Interactive Space Studies Programme #ISP2020

I have been partially sponsored by the European Space Agency and through my lovely supporters via Crowdfunding to take part in the Interactive Space Studies Programme. As part of this, I will work as part of a team -(Team Mars) to produce an influential report and a presentation on how space can help in the monitoring, mitigation as well as the prevention & preparedness of pandemics. o better simulate human space missions running across different time zones, the ISP operations will be conducted based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). A typical day at ISP will start with a Daily Seminar at 07:30 UTC (1,5 hours including Q&A), and will continue with a Team Mission session for individual work, small-group discussion or mentoring (at least 2 hours), followed by an All-Hands session (1 hour). The afternoon activities will include an Interactive Workshop (2,5 hours) and conclude at 17:00 UTC. The Daily Briefs will help analyse space and public health / pandemics from a multidisciplinary perspective covering policy, economics, law and regulations, business and management, science, engineering, satellite applications, human performance in space and the contribution of the humanities. The Interactive Workshops will deal with practical aspects of space and pandemics: remote sensing applications, satellite and communications technology; artificial intelligence; telehealth/telemedicine and tele-epidemiology, space technology transfer, business and entrepreneurship, ethics, policy, regulatory frameworks and international collaboration at government, research and corporate level. The Team Mission work will allow for individual, small-group and full-crew work with mentors on literature survey, analysis, discussion, converging to conclusion and recommendations and preparation of the final deliveries. The daily hand-over sessions will have a flexible format and can include cross-habitat meetings, Team Mission work handovers, social interaction, or important announcements from Mission Control at ISU’s Central Campus in Strasbourg. Huge thank you to The Dots for supporting me to be part of this programme!