Meeting Dates

Attending a working group meeting

SPAN operates an open membership to its working groups. Please contact info@span.ac.uk to join one of the working groups. Membership of the SPAN board is outlined in the Terms of Reference for SPAN. Refer to our Members page for the attendees of the Board meetings.

Meeting dates for the current year:

SPAN Working GroupQ1Q2/3Q4
SPAN TownhallMonday 29 Jan
11:00 – 12:00
Tuesday 23 Apr
10:30 – 12:30
Tuesday 8 Oct
14:30 – 16:30
SPAN Engineering and Technology WG (SETWG)Tuesday 20 Feb
10:00 – 12:00
Tuesday 18 Jun
10:00 – 12:00
Tuesday 22 Oct
10:00 -12:00
SPAN Data and Analysis WG (SDAWG)Tuesday 26 Mar
15.30 – 17:30
Monday 22 Jul
10:30 – 12:30
Friday 29 Nov
10.30 – 12:30
SPAN Earth Observation WG (SEOWG)Monday 19 Aug
11:00 – 13:00
Monday 16 Dec
10:00 – 12:00
SPAN Science and Exploration WG (SSEWG)Thursday 21 Mar
11:00 – 13:00
Monday 1 Jul
09:30 – 11:30
Friday 11 Oct
10:30 – 12:30
SPAN Space and Society WG (SSSWG)Tuesday 12 Mar
14:00 – 16:00
Monday 29 Jul
14:00 – 16:00
Monday 25 Nov
10:00 – 12:00
SPAN Board MeetingTuesday 23 Apr
14:00 – 16:00
TBC

07 October 2024

SPAN Whitepaper: Academic View on the Future of Space Policy and Funding

The Whitepaper, now available from SPAN, covers and I hope reflects academic views on funding gap implications, membership of ESA, need for a strong national and bilateral programmes along with comments on links to industry and some general points.

01 October 2024

Space Science in Context Conference

Space Science in Context (17–18 October, 2024) is returning for its third year! SSiC is a FREE, cross-disciplinary conference on outer space and society...

12 September 2024

SPAN joins Australia House for Roundtable

SPAN were invited to a roundtable discussion hosted by Deputy High Commissioner Elizabeth Bowes PSM at Australia House. The event welcomed Professor Christopher Lawrence and Lieutenant General Larry James, from Monash University, as well as representatives from the UK Space Agency and Australia House. The discussion focused on how Australia’s National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) […]