UKSC 2008 took place on 27-29th March at Charterhouse School near Godalming, Surrey. It brought together the members of the UK space community to take part in lectures, panel discussions, networking opportunities, a careers fair as well as many other events. Thank you to everyone who supported the inaugural UKSC, most particularly our programme contributors and distinguished speakers:-

Programme:

Guest speakers at UKSC2008 included:

• David Williams, Director General, BNSC
• David Southwood, Director of Science, European Space Agency
• Joe Engle, NASA Astronaut & test pilot
• Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Chairman, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited
• William Pomerantz, Director, Space Projects, X-Prize Foundation
• Professor Ken Pounds, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Leicester
• Anu Ojha, Education Director, National Space Centre

The UKSC2008 programme included the following events:-

• UKAYRoC, the UK Youth Aerospace Rocketry Challenge
• The preliminary judging panel for the Student Space Experiment competition, sponsored by BNSC and SSTL.
• The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards
  
• The Gagarin Dinner

Sponsorship:

UKSC is actively seeking sponsorship from individuals and organisations to help support its future events programmes.

More information on Sponsorship >

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UKSC2008 is supported by:-