Recent and Upcoming Events
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RLS-Sciences Conference 2019
From 27th to 31st May, the four RLS-Sciences groups met in São Jose dos Campos at the invitation of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). The meeting gave the RLS-Sciences projects an key opportunity to meet in person to continue work and make further progress ahead of the 10th Regional Leaders Summit in Linz next year, as well as an opportunity to discuss RLS-Sciences developments overall.
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Researchers from across the partner regions and from all four RLS-Sciences themes met for five days at the National Space Institute (INPE) Integrated Testing Laboratory (LIT) campus. Each group had two days for internal working meetings, presentations, and brainstorming, with a third day being dedicated to inter-project exchanges, overall RLS-Sciences development discussions, and inputs from the scientific side for the next Regional Leaders Summit in 2020, in Linz, Upper Austria on the theme, ‘’Smart Regions’’. Participants were then invited to join technical site visits held over two days, including trips to the testing facilities of LIT, a Raízen ethanol plant, aerospace company Embraer, and the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials.
Throughout the conference, there were joint activities which brought all participants together. Researchers came together for a ‘’Smart Regions’’ session, which included inputs from each project. Young researchers from all four topics were given the chance to join an open challenge, created and supported by Simon Barnabé, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières, to brainstorm future innovative ideas for the region of São Paulo in the next decade. The young researchers presented the result, “Sãotellites” to all participants in the final session. |
Review the results of the Young Researchers Challenge, ''Sãotellites'', by downloading their presentation here.
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RLS-Small Satellites ''TIM'' Poster presented at 12th IAA Symposium in Berlin
From 6 to 10 May, 2019, the International Academy of Astronautics hosted its 12th Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation in Berlin, Germany. The RLS-Small Satellites group presented a poster on the ''Telematics International Mission'' or ''TIM''.
Review the poster here. Learn more about the 12th IAA Symposium here. |
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Celebration for small satellites success with ERC Synergy Grant for CloudCT
On 1 March, 2019, representatives from academia, government, and industry gathered in Munich to celebrate Prof. Klaus Schilling (Zentrum für Telematik), Prof. Ilan Koren (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot), and Prof. Yoav Schechner’s (Technion, Haifa) European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant for their interdisciplinary project, ‘’CloudCT’’. Over 70 guests attended the celebration at the invitation of the Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) and the Bavarian Research Alliance.
CloudCT builds upon longstanding small satellites research programme Prof. Schiling conducts in Würzburg with the ‘’UWE’’ and ‘’NetSat’’ series, as well as the international experience within the multilateral RLS-Small Satellites project with the ‘’TIM’’ series. Now in CloudCT, the principal investigators and their teams will capture unique data about clouds through advanced computer tomography using a formation of ten small satellites. The aim is to improve climate modelling. The celebration began with a video message from Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council. Then, Judith Gerlach, Bavarian Minister for Digitalisation, spoke about the linkages between digitalisation and future technologies such as pico-satellites. Guests then heard a short history of research cooperation between Israel and Germany from Sandra Simovich, Consul General of the State of Israel in Munich. The keynote address was given by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sextl, who provided guests enlightening and humourous insights into the career and successes of Prof. Schilling, as well as Prof. Koren and Prof. Schechner. The researchers themselves then jointly presented their project, giving guests an opportunity to understand the need for an interdisciplinary approach and how each field will advance through this research. |
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Young Energy Researchers Conference
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Presentations:
Biomethanation of tannery sludge: Optimisation of initial pH and temperature and evaluation of kinetics (Mpofu et al.) Associated conference paper available here. Design and Economics of an Advanced Biomass Processing Depot: Case Study in Southern Quebec (Lemire) Associated conference paper available here. Posters: Used lithium ion battery: State of health data for its second life (Sighart, Singh, Poisl, Pettinger) Piping renewable energy: Utilizing methanogen and organic waste (Bauer and Mock) |
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Previous Events
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Zentrum für Telematik wins prestigious European Research Council prize
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The interdisciplinary German-Israeli project "CloudCT", with Prof. Klaus Schilling, has won a European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant, endowed with a maximum funding of €14 million. A formation of 10 microsatellites will record the composition of clouds using computer tomography methods. It is important that about 10 satellites simultaneously capture the target area from different directions in order to generate a corresponding 3D image. This will provide atmospheric physicists with data to improve cloud modelling and enable better climate predictions. An error of about 1% in cloud properties contributes to deviations in climate predictions at about the same order of magnitude as all greenhouse gases from human activities.
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The award winners Ilan Koren (atmospheric physics), Yoav Schechner (computer tomography) and Klaus Schilling (formations from microsatellites) in front of the precision motion simulator of the Center for Telematics in Würzburg, where this research work is being prepared.
Photo Credit: Zentrüm für Telematik e.V, 2018
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In 2012, Prof. Schilling was awarded the ERC Advanced Grant "NetSat" in the amount of €2.5 million to demonstrate for the first time control techniques for a self-organizing, three-dimensional formation of satellites in orbit. Funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, this capability is already being used innovatively for Earth observation in the 3 smallest satellites of "TOM - Telematics earth Observation Mission". Within the framework of the Regional Leaders Summit (RLS), a further 9 satellites will be contributed to TIM by the partners as part of the RLS-Small Satellites project.
Read more here. (German)
Visit the Zentrum für Telematik website here.
Visit the RLS-Small Satellites website here.
Read more here. (German)
Visit the Zentrum für Telematik website here.
Visit the RLS-Small Satellites website here.
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9th Regional Leaders Summit
From 17 to 18 May, 2018, the Regional Leaders Summit met in Québec. This was the ninth meeting of the Regional Leaders Summit, and marks the second time the summit was held in Québec. The theme of the conference was ''Energy Transition: Towards a low carbon economy''. Surrounding and during the conference, RLS-Sciences and partners held events for each of the four R&D themes. Review a summary of these activities here.
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Review the Final Declaration on the energy transition here.
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RLS-Sciences Activities for 9th RLS Conference
Each meeting produced interesting contents, which are available for review on the thematic pages. On 17th May, 2018, Dr. Sebastian Goers presented the RLS-Energy Network to the RLS Heads of Government. Review his presentation here. |
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Cristina Cavalcanti, a student from São Paulo who's participation in RLS-Sciences was funded by FAPESP, presented her summer school team's work on the Cape Town water crisis to the Heads of Government. Please find a copy of the student team presentation here. Explanations about the summer school team’s works can be found here. For context on the water situation in Cape Town, please refer to information from our partner GreenCape on the water outlook and industry here, as well as additional information here and here.
On Friday, 18 May, 2018, each of the four RLS-Sciences themes were presented to the conference. To review the presentations, simply select the topic of interest below. Additionally, two students from the RLS-Energy Network Summer School presented the results of the group project proposals which were developed over ten days in Shawinigan and Québec.
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RLS-Energy Network releases first Monitoring Report
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RLS-Energy Network hosts inaugural international summer school
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Global Aerospace Campus launches own website and informational video
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New degree programme “Satellite Technology” at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
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1st Upper Austrian Stakeholder Workshop of the RLS Energy Network at Forum Econogy 2017
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RLS Energy Network at WindAc Africa 2017
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RLS-Sciences at IAUP 2017
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Global Aerospace Campus Summer Summit 2017 hosted by Munich Aerospace
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Prof. Broy on Industry 4.0 at Printemps numérique event
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On 6 June, 2017, Prof. Manfred Broy, founding president of the Zentrum für Digitalisierung Bayern (ZD.B) presented on Industry 4.0 at the invitation of Printemps numérique. The presentation was part of Printemps numérique’s #intersections VOL. 5: Industry 4.0 event, held at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montréal.
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Photo Credit: Printemps numérique 2017
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Zentrum für Telematik wins INNOSpace Masters Airbus Defence & Space Challenge 2017
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RLS-Small Satellites presented in Western Cape during Bavarian delegation visit
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During the visit of the Bavarian delegation of Minister of Economics Ilse Aigner to South Africa, a small satellite symposium was held at CPUT in Capetown. It focused on the joint “Telematics International Mission (TIM)” addressing a pico-satellite formation for Earth observation with applications in agriculture, as well as in volcano and in marine monitoring.
Learn more about TIM here. |
Photo: Prof. Herman Steyn (Stellenbosch University) explains the South African pico-satellites to Minister Ilse Aigner and Prof. Klaus Schilling (Source: RLS-Small Satellites, 2017)
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RLS-Energy Network meets in Montréal
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RLS-Small Satellites meets in Würzburg
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8th Regional Leaders SummitFrom 14 to 15 July, 2016, the Regional Leaders Summit met in Munich. This was the eighth meeting of the Regional Leaders Summit, and marks the second time the summit was held in Munich, where the inaugural Regional Leaders Summit took place in 2002. Surrounding and during the conference, RLS-Sciences and partners held events for each of the four R&D topics. Review a summary of these activities here.
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Learn more about the conference by reading the Final Declaration.
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RLS-Sciences Activities for 8th RLS Conference
On 14th July, 2016, Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling presented the RLS-Small Satellites project to the RLS heads of government. The four Bavarian project coordinators presented to the 8th RLS Conference on Friday, 15 July 2016. To review their presentations, simply select the topic of interest below.
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RLS-Small Satellites meeting followed by website launch
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Global Aerospace Campus Holds Site Tour and Brainstorming Session at Ludwig-Bölkow Campus
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Expert Dialogue on Digitization at Zentrum Digitalisierung Bayern
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RLS-Energy Network Panel held at iSEneC 2016
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RLS-Sciences Participants at Munich Aerospace Summer School 2016
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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).
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RLS-Sciences Meeting in Munich
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Energy Network Meeting in Québec
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Energy Network Meeting in Upper Austria
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Energy Network Second Generation Biofuels Workshop in Western Cape
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Renewable Energy Symposium in Western Cape
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RLS International Seminar on Biomass, Biogas and Energy Efficiency in São Paulo
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