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2012 CANADIAN SPACE SUMMIT
November 14 th to 16 th , 2012
The Great Hall, Somerville House
Western University, London, Ontario
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2012 Canadian Space Summit
Bridging Communities: Unifying the Canadian Space Sector
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
November 14 November 15 November 16
Time Wednesday Thursday Friday
08:00 ‐ 08:45 Registration Registration Registration
08:45 ‐ 10:15
10:15 ‐ 10:30
Intro and Overview talks;
Technologies and Techniques
Discoveries ‐ Missions Micro Exploration
Coffee Break
10:30‐12:00 Technologies and Techniques (con'd) Discoveries ‐ Analogues Service to Society
12:00 ‐13:00 Lunch Lunch Adjourn
13:00 ‐ 14:30 Outreach Organization and Enabling
14:30 ‐ 14:45
Coffee Break
14:45 ‐ 16:15 Outreach (con'd) Organization and Enabling (con'd)
Panel Discussion with Harrison Schmitt
"The Future of Human Exploration" (1:30 ‐
3:30)
16:15 ‐ 16:30
Break
16:30 ‐ 17:00 Outreach Panel Discussion Future Directions Panel Discussion
17:00 ‐ 16:30
Poster Session
18:00
CSS Banquet ‐ Dr. Peter Smith "The Joy
of Exploration"
18:00
Harrison Schmitt Talk and Reception*
*tickets for the Schmitt talk and reception will be available at the registration desk

2012 Canadian Space Summit
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Day 1 Agenda, Wednesday November 14 th 2012
08:00 - 08:45 REGISTRATION
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:15
Welcome Remarks
Amit Chakma, President, Western University and Gordon Osinski, Co-Convener
SESSION: OVERVIEW-MAJOR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
FOR CANADA
Canada's Space Narrative
Minh On
The Mars Science Laboratory Rover Mission: Spacecraft and Scientific Investigations at
Gale Crater, Mars
John Moores, R Gellert et al
The NASA-CSA New Frontiers OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission:
Laboratory Studies in Support of Mission Objectives
Edward Cloutis, M Daly et al
SESSION: TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR SPACE AND EARTH
EXPLORATION
Keynote Talk: Capitalizing on our Recent Successes, and Pressing on to the Future
David Beaty, NASA JPL
10:15 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
Canadian Exploration Prototypes – Building Towards a Flight Mission
Ryan McCoubrey, L Chappell et al
Critical Technologies Enabling Long Term Lunar Mobility
Peter Visscher
Planetary Surface Exploration Using a Network of Reusable Paths: A Paradigm for
Parallel Science Investigations
Braden Stenning, G Osinski, T Barfoot
Submersible Microscopy for Microbial Detection and Classification
Jay Nadeau
CSA & Space Debris: Towards a Common Approach for Canada
Viqar Abbasi, M Doyon
The Next Generation Canadarm Project - Enabling Future Robotic Servicing Missions
Layi Oshinowo, C Lyn, A Ogilvie, N Panek
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2012 Canadian Space Summit
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Day 1 Agenda, Wednesday November 14 th 2012 (con’d)
12:00 - 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
SESSION: SPACE LEARNING AND AWARENESS
Keynote Talk: Inspiring Discovery - Motivating Youth Engagement through Space
Exploration
Bonnie Schmidt, Let’s Talk Science
Interactive Mapping of the Planets - Expanding the Reach of Inquiry
Alyssa Gilbert, G. Osinski et al
Citizen Science and the Pavilion Lake Project
Nicholas Wilkinson, D Lim
Collaborative Outreach Events: Celebrating Space Science Fact Along with Science
Fiction
Charlotte Armstrong
Invited Talk: CosmoQuest: Building a Virtual Community of Learners and Doers
Pamela Gay, CosmoQuest
14:30 - 14:45 COFFEE BREAK
14:45 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:00
Invited Talk: A Half-Century of "Communicating the Cosmos": Reflections, and Lessons
Learned
John R. Percy, University of Toronto
Planetary Exploration Analogue Missions as a Mechanism for Immersive Student
Learning
Annemarie Pickersgill, M Mader et al
Lessons Learned from the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge
Lawrence Reeves
Leveraging Public Support: How Space Organizations can Harness Grassroots Interest
Jonathan Moneta
16:15 – 16:30 BREAK
16:30 – 17:00 Panel Discussion: The Future of Space Education and Outreach in Canada
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2012 Canadian Space Summit
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Day 1 Agenda, Wednesday November 14 th 2012 (con’d)
17:00 – 18:30 POSTER SESSION
A Hypersaline Spring Analogue in Manitoba, Canada for Potential Ancient Spring Deposits on Mars
Daniel Applin, G Berard et al
American National Security and the International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities
Dale Armstrong
Characterization of Endolithic Communities Living within Gypsum Deposits in Lake St. Martin Impact
Structure: Astrobiological Implications for Mars
Bre Berg, E Cloutis et al
Determining Optical Constants of Minerals: Multi-Technique Approaches
Matthew Cuddy, E Cloutis et al
Canadian Planetary Exploration– Flight Missions Past, Present and Future
Cameron Dickinson, O Barnouin, et al
Input Shaping-based Impedance Control for Flexible Joint Robotic Manipulator
Gangqi Dong, G Zhu
48 Passenger Sub-Orbital Blasting Survival Vehicle
Fabrizio Boer
Astromaterials Training and Research Opportunities CSA Cluster
Roberta Flemming, K Tait et al
An Introduction to OpenLuna.org, with Emphasis on the Open Source Nature of All Aspects of the Mission
and Continuing Work
Paul Graham
Analogue Mars and Lunar outpost and habitat design considerations, with further lessons learned from
existing Mars and Lunar habitats
Paul Graham, G Snyder
Canadian Meteorites: A Brief Review
Graham Wilson, P McCausland
Attitude and Orbit Determination/Control Technologies for PCW and Other Highly Elliptical Orbit Missions
Paul Harrison, S Eagleson et al
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Poster Session (con’d)
X-ray and Electron Beam Investigation of Shock in Enstatite Chondrites at Multiple Spatial Scales
Matthew Izawa, Z Gainsforth et al
Space Debris Mitigation
Sourabh Kaushal, N Arora
Planetary Research at the University of Winnipeg Using Mars Environment Chambers
Paul Mann
Prince Albert: A Newly Discovered Impact Structure on Victoria Island, Canadian High Arctic
Cassandra Marion, G Osinski et al
Canadian Exploration Prototypes – Building Towards a Flight Mission
Ryan McCoubrey, L Chappell et al
Proposed Observations of Water Ice and Dust in the Martian Lower Atmosphere at Gale Crater
Emily McCullough, J Moores, R Francis
Decameter-Scale Morphologic and Structural Mapping of Layered Martian Crater Central Uplifts
Anna Nuhn, G Osinski, L Tornabene
Canadian-Led Robotic & Human Analogue Missions in Support of Lunar Sample Return: Lessons Learned
Gordon Osinski et al
Robotic Sample Curation, Handling, Manipulation, and Analysis: The Future of Sample Return Facilities
Gordon Osinski et al
Flourescent Spectroscopy as A Non-Invasive Survey Tool In Detecting Cryptoendoliths Within Gypsum
Deposits: Relevance for Future Mars missions.
Tesia Rhind, J Stromberg
Characterizing Impactite Materials around Modified Complex Impact Craters on the Lunar Farside Using
Multispectral Datasets
Bhairavi Shankar, G Osinski et al
Spectral Reflectance Properties of Anhydrous Carbonates and Implications for Mars
Raven Sharma, E Cloutis
Mineralogical Investigation of Aqueous Alteration in the Nakhla Meteorite and Implications for Martian
Habitability
Jared Shivak, N Banerjee, R Flemming
Pb Isotope Systematics of Lunar Meteorites
Kate Souders, P Sylvester, G Osinski
Lunar Meniscus Hollows - Map and Catalog
Phil Stooke
Crater-Related Pitted Materials on Mars: A Criterion for Crater Preservation and a Possible Water/Ice
Depth-Gauge
Livio Tornabene, V Ling et al
Design Drivers for a Next Generation Space Station
Adam Vigneron, R Eswald et al
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2012 Canadian Space Summit
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Day 2 Agenda, Thursday November 15 th 2012
08:00 - 08:45 REGISTRATION
08:45 - 09:15
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:15
SESSION: NEW DISCOVERIES – MISSIONS
Keynote Talk: TBD
Jack Mustard, Brown University
Global Documentation of Gullies with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Context
Camera (CTX)
Tanya Harrison, G Osinski, L Tornabene
Kinetic Hybrid Simulations of Mercury: MESSENGER Observations
Robert Rankin, J Paral
Decadal Trends in Carbon Monoxide Measured by the MOPITT Instrument
James Drummond, Z Nichitiu
Earth’s Trojan Asteroid – Implications for Inner Solar System Exploration
Martin Connors, P Wiegert et al.
10:15 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
SESSION: NEW DISCOVERIES – ANALOGUES AND ASTROMATERIALS
Preparing for Mars Sample Return: Insights from Studies of Martian Meteorites
Christopher Herd
Characterization of ~2.7 Ga Volcanic Hosted Hydrothermal Carbonate: Implications for
Understanding Martian Paleoenvironments
Jessica Stromberg, N Banerjee, E Cloutis, R Flemming
Mineralogy of Arctic Cold Springs, and the Search for Spring Deposits on Mars
Melissa Battler, G Osinski, N Banerjee
Unexpectedly Large Sulfur Isotope Fractionation During Low Temperature Oxidation on
Devon Island in Canada
Kristyn Rodzinyak, R Leveille, B Wing
The Mars Methane Analogue Mission: Experience Gained and New Scientific Results
Edward Cloutis, Mars Methane Analogue Mission Team
Observations of Wind Direction by Automated Analysis of Ground-Based Cloud Imagery:
Applications on Earth and Mars
Raymond Francis, J Moores, et al.
12:00 - 13:00 LUNCH
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2012 Canadian Space Summit
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Day 2 Agenda, Thursday November 15 th 2012 (con’d)
13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 13:45
13:45 – 14:00
14:00 - 14:15
SESSION: ORGANIZATION AND ENABLING ACTIVITIES
Keynote Talk: Enabling Activities to Enhance Future Cooperative Space Exploration
Efforts
Pascale Ehrenfreund, Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs
Changing Directions for Canada’s Competitive Position in Space
Johnathan Beland, C Vaccaro, I David
Mars Sample Return: Protecting Earth While Doing Science
Stefan Wagener
Space Marketing: Rebranding and Positioning Space Businesses
Azam Shaghaghi, F Ghadaki
14:15 - 14:30 COFFEE BREAK
14:30 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:30
15:30 – 15:45
15:45 – 16:30
Role of the GAC-Planetary Sciences Division in the Canadian Space Community
Paul Sylvester, G Osinski et al.
The Role of the Canadian Lunar Research Network (CLRN) in the Canadian Space
Community
Gordon Osinski, E Cloutis
Dusty Plasma in the Environment of the Moon
Clare Watt
A Comparison of Radiation Shielding Effectiveness of Materials for Canadian Polar
Communications and Weather (PCW) Satellite Mission
Adebayo Emmanuel et al.
Funding “Rocket” Science
Chuck Black
Panel Discussion
Future Directions for the Canadian Space Community
18:00-18:45 Cocktails
19:00
CSS BANQUET: The Grand Hall, Windermere Manor
Dinner
Guest Speaker: Peter Smith, University of Arizona "The Joy of Exploration"
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2012 Canadian Space Summit
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Day 3 Agenda, Friday November 16 th 2012
08:00 - 08:45 REGISTRATION
08:45 - 09:15
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
SESSION: MICRO-EXPLORATION: SPACE EXPLORATION ON A SHOESTRING
BUDGET
Keynote Talk: Small Satellites for Science and Other Uses: Promises and Challenges
Pete Worden, NASA Ames Research Center
KAPVIK microRover Development and Field Trials
Ian Sinclair, A Nakhaei, R Kruzelecky
OpenCube: A Generic CubeSat platform
Radim Badsi, M Barschke, et al.
CARAVEL: A Solar-Sail-Based Nanosatellite Mission to a Near-Earth Asteroid
Kieran A Carroll, H Spencer, R Zee
MOMENT: A Canadian Nanosatellite Mars Orbiter for Magnetic Mapping
Henry Spencer, R Zee.
10:15 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
SESSION: SERVICE TO SOCIETY
Keynote Talk: 50 Years of Space Serving Canadians
Perry Edmundson, COM DEV International Products
Advanced Life Support Systems in Canada’s North: Using Space Science to Address
Canada’s Northern Food Security
Thomas Graham, M Dickson, et al.
The Western Meteoroid Environment Program
Peter Brown, P Wiegert, M Campbell-Brown
Societal Benefits from Space-Radar Research at Western
Wayne Hocking
Vision Implications and Ocular Testing for Long-Term Space Missions
Farnaz Ghadaki
12:00 CANADIAN SPACE SUMMIT ADJOURNS
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2012 Canadian Space Summit
November 14 th to 16 th 2012
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
13:30 – 15:30 Panel Discussion with Harrison Schmitt: the Future of Human Exploration
University Community Centre, Room 290 (McKellar Room)
18:00 – 19:00 CPSX 9 th Annual Planetary Science Distinguished Public Lecture*
Dr. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt
“The Last Man to Descend to the Moon”
Natural Sciences Building, Room 145
19:00 – 20:30 Wine and Cheese Reception
Physics and Astronomy Building Atrium
*tickets will be available throughout the Summit at the registration desk or online (cpsx.uwo.ca)
Students/Seniors: $15.00 (+tax)
General Admission: $20.00 (+tax)
With Wine & Cheese Reception: $40.00 (+tax)
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