OEMF2019: Space Resource Utilisation for the NewSpace Economy: Full Schedule

9:00am AEDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speakers

Andrew Dempster

Director and Professor in Space Systems Engineering, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

[BIO] Professor Andrew Dempster is Director of the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER) in the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He has a BE and MEngSc from UNSW and a PhD from the University of... Read More →

Serkan Saydam

Professor, School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Sydney

[BIO] Professor Serkan Saydam received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Mining Engineering from the Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey and completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Serkan joined the School of Mining Engineering... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2019 9:00am - 9:30am AEDT
The Galleries

Welcome

9:30am AEDT

The Evolving Legal Regime & Humanitarian Concerns

This panel will get into the depths of the evolving legal regime surrounding off-Earth resources and the space-based economy and features top professionals with experience across Defence, International Law and Academia. It will also consider ethical and humanitarian perspectives on this uncharted territory.

Moderators

Duncan Blake

Special Counsel, International Aerospace Law and Policy Group

Speakers

Donna Lawler

Principal, Azimuth Advisory

[BIO] Donna Lawler is a Principal at Azimuth Advisory and is a member of the International Institute of Space Lawyers. She is an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in complex transactions in the space and telecommunications industries. Over almost twenty years in the satellite... Read More →

Dr. Seven Freeland

Western Sydney University, Professor of International Law

Steven Freeland is Professor of International Law at Western Sydney University, Australia where he specializes in International Criminal Law, Commercial Aspects of Space Law, Public International Law and Human Rights Law. He was Dean of the School of Law at Western Sydney University... Read More →

Matt Kearnes

Associate Professor, Environmental Humanities, UNSW Faculty of Arts

[BIO] Matthew completed his BSc (honours) in Human Geography at Macquarie University and his PhD at the University of Newcastle. Before arriving at UNSW he held post-doctoral positions at the Department of Geography at the Open University and the Department of Sociology at Lancaster... Read More →

Andrew Cannon

acannonconsulting

[BIO] Dr Andrew Cannon AM was the Senior Mining Warden in South Australia for thirty years and advised on two major reforms of the mining legislation in South Australia and has conducted intensive short courses on resource law. He currently has a landowner miner conciliation practice... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2019 9:30am - 10:45am AEDT
The Galleries

Panel

10:45am AEDT

Morning Tea

Thursday November 21, 2019 10:45am - 11:15am AEDT
Scientia Lobby

Break

11:15am AEDT

Agencies and Academia

Representatives of global agencies and academia will discuss current programs the future plans.

Moderators

Kirby Ikin

Chair, National Space Society Board of Directors, National Space Society

Speakers

Laurent Sibille

Sr. Technology Development Scientist, SURA, Kennedy Space Center

Lunar Oxygen Production System for Refueling Human Landing System Elements [BIO]Laurent is the R&D project Lead and subject matter expert on space resources and In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) at the KSC Swampworks laboratory. Principal and co-investigator for technology development... Read More →

Angel Abbud-Madrid

Director, Space Resources Program, Colorado School of Mines

[BIO] Angel Abbud-Madrid is the Director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, where he leads a research program focused on the human and robotic exploration of space and the utilization of its resources. He is also the Director of the Space Resources... Read More →

Gavin Conibeer

Professor, Executive Research Director, UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

[BIO] Professor Gavin Conibeer received his BSc degree from Queen Mary College, London University in Materials Science; MSc from the University of North London in Polymer Science; and PhD from Southampton University, UK, in III-V semiconductors. Conibeer has published 2 books, 8 book... Read More →

Volker Hessel

Deputy Dean - Research, Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide

[BIO] Prof. Dr. Volker Hessel studied chemistry at Mainz University (PhD in organic chemistry, 1993). In 1994 he entered the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH. In 2002, Prof. Hessel was appointed Vice Director R&D at IMM and in 2007 as Director R&D. In 2005 and 2011, Prof. Hessel... Read More →

Nikita Chiu

Ad Astra Distinguished Fellow in Robotic and Outer Space Governance, Space Engineering Research Center

[BIO] Dr Nikita Chiu is a Technology Governance scholar. She is listed as one of "20 under 35" Future Leaders to watch in the space sector by The Space & Satellite Professionals International in 2019. She currently advises on space governance issues at the Space Engineering Research... Read More →

Craig Lindley

Senior Principal Research Scientist, Data 61, CSIRO

[BIO] Craig Lindley works in the Computational Modelling team of CSIRO's Data61 business unit. He has recently been involved in the design and development of technology platforms for volumetric data management and process tracking, providing 3D visualisation, analytics, situation... Read More →

Jonathon Ralston

Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO

[BIO] Dr Jonathon Ralston a Principal Research Scientist who leads strategic research in sensing, automation and robotic systems to provide solutions that address complex operational challenges in the mining industry.Hecurrently leads CSIRO's Integrated Mining Research Team. Their... Read More →

Charlotte Sennersten

3D System Researcher, Mineral Resources, CSIRO

What are the current challenges for the Mining Industry?The mining companies go deeper and the resources are not as rich as they were -we need to instrument and conduct surgery to be sustainable and be wise into the future. We have to find ways to sort ore form waste in a smart way.I... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2019 11:15am - 12:45pm AEDT
The Galleries

Panel

12:45pm AEDT

Lunch

Thursday November 21, 2019 12:45pm - 1:30pm AEDT
Scientia Lobby

Break

1:30pm AEDT

5 Minute Thesis

In this session, graduate students in the space resources field will present their cutting edge research. Short technical presentations followed by time for Q & A.

Moderators

William Crowe

CEO, HEO Robotics

[BIO] Dr. William Crowe is co-founder and CEO of High Earth Orbit (HEO) Robotics, a company founded to collect on-demand imagery of objects that matter in space, from space. This includes assessing the health of valuable satellites and identifying minerals on mysterious asteroids... Read More →

Speakers

Sophia Casanova

PhD Research Student, UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering

Development of Guidelines for Resource Exploration and Classification of Water Ice Resources on the Moon and Mars [SYNOPSIS]To broaden the current scope of economically feasible robotic and human in-space activities in Earth orbit, on and around the Moon and eventually on Mars innovative... Read More →

Nicholas Bennett

PhD Research Student, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

Space resource proposals generated as a byproduct of research into a distortion-free finance model that includes risk. [SYNOPSIS] NPV depends on a risk discount; overestimating undervalues proposals and creates perverse incentives. Monte Carlo simulation can use component risks... Read More →

Damon Ellender

PhD Research Student, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

An investor model for OEM projects [SYNOPSIS] This research evaluates who are the current and possible investors in Off Earth Mining (OEM), what their criteria for investment are, what are their commercial expectations, and what are the technologies they are interested in investing... Read More →

Jessica Dallas

PhD Research Student, UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering

Making off-Earth mining sustainable: a look at the social, socio-economic and environmental considerations of resource extraction in space [SYNOPSIS] A common thread in conversations about the future of humankind is sustainability. With the exploration of outer space set to be an... Read More →

Nicholas O'Leary

PhD Research Student, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

Space Lasers: Using Power Beaming to Enable Activities in Lunar Permanently Shaded Regions [SYNOPSIS] In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) has long been suggested as a means of extending space exploration for both cis-Lunar space and further afield. Before a viable mining operation... Read More →

Stuart Bartlett

PhD Research Student, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

Robotic Mineral Exploration for Water Ice on the Lunar South Pole [SYNOPSIS] The water ice at the lunar poles presents the most promising near-term source of off-Earth resources, and a starting point for ISRU. However, our current knowledge of the distribution of this water ice is... Read More →

Timothy Pelech

PhD Research Student / Mining Engineer, UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering

Tactical mine engineering for Lunar ISRU [SYNOPSIS] A significant amount of literature related to ISRU, Space Resource Utilisation or Off-Earth Mining focuses on two main facets. They are the macro level strategies such as business cases or mission architectures and also micro level... Read More →

Scott Dorrington

PhD Research Student, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

A space mission architecture for the optimization and economic valuation of asteroid mining missions [SYNOPSIS] This presentation details PhD research into the logistics and economics of asteroid mining missions. The work presents a generalized space mission architecture representing... Read More →

Ruida Xie

PhD Research Student, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

Long stay-time mission opportunities’ search for NEAs [SYNOPSIS] There are currently over 20,000 known near earth asteroids and more are being discovered. Near earth asteroids are the small bodies whose orbits bring them to proximity with Earth, which makes them a unique opportunity... Read More →

Kawsihen Elankumaran

PhD Research Student, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

Autonomous proximity navigation of spacecraft in small celestial bodies for in-situ resource utilization [SYNOPSIS] Interest in in-situ resource utilization in small celestial bodies (SCB) like asteroids has recently gained much traction in the commercial space industry. An essential... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm AEDT
The Galleries

Research Presentation + Q & A

3:00pm AEDT

Afternoon Tea

Thursday November 21, 2019 3:00pm - 3:30pm AEDT
Scientia Lobby

Break

3:30pm AEDT

Keynotes

Moderators

Serkan Saydam

Professor, School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Speakers

Aude Vignelles

Executive Director, Australian Space Agency

Update from the Australian Space Agency [SYNOPSIS] This presentation will focus on the programs the Austalian Space Agency will soon start delivering: the Space Infrastructure Fund, the International Space Initiative, and the Moon to Mars agreement with NASA [BIO] Aude Vignelles is... Read More →

Mathias Link

Director of International Affairs & SpaceResources.lu, Luxembourg Space Agency

The socio-economic benefits of space resources & Update on Luxembourg’s SpaceResources.lu initiative [SYNOPSIS] This talk will focus on the results of an in-depth study on the future value chains of space resources, including a socio-economic analysis. It will also give an update... Read More →

Samuel Forbes

General Manager, Remote Systems Technology, Fugro

[BIO] Sam focuses on increasing operational efficiency through automation and remote operations. The last decade on the business of operating Robotics under the sea, he now applies this expertise to remote operations in all domains, including off-Earth and on the moon. Sam has spent... Read More →

Laurent SibiIIe

Sr. Technology Development Scientist, SURA, Kennedy Space Center

ASCEND by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: An expert forum for Off-Earth Resources within Space Exploration[BIO]Laurent is the R&D project Lead and subject matter expert on space resources and In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) at the KSC Swampworks laboratory... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2019 3:30pm - 5:30pm AEDT
The Galleries

Keynote

6:00pm AEDT

Gala Dinner

Thursday November 21, 2019 6:00pm - 8:00pm AEDT
The Lounge

Social Event

9:00am AEDT

Keynotes

Moderators

Gavin Conibeer

Professor, Executive Research Director, UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

Speakers

Robert C. Anderson

Group Supervisor - Planetary Geosciences, NASA JPL

Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence [SYNOPSIS] In 2016 and 2017, the Keck Institute for Space Studies hosted two workshops titled "Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence". World-class representatives of telerobotics, planetary... Read More →

George Sowers

Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Mining the Moon for Fun and Profit [SYNOPSIS] An architecture and business case is presented for mining water at the lunar poles. The water is extracted from the permanently shadowed regions where ice appears to be present on the surface in quantities of up to 30wt%. A technique called... Read More →

Kfir Damari

Co-Founder, SpaceIL

Journey to the moon and beyond [SYNOPSIS] The incredible story of three young engineers who decided to put the first privately funded spacecraft on the moon. All about an amazing journey with a goal much greater than the moon itself - A journey aiming to ‘Beat the impossible... Read More →

Friday November 22, 2019 9:00am - 10:30am AEDT
The Galleries

Keynote

10:30am AEDT

Morning Tea

Friday November 22, 2019 10:30am - 11:00am AEDT
Scientia Lobby

Break

11:00am AEDT

LORS 101 and SRU Terminology Workshop - Setting the Basis for Resource and Reserves Estimations and Reporting

1. Introduction of activities (5 minutes)
2. Introduction to LORS (10 minutes)
3. Activity 1 - Mission Case Study (20 minutes)
4. Activity 2 - Voting for SRU Definitions (15 minutes)
5. Final Remarks (10 minutes)

Speakers

Sophia Casanova-

PhD Research Student, UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering

[BIO]Sophia Casanova received her bachelor’s degree at the University of Sydney majoring in geology and geophysics. She has worked as a geologist for Santos working in both conventional and unconventional exploration and mature development fields. Sophia is currently completing... Read More →

Carlos Espejel

Space Resources and Reserves Engineer, iSpace

[BIO] Carlos is responsible for applying his Earth mining industry experience to space/lunar mining projects for ispace. His work at ispace focuses primarily in the estimation of lunar ore reserves, optimum lunar mine plans, and to start the creation of a standards code to report... Read More →

Friday November 22, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm AEDT
The Galleries

Workshop

12:00pm AEDT

Lunch

Friday November 22, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEDT
Scientia Lobby

Break

1:00pm AEDT

Issues and Obstacles for Start-Ups in the NewSpace Economy

Private start-up companies entering and operating within the space resource sector will give a brief overview of their activities, followed by a panel discussion of current and future issues faced and obstacles to be overcome.

Moderators

Tim Parsons

Founding CEO & Director, Delta-V Newspace Alliance

The Delta-V NewSpace Alliance is a competitiveness cluster focused on NewSpace startups, research teams, and entrepreneurs working to create an Australian NewSpace industry.The Space sector is currently turning over $US350bn and growing at 15% per annum, and is predicted to reach... Read More →

Speakers

Hiranya Jayakody

Co-founder/CTO HEO Robotics, HEO Robotics

[BIO] Dr. Hiranya Jayakody is co-founder and CTO of High Earth Orbit Robotics. HEO Robotics combines swarm technology with nanosatellites to acquire high quality imagery of objects that matter in space, from space. Applications include assessing the health of valuable satellites and... Read More →

Andy Gabell

Director, Astronav Pty Ltd and CMG Operations Pty Ltd

Astronav is a start-up formed to develop autonomous spacecraft landing systems, and systems for high-resolution scalar gravity data collection in extra-terrestrial environments. Andy has been a Research Associate at JPL and a member of the ASTER Science Team, a Senior Principal Research... Read More →

Bohan Deng

CEO/Co-Founder, Sperospace Pty Ltd

Sperospace means ‘Hope in Space’. Sperospace is a vision to bring humanity beyond Earth.We are building the solution to In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) of lunar regolith to manufacture metal parts on the lunar surface. With most of the raw materials sourced from the moon... Read More →

Joshua Letcher

Space Industries

[BIO] Mr Letcher has experience working in various operational and technical roles within the African and Australian mining industry, Mr Letcher remains in the resources sector as Founder of Mirrorplex exploring for Lithium and Vanadium and involved as a non-execitive Director for... Read More →

Christopher Tylor

Managing Director, Near Earth Objects Resource Atlas (NEORA)

Near-Earth objects (NEOs) come with a range of compositions and can typically only be observed for short periods of time when they swing past the Earth on their orbit around the Sun. New objects are continually being discovered, typically found during close encounters with our planet... Read More →

Mark Sonter

Technical Director, Beyond Earth Resources, Principal, Asteroid Enterprises

[BIO] Mark Sonter started with 2 years as a high school science teacher, 6 years as a University Physics lecturer in Papua New Guinea (1970-1975), and then 40 years in mining industry in radiation and safety management. Mark has a MAppSc in Medical Physics from QUT, and is accredited... Read More →

Benjamin Koschnick

CTO, Spectral Aerospace

[BIO]Benjamin Koschnick is a space entrepreneur, engineer and enthusiast. Ben is a graduate of UNSW aerospace engineering and physics and has previously working in astroculture experiments and maglev reaction wheel systems. He is now the technical founder at Spectral Aerospace, working... Read More →

Rajat Kulshrestha

CEO & Co-Founder, Space Machines

Space is the future. It is the global mega trend that touches the core of human endeavour, converging with a wide array of rapidly advancing technologies and potential commercial opportunities. Though disruptive innovation and better economics in launch platforms is making space much... Read More →

Ilya Kuzovkin

Machine Learning Architect, OffWorld Inc.

Ilya is leading OffWorld Machine Intelligence team that applies modern artificial intelligence methods on mobile industrial robots. We see machine learning to be one of the major candidate technologies that will allow us to reach high degree of robot autonomy and enable humans to... Read More →

Friday November 22, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm AEDT
The Galleries

Panel

2:30pm AEDT

Afternoon Tea

Friday November 22, 2019 2:30pm - 3:00pm AEDT
Scientia Lobby

Break

3:00pm AEDT

Engaging the Mining Industry

Moderators

Adrian Beer

Chief Executive Officer, METS Ignited

Speakers

Joseph Mousel

Policy Officer - SpaceResources.lu, Luxembourg Space Agency

Andrew Dempster

Director and Professor in Space Systems Engineering, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

Serkan Saydam

Professor, School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Michael Karmis

Stonie Barker Professor, Virginia Tech

[BIO] Dr. Michael Karmis is the Stonie Barker Professor of the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering and the Director of the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research (VCCER) at Virginia Tech. His expertise is in the areas of mine health and safety, rock mechanics and... Read More →

Friday November 22, 2019 3:00pm - 4:15pm AEDT
The Galleries

Panel

4:15pm AEDT

Conclusions

Takeaways and charting the future of space resource utilisation.

Speakers

Andrew Dempster

Director and Professor in Space Systems Engineering, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, UNSW Sydney

Serkan Saydam

Professor, School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Friday November 22, 2019 4:15pm - 4:45pm AEDT
The Galleries

Discussion