SpaceCarbon Final Conference on European carbon fibres and composites for Space

7 June 2022
Participate in-person. Held in Porto (Portugal)

The SpaceCarbon conference aims to proclaim knowledge and share new ideas among academic scientists, researchers, engineers, and other stakeholders from the research area of carbon fibers and composite materials in Space. SpaceCarbon final results will be presented, as well as keynote speeches from experts in the field, policymakers, EC, ESA, EDA, national agencies, relevant institutions,  associations, and industrial end-users.

Please complete the registration form here to participate in the conference in person! Registrations will close on 20th May (NEW DATE!!!).

Call for abstracts: MSc. & PhD Students, Researchers from academia and industrial R&D, and experts in the field are invited to participate in the scientific conference of SpaceCarbon on the following topics:

a) Lightweight high-performance materials for Space applications,
b) Emerging composite technologies for advanced applications,
c) Innovative design of Space structures and components of the future.

Presentations will be selected for the Scientific Conference.

Selected works will have an opportunity to submit a paper on Polymer’s Special Issue:

• Polymers Journal (IF: 4.329) Special Issue on Smart and Intelligent Composite Structures for Innovative Industrial and Space Applications: Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

Please register and submit your abstract here. Registrations will close on 20th May (NEW DATE!!!).

Title: European Excellence in Space
Date: 7^th June
Organizer: NTUA, INEGI
Venue: Alfandega Do Porto
Location: Porto, Portugal

Board members

Nuno Rocha, SpaceCarbon coordinator | Marta Martins, SpaceCarbon project manager | Prof. Costas Charitidis, Chair of EsSENce (Cost Action entitled: High-performance Carbon-based composites with Smart properties for Advanced Sensing Applications-CA19118) | Georgios Konstantopoulos, SpaceCarbon dissemination manager | Carlos Mangas, AIRBUS Defence & Space | Federico Di Vizio, AVIO | Ricardo Caldas, SGL | Michael Scheerer, AAC

Confirmed Speakers:

• Suresh Advani, Professor at the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware

• Spiros Pantelakis, founding member and Chairman of the European Aeronautics Science Network EASN

• Andrés Caparrós, Head of AIT division at Deimos Space

• Hugo Costa, Member of the Board, Portugal Space – PT Space

• Marco Blanco, Materials Engineer, Materials and Processes Section, European Space Agency – ESA

• Rolf Michels, EDA Materials & Structures Captech, European Defense Agency – EDA

Roundtable discussion moderated by:

Alicia Ayuso, HO Materials and Processes Composites and Organics TEIMO at Airbus Defense and Space, and

Nuno Correia, Composite Materials and Structures Unit Director at INEGI