ESA/JRC International Summerschool on GNSS
July 15th to 26th 2024 - Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Thank you for attending the Summerschool 2024!
For registrations for 2025 please check back in Jan. 2025!
PROGRAMME
Arrival of participants
16:00 - 17.00
Registration at Hotel Šport Otočec, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
17:00 - 17:30
WELCOME ADDRESS
Opening by the Slovenian Host
Tanja Permozer, Head of Unit at Ministry of Economy. Ministry of Economy. Slovenia
Opening by the ESA/JRC Summerschool Organizers
Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)
Georgios Giannopoulos, Technologies for Space, Security and Connectivity Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC), Ispra, Italy
José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, Head of G2G System Security Services, European Space Agency (ESA)
Stefan Wallner, Head of G1G Signal in Space Engineering Unit, European Space Agency (ESA)
17:30 - 17:55
Opening Lecture 1
“Space and Europe : A matter of innovation, cooperation and education“
Jean-Jacques Dordain, CNES and former Director General of the European Space Agency
17:55 - 18:20
Opening Lecture 2
“The future of PNT“
Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency
18:20 – 18:45
Opening Lecture 3
Georgios Giannopoulos, Head of the Technologies for Space, Security and Connectivity Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC)
18:45 – 19:10
Opening Lecture 4
“Slovenia and Space“
Ms. Tanja Permozer, Head of Slovenian Space Office, Ministry of the Economy Tourism and Sport
Ms. Breda Bunič from the Ministry of Defence of Slovenia
19:15 – 20:00
Meet and Greet at Otočec Castle
20:00 WELCOME-DINNER
Otočec Castle
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 1
Eduardo Tapias, Director of GNSS Academy, Toulouse, France
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 2
Eduardo Tapias
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: GNSS Signals
Chris Hegarty, The Mitre Corporation, Boston, MA, USA
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Patents in GNSS
Nuria Hernandes Alfageme, Innovation Services Section, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
17:45 - 19:15
Opening of the Project Competition
Eduardo Tapias
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 10:30
Project Work Coaching
Eduardo Tapias
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Civil GNSS Authentication
Dr. Cillian O’Driscoll, Independent Consultant, Cork, Ireland
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication
Dr. Sophie Damy, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 17:30
Lecture: GNSS Receivers
Dr. Christopher Hegarty
17:45 - 19:15
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 1
Dr. Daniele Borio, Joint Research Centre (JRC), EC, Ispra, Italy
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 10.30
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 2
Dr. Daniele Borio
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Lunar Navigation - Moonlight
Dr. Javier Ventura-Traveset, European Space Agency (ESA), Toulouse, France
12:30 - 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 - 15:15
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 3
Dr. Daniele Borio
15:15 - 15:45 COFFEE BREAK
15:45 - 17:15
Lecture: GNSS Space Service Volume and Deep Space Navigation
Dr. Francesco Menzione, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
17:15 - 18:45
Lecture: Introduction to Teamwork
Stuart Schofield, Client Director at Mannaz, London, UK
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement (optional):
Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Dr. Daniele Borio, Dr. Sophie Damy and Dr. Franceso Menzione, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Managing and Balancing Different Interpersonal Needs
Stuart Schofield
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: The Conditions for Team Effectiveness
Stuart Schofield
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: Satellite Communications Systems / Positioning with Communication Systems
Prof. Michel Bousquet, retired from Institut Supérieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Toulouse
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: LEO PNT
Dr. Roberto Prieto Cerdeira, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
17:45 - 19:15
Lecture: GNSS Radio-frequency Link
Prof. Michel Bousquet
19:30 - 20:00
Project Work Coaching
Eduardo Tapias
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Dr. Daniele Borio and Dr. Sophie Damy and Dr. Francesco Menzione
09:00 - 23:30
SOCIAL EXCURSION
Visit to Postojna caves and Ljubljana guided visit.
Lunch and dinner during the excursion
picture by Shpëtim Ujkani on Unsplash
Picture by Eugene Kuznetsov on Unsplash
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture: Multi-Frequency Multi-System GNSS
Stefan Wallner and Dr. José Ángel Ávila-Rodríguez, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Seminar: Evolution of GNSS, in particular of the Galileo System
Dr. José-Angel Ávila-Rodriguez, ESA and Matteo Paonni, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: The Importance of Psychological Safety
Stuart Schofield
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: Minimizing Group Think and Other Biases
Stuart Schofield
17:30- 19:00
Project Work Coaching
Eduardo Tapias
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Satellite-based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) and Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM, ARAIM)
Dipl.-Math. Stefan Wallner, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: The ‘Trust Equation’
Stuart Schofield
12:30 - 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 - 14:00
Sponsor Presentation by our Gold Sponsor
GMV
14:15 - 15:45
Lecture: The Importance Of Candour
Stuart Schofield
15:45- 16:15 COFFEE BREAK
16:15 - 17:30
Lecture: Differential and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) - Code and Carrier Phase Positioning
Dr. Jihye Park, Oregon State University, USA
17:45 - 19:15
Lecture: GNSS remote sensing
Dr. Jihye Park, Oregon State University, USA
19:30 - 20:00
Project Work Coaching
Eduardo Tapias
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Balancing Individual Expertise with
Group Consensus Part I
Stuart Schofield
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Balancing Individual Expertise with
Group Consensus Part II
Stuart Schofield,
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 23:00
SOCIAL EXCURSION and DINNER
Social Activity on site/ Free time and hiking for those interested
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture: The multi-disciplinary challenges of programmes like Galileo
Paul Verhoef, former ESA Director of Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Cyber Security for Civil Navigation
Dr. Todd Walter, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca., USA
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
GNSS Effects in Civil Aviation
Dr. Todd Walter
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: System Engineering – The key to successful projects
David Ibanez, Head Galileo G1 System Engineering, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
17:45 - 18:30
Project Work Coaching
Eduardo Tapias and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
18:45 - 19:45
Project Work Coaching
Eduardo Tapias and GNSS Summerschool Faculty
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 12:15
Project Work Presentations Preparation
Eduardo Tapias
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
12:45 - 15:30
Student Presentations on Project Work 1
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:45
Student Presentations on Project Work 2
18:30 - 19:30
Awards of Student Competition - Closing of the Summerschool 2024
Award Committee:
Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, Chairman
Summerschool Faculty,
Members of the Jury
Javier Benedicto, Paul Verhoef, Dr. Todd Walter, Prof. Michel Bousquet, Stefan Wallner, Dr. Jose Angel Avila Rodriguez, Dr. Jihye Park, Dr. Sophie Damy, Dr. Daniele Borio, Matteo Paonni.
19:00 - 23:00
FAREWELL DINNER at Otočec Castle
Breakfast & Departure