PLAnetary SUStainability 21: Challenges, Opportunities and Necessities will connect space & global sustainability, key space actors and sustainability thinkers and take place on Thursday 29/4/21 9-17 CET online via Zoom.

1. #PLASUS21 Workshop 29.4.2021
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PLAnetary SUStainability 21
Challenges, Opportunities and Necessities
#PLASUS21 will connect space & global sustainability,
key space actors and sustainability thinkers and take
place on Thursday 29/4/21 9-17 CET online via Zoom.

2. #PLASUS21 Workshop 29.4.2021
Picture Credits: NASA
Morning Schedule
09:00-9:05 Opening (TBA)
09:05-9:30 Planetary Sustainability: the concept (Andreas Losch with André Galli,
University of Bern & Xiao-Shan Yap, EAWAG/University of Utrecht)
09:30-10:00 Planetary Boundaries & Limits to Growth (Christian Berg, Club of Rome)
10:00-10:25 Earth-Space Sustainability (Xiao-Shan Yap, EAWAG/University of
Utrecht)
10:25-10:40 Break
10:40-11:25 Environmental challenges: Space Debris; the Brightness of
Megaconstellations (Thomas Schildknecht, University of Bern)
11:25-12:05 How to work on the Space Debris challenge (TBC)
12:05-12:10 Words of welcome from our host (Mathias Wirth, University of Bern)
12:10-13:00 Lunch Break

3. #PLASUS21 Workshop 29.4.2021
Picture Credits: NASA
Afternoon Schedule
13:00-14:30 Challenges and Opportunities I
• Space as a domain of Innovation (TBC)
• Space Resources & Innovation (Dovilé Matuleviciute, Luxembourg Space
Agency)
• Space & Social Sustainability (Traugott Jähnichen, University of Bochum)
14:30-14:45 Break
14:45-16:15 Challenges and Opportunities II
• Forward to the Moon: Europe’s exploration program Terrae Novae and
Artemis (Stefaan De Mey, European Space Agency)
• Sustainable Space Logistics (Emmanuelle David, EPFL)
• Biological Challenges in Space (Oliver Ullrich, University of Zurich)
16:15-16:30 Break
16:30-17:00 Wrap up & Closing Panel (Andreas Losch & TBA)

4. CONTACT
www.saveourplanet.info
email: andreas.losch@theol.unibe.ch
Twitter: @andreaslosch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaslosch/
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#PLASUS21 Workshop 29.4.2021