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What will the SGF be like
- The Concept

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The SGF conference is characterised as follows:
  • The SGF will be a think tank

  • The emphasis is on creating new ideas

  • Therefore the focus will be on small discussion groups

  • There are --> 14 discussion topics to start with.

  • Every participant will discuss in one of --> 3 parallel sessions.

  • The ideas will be propagated stepwise from these small discussion groups to the full plenum (outlined below)

  • The SGF will be interdisciplinary

  • Spontaneous initiatives to create new discussion groups are strongly encouraged.

  • Expert groups will be provided to allow in depth discussions of specific topics

  • Presentations should be generally avoided,
    only short presentations will be allowed

  • Keynote speakers and distinguished short presentations by known experts will round up the programme.

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Topics of the Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session 1 - "HUMAN MINDS" (YELLOW)

  • Public Awareness and Outreach
  • Education
  • Development of Society & Meeting Basic Needs
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Philosophy/Religion/Ethics/Morality
    .

Parallel Session 2 - "INTERNATIONAL" (BLUE)

  • International Co-operation
  • Transmission of Knowledge
  • Environment
  • International Security and Peace Keeping
  • Military
    .

Parallel Session 3 - "SCI/TECH" (GREEN)

  • Commercialisation
  • Science and Technology
  • Access to Space
  • Miscellaneous
    .


A Typical Conference Day

The colors indicate the different group sizes:

Full SGF Plenary
(~150 people)

Parallel Session
(~50 people)

Brainstorming Group
(5-10 people)

Basic daily schedule:

9:00

1

a. Honorary Speeches
b. Morning Briefing

10:00

2

Change rooms

10:10

3

a. Chair overview
b. Results from SGF internet discussions
c. Results from sister conferences
d. Expert presentations
e. Instructions and assignments

11:30

4

a. Brainstorming Groups
(Generation of ideas)

13:00

5

LUNCH

14:30

6

a. Brainstorming Groups
b. Select Ideas
c. 3 recommendation choices

15:00

7

a. Parallel Session
b. Each group presents 3 recommendations
c. Feedback, Identify overlaps

17:30

8

a. Brainstorming Groups
b. Reduction to 1 recommendation per group

18:00

9

Dinner

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WEEK 1

Emphasis: Identification and Formulation of Recommendations

Generation of ideas, diversity, get the wide perspective, discussing in width rather than depth, get to know various ideas and point of views.

Tuesday, 20 Jul
INDIVIDUAL: Space Benefits to Human Lives

Framing question: "How will space research and exploration affect you, your families, and your descendants over the next 50 years? "

Wednesday, 21 Jul
HUMANITY: Global Strategies for Space Applications

Framing Question: "How will Earth and its societies benefit from our involvement in space activities over the next 50 years? "

Thursday, 22 Jul
COSMOS: Space Science and Exploration

Framing Question: "What overarching goals should there be for space research/ exploration and the space industry over the next 50 years?"

Friday, 23 Jul
SGF Plenary Discussion of Recommendations

Presentation and discussion of the recommendations having been selected during the last 3 days.

Ranking of recommendations through an evaluation scheme/voting.

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WEEK 2

Emphasis: (1) Detailing our Visions, (2) Follow-up Activities

Get into more detail, discuss more technical details, exchange with experts, What shall happen to the results? Comtinuation of the SGF?

Each parallel session has an individual theme of the day.

Monday, 26 Jul

Parallel Session 1 - Space Market

Navigation/Communication/Remote Sensing/
Launchers/Space Travels/Manufacturing/Resources

Parallel Session 2
Education for Space - Space for Education
Parallel Session 3
The Natural Resource Outer Space
  • Orbital Debris
  • Preserving the Astronomical Sky
  • Planetary resource exploitation (mining, etc.)
    .

Tuesday, 27 Jul

Parallel Session 1
Joining and Competing in Space
  • Cooperation between Industrialised and Emerging Countries
  • International Space Agency
  • Space Knowledge Transfer - Help to Self-Help
  • Use of "idling" comm. sats for emerging countries
  • Legal aspects of space utilisation
    .
Parallel Session 2
Exploring new worlds - Humans away from Earth
  • Human Life in Space
    (Medicine, Psychology, Sociology, etc.)
  • Planetary Exploration Strategies
  • SETI
  • Expansion into Space

    • (Autonomous space stations, planetary colonies, etc.)
    .
Parallel Session 3
SGF Follow-up Activities
  • How to promote and diffuse our
    ideas, visions and recommendations
  • Continuation of SGF

Wednesday-Thursday, 28/29 Jul

UNISPACE III - SGF Seminar Graz

Friday, 30 Jul - SGF Follow-up

Full Plenary Sessions

Morning:

Follow-up discussions

Afternoon:

Follow-up discussions and conclusions
Final Presentation of SGF results

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Created: 12 Apr 99 - AL
Modified: 18Jun99 - AL