Plenary Sessions

Plenary Sessions

The ACA 2016 programme will include a variety of plenary sessions with well-known experts covering a huge range of topics:

Andrea Accomazzo (Germany)
Spacecraft Operations Manager
Division European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), ESA
Darmstadt, Germany
Subject: Navigation Challenges of the Rosetta Mission: How and Why We Orbited and Landed on a Comet
Sponsored by: Sherbrooke Innopole

Dr. Mark J. Balas (USA)
Distinguished Faculty
Aerospace Engineering Department &
Electrical Engineering Department
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida, USA
Subject: Adaptive Control of Infinite Dimensional Quantum Information Systems

Prof. Dr.techn. Klaus Janschek (Germany)
Chair of Automation Engineering
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Subject: Model-based GNC Systems Design for Dependable Aerospace Vehicles

Prof. Jean de Lafontaine (Canada)
President NGC Aerospace
Professor Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Subject: The Space Autonomy Innovations on the PROBA Satellites
Sponsored by: Airbus Defence & Space

Miguel San Martin (USA)
Chief Engineer for the Guidance and Control Section
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA
Los Angeles, USA
Subject: From the Sojourner to the Curiosity Rover: The Guidance, Navigation, and Control Challenges of Landing on Mars
Sponsored by: RBC Royal Bank/RBC Banque Royale