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"Discover the Cosmos and Change the World" and "Space Technologies Today and Tomorrow" Conferences are an important part of STARMUS VI festival program to be held in Yerevan on September 5-10, 2022.

The conferences will be led by STARMUS VI speakers, the brightest minds from all over the world in science, as well as astronomers, physicists, astronauts, chemists, including Nobel Prize winners - will communicate with audience through a wide variety of topics, highlighting important discoveries and showcasing achievements of the past with the technological future.

The "Discover the Universe and Change the World" conference will take place on September 5-9, at 15:00-19:00, in the Main concert hall of K. Demirchyan sports and concert complex, during which the following topics will be discussed:

September 6

Tony Fadell (ipod inventor, iphone co-inventor and Nest founder) Technology Synergies between Earth and Space
Donna Strickland (Physicist, Nobel Laureate) How to cut glass with lasers
Emmanuelle Charpentier (Microbiologist and Bioche, IBMmist, Nobel Laureate) Gene Therapy
Maureen Raymo (Paleoclimatologist) Climate Change: Is it too late?

Jean-Jacques Dordain (Aerospace engineer and former DG of ESA) The message from Earth to humans on planet Earth
Bernhard  Scholkopf  (Computer scientist)  Is Artificial intelligence Intelligent ?
Kurt Wuthrich (Chemist, Nobel Laureate) mRNA and other biological macromolecules supporting the functioning of our bodies
David Zambuka (Artist) Are you a martian?

September 7

Louis Friedman (Astrophysicist) 50 Years on Mars: from Mars 3 and Mariner 9 to Starship
Bethany Ehlmann (Planetary Scientist ) Science Discoveries at Mars: today and tomorrow
Scott Hubbard (Physicist ) Mars Exploration: The reconstruction
Michel Mayor (Astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate)  Billions of planets in the Universe
Lisa Kaltenegger (Astrophysicist) Alien Earths
David Grinspoon (Astrobiologist) Climate catastrophes on Venus, Earth and Mars

September 8

Jim Bagian (Astronaut and physician) The Human in Space- Medical and Physiological Challenges
Xavier Barcons (Astrophysicist, General Director of ESO) Feet on the ground, eyes on the sky: 60 years discovering the secrets of the Universe and looking ahead
Wu Ji  (Aerospace Engineer and former DG of NSSC) Chinese Space Program
Kam Ghaffarian (Visionary Entrepreneur,founder of Axiom Space) Building the off-Earth economy

Kip Thorne (Physicist, Nobel Laureate) & Lia Halloran (Artist) Poetry, Art and Science : The Warped Side of the Universe
Diana Acherman (Poet and naturalist)  What is Life – On Earth and in the mansions of  the stars
Mark Boslough (Planetary scientist) Asteroids in action- Fire on the ground

Panel Discussion ¨Andrey Sakharov 100 - The Responsibility and Ethics of Science and Technology” moderated by Sophie Shevardnadze. Participants
Emmanuelle Charoentier, Garik Israelian, Bernhard Scholkopf, Richard Marco and Tony Donne

September 9

Charlie Duke (Moonwalker, Apollo 16 Program) Walking and driving on the Moon
George Nield (Astronaut and Engineer)  Space Tourism Today and Tomorrow
Paul Franklin (Visual Effects Supervisor)  Visual effects: from Science to Arts
Tony Donne (Programme Manager and CEO of EUROfusion) Fusion: creating a star on earth

Chris Hadfield (Astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot and author) An Astronaut's guide to walking in Space
George Smoot (Physicist, Nobel Laureate) The Origin of the Universe
Leon Stok (Engineer, IBM)  Recent Advances in Quantum Computing

Panel Discussion Space Race 2 with Charlie Bolden, Jean-Jacques Dordain and Wu Ji  moderated by Nagin Cox

The conference "Space Technologies Today and Tomorrow" will take place on September 8-9, at 11:00-13:30, in  the Small Concert Hall of K. Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex.  The details of the conference speakers and their speeches are highlighted below:

8 September

Jean-Jacques Dordain (Aerospace engineer and former DG of ESA) - Opening
George Nield (Astronaut and Engineer) - The Commercial Space Age
Nagin Cox (Systems Engineer) - Space and Technologies: Mars Surface Operations
Joel Parker (Astrophysicist) -  To the Edge of the Solar System and Beyond: Flying along with NASA’s Horizons Mission
Michael Kezirian (Adjunct Professor, USC & President, Century Fathom & President, International Space Safety Foundation) - Space Sustainability: Orbital Space Environment and Integration (with the Airspace)
Juan Thomas Hernani (Environmental Scientist) Satellite Trends and Technologies
Salem Humaid Al Marri (General Director of  Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center) - UAE Space Programme from Earth to Mars and in between
Yervant Zorian (Synopsys Armenia President) - The Intelligent chip technology, the backbone of the space systems

9 September

Harold “Sonny” White (Engineer): Interstellar flight, the ultimate Moon shot
Garrett Reisman (Engineer and former NASA astronaut) - SpaceX - Amazing journey from Falcon to Starship
Adam Burrows (Full Professor of Astrophysical Sciences) - Issues for the New Space Economy: Space Debris, Space Traffic Management
Armen Kherlopian (Data Scientist, Researcher, Entrepreneur, Investor and Expert in AI) - Five Hazards of Space Health
Arbi Karapetian (Section Manager - Flight Electronics at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) - From Space to Earth - NASA/jpl VENTILATOR FOR COVID - 19 Patients
Alfred McEwen (planetary geologist and director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory (PIRL) - High resolution imaging of planetary surfaces