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SUMMARY:MVA Meetings at IAC 2025
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 2 October\, in Room E3.6\, located on the third floor of the Exhibition Centre\n\n\n\n14:00-14:45: Workshop 2025 IPC Meeting\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n14:45-15:30: MVA General meeting\, open to everyone\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction\n\n\n\nIndustry WG Status/Outlook\n\n\n\nIMD25 Status/Outlook \n\n\n\nOutreach/Academy/MVA Workshop \n\n\n\nGEGSLA status/outlook \n\n\n\nAOB\n\n\n\n\n15:30-16:50: GEGSLA face-to-face meeting\, including WGs specific discussions \n\n\n\n17:00: Conclusion
URL:https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/mva-meetings-at-iac-2025/
CATEGORIES:Side Events
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SUMMARY:Cultural Considerations WG webinar - Moon: Religion and Ritual
DESCRIPTION:Since the dawn of time\, the Moon has attracted the devoted attention of Earth’s inhabitants. It has been attributed divine powers\, magical abilities\, and significant influences on our daily lives\, from bottling wine to sowing seeds to cutting hair. With this webinar\, we intend to explore how primitive beliefs led to the Moon being seen as the first step toward the conquest of space. \n\n\n\nFree registration on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\nRemo Rapetti: Introduction\n\n\n\nDeana Weibel: “The Once-Distant Moon: From a Sacred Light to a Human Domain”\n\n\n\nCarolyn Kennett: “Moonlit Monuments”\n\n\n\nLisa Pettibone: Comments and Questions.\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nDr. Deana L. Weibel is Professor of Anthropology at Grand Valley State University (USA)\, jointly appointed in GVSU’s Religious Studies program in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Her research focuses on the intersections of religion\, science\, and space exploration\, including how astronauts’ subjective experiences in space are used in spirituality and meaning-making. She is the author of The Ultraview Effect: What We Can Learn from Astronauts About Awe\, Humility\, and Exploring the Unknown (University of California Press\, forthcoming May 2026). \n\n\n\nCarolyn Kennett is an archaeoastronomer\, astronomer\, and author. She serves as Chair of the Society for the History of Astronomy and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Her research and writing explore topics ranging from planetary science to Cornish prehistory. Carolyn has appeared on BBC Sky at Night and is a regular contributor to regional television and radio programmes. She has presented her work at conferences around the world.
URL:https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/cultural-considerations-wg-webinar-religion-and-the-moon/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Cultural WG webinar - Sci-Fi Moon Visions
DESCRIPTION:Free registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bQIMo87bRUOODuFqWzEaqg \n\n\n\nAGENDA \n\n\n\nRemo Rapetti: Introduction \n\n\n\nChristopher Cokinos: Long Before Rockets: Imagination’s Voyages to the Moon \n\n\n\n“As we return to the Moon with Artemis\, we should return to the many imaginary voyages we’ve taken to the Moon\, from Chinese folk tales to pioneering science fiction. These leaps of creative vision are more than nostalgic trifles. They tell us about ourselves and our attitudes toward places we explore and might settle. Imagination’s voyages to the Moon are one foundation for policy. They give us ethical trajectories to consider as competing interests aim for the ice-rich lunar south pole. Plus\, some of them are great fun.” \n\n\n\nErika Nesvold: Today’s Lunar Stories\, Tomorrow’s Lunar Challenges \n\n\n\n“Science fiction uses unearthly settings to explore humanity’s greatest fears and propose dreams for our future. Today’s stories set on the Moon are no exception: lunar science fiction films\, television shows\, novels\, and short stories imagine the Moon as a threat\, a resource\, or a home for humans in the not-so-distant future. Most frequently\, these stories portray the Moon as an extension of the Earth\, a secondary host to humanity’s ongoing struggles and conflicts. What cautionary tales can we find in these lunar stories\, and how can we apply their lessons to urgent questions of space policy as we prepare to turn science fiction into reality in the comingdecades?” \n\n\n\nLisa Pettibone: Comments and questions \n\n\n\nChristopher Cokinos is the author or coeditor of several books\, including The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars\, Hope Is the Things with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds\, and Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight. His new book —Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity to Tomorrow–came out in 2024  and has garnered praise from Booklist\, Kirkus Reviews\, Sky & Telescope and the Toronto Globe & Mail. He is the winner of awards and fellowships from\, among others\, New American Press\, the Whiting Foundation\, the Rachel Carson Center in Munich\, and the National Science Foundation. His poems\, articles\, and essays have appeared in such venues as Scientific American\, High Country News\, Astronomy\, Discover.com\, and the Los Angeles Times. Having taught literature\, writing\, and science communication for more than three decades at three universities\, he again lives and writes in Utah. \n\n\n\nErika Nesvold is an astrophysicist who has worked as a researcher at NASA Goddard and the Carnegie Institution for Science. She is a developer for Universe Sandbox\, a physics-based space simulator; cofounder of the nonprofit organization the JustSpace Alliance; and the creator and host of the podcast Making New Worlds. She is also the author of Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space and co-editor of Reclaiming Space: Progressive and Multicultural Visions of Space Exploration. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n.
URL:https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/cultural-wg-webinar-sci-fi-moon-visions/
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SUMMARY:Cultural Considerations WG webinar - What is the philosophy of space and why is it important? 
DESCRIPTION:Free Regisatration \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8SDw6NSwQ4e5QsIhPCNzgg \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\nRemo Rapetti: Welcome address\n\n\n\nChristopher Cokinos: Introduction\n\n\n\nRebecca Lowe: The Philosophy of Space: Opportunity\, Value\, and Obligation\n\n\n\n\n“How should property ownership work in space? How should human space experience be regulated? What obligations do humans have to non-human life in space? These three questions offer a route into conceiving of space as a special source of philosophical enquiry.” (Rebecca Lowe) \n\n\n\nRebecca Lowe is Philosophy Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center\, where she is also Director of Emerging Scholars. She is working on two books: ‘Freedom in Utopia’\, and ‘Speaking Freely’. She writes a Substack called ‘the ends don’t justify the means’\, and hosts a podcast called ‘Working Definition’. She often writes about space\, and until recently served as Consulting Space Philosopher for a strategic space advisory firm. Her space publications include an article on the value of space activity for Economic Affairs\, a follow-up piece for the American Philosophical Association blog on the value of private space activity\, and a paper for the Adam Smith Institute on lunar property rights. Other highlights have included appearing on the Planetary Society’s podcast\, and giving a keynote talk for the Flight Software Workshop at Johns Hopkins.
URL:https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/cultural-considerations-wg-webinar-what-is-the-philosophy-of-space-and-why-is-it-important/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Back to the Moon webinar Ep 1: Artemis 2 - Science & Industry
DESCRIPTION:Artemis II marked humanity’s first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 — and it carried a new generation of science with direct relevance to industry\, medicine\, and the future of human exploration. In this opening session\, Prof. Joseph “Sci” Borg (University of Malta) and Satoru Kurosu join us to unpack what Artemis II means beyond the mission itself. \n\n\n\nJoseph brings a space biology perspective\, exploring the biological and medical questions Artemis II begins to answer and how that knowledge translates into applications in drug development\, radiation medicine\, and personalized healthcare. Satoru offers an industry lens\, examining the commercial opportunities emerging from the Artemis ecosystem and the practical barriers companies face today. Together\, they will discuss the partnerships and capabilities needed to turn Artemis science into real-world products and services\, and share advice for the next generation looking to work at this frontier. \n\n\n\nJoin us on June 2 at 14:00 CEST for this one-hour live event with moderated discussion and audience Q&A. \n\n\n\nRegister on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7AIhHTEiS2KgWUS4KhMvDg
URL:https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/back-to-the-moon-webinar-ep-1-artemis-2-science-industry/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Moon Architecture FORUM Series - Episode 1: Moon Village – From Vision to Reality – What’s Next?
DESCRIPTION:The Architectural Concepts Working Group of the Moon Village Association aims to foster an interdisciplinary platform for exploring architectural strategies\, technology and standards enabling solutions as well as spatial concepts for a future Moon Village. The group brings together expertise from architecture\, engineering\, human factors\, environmental and social sciences\, and related fields to address key challenges from multiple perspectives. Through regular thematic forums\, the Working Group will focus on specific topics—ranging from habitat design and construction to environmental constraints and human experience in extreme environments. \n\n\n\nThe objective is to encourage open exchange\, critical discussion\, and the integration of diverse viewpoints in order to develop holistic and forward-looking architectural approaches that contribute to the broader Moon Village vision and strengthen collaboration across MVA Working Groups and to provide actionable concepts to the international community. \n\n\n\nAs part of this initiative\, the Architectural Concepts Working Group is launching the Moon Architecture FORUM Series — a recurring online forum dedicated to discussion\, knowledge exchange\, and future-oriented thinking around lunar architecture and habitation. Each forum will focus on a dedicated theme and provide a space for interdisciplinary interchange\, serious discussion\, speculative thinking\, and the sharing of ideas\, research\, and experiences. The forum is intended as an open platform to collectively explore future directions and move the conversation forward\, and takes place on a quarterly basis. \n\n\n\nThe first forum is held under the theme:“Moon Village – From Vision to Reality – What’s Next?”It will take place on MOONday\, 13 July\, at 5:00 PM (CET). \n\n\n\nThis inaugural forum will explore different opinions\, philosophies\, and concepts surrounding the original idea of the Moon Village\, tracing how the vision of a human presence on the Moon has evolved through contributions from space agencies\, architects\, engineers\, researchers\, designers\, and thinkers across disciplines. \n\n\n\nRather than treating the Moon Village as a fixed concept\, the discussion approaches it as an open and evolving framework shaped by diverse interpretations — ranging from technological and infrastructural solutions to cultural\, social\, architectural\, and philosophical perspectives on future lunar life. \n\n\n\nMore info coming soon
URL:https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/moon-architecture-forum-series-episode-1-moon-village-from-vision-to-reality-whats-next/
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SUMMARY:Quantum Innovation Summit – MVA’s Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities Symposium
DESCRIPTION:pa \n\n\n\n\nMVA’s Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities Symposium\n\n\n\nQuantum Technologies\, Emerging Systems & Lunar Operations\n\n\n\nA Special Moonshot Program within the Quantum Futures Forum at the Quantum Innovation Summit 2026 \n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n28 September 2026Grand Hyatt Dubai Conference & Exhibition CentreDubai\, United Arab EmiratesHybrid Program\n\n\n\nThe Moon Village Association’s Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities Symposium will take place during the Quantum Futures Forum at the Quantum Innovation Summit 2026\, bringing sustainable lunar and cislunar activities into a focused setting shaped by quantum technologies\, artificial intelligence\, robotics\, communications\, navigation\, sensing\, infrastructure systems\, space resources\, law\, governance\, and operational coordination. \n\n\n\nThe symposium builds on the international platform of the Quantum Innovation Summit\, which will take place from 28 to 30 September 2026 in Dubai\, and creates a dedicated environment for stakeholders working across lunar activities\, emerging technologies\, and sustainable operations around the Moon. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore information on the event website:https://quantuminnovationsummit.com/mva-global-expert/
URL:https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/mvas-global-expert-group-on-sustainable-lunar-activities-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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