Description
Organisers: Ariadna Calcines Rosario, Nazim Ali Bharmal, Deborah Malone
This parallel session aims to promote interactions between scientists and industry and provide a platform for NAM exhibitors.
Synergies between academia and industry is a key factor in the development of projects in the astronomy and space sectors. We encourage interactions from the scientific and design side, discussing ideas and specifications for the current and future projects, and companies, presenting their capabilities and evaluating the feasibility of those ideas. We encourage attendees at all career stages, both from Academia and Industry, to participate and discuss ideas on how to work together better as a team so the technology developments meet the specifications of the next generation of instruments and vice versa, as well as discussing available resources and opportunities to make this happen.
The exhibitor presentations are chaired by Ariadna Calcines Rosario, Head of Optical Design, Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Durham University.
The panel session is chaired by Carol Watts, UK Industrial Liaison Officer for ESO and SKAO at STFC UKRI.
Panel members:
William Humphreys, UK Space Agency, Senior Programme Manager
Paula Chadwick, Durham University, Head of the Physics Department
รscar Gonzรกlez, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Senior Project Scientist
Chris Howell - Durham University, Senior Business Development Manager
