AIM AND SCOPE 

History, both ancient and modern, shows us many cases of radical change that had profound effects on society, changed economic and political relations, and steered growth. For example: Pastel and Indigo, the compass, the steam engine followed by the internal combustion engine, electricity, telecommunications...

Discoveries and technical progress are now considerably faster and, as a result, the life of emerging technologies is increasingly shorter.

Currently, large numbers of new technologies are being studied. Some of them may well produce profound new shifts in products and services, and eventually in society at large. Space itself has been one of these revolutionary innovations, and it must not escape the consequences stemming from the development of new technologies.

We intend in this Symposium to examine new technologies that show potential for introducing radical, disruptive innovations, and to examine the possible consequences in Space, both in terms of system architectures and their components, on the technical solutions adopted for their development, or the new services that they could enable.

The list of potentially "Disruptive" technologies –to be covered in the Symposium–  is long:

* New Information & Communication Technologies (NICT)
* High Capacity Advanced Computers and Memories
* Optical technologies for communications
* Micro nano technologies (including MEMS, SoC, microfluidics,...)
* Nano materials (Nano composites - Nano tubes, ...)
* Biotechnologies
* Intrasatellite wireless communications
* Smart Materials & Structures
* Cryo-technologies (high temperature supra conductors, long lifetime cryo-coolers, etc.)
* New power sources (primary and secondary)
* New propulsion technologies
* Advanced algorithms (evolutionary, genetic, etc.)
* Innovative engineering tools and methods for design and tests
* ...

to mention just a few.

Some of the issues we will address in this workshop are:

* What are the emerging disruptive technologies that could have a profound effect in Space ?
* What are their current levels of development ? Their development potentials ?
* What is still needed to enable their use ?
* What could be their future impact on space systems ?

With a truly international program committee, and with working conditions we trust you will find excellent, the first edition of this workshop wants to contribute to the creation of a clear vision for the future evolution of space systems. Our intention is to make this workshop the first in a series of events that will become a reference for professionals exploring new technologies for space application