ESA/JRC International Summerschool on GNSS
July 14th to 25th 2025 - Arachova, Greece
The registration will open in January!
We are looking forward to meeting you in Greece in 2025!
PROGRAM
Arrival of participants
16:00 - 17.00
Registration at Domotel Anemolia Mountain Resort Hotel, Arachova, Greece
17:00 - 17:30
WELCOME ADDRESS
Opening by the Greece Host
TBD
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 the Future Programmes Office, European Space Agency (ESA)
Stefan Wallner, Head of G1G Signal in Space Engineering Unit, European Space Agency (ESA)
17:30 - 17:50
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
17:50 - 18:10
Opening Lecture 2
“The future of PNT“
Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency
18:10 – 18:30
Opening Lecture 3
Georgios Giannopoulos, Head of the Technologies for Space, Security and Connectivity Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC)
18:30 – 18:50
Opening Lecture 4
“Greece and Space“
Greek Space Agency and / or Greek Authorities
18:50 – 19:10
Opening Lecture 5
“ESA/JRC International Summer School - Past, Present, Future”
Prof. Guenter Hein, Founder of the Summerschool
19:15 – 20:00
Meet and Greet at Domotel Anemolia Mountain Resort Hotel
20:00 WELCOME-DINNER
Domotel Anemolia Mountain Resort Hotel
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 1
Jade Morton, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Basics of Satellite Navigation 2
Adriá Rovira Garcia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: GNSS Radio frequency link
Michel Bousquet, retired from Institut Supérieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Toulouse, France
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: GNSS Signals
Christopher Hegarty, The MITRE Corporation, Boston, MA, USA
17:45 - 19:15
Opening of the Project Competition
Jade Morton
Adriá Rovira Garcia
José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture: GNSS Receivers
Christopher Hegarty
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Team Building
Stuart Schofield, Client Director at Mannaz, London, UK
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 1
Daniele Borio, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 17:30
Lecture: Multi-Frequency Multi-System GNSS
Stefan Wallner
José Ángel Ávila-Rodríguez
17:45 - 19:15
Workshop: Lab on GNSS Signal Processing 2
Daniele Borio
20:00 DINNER -
Women for PNT DINNER (In parallel)
Jade Morton,
Sophie Damy, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
Made possible by ION - The Institute of Navigation
09:00 - 10.30
Workshop: Lab on Measurement Generation
Daniele Borio
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Differential and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) - Code and Carrier Phase Positioning
Jihye Park, Oregon State University, USA
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Workshop: Lab on Precise Point Positioning (PPP)
Adriá Rovira Garcia
15:30- 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: Satellite Communications Systems / Positioning with Communication Systems
Michel Bousquet
17:45- 19:15
Project work
Jade Morton
Adriá Rovira Garcia
19:15 - 19:45
Platinum Sponsor Presentation by INDRA
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement (optional):
Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Daniele Borio, Sophie Damy and Franceso Menzione
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Ionosphere
Jade Morton
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: GNSS Remote Sensing
Jihye Park
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: GNSS Space Service Volume and Deep Space Navigation
Francesco Menzione, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Team Building - The Conditions for Team Effectiveness
Stuart Schofield
17:45 - 19:15
Project work coaching
Jade Morton,
Adriá Rovira Garcia
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement:
Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Daniele Borio and Sophie Damy and Francesco Menzione
09:00 - 23:30
SOCIAL EXCURSION
Visit to Delphi
Lunch and dinner during the excursion
picture of Victor Malyushev on Unsplash
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture: GNSS Effects in Civil Aviation
Todd Walter, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Satellite-based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) and Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM, ARAIM)
Stefan Wallner
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture: Evolution of GNSS, in particular of the Galileo System
José-Angel Ávila-Rodriguez
Matteo Paonni, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), Ispra, Italy
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Lecture: Jamming Mitigation
Cillian O’Driscoll, CODC, Cork, Ireland
17:30- 19:00
Project Work Coaching
Stuart Schofield
20:00 DINNER
After dinner by special arrangement (optional):
Hands-on: Making Measurements with a GNSS Receiver
Daniele Borio, Sophie Damy and Franceso Menzione
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Cyber Security for Civil Navigation
Todd Walter
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication
Sophie Damy
12:30 - 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 - 14:00
Sponsor Presentation by our Silver Sponsor
GMV
14:00 - 15:30
Meet a GNSS professional: System Engineering - The key to successful projects
Marco Falcone, Head of Future Navigation Programmes, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
15:30 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Team Building - Minimizing Group Biases
Stuart Schofield
17:45 - 19:30
Project Work Coaching
Jade Morton
Adriá Rovira Garcia
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 10.30
Lecture: Lunar Navigation - Moonlight
Javier Ventura, European Space Agency, Toulouse, France
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: LEO PNT
Roberto Prieto, European Space Agency
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 23:00
SOCIAL EXCURSION and DINNER
Social Activity on site/ Free time and hiking for those interested
picture from Jim Niakaris on Unsplash
08:30 - 10:30
Team Building - Group Consensus Vs Individual Expertise
Stuart Schofield
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Project Work Coaching
Jade Morton
Adriá Rovira Garcia
GNSS Summerschool Faculty
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
Meet a GNSS professional: the challenges of project management
Paul Verhoef, former ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation, European Space Agency (ESA)
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:30
Project Work Coaching
Jade Morton,
Adriá Rovira Garcia
GNSS Summerschool Faculty
17:45 - 18:15
Project Work Coaching
Jade Morton,
Adriá Rovira Garcia
GNSS Summerschool Faculty
20:00 DINNER
09:00 - 12:30
Project Work Coaching
Jade Morton,
Adriá Rovira Garcia
GNSS Summerschool Faculty
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 - 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
Chairman:
Javier Benedicto, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation
Members og the Jury:
Javier Benedicto, Paul Verhoef, Dr. Todd Walter, Prof. Michel Bousquet, Dr. Jade Morton, Dr. Jihye Park, Matteo Paonni, Dr. Adriá Rovira Garcia, Dr. Sophie Damy, Stefan Wallner, Dr. Jose Angel Avila Rodriguez
19:00 - 23:00
FAREWELL DINNER at Domotel Anemolia Mountain Resort Hotel
Breakfast & Departure