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About RLS-AerospaceThe RLS-Global Aerospace Campus (est. 2016) creates internationally relevant, future-oriented training opportunities for the next generation of aerospace professionals. Three pillars make up this work: a conference series, e-Learning, and joint research. The group creates a connection between academia and industry in all three pillars, ensuring that training elements represent the latest requirements in industry while remaining connected to global developments in research from across the regions.
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The Partners
The regional partners include (listed alphabetically by region):
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Munich Aerospace e.V. (Bavaria)
Technische Universität München (Bavaria) Bauhaus Luftfahrt (Bavaria) DLR (Bavaria) Ludwig Bölkow Campus GmbH (Bavaria) Universität der Bundeswehr München (Bavaria) Georgia Tech (Georgia) AÉROÉTS (Québec) CIADI (Québec) Concordia University/Université Concordia (Québec) Consortium de recherche et d’innovation en aéronautique au Québec CRIAQ (Québec) Centre Technologique en Aérospatiale CTA (Québec) École Nationale D'Aérotechnique (Québec) ÉTS (Québec) Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (Québec) IICAP Polytechnique Montréal (Québec) Click on any partner's logo to learn more. |
McGill Institute for Aerospace Engineering MIAE (Québec)
Montréal Aerospace Institutes/Institutes Aérospatiaux de Montréal (Québec) Polytechnique Montréal (Québec) Université Laval Sigma +/Aérospatiale (Québec) Université McGill (Québec) FAPESP (São Paulo) Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (São Paulo) University of Campinas UNICAMP (São Paulo) USP (São Paulo) Shandong Institute of Aerospace Electronic Technology Research (Shandong) Shandong University (Shandong) Biz-Up Upper Austria (Upper Austria) Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (Upper Austria) University of Applied Sciences of Upper Austria (Upper Austria) Stellenbosch University (Western Cape) Interested in joining the Global Aerospace Campus? Get in touch here. |
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News and Previous Activities
RLS-Sciences Virtual Funding Workshop: Spotlight on student and young researcher mobility
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30 January, 2026
On January 30, 2026, the second edition of the RLS-Sciences Virtual Funding Workshop took place. The session was held in continuity of the 2023 Funding Workshop, which had a focus on the Québec region. The 2026 workshop focused on student and young researcher mobility, designed to support master students, doctoral candidates, and early-career researchers in navigating the diverse landscape of academic mobility. Around 30 participants met to hear about funding opportunities from the RLS-Sciences regions and to listen to travelling experiences from funding awardees. The workshop programme started with welcome remarks from RLS-Sciences President, Prof. Louis Gosselin, who introduced the network to new participants. Subsequently, RLS-Sciences partners from Québec (Fonds de recherche du Québec), São Paulo (FAPESP) and Georgia (University of Georgia) provided information about a range of mobility programmes at national, regional and local scales. The speakers explained different pathways to accessing funding and emphasized how mobility grants can serve as a valuable first step in establishing international research collaborations. The workshop featured a live demonstration of the RLS-Sciences Funding Database, which showcased mobility funding opportunities available to the five RLS-Sciences research groups across the seven partner regions. Following the demonstration, mobility awardees shared their experiences and illustrated how academic mobility can drive forward international partnerships, initiate research projects and contribute to personal and professional development. Finally, participants engaged in discussions on the modalities and requirements of different funding programmes in the Q&A session, moderated by Dr. Sebastian Goers, Lead Scientist in the Energy Network, Upper Austria. The event concluded with closing remarks by Dr. Sebastian Fendt, Lead Scientist in the Energy Network, Bavaria, who emphasized the importance of academic mobility both for him personally, as well as within his research chair and the scientific community in general.
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2025
12th Regional Leaders Summit, Western Cape
3-5 November, 2025
The 12th Regional Leaders Summit (RLS) took place from 3-5 November, 2025, in Cape Town under the theme “Growth through Economic Resilience“. At the invitation of the Western Cape government, delegations from all seven RLS regions attended the summit, engaging in bi- and multilateral exchanges.
RLS-Sciences contributed to the program on November 5. RLS-Sciences President, Prof. Louis Gosselin, first gave a 20-minute speech to the heads of delegation on the summit’s theme. He highlighted the achievements and developments in the RLS-Sciences network since the previous RLS. These include new joint projects out of and supported by the five research groups, such as subsequent steps in the Digital Health group and the Energy Network’s Policy Report on Innovation Zones. The speech showcased how scientific collaboration among the partner regions drives innovation, resilience, and sustainable development and outlined how RLS-Sciences can support the political level by adapting to their priorities. The presentation was followed by remarks of the heads of delegation who reiterated the relevance of the RLS-Sciences thematic focus areas as well as the importance of the cross-topic fields of resilience, high technologies, sustainability, and artificial intelligence. They acknowledged the multilateral aspect of RLS-Sciences as well as the aim of involving early-career researchers. As major milestone, the RLS-Sciences Herrsching Memorandum of Understanding was then signed by five signatories immediately after the signing of the final joint declaration. With the option to further extent, the MoU originates from the scientific exchange during the RLS-Sciences Conference 2022 in Herrsching (Bavaria). It acts as a declaration of interest for cooperation under the RLS-Sciences framework. Following the signing, a work plan will be established among the signatories.
The 12th Regional Leaders Summit (RLS) took place from 3-5 November, 2025, in Cape Town under the theme “Growth through Economic Resilience“. At the invitation of the Western Cape government, delegations from all seven RLS regions attended the summit, engaging in bi- and multilateral exchanges.
RLS-Sciences contributed to the program on November 5. RLS-Sciences President, Prof. Louis Gosselin, first gave a 20-minute speech to the heads of delegation on the summit’s theme. He highlighted the achievements and developments in the RLS-Sciences network since the previous RLS. These include new joint projects out of and supported by the five research groups, such as subsequent steps in the Digital Health group and the Energy Network’s Policy Report on Innovation Zones. The speech showcased how scientific collaboration among the partner regions drives innovation, resilience, and sustainable development and outlined how RLS-Sciences can support the political level by adapting to their priorities. The presentation was followed by remarks of the heads of delegation who reiterated the relevance of the RLS-Sciences thematic focus areas as well as the importance of the cross-topic fields of resilience, high technologies, sustainability, and artificial intelligence. They acknowledged the multilateral aspect of RLS-Sciences as well as the aim of involving early-career researchers. As major milestone, the RLS-Sciences Herrsching Memorandum of Understanding was then signed by five signatories immediately after the signing of the final joint declaration. With the option to further extent, the MoU originates from the scientific exchange during the RLS-Sciences Conference 2022 in Herrsching (Bavaria). It acts as a declaration of interest for cooperation under the RLS-Sciences framework. Following the signing, a work plan will be established among the signatories.
During the closing session, Western Cape handed over the hosting of RLS to São Paulo for 2027. Please find the Western Cape governmental statement here.
More information on RLS-Sciences contribution to the summit can be found in our latest newsletter.
More information on RLS-Sciences contribution to the summit can be found in our latest newsletter.
RLS-Sciences Digital Week 2025
28-30 April, 2025, online
The RLS-Sciences April Digital Week 2025 took place from 28 - 30 April, 2025, hosted by Bavaria. In a renewed format, the network met virtually for two hours on three consecutive days. The first day was dedicated to the thematic groups, where partners met for parallel working sessions. Day two featured a cross-topic discussion on the topic of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Learnings Out of the Regions. On day three, contributions were made on “resilience” featuring Western Cape as the next hosting region of the political RLS summit 2025, with Premier Winde giving a live speech.
Participants from the different regions engaged with almost thirty speakers on a range of topics. In the parallel sessions, the partners discussed themes like sustainable aviation, training of medical professionals and Innovation Zones driving regional energy transitions. Prominent across the projects was the importance of engaging with early-career researchers, joint publications as well as best-practices in data sharing. Key transversal aspects were revealed regarding Innovation Zones and Generative Artificial Intelligence, where a cross-topic dialogue was encouraged. Alan Winde, Premier of Western Cape, outlined how resilience is connected to several areas of high importance to the region - including climate change, renewable energy sources, circular economy, aerospace and agriculture. This bridges to the political summit in fall 2025 taking place in Western Cape. Premier Winde acknowledged that RLS-Sciences is not only creating benefits for the political level but also for the citizens of the regions.
The Digital Week sessions are open to researchers from all RLS-Sciences thematic groups, fostering cross-topic exchanges that extend to RLS-Sciences Conferences and other formats.
This year's Digital Week marks the fifth iteration of this virtual format, initially launched to maintain the continuity of RLS-Sciences activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has since become a staple of the RLS-Sciences annual calendar.
View the 2025 program here.
The RLS-Sciences April Digital Week 2025 took place from 28 - 30 April, 2025, hosted by Bavaria. In a renewed format, the network met virtually for two hours on three consecutive days. The first day was dedicated to the thematic groups, where partners met for parallel working sessions. Day two featured a cross-topic discussion on the topic of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Learnings Out of the Regions. On day three, contributions were made on “resilience” featuring Western Cape as the next hosting region of the political RLS summit 2025, with Premier Winde giving a live speech.
Participants from the different regions engaged with almost thirty speakers on a range of topics. In the parallel sessions, the partners discussed themes like sustainable aviation, training of medical professionals and Innovation Zones driving regional energy transitions. Prominent across the projects was the importance of engaging with early-career researchers, joint publications as well as best-practices in data sharing. Key transversal aspects were revealed regarding Innovation Zones and Generative Artificial Intelligence, where a cross-topic dialogue was encouraged. Alan Winde, Premier of Western Cape, outlined how resilience is connected to several areas of high importance to the region - including climate change, renewable energy sources, circular economy, aerospace and agriculture. This bridges to the political summit in fall 2025 taking place in Western Cape. Premier Winde acknowledged that RLS-Sciences is not only creating benefits for the political level but also for the citizens of the regions.
The Digital Week sessions are open to researchers from all RLS-Sciences thematic groups, fostering cross-topic exchanges that extend to RLS-Sciences Conferences and other formats.
This year's Digital Week marks the fifth iteration of this virtual format, initially launched to maintain the continuity of RLS-Sciences activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has since become a staple of the RLS-Sciences annual calendar.
View the 2025 program here.
2024
RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2024
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15-18 September, 2024, Québec City
The RLS-Sciences Conference 2024 took place in Québec City from September 15th to 18th, 2024 at the invitation of the Québec Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie. The overall theme of the event was “Innovation Zones- A Regional Development Tool in the International Context”. Altogether, over 100 participants from six RLS partner regions joined to exchange within and between the RLS-Sciences themes (Renewable Energy, Aerospace, Small Satellites, Digitalization, and Digital Health). Each day, there were joint sessions with presentations and panel discussions, especially highlighting the four Innovation Zones in Québec, and the research and development ecosystem. Speakers included representatives from academia, industry, the Québec government, and funding agencies. Innovation management was a key theme throughout- how best to foster innovation, synergies, and economic development in specific areas and topics. Models from other regions, including those focusing on intersecorality, links with industry, and international collaboration, were also presented from Bavaria, Georgia, and São Paulo. Following the conference, participants were invited to join site visits to different parts of the province, where they were able to hear more about the actors and infrastructure supporting science and innovation for different fields: l’Institut de recherche sur l’hydrogène (IHR) and the Société du parc industriel et portuaire de Bécancour for energy and the Ville Longueil, École nationale d'aérotechnique and the new MET - Aéroport métropolitain de Montréal terminal with the Aerospace Innovation Living Lab (LIA) for aerospace. The Digital Health group had the chance to visit the CHU Sainte-Justine as well as the Command Centre at Jewish Hospital. These were arranged together with key partners like CRIAQ, Consortium Santé Numérique, and UQTR. This marked the third iteration of the RLS-Sciences Overall Conference. The first was hosted by FAPESP and INPE in São Jose dos Campos, São Paulo in 2019. In 2022, Bavaria hosted the second conference in Herrsching. The conferences create an opportunity for the entire RLS-Sciences network to meet in person, deepening work in the parallel thematic sessions and exchanging with other groups in joint interdisciplinary sessions and during networking. 
Photo Credit: Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie, 2024
During the conference, the successors of two members of the RLS-Sciences presidency group were announced. Dr. Sebastian Goers, Upper Austria, who has served as RLS-Sciences president since 2019, was succeeded by Prof. Louis Gosselin, Québec. Prof. Kodjo Agbossou, Québec, who has served as one of the two RLS-Sciences Vice Presidents since 2019, was succeeded by PD Dr. med. Sebastian Bickelhaupt, Bavaria.
The next RLS-Sciences Overall Conference will take place in 2026, in connection with the 10th Anniversary of RLS-Sciences. View the 2024 programme here. |
New Global Aerospace Campus online course: Space Exploration
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27 June, 2024
On 27 June, Munich Aerospace launched the fourth online course in the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus, this time on “Space Exploration”. This new course focuses on the multifacted asepcts of spaceflight, delving into the current states of exploration of Mars, the Moon, and long-term astronaut missions in low-Earth orbit, and beyond! The course features experts from many fields, including former astronaut Thomas Reiter and Prof. Alexander Choukér, who studies immunology in space at LMU Klinikum in Munich. |
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Modules include:
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Credit: Munich Aerospace, 2024
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RLS-Sciences Digital Week 2024
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15-19 April, 2024, online
The RLS-Sciences April Digital Week 2024 took place online from April 15th to 19th, 2024. For two hours each day, the RLS-Sciences Network convened virtually to explore the theme "Science Adoption in Regional Innovation Ecosystems." This event served as a preparatory step for the upcoming third RLS-Sciences Conference in Québec, scheduled for September 2024. Participants from the seven RLS partner regions attended, engaging with 40 speakers who presented on a range of topics. These included regional initiatives to support sector-specific innovation in areas like digital health and aerospace, student-focused training opportunities with major companies and with new technologies using 3D printing and augmented reality, as well as networks to engaged stakeholders of all kinds from policymakers to citizens to industry. Transversal themes like artificial intelligence and sustainability featured throughout all five days. 
Image Credit: WKS Bayern-Québec/Alberta/International, 2024
The Digital Week sessions are open to researchers from all RLS-Sciences thematic groups, fostering cross-topic exchanges that extend to RLS-Sciences Conferences and the new RLS-Sciences Explore Sessions.
This year's Digital Week marks the fourth iteration of this virtual format, initially launched to maintain the continuity of RLS-Sciences activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has since become a staple of the RLS-Sciences annual calendar. View the programme here. |
2023
Munich New Space Conference 2023
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15-17 May, 2023, Taufkirchen and Munich, Bavaria
From 15-17 May, Munich Aerospace is hosting the Munich New Space Summit 2023. The conference will explore the topic of "new space" together with representatives of space agencies (ESA, NASA), as well as industry, research, and government. Planned discussions will cover a comprehensive range, including new space strategies at the national and international levels, commercial innovation from the startup to the SME to the big industry level, regulatory and legal aspects, and state-of-the-art research projects. Image Credit: Munich Aerospace, 2023 The conference will take place in person at the Ludwig Bölkow Campus, just south of Munich. View the conference flyer. |
Image Credit: Munich Aerospace, 2023
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2023 RLS-Sciences Digital Week
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24-28 April, 2023, online
The third RLS-Sciences Digital Week was held online from 24-28 April under the theme “Shandong in RLS-Sciences: Forward from Herrsching”. The 2023 Digital Week aimed to expand and develop the scientific exchanges and work started last September in Herrsching, Bavaria, and to and to create a platform for RLS-Sciences partners to learn more about the Shandong research and development ecosystem. The 2023 Digital Week had a special focus on the partner region Shandong. This year, Shandong is hosting the Regional Leaders Summit. Over forty researchers shared insights with over one hundred participants into innovative research on new materials for aerospace and energy production, international projects on green hydrogen and artificial photosynthesis, clinical cooperation projects on machine learning and big data in healthcare, modelling for the future of regional air mobility, Earth observation missions to generate much-needed data on environmental changes, and more. These included seventeen Shandong experts from thirteen institutes, companies, and universities, who presented in dedicated blocks throughout the 2023 Digital Week. Participants joined from across the RLS partner regions, and all sessions included researchers from other thematic groups, carrying on the interdisciplinary exchanges which began at the 2022 Overall RLS-Sciences Conference in Herrsching last September. 
Photo Credit: WKS Bavaria-Québec/Alberta/International, 2023
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2022
RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2022
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18-21 September, 2022 in Herrsching, Bavaria
The RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2022 took place in Herrsching, Bavaria from 18th- 21st September 2022, hosted by Bavaria. Altogether, 76 participants from five RLS partner regions joined to exchange within and between the RLS-Sciences themes (Renewable Energy, Aerospace, Small Satellites, Digitalization, and Digital Health). During the pandemic, the network created a transition scenario and met all together virtually in June 2021 and April 2022 for the RLS-Sciences Digital Weeks. This new format bridged the time between the in-person conferences. The RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2022 also marked the official launch of the “RLS-Digital Health Initiative” as the fifth RLS-Sciences group, after a preparatory phase and first exchanges in 2020 and 2021. The RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2022 followed in the model of the inaugural RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2019, hosted by FAPESP and INPE in São Jose dos Campos, São Paulo. The conferences create an opportunity for the entire RLS-Sciences network to meet in person, deepening work in person and exchanging with other groups in joint interdisciplinary sessions.
The next RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2024 will be hosted by Québec. Review the 2022 program here. |
First international online course launched by the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus
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11 July, 2022, online and in Munich, Bavaria
The RLS-Global Aerospace Campus has released its first international online course with modules from four RLS partner regions. The course is titled "Urban Air Mobility", which has long been a key topic in the RLS-Global Campus Aerospace. Munich Aerospace, lead partner for the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus, worked with the TUM Institute for Lifelong Learning to develop the MOOC, which is free of charge. In ten interactive modules, the course covers technical, societal and legal challenges of Urban Air Mobility with lectures by experts from Technical University of Munich, Georgia Institute of Technology, Concordia University, Universidade de São Paulo, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Airbus Urban Mobility GmbH, Bundeswehr University Munich, Bauhaus Luftfahrt, and German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Learn more about the course or register here. Watch a trailer for the course below or on YouTube. |
2021
RLS-Global Aerospace Campus at MTL Connect 2021
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14 October, 2021 online and in Montréal, Québec
RLS-Sciences was pleased to return to MTL Connect once again in 2021. This year, the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus hosted a keynote, panel discussion, and networking activity on 14 October on the topic "Towards Advanced Air Mobility: Ecological, Social and Economic Challenges of the Aerial Mobility of the Future". The keynote presented by Prof. Mirko Hornung (Technical University of Munich/Bauhaus Luftfahrt), provided an overview about the vast number of small to large flying demonstrators developed and tested in the last years, as well as potential market demand and possible use cases for passengers, logistics as well as other flying services. The panel discussion featured: Prof. Constantinos Antoniou (Technical University of Munich, Bavaria) Prof. Laurie Garrow (Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia) Prof. Luis Rodrigues (Concordia University, Québec) Prof. Humberto Bettini (University of São Paulo, São Paulo) Moderation: Dr. Sebastian Goers (Energieinstitut at the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Upper Austria) MTL Connect is "an international event that democratizes the issues and challenges of digital transformation at the technological, economic, social, cultural, and environmental levels". RLS-Sciences was represented at MTL Connect in 2020 by the RLS-Expert Dialogue on Digitalization.
View the event here (keynote) and here (panel discussion). Learn more about the Global Aerospace Campus here. Learn more about MTL Connect 2021 here. Read an article about the Global Aerospace Campus at MTL Connect in L'actualité here. (French language publication) |
RLS-Global Aerospace Campus at the RLS-Sciences Online Conference 2021
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14 June, 2021, online in Munich, Bavaria
The RLS-Global Aerospace Campus kicked off the RLS-Sciences Online Conference 2021 week on Monday, 14 June. At the invitation of Munich Aerospace, the group brought together their work and the conference theme of “Data as a Resource for the Regions” by addressing “Advanced (Urban) Air Mobility”. Presentations were given by experts from Bavaria (Bauhaus Luftfahrt, Technical University of Munich), Georgia (Georgia Institute of Technology), Québec (Concordia University), and São Paulo (University of São Paulo) on the differing facets of advanced urban air mobility, including sustainability, societal acceptance, regulation, and air traffic control considerations. Providing a review of the latest developments in advanced urban air mobility in their respective regions, the experts elaborated on emerging trends and how challenges are being addressed in the different cultural, political, and geographic contexts. This rich exchange offered an opportunity for first comparisons, and the group will continue to exchange on this topic. The next online course, “Urban Air Mobility” is under development with inputs from across the RLS regions. Read a summary of the RLS-Sciences Online Conference 2021 here. |
2020
Space Safety e-Learning course now open for registrations
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8 December, 2020, online and in Munich, Bavaria
As part of the online offerings of the Global Aerospace Campus, Munich Aerospace has developed an e-Learning course on "Space Safety". The course offers a variety of several topics such as space safety in general, space debris, space weather, planetary defense and asteroid impacts as well as space medicine. Experts from the European Space Agency, the Technical University of Munich, the Bundeswehr University Munich and the German Aerospace Center provide information on the latest research results and ideas how to manage the increasing satellite traffic in space in the future. Registration for the course is available here, and is free. A teaser trailer for the course can be viewed below, and on the Global Aerospace YouTube channel here. |
Global Aerospace Campus releases teaser trailer for upcoming online course "Urban Air Mobility"
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14 October, 2020, Munich, Bavaria
The Global Aerospace Campus is working to develop its second online course for release in 2021. The course, "Urban Air Mobility" will feature lectures from aerospace experts across the RLS partner regions. The trailer was first shown as part of the presentation of Prof. Klaus Drechsler for the Global Aerospace Campus at the RLS Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 on 15 September, 2020. View the trailer here or below. Learn more about the Global Aerospace Campus here. |
Global Aerospace Campus releases “Digitalisation in Aeronautics and Space” as MOOC
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14 September, 2020, Munich, Bavaria
The RLS-Sciences Global Aerospace Campus project aims to strengthen the specialized training of aerospace professionals in the RLS partner regions. This includes in-person components, such as the Global Aerospace Summits, and virtual components, such as the eLearning course on digitalisation and aeronautics. Now, in an expansion of the virtual training, the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Global Aerospace Campus has been released. The course, “Digitalisation in Aeronautics and Space” went live on Monday, 14 September 2020. 
View the course here.
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2019
Forum Munich Aerospace lecture with Prof. Klaus Schilling on mini-satellites
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Thursday, 12 December, 2019, Bavaria
Munich Aerospace, in partnership with the Technical University of Munich, the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Royal Aeronautical Society, has launched a lecture series, Forum Munich Aerospace, to cover the latest developments in aerospace combined with special historical perspectives of industry. In a cross-thematic RLS-Sciences activity and as a GAC.impulse, Prof. Klaus Schilling of the University of Würzburg and lead partner of RLS-Small Satellites held a lecture in the series. His talk, “The Future of Space: Networked, Cooperating Mini-Satellites?”, discussed the paradigm shift from traditional, multifunctional, large space probes to distributed, networked, cooperating micro-satellites. Watch his lecture (in German) below, or on the Global Aerospace Campus YouTube channel here. Learn more about the Forum Munich Aerospace here. |
Global Aerospace Campus on YouTube
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As part of the online learning opportunities developed by the Global Aerospace Campus, the project has a dedicated YouTube playlist on lead partner Munich Aerospace's YouTube channel. The Global Aerospace Campus playlist includes a welcome video from Bavaria’s Minister for Digital Affairs, Judith Gerlach for the inaugural Global Aerospace Campus eLearning course , as well as short videos on a variety of key questions relating to the theme of the first eLearning course, ‘’Digitalisation in Aeronautics and Space’’.
The channel also includes full lectures from the Forum Munich Aerospace, including the inaugural lecture by Prof. Xioxiang Zhu, German Aerospace Center and the Technical University of Munich, on AI and Earth observation. Forum Munich Aerospace is a joint lecture series by the Technical University of Munich, Munich Aerospace, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
View the Global Aerospace Campus playlist here. Register for the eLearning course, ''Digitalisation in Aeronautics and Space'' here. |
Global Aerospace Campus launches first eLearning course: 'Digitisation in Aeronautics and Space''
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15 October, 2019, Ottobrunn, Bavaria
The first eLearning course from the Global Aerospace Campus launches on 15 October, 2019. Developed by lead partner Munich Aerospace, the eLearning course, ''Digitisation in Aeronautics and Space'' includes contributions from leading researchers, industry, and policymakers. All interested participants from all seven RLS partner regions were invited to register. The first eLearning course from the Global Aerospace Campus is a key step in achieving the goals of the Global Aerospace Group: building a structured further training programme comprising global in-person attendance phases and work experience placements. Watch a teaser video for the eLearning course below. To register, send an email to e-learning (at) munich-aerospace.de. To learn more about the Global Aerospace Campus and the new eLearning offering, visit the website here. |
Global Aerospace Campus group at the RLS-Sciences Conference 2019
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27-31 May, 2019, São José dos Campos, São Paulo
At the invitation of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), aerospace researchers from the Global Aerospace Campus group from across the RLS regions came together in São José dos Campos as part of the 2019 RLS-Sciences Conference from 27 to 31 May. This marked the third Global Aerospace Campus Summer Summit. They held exchanges on a wide variety of topics, with rich brainstorming discussions afterwards. In addition, a ‘’mini-course’’ was given on the topic of ‘’Smart Materials and Structures’’. Participants had the chance to see a teaser video of the inaugural e-learning course, under development at Munich Aerospace, which will open in the autumn of 2019. The group also discussed future summer school sites and topics, and themes for the second and third e-Learning courses, which will include inputs from throughout the regions and industry. The group also shared ideas for potential joint research groups. Learn more about the project by visiting the Global Aerospace Campus site here. Learn more about the eLearning course here. |
Munich Aerospace Summer School 2019
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8-9 July 2019, Kochel am See, Bavaria
Munich Aerospace will host its 2019 summer school on the topic of “Urban Air Mobility” . The summer school will be held from 8-9 July 2019 at Georg-von-Vollmar-Akademie in Kochel am See. Among the speakers are Professor Brian German (Georgia Institute of Technology), Professor Mirko Hornung (Bauhaus Luftfahrt/Technical University of Munich), Professor Rolf Moeckel (Technical University of Munich) and Dr. Reinhard Brandl, Member of the German Bundestag and supporter of the Urban Air Mobility Initiative by the city of Ingolstadt. The first day of the conference will consist of lectures from experts, and the second day will focus on the Research Groups and the Scientific Advisory Board of Munich Aerospace. Learn more about Munich Aerospace here. Learn more about the summer school here. |
2018
Global Aerospace Campus presentation at the 9th RLS Conference
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On Friday, 18 May, 2018 , Prof. Dr. Hany Moustapha presented on the topic of aerospace training to the Regional Leaders Summit Conference at the Château Frontenac in Québec. This was part of the RLS-Sciences presentation segment of the conference. The presentation covered the developments of the Global Aerospace Campus project since its launch in 2016, as well as updates on the activities from the week prior where RLS researchers and students met for the second Global Aerospace Campus Summer Summit.
Review the Global Aerospace Campus presentation here. |
Second Global Aerospace Campus Summer Summit 2018
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Building on the success of its first two years of activities, the Global Aerospace Campus hosted its second Summer Summit near Montréal from 10 to 11 May. Organizers AÉROÉTS drew upon their broad network of aerospace professionals to bring together industry and academic participants with the RLS researchers and students. The theme of this summit was ‘’Aerospace Sustainable Technologies to Address Industry 4.0 Challenges’’. Seven RLS students from across the regions, plus many from the hosting region of Québec, were able to network with researchers in a variety of aerospace specialities, offering new insights and perspectives.
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2017
Global Aerospace Campus launches own website
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Global Aerospace Campus has launched their own website! The new webpage includes an overview of the virtual campus, details about the network's activities, and planned developments in the Global Aerospace Campus project. Additional information about partners and courses can also be found on the website. Additionally, lead partners Munich Aerospace have produced an informational video about the project. Congratulations to the project for this development!
Visit the website here. View the video here. |
Munich Aerospace Summer Summit 2017
2016
RLS-Global Aerospace Campus presentation at the 8th RLS Conference
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On Friday, 15 July, 2016 , Prof. Dr. Klaus Drechsler, the Bavarian coordinator of the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus project, presented the first results of the project and the future plans for collaboration to the Regional Leaders Summit Conference at the Residenz in Munich. This was part of the RLS-Sciences presentation segment of the conference. Bavarian State Secretary for the Ministry of Economy and Media, Energy and Technology, Franz Josef Pschierer gave the welcoming address. Québec Minister for Economy, Science and Innovation and Minister Responsible for the Digital Strategy Dominique Anglade gave the closing remarks. Read more here (English) and here (Deutsch).
Review the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus presentation here. |
Campus Aerospace Tour and Brainstorming at Ludwig-Bölkow Campus
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Following the success of the Munich Aerospace Summer School 2016 on "Autonomous Flight", the Campus Aerospace group met at the Ludwig-Bölkow Campus in Ottobrunn for a tour of the facilities on site. The group then had a networking lunch, followed by a productive brainstorming session on how to develop future learning programmes for the next generation of aerospace researchers across the RLS regions. Read more here (English) and here (Deutsch).
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Munich Aerospace Summer School 2016 a success
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The Munich Aerospace Summer School 2016 was held in Herrsching, Bavaria, from 22 June to 24 June. This year's theme was "Autonomous Flight". For the first time, PhD candidates from across the RLS regions participated, for a total of nine RLS-Sciences participants. Read more about the Summer School here, or review the programme here.
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RLS-Sciences Participants at the Munich Aerospace Summer School 2016. From left to right: Bernd Kolar (Upper Austria), Aldo André Diaz Salazar (São Paulo), Paola Gonzalez Ramos (São Paulo), Wang Shu (Shandong), Jean-Sébastien Dick(Québec), Mingshan Chi (Shandong), and Ugo Chouinard (Québec). Not pictured: Greg Busch (Georgia), Jason Corman (Georgia). (Photo Credit: Aldo André Diaz Salazar).
CRIAQ announces 8th Research Forum
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In collaboration with the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC), CRIAQ hosted its 8th Research Forum on 27th April, 2016, in Montréal. The forum was designed to bring together the entire aerospace community to engage in an open innovation process. Leaders of the aerospace industry and researchers affiliated with universities, colleges and research centres from across Canada and around the world were invited to take part, with the goal of creating collaborative research and development projects. The Research Forum also invited industrial players to enhance the conversation with their own project ideas, and hosted "forward-looking" workshops to capture the impact of R&D on technological changes in the industry, plus discuss aerospace areas of importance with members of the community.
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Munich Aerospace at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit
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From 1 to 3 March, the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit was held in Munich at the historical Munich Residenz. The summit addressed satellite navigation now and in the future. With high-ranking worldwide speakers from industry, science, and governments, the convention provided participants with a broad overview and different perspectives on the latest developments in the field of GNSS. The Summit is part of the efforts of the Bavarian government and the cluster on aerospace and satellite navigation to stimulate applications and services in this high-tech field.
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