9th International Conference on Research, Technology and Education of Space (H-SPACE 2026)
“Space changes everything”
May 21-22, 2026, Hibrid event – Online and in Budapest, Hungary
NEWS
Online registration is open. You can register HERE until May 19.
Preliminary program is available HERE (as of April 7).
WELCOME
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) organizes an international conference on space research under the name of H-SPACE 2026. Following the success of previous conferences, this becomes the 9th International Conference on Research, Technology and Education of Space.
The featured topic of this year’s conference is “Space changes everything”, however, contributions are not limited to the featured topic. The agenda of the conference addresses scientific, technological, educational, policy and economic aspects of space research and space activities. The conference is open to both international and local professionals. It also provides an opportunity to showcase regional scientific, technological, educational and outreach activities related to space. The conference consists of three main sections, related to Science and Technology, followed by Education and Outreach.
We accept abstracts for oral and poster presentations. All accepted abstracts will be published in the book of abstracts (with ISBN number).. Authors will be asked to submit a full paper which will be published in the official conference proceedings after the conference (with ISBN number). (The previous publications are available on the website of the conference at http://space.bme.hu)
We have a “no show – no paper” policy, which means that only those papers will be published in the conference proceedings whose authors participated at the conference and delivered their presentation (either oral or poster).
The participation is free of charge.
The conference will be a hybrid event. On the first day, we will host in-person presentations (oral and posters) which will be live-streamed for online participants. On the second day, we will host online presentations.
REGISTRATION
We can offer the participation for free-of-charge for our authors and for our participants.
Online registration is open, you can register HERE until May 19.
PROCEEDINGS
We will publish two proceedings: book of abstracts (before the conference, with ISBN number) and selected papers (a few months after the conference, with ISBN number).
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
May 21-May 22, Thursday-Friday
The event on Thursday will be live streamed for online participants. All lectures will be on site on Thursday.
Room IB.026, Building I
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
May 21, Thursday
13:15 Onsite registration opens
14:00 Opening ceremony
14:20: Keynote presentation
15:00: Poster flash talks
15:45 Coffee break with poster session
16:30 Session Science and Technology 1
18:30 Wrap up of the first day
18:45 Official side event organized by the Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) and Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and
May 22, Friday
The event on Friday will be online only.
9:30 Opening of the second day
9:35 Highlight talk
10:05 Session Science and Technology 2
12:00 Lunch break
13:00 Session Education, Outreach and Economics
15:30 Closing of the conference
VENUE
The H-SPACE 2026 conference will take place at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Budapest, Hungary, in building I (where I stands for Informatics).
One of the nearest public transport stop to the university is “Petőfi híd, budai hídfő” at the Petőfi bridge, where the major tram lines Nr. 4 and 6 stop (and several bus lines). From the tram stop, take the underpass and turn left (south), then head along the foot-path going parallel to the river Danube. On the first corner turn to the right, and start to go around on that semicircle street (Magyar tudósok körútja)
There is an other public transport stop nearby, named “Infopark” of tram line 1.
Bus number 107, 153 and 154 has a stop nearby as well
The university is 15 minutes walk from the nearest metro station (metro line M4), which allows direct access to the train stations and bus stations in less than 15 minutes.
The Budapest Airport is only 60 minutes by public transport.
Location on May 21: Building I, ground floor, room IB.026.
Address: Magyar tudósok krt. 2., H-1117, Budapest
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline (extended): March 15, 2026 February 28, 2026
Notification of acceptance (updated): April 7, 2026 March 16, 2026
Online registration: April 1 – May 19
Conference: May 21-22, 2026 (Budapest, Hungary and online)
Camera-ready submission of full paper (optional): June 5, 2026 (extended deadline)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Call for Papers can be downloaded as PDF.
INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS – ORAL TALKS
– Time: 12 min for presentation, 3 min for Q&A
– You don’t need to send your presentation in advance.
– The event on Thursday will be live streamed for online participants. All lectures will be on site in Budapest on Thursday. No online presentation is possible on Thursday.
– The event on Friday will be online. All lectures will be online.
– For presenters on Thursday: we kindly ask you to upload your presentation to the laptop provided in the room before your session start.
– For presenters on Friday: you have to share your presentation from your computer. For the online session, we will use Microsoft Teams.
INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS – POSTER TALKS
Poster size: A0 or A1 size.
Poster flash talks: You are kindly asked to make a 1 slide Powerpoint presentation. There will be a special plenary “Poster highlight talks” session dedicated to the poster presentations where every author will have 60 seconds to introduce his/her work using only 1 Powerpoint slide. This session will be directly followed by the poster session where you can present your poster. This 1-slide Powerpoint presentation has to be sent in advance, instructions will be provided later. Format: 16:9 Technical format: Powerpoint (ppt, pptx) or JPG. (Sorry, no PDF.) Please do not use animation and do not include any video in your 1 slide.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION – FULL PAPERS
Full papers will be included as conference papers in the online proceedings, which will be published a few months after the conference.
– The maximum length of a full paper is 5 pages.
– Papers exceeding 5 pages will incur a publication fee of 100 EUR per additional page.
– Full papers must be submitted in PDF format using the official template.
– The template is available on this link.
– Authors affiliated with the Budapest University of Technology and Economics are requested to submit their full papers via the internal form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/t4VMzs8wJm
– All other authors should submit their full papers by email to bacsardi.laszlo@vik.bme.hu, using the subject line: [H-SPACE2026 full paper]
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairs:
Dr. László Bacsárdi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Dr. Kálmán Kovács, Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT)
Members:
Dr. Balázs Bartóki-Gönczy, Ludovika University of Public Service
Dr. Tibor Bálint, NASA JPL (retired)
Prof. László Csernoch, University of Debrecen
Dr. László Csurgai-Horváth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Prof. Lóránt Földváry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Dr. Sándor Frey, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
D. Attila Hirn, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research
Prof. Dezső Horváth, University of Szeged
Dr. Árpád Kis, HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science
Dr. Dániel Kristóf, Lechner Knowledge Center
Dr. Péter Kristóf, Hungarian Association for Innovation / Óbuda University
Prof. János Lichtenberger, Eötvös Loránd University / Óbuda University
Dr. Balázs Vince Nagy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Prof. Szabolcs Rózsa, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Prof. Gábor Tímár, Eötvös Loránd University
Dr. Bálint Vanek, HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control
Dr. Péter Vári, National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH)
Dr. Zsolt Veres, University of Miskolc
PARTNERS
BME Cosmos College for Advanced Studies
Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT)
Hungarian Association for Innovation (MISZ)
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Women In Aerospace Europe (WIA-Europe)
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
H-SPACE 2024, April 25-26, 2024
H-SPACE 2022, April 7-8, 2022
H-SPACE 2020, February 26-27, 2020
H-SPACE 2019, February 27-28, 2019
H-SPACE 2018, February 15-16, 2018
H-SPACE 2017, February 9-10, 2017
H-SPACE 2016, February 25-26, 2016
H-SPACE 2015, February 13, 2015
Proceedings and more details about the previous events are available here.
CONTACTS:
László Bacsárdi – bacsardi.laszlo@vik.bme.hu
Kálmán Kovács – kovacs.kalman@vik.bme.hu
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