«Towards a Tunisian National Space Strategy» 22, 23, and 24 March 2018 Hotel Diar El Medina, Hammamet, Tunisia Tentative Conference Program Day 1 Thursday, 22 March 2018 08:15 09:00 Welcome and Registration 09:00 09:40 Opening Ceremony Welcoming speech and conference presentation, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (President of the National Space Commission) Minister of Defense Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Ministry of Local Affairs and Environment Presentation of the commission 09:40 11 :00 Plenary Session I: Space technologies and Sustainable development: Lessons from international experiences - Mr. Niklas HEDMAN (Representative of UNOOSA) - Ms. Claudie HAIGNERÉ (Representative of ESA) - HE Dr. P.G. Diwakar (Representative of Indian Space Research Organization) Moderator: Kamel BESBES (CRMN) Rapporteur: Zohra LILI CHABAANE (UCAR / INAT) 11 :00 11 :30 Coffee Break 11:30 12:45 Plenary Session II: Space technologies: Emerging trends and prospects for cooperation with Tunisia - Mr. Jean - Yves LE GALL (President of CNES, France) - Mr. Zhao JUN (representative of CAST, China) - Mr Roberto IBBA, (Representative of Italian Space Agency, Italy) Moderator: Zohra LILI CHABAANE (UCAR / INAT) Rapporteur: Thouraya SAHLI (CNCT) 1
12:45 14 :00 Lunch Parallel Sessions / Workshops 14:00 16:00 Workshop1: Earth Observation (Application areas, needs, and priorities) - Agriculture and Forests (Hamed DALY,, ONAGRI-MARHP) - Urban planning (Jihene GHILOUFI, Agence de l Urbanisme) - Environment (Habib BEN MOUSSA, Ministry of Environment) (TBC) - Security and Emergency Response (Mohamed Ali ILAHY,CNCT) - Meteorology (Ammar OUALI, INM) - Training and Research in Earth Observation Applications (Prof. Zohra LILI CHABAANE, UCAR/INAT) Moderator : Mehrez ZRIBI (CNRS) Rapporteur : Hedia CHAKROUN (UTM/ENIT) Workshop 2: Space Technologies for Communications (Assessment of the existing, needs and priorities) - Representative of Telecom Operators - Representative of Direction Informatique et Transmission du Ministère de la Défense - Mrs Hend Ben Haji (representative of Centre d Etudes et Recherche en Télécommunications (CERT) - Representative of Office National des Télécommunications (ONT) - Navigation (Kais TOUNSI, CNCT) - Spatail Geodesy (Kamel NAWWALI, OTC) - Training and Research in Space Communication Technologies (Rim BARRAK, SUP COM) Moderator : Hichem BESBES Rapporteur : Haythem ISMAIL 16:00 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 18:00 Plenary Session III, Workshop 3: Space Technologies and Infrastructures - Tunisian infrastructure Means and Roadmap of the CNCT (Haythem ISMAIL, CNCT) Means and Roadmap of the ONT (Representative of ONT) Means and road map of the INM (Ahmed HMAM, INM) - Airborne instrumentation, means and projects (Naoufel NFISSI, Ministry of Defense) 2
- Access to space technologies through small satellites (Prof. Kamel BESBES, MESRS/CRMN) - Training and Research: Priority Technological and Thematic Infrastructures, MESRS (Prof Mohamed Adel ALIMI, ENIS) Moderator: Imed Riadh Farah (UMA/ ISAMM) Rapporteur: Nesrine CHEHATA (INP, Bordeaux) 18:30 19:30 Closed session: Summary of first day s discussions (Moderators, rapporteurs, program committee members, international experts) 3
Day 2 23 March 2018 9:00 10:10 Plenary Session IV: International Experiences National Space Agencies and Programs space technologies: future trends and prospects for cooperation with Tunisia 10:10 10:40 Coffee Break - Mr Hosni GHEDIRA (MASDAR): A new earth observation technology (Stratobus) - Mr Mehrez Zribi (CNRS, France) : - Mr Ammar Kouki (ETS, Canada) Moderator: Wafa ESSAHLI (CENSAD) Rapporteur: Riadh ABDELAFATTAH (UCAR/ SUP COM) 10:50 12:20 Workshop 4.1: Discussion of the outcomes of the workshops within a SWOC analysis 12:20 14:00 Lunch Workshop style parallel round-tables: Discussion of opportunities and challenges for the Tunisian space program Identification of priority areas (application areas) Identification of priority opportunities (for the development of space technologies and services) Identification of target capacities to develop (governance & institutions, research & training, infrastructure) Moderator : Faten KHAMASSI (UCAR / INAT), 14:00 16:20 Workshop 4.2: Discussion of the outcomes of the workshops Workshop style parallel round-tables: Discussion of opportunities and challenges for the Tunisian space program Identification of priority areas (application areas) Identification of priority opportunities (for the development of space technologies and services) Identification of target capacities to develop (governance & institutions, research & training, infrastructure) Moderator: Faten KHAMASSI (UCAR / INAT) 4
16:20 16:50 Coffee Break 16:50 18:00 Plenary Session VII: Presentation and discussion of the conference recommendations - Secretary of State for Scientific Research (MESRS) - Rapporteur or Moderator for each of the workshops/plenaries Tunisian space strategy: - SWOT analysis of current capacities: Strength, Weakness, opportunities, and challenges. - Vision and key objectives for space program. - Follow-up actions (key initiatives in the short/medium term.) 18:15 Closing ceremony by Mr The Secretary of State for Scientific Research (MESRS) Day 3 24 March 2018 9:30-13:00 Closed workshop: Elaboration of a draft national roadmap for the Tunisian Space program (By invitation) Members of the national space commission Moderators and Rapporteurs Selected experts 5