8th International Conference on Research, Technology and Education of Space (H-SPACE 2024)

“Cooperation in the space sector”

April 25-26, 2024, Hibrid event – Online and in Budapest, Hungary

NEWS

Final program is available here. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD. 
Conference proceedings has been published. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

Thanks everyone for attending the event!

Photos of the first day: https://spot.sch.bme.hu/photo/2024/20240425_h_space/

WELCOME

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) – in cooperation with the Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT) – organizes an international conference on space research under the name of H-SPACE 2024. Following the success of previous conferences, this becomes the 8th International Conference on Research, Technology and Education of Space.

The featured topic of this year’s conference is “Cooperation in the space sector”, however, contributions are not limited to the featured topic. The agenda of the conference addresses scientific, technological and educational aspects of space research and space activities. The conference is open to both international and local professionals. It also provides an opportunity to showcase Hungarian 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. Authors will be asked to submit a full paper which will be published in the official conference proceedings after the conference. We have a no show – no paper policy which means only those papers will be published in the conference proceedings whose authors participated the conference and hold their presentation (either oral or poster). The authors of the best lectures will be given an option to publish their papers in peer-reviewed journals.

The participation of the conference 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. 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 until April 20.

Online registration is CLOSED.

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).

Conference proceedings has been published. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

PROGRAM

April 25, Thursday

The event on Thursday will be live streamed for online participants. All lectures will be on site.

Building I, room IB.027
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Magyar tudósok krt. 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
 
13:15 Onsite registration is open
14:00 Opening of the conference
Master of ceremony: László Bacsárdi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Hassan Charaf, Dean, BME Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Orsolya Ferencz, Ministerial Commissioner for Space Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Kálmán Kovács, President, Hungarian Astronautical Society
 
14:20 Keynote 1
Small satellites – Finnish road from education to science and business
Jaan Praks, Aalto University, Finland
 
14:50 Keynote 2
PocketQubes: A New Frontier in Space Education
Caius Reza, Alba Orbital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
 
15:20 Poster highlight talks
16:00 Coffee break and poster session
16:45 Session Science and Technology 1
18:45 Wrap up of the first day
 

April 26, Friday – online event

The event on Friday will be online only.

9:00 Welcome of the second day
 
9:05 Highlight talk
Hungarian participation in the European Space Agency’s JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission
Pál Gábor Vizi, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, Hungary
 
9:30 Session Science and Technology 2
 
11:45 Highlight talk
Innovation at the European Union Agency for Space Programme
Christina Giannopapa, European Union Agency for Space Programme (EUSPA)
 

12:05 Lunch break

13:15 Opening of the afternoon session
13:20 Invited talk
Educational and incubation practices in the emerging space – an association perspective
István Arnócz, Hungarian Astronautical Society, Budapest, Hungary
13:40 Session Education and Outreach
15:00 Closing of the conference
 

Detailed final program is available here. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

VENUE

The H-SPACE 2024 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 April 25: Building I, ground floor

Address: Magyar tudósok krt. 2., H-1117, Budapest

Map of university

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission deadline (extended): February 22, 2024 [February 15, 2024]
Notification of acceptance: March 8, 2024
Online registration is: March 8 – April 20
Camera-ready submission of full paper (optional, extended): May 3, 2024 [April 25, 2024]
Conference: April 25-26, 2024 (Budapest, Hungary and online)

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.

INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS – POSTER TALKS

Poster size: A0 or A1 size.

Poster highlight 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 by email to bacsardi.laszlo@vik.bme.hu, until April 20, 2024 (midnight). 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. If we do not receive your 1 slide until April 20, we will place an empty slide with the title of your presentation in the 1 minute poster presentation.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION – FULL PAPERS

Full papers will be included (as conference papers) in the online conference proceedings which will be published a few months after the conference.

– Maximum length of full paper is 5 pages.
– If the paper has more than 5 pages, every extra page will be charged with 100 EUR/page publication fee.
– Full paper has to be submitted in PDF format, using our template.
Template for full paper is available here.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION – ABSTRACTS 

Format:
– Abstracts must be written in English
– Abstract length should not exceed 400 words
Content:
– Abstracts cannot contain tables or drawings
– Abstracts shall specify the main author and co-authors names and affiliations, and specify the corresponding author e-mail

Abstract Submission:
– Abstracts has to be submitted through the Oxford Abstracts submission system.
– Direct link for submissions: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/29157/submitter

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairs:
Dr. László Bacsárdi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Dr. Kálmán Kovács, Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT)

Members:
Dr. Tibor Bálint, NASA JPL
Dr. Balázs Bartóki-Gönczy, University of Public Service
Ferenc Horvai, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Prof. János Lichtenberger, Eötvös Loránd University
Dr. Lóránt Földváry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Prof. László Pap, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Dr. Andrea Pődör, University of Óbuda
Prof. Gábor Stépán, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Dr. Szabolcs Rózsa, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

PARTNERS

BME Kozmosz Szakkollégium

Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

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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