About GSSF forum: Officially endorsed by the UAE Space Agency and hosted by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, the 5th Global Space and Satellite Forum (GSSF 2015) will bring together key regional and international stakeholders and decision makers from the space and satellite industry. GSSF 2015 will examine the complete journey that emerging and developed space regions need to take from research through to development and modern applications.

Panel Discussion: Next Generation’s Role in Research and Innovation for National Economic Development. Although the UAE has been managing satellites space activities for decades, the launch of the UAE Space Agency leads the diversification and development of the economic goals and growth on a national level. In order to optimize and sustain the growth of the industry in the region, it is crucial to encourage those entering the workforce to purse aerospace industry careers and hence expand on the pool of qualified domestic talent in the UAE’s expanding space and satellite industry. This panel brings together perspectives from both leaders and students/young professionals in the space sector in addressing new ventures, international collaboration, public outreach programs and scientific missions in space that will enable the region to fulfill its goals.

Presenters: Erin Wood, LASP, CU Boulder; Minoo Rathnasabapathy, Space Generation Advisory Council; Dr. Claire Raftery, Multiverse, Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley; Amal Ezzedine, Director, Government Services, Thuraya. 

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