Call for Papers
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With the improvement and growth of nanotechnology, small satellites are becoming a cost-effective solution for areas in government, military and commercial applications. This conference will identify areas specific to the development of the small satellite sector. Our speakers and program are focused on bringing a global understanding to the Canadian marketplace and an understanding of the Canadian marketplace for companies wanting to do business here. The two day event schedule for January 13 – 14th, 2010, in Toronto, will identify issues, concerns, developments and solutions for the use of small satellites.
The key areas being focused on are:
- Developing Government, Military and Commercial Applications
- Emerging Small Satellite Technologies
- Policy and Regulation
- The investing community
The world marketplace is quickly entering the next stage for space exploration and exploitation and the business opportunities are outstanding. From changing the way that the internet and voice services are provided to enhancing the available data for critical environmental and logistic needs, small satellites will change the landscape.
The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, policy & regulatory, developing technologies, standards, implementations, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit an abstract based on complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.
- Maritime applications
- Mainland applications
- Remote Sensing
- Procurement
- Earth Observation
Developing Technologies
- Developments in small satellite power systems
- Developments in small satellite attitude control technologies
- Emerging propulsion technologies
- Emerging launch technologies
Policy & Regulatory
- Developments in Canadian policy regulation
- Developments in European policy and regulation
- Developments in American policy and regulation
Government & military business development
- Government focused small satellite success stories
- Military focused small satellite success stories
- Responding to a Civil or Military RFP
Submission Requirements
- 50 word abstract in a double spaced word document
- List any other conferences this paper has been presented
- Category best suited for paper
- Full contact information
Submission dates
- Abstract submission: September 11, 2009
- Paper selection and notification: October 30th, 2009
- Speaker /Author confirmation: November 15th, 2009
- Presentation submission: December 1st, 2009
Send all paper abstracts or work in progress abstracts to smallsatcanada@gmail.com Questions, comments? Call Brett Williams at 416-761-5010.
Only accepted papers will be notified.
