Conference Program

Panel I - debate: Space defense. From NATO’s fifth domain to astropolitics

Panelists: Jakub Ciążela (ING PAN; MIRORES sp. z o.o.), Wojciech Horyń (AWL), Rafał Kopeć (UKEN), Grzegorz Zwoliński (Ares Shield AI S.A.). Moderator: Bartosz Smolik (UWr)

Panel II - security and defense panel

Moderator: Rafał Kopeć

• Anna Lemańska-Kramer - International Astronautical Congress - Poznań 2027 (Grupa MTP)
• Jakub Ciążela - MIRGUARD614: multispectral thermal reconnaissance from unmanned aerial vehicles (ING PAN; MIRORES sp. z o.o.)
• Robert Kasperek, co-author: Michał Dziedzic - Use of ROV robots (underwater drones) for non-invasive technical assessment of water facilities and structures and detection of safety threats (UPWr)
• Michał Dziedzic, co-author: Robert Kasperski - Use of aerial drones and satellite data to assess the operation and safety of hydropower plants on rivers (UPWr)
• Grzegorz Bury - The importance of satellite navigation systems for returning to the Moon (UPWr)

Panel III - Mars panel

Moderator: Jakub Ciążela

• Jean-Marc Salloti - Minimizing Landing Risks for Human Mars Missions (Bordeaux University)
• Waldemar Pichór - Using Mars mineral resources to build future bases in line with the In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) strategy (AGH)
• Natalia Zalewska - Terrestrial concretions as indicators of ore-forming processes and potential metal resources on Mars (CBK PAN, MIRORES)
• Kaja Skubała - From resistance mechanisms to biological stabilization of Martian regolith: extremotolerant organisms in astrobiological research (UJ)
• Marta Ciążela - Searching for conditions conducive to episodic liquid water at low Martian latitudes: analysis of thermal inertia and atmospheric HCl observations (PWr)

Panel IV - Student Mars panel

Moderator: Radosław Zajdel

• Weronika Malec, Szymon Lubański - Safe exploration and exploitation of the Moon and Mars (Scorpio Student Research Group - PWr)
• Aleksander Kortlarz - Tianwen-3: technological and geopolitical dimensions of China’s Mars sample-return mission (AGH)
• Julia Wrotyńska - Satellites as a tool of information warfare - Starlink in Russian narratives about the Russian-Ukrainian war (UWr)
• Stanisław Kasior - Space as a new dimension of security for Arab states: the role of high-tech development and strategic capabilities (UWr)
• Radosław Zajdel - Martian GPS? Navigation for future missions (UPWr)

Panel V - legal and political science panel

Moderator: Irma Słomczyńska

• Małgorzata Polkowska - Space law and international humanitarian law in armed conflicts (ASzWoj)
• Irma Słomczyńska - In search of strategic autonomy: European Union policy and space resources (UMCS)
• Paweł Frankowski - Sovereignty in orbit - challenges for Taiwan’s space program in the 21st century (UJ)
• Barbara Rogowska - The significance of “extraterrestrial races” in the popular imagination (UWr)
• Katarzyna Dojwa-Turczyńska - Cosmos in digital folklore: popular-culture depictions of astronomy in Polish internet image memes (UWr)

Panel VI - European studies and law panel

Moderator: Dagmara Kuźniar

• Dagmara Kuźniar - Limited demilitarization of space as a threat to the security and stability of space activities by states and other entities (UR)
• Kamil Muzyka - Autonomy and responsibility - the problem and paradox of space law (Prawo i Kosmos, PTA)
• Aneta Bąk-Pitucha - Polish efforts to strengthen security and defense on Earth and in space - SAN anti-drone technology for border protection and European security - cooperation between Poland, Slovakia and Norway (KUL)
• Tomasz Wójtowicz - The space domain in the Russian-Ukrainian war (UKEN)

Panel VII - technical and defense panel

Moderator: Paweł Turczyński

• Hubert Nowak - Development of digital terrain models of selected craters on Mars (MSP)
• Krzysztof Zaraska - Plasma conversion of CO₂ as a key to the industrialization of Mars (Łukasiewicz - IMiF)
• Krzysztof Lewandowski - Principles of protection against radiation in space: application of new materials (MSP)
• Paweł Turczyński - What is the alternative to Starlink - will IRIS² give Europe strategic autonomy? (UWr)
• Bartosz Smolik - Poland’s defense activity in space: current state and development prospects (UWr)

Panel VIII debate: Education for the space age. How can we popularize, teach, and use knowledge about space?

Panelists: Piotr Wrzecioniarz (Krajowy Komitet Technologii Kosmicznych), Anna Bukiewicz-Szul (WroSpace), Justyna Średzińska (ESERO-Polska/KOPERNIK), Łukasz Gadomski (Wojskowa Szkoła Średnia im. Zawiszy Czarnego w Legnicy), Włodek Tarnowski (WeoSpace). Moderator: Luiza Wieczorek (Mars Society Poland)