA-35. He is also the founder of the Oxford Space and Astronomy Society.
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Astronomy Society upcoming talk: An Era Defining New Solar Energy Source from Space
Speaker: Sam Adlen, Co-CEO of Space Solar
Description: Space Solar’s Solar Power satellites harness the inexhaustible energy of the sun, converting it to microwaves and beaming the energy to Earth, day and night and in all weather. This talk aims to provide an introduction to Space-Based Solar Power, including an overview of Space Solar and its development plans. It will also cover the latest global developments in the field, with a discussion of some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
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University of Oxford Space Tech Conference
The University of Oxford is holding a Space Technology Conference on 7 November 2023 at St Hilda’s College, Oxford. The aim of the conference is to showcase what Oxford and its partners are doing related to space technology, and to engage the space community to uncover potential new collaborations for research and translation. We will also hold a number of breakout sessions geared to informing a new Oxford SpaceTech Institute that is currently being scoped.
Registration is free of charge, as the University is hoping to welcome engagement and seek input from stakeholders in space tech. This event is targeted at Oxford research leaders, space-sector industry, Government, public bodies and other research institutes. The event is also open to post-doctoral researchers directly involved in space tech.
For more information, please contact: Connor D’Arcy (Space @ Oxford Coordinator): connor.darcy@mpls.ox.ac.uk.
Space Futures - Speculation and Storytelling (Session 2)
Space Futures - Speculation and Storytelling (Session 2)
Space Futures - Speculation and Storytelling (Session 1)
Space Futures - Speculation and Storytelling (Session 1)
Lecture by Dr Jim Green: “Commercial space and science: can they co-exist?”
Lecture: “Commercial space and science: can they co-exist?”
Robotic Exploration of our Solar System
Professor Emma Bunce's captivating lecture, 'Robotic exploration of our solar system', at Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place on Thursday, 15th June, 12:00pm.
UK Volcanic Degassing Meeting 2023
We are organising a meeting of the UK voclanic gas community to come together and discuss ideas and future research directions. This has been kindly supported by COMET.
An evening with Dr Tim Flohrer (European Space Agency) and space startups
Join us for an evening with Dr Tim Flohrer (Head of Space Debris Office at the European Space Agency) and space startups.
Why space governance must go hand in hand with space innovation
Oxford’s Smart Space is back!
Oxford Space Networking Drinks - Christmas!
Join us at Oxford Retreat for the last monthly Oxford Space Networking Event of 2022!
Morning of Theoretical Physics
Three times a year, members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics host a Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics.
Bach, the Universe & Everything - Stepping on to the Cosmic Path
This is a concert series with a difference. Across six Sunday morning events, we explore the human desire to understand our place in the cosmos, guided by the work of JS Bach – composer and intergalactic genius – through his 200 cantatas.
Guest speaker Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, where he runs the Zooniverse citizen science project. He is best known as the presenter of the BBC’s long-running Sky at Night show.
Moon Meeting at Oxford
Space @ Oxford are working with the Planetary Surfaces Research Group (led by Prof Neil Bowles) in the Physics Department on the following event: ‘Moon Meeting at Oxford’
24th Hintze Lecture: Dr Matt Mountain
Dr Matt Mountain, President of AURA and Telescope Scientist for JWST, will present the 24th Hintze Lecture, entitled "The James Webb Space Telescope: creating a new era in Astronomy”
Oxford Space Networking Drinks - Halloween special!
Join us at Oxford Retreat for the monthly Oxford Space Networking Event of 2022!
Space Careers
Space Careers Session - Learn from this brilliant panel about their career journeys, potential opportunities to consider, and challenges.
Halley Lecture: Professor Amina Helmi
Professor Amina Helmi, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the University of Groningen, will present the Halley Lecture, entitled "Dynamics and History of the Milky Way”
The End of Planetary Atmospheres: Lecture, David Game College - Professor Katherine Blundell OBE
The End of Planetary Atmospheres
Space @ Oxford Summer Conference
Space @ Oxford's inaugural annual summer conference on 22nd September 2022. This will be a 1-day in-person event aimed at networking and bridging Oxford academic researchers and staff with industry, public bodies and other academic institutions. There will a series of workshops, panel discussions and talks across a range of topics and problems throughout the day, such as: space engineering, instruments and communications; microgravity and life sciences in space; business and governance in space; galaxies, exoplanets and the universe; and Earth observation. Lunch will be included and there will also be a college dinner in the evening.
For more information, please contact Connor D’Arcy (Space @ Oxford Coordinator): connor.darcy@mpls.ox.ac.uk
If you are an Oxford academic or staff member, please contact the above email for the discount password.
4th Wetton Lecture: Dr Rachel Somerville
Peering back to cosmic dawn to decode the mysteries of galaxy evolution
Collective Musing - Arts, Humanities and Space
The Oxford Space Initiative, in collaboration with The Karman Project, will host a series of workshops exploring “Inclusive Space.”
Inclusive Space / UK-Africa Space Scenes
The Oxford Space Initiative and The Karman Project will host a hybrid workshop on “Inclusive Space" about UK-Africa space scenes.
Satellite Communications and Navigation: Technologies, Markets and Applications
This 5-day course gives a complete introductory overview of satellite communications and navigation. The target audience is graduates and young professionals with an engineering and/or financial background and senior professionals wishing to expand their background towards satcoms systems and services
The Journey from Black-Hole Singularities to a Cyclic Cosmology
The Journey from Black-Hole Singularities to a Cyclic Cosmology
Life in the Universe - Professor Katherine Blundell OBE
Life in the Universe
Professor Katherine Blundell OBE
How can life form in the Universe, and what are the necessary ingredients for habitability so that planets can sustain life? Can we expect life elsewhere in the solar system, or on exo-planets?