< < < Home General Information Recent Updates Workshops Agenda Local Organization Hotel Accommodation Information for Students Short Course Registration Information for Authors Organizing Committees Previous Workshops Al Seiff Award   To contact the workshop secretariat email to : ippw-5@rssd.esa.int                                                                                                                                                                                               To contact the webmaster email to : Andrea.Toni@esa.int  Information for Authors   Download here the IPPW5 Manuscript guidelines DOC file ORAL PRESENTATIONS Invited oral talks are between 15 and 45 minutes including time for questions. Contributed oral talks are to be 15 minutes including time for questions. Standard projection equipment will be available for presentation as follows:  PC computer and projector It is required to provide presentation materials before the start of each session.  Upload on the website (this is being implemented and will be available soon)  on CD/DVD-ROM at registration  on CD/DVD-ROM or USB stick before the start of the session Presentations will be run from the conference computer, which will be managed with the support of Bordeaux students who will gather presentations. POSTERS The Workshop and are expected to remain displayed until the end of the Workshop. Each poster will be given a dedicated number and position : the poster boards will be identified accordingly.         Poster Boards will be provided in the Conference Room. The Posters should ideally be put up at the start of the Workshop and are expected to remain displayed until the end of the Workshop. Each poster will be given a dedicated number and position : the poster boards will be identified accordingly.         Maximum Size: Height: 1.2 m (47") x Width: 90 cm (35")                  Please ensure that the poster is clearly readable from a distance of at least 3 m (120").         Thumb-tacks for attaching the poster will be provided on-site.         A Student Poster Competition is planned and the results will be announced during the closing session. The winning poster and the two runners-up will receive awards. MANUSCRIPTS Please review our Manuscript Guidelines for your manuscript preparation. The Proceedings of the Workshop will be published after the event. Suggested manuscript length : 10-12 pages for Invited papers 8-10 pages for Contributed papers 6-8 pages for Poster papers       This is the OLD Abstract Submission page left for consistency : Abstracts can be uploaded for the following Sessions, click on the Session links below to upload your relevant Abstract.  Deadline : Closed Late "Poster Abstract" submission please email to : ippw-5@rssd.esa.int SESSION II: Mission concept studies, and science drivers of technology, and sample return - Venus and Mars Conveners : K. Baines (JPL) B. Bienstock (JPL) P. Plotard (Astrium EADS) Session Description : Since the turn of the century, there has been renewed interest in both Mars and Venus. With NASA's long-lived Mars Exploration Rovers mission and ESA's successful Mars Express and Venus Express Missions, both agencies have developed the required mission concepts and technology to execute these missions. Future exploration of both planets will require substantially more technology development that will enable future missions to achieve the outstanding success of their predecessors. This session emphasizes the science and technology that will drive future missions planned for next two decades. Science drivers, as expressed in various NASA and ESA planning documents, include the desire to understand planetary origins, evolution, and current processes. Technology drivers focus on new methods of in-situ exploration, including mobile exploration via air-borne rovers or surface explorers, as well as innovative types of instrumentation that could address priority science goals. Confirmed Invited talks : Jim Cutts (JPL) SESSION III: Entry, Descent and Landing Concepts for Current and Future Missions Beyond Earth Conveners : M. Wright (NASA Ames) W. Lee (JPL) A. Ball (The Open University) Session Description : This session is focused on system-level discussions of currently planned missions, as well as relatively mature mission concept studies and the application of experience from previous missions. The scope covers missions entering the atmospheres of Venus, Mars, Titan and the giant planets, including system design of atmospheric entry, parachute descent and approach to a surface (or balloon inflation). IConfirmed Invited talks : V. Giorgio (Alcatel-Alenia) Aurora/ExoMars SESSION IV: Technology systems, Electronics, Instruments and sensors, communications and batteries Conveners : P. Beauchamp (JPL) T. Blancquaert (ESA Estec) Session Description : Scientific measurements undertaken from probes are significantly more complex than traditional in situ measurements.  High temperatures, pressures, and the attenuation of communication signals limit the penetration depths of probes in the atmospheres of the gas giants. Venus probes must endure even higher temperatures and pressures, while Titan probes must survive and operate at very low temperatures.  In the past, extensive thermal control was required to maintain instruments, electronics, and batteries in an earth-like environment for the probes operating at the high and low temperature extremes, adding significantly to the mass and complexity of the system and limiting operational times. Session IV is dedicated to papers describing measurement capabilities and prospects of existing emerging technology systems including electronics, instruments and sensors, communications and battery technologies or strategies that could extend the scientific capabilities of planetary probes operating in extreme environments. Engineering the instruments system within probes, together with instrument miniaturization, can bring improvements in performance and capabilities and this topic will be covered in the session. Also covered are topics describing sample acquisition and sample preparation/manipulation within the instrument system, along with novel instrument components and sub-systems. SESSION V: Mission concept studies and science drivers of technology - Giant planets and Titan Conveners : A. Coustenis (Obs Paris-Meudon) T. Spilker (JPL) Session Description : The session will discuss science, technology, and mission design of probe missions to the Outer Planets and invites papers on programmatic, technical, scientific, and mission design issues of atmospheric entry and descent exploration of the giant planets and Titan. Papers and posters addressing the following topics in relation to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, as well as Titan, are encouraged: Scientific results of past atmospheric entry probe missions, with implications for future explorations Applications of experiences gained from Earth atmospheric entry studies to future planetary probe missions Future mission concepts and studies Technical, environmental, and mission design issues of atmospheric entry probe missions Sensors, Instruments and Sample Acquisition Systems For the challenges in future technologies we shall discuss : Technologies that manage thermal and pressure environments throughout the probe mission Capabilities and prospects of existing and emerging electronics, communications and battery technologies for operation in extreme environments encountered by the atmospheric probe missions Atmospheric entry, descent, and mobility technologies including thermal protection systems, parachute technologies, balloons, gliders etc. Confirmed Invited talks : Titan mission concepts (T. Spilker, A. Coustenis) Saturn probes (S. Atreya, T. Balint) SESSION VI: Entry, Descent, and Landing Technologies for Planetary Missions Conveners : N. Cheatwood (NASA LaRC) D. Lebleu (Alcatel Alenia) Session Description : This session is focused on technology development activities which could enhance or enable future planetary missions.  The scope includes atmospheric Entry, Descent, and Landing for terrestrial (Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan) and gas giant planets.  Potential topics include thermal protection systems, deployable aeroshells and decelerators, and landing systems.  Presentations covering the spectrum from conceptual design to flight testing will be considered. Confirmed Invited talks : Mars EDL Capability Drivers and Technology Needs (Mark Adler, JPL) A Robust Entry, Descent and Landing System for the ExoMars Mission (F. Beziat, P. Arfi) SESSION VII: Emerging, enabling, and extreme environment technologies; cross-cutting technologies Convener : L. Peltz (Boeing) Session Description   Probe missions target locations with harsh environments of extreme cold (such as Enceladus and Triton), or extreme hot (such as the surface of Venus), or extreme radiation (such as Europa). Session VII covers the development process and fundamental technologies that enable these new capabilities to operate at extreme cold (below 40 Kelvin), or extreme hot (to 780 Kelvin), or high ambient radiation. What are the technological approaches to producing electronics that can operate at these extreme environments? Topics of interest include: Technologies and circuits of cryogenic-temperature electronics and high-temperature electronics; Radiation tolerance of electronics; Packaging of electronics for extreme environments; Reliability and failure modes of electronic circuits operating in extreme environments; Instrumenting TPS and structures with embedded sensors; and Design approaches and processes for miniaturization of sensing instruments. SESSION VIII: Earth Entry, Descent and Landing for Sample Return and Crewed Missions Conveners : J. Arnold (University Affiliated Research Center) B. Foing (ESA Estec) Session Description : It is anticipated that solar system exploration during the next decade or two will be characterized by increasing interest in missions involving robotic sample return or crewed Earth Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) for lunar return. From the perspective of vehicle entry environments, these are challenging missions since the entry interface speeds range from 11 to 14 (plus) km/sec (corresponding to return from the moon and the remote regions of the Solar System, respectively).  This session will include papers treating aspects of EDL relevant to such missions involving superorbital Earth re-entry. Since there is much in common for EDL between the robotic sample return missions and NASA's Orion program, contributions from that community are encouraged. Appropriate subject matter includes technology, Earth return EDL capsule design, Earth entry observations,  re-entry  flight data as well as mission concepts and planning.