Watch Our Talk Events Online

As part of the EPFL Virtual Space Tour Tokyo, a 4 day talk event series has been organized. If you have missed the opportunity to attend them, you can still watch them online in the videos below.

Talk Event of September 15th

Formal Introduction:
- Mr. Markus Reubi, Chargé d’Affaires a.i, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan
- Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib, Director EPFL Space Center
- Mr. Renato Krpoun, Head, Swiss Space Office

Space Outreach; introducing Tranquility Base and VIRUP
- Mr. Florian Cabot, Laboratory of Astrophysics, EPFL
- Mr. Alexandre de Montelau, Space@yourService, EPFL

Understanding our Universe from Observational Big Data
- Prof. Masahiro Takada, KAVLI IPMU, University of Tokyo
- Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib, Director EPFL Space Center

Talk Event of September 16th

Formal Introduction:
- Mr. Markus Reubi, Chargé d’Affaires a.i, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan
- Ms. Emmanuelle David, Executive Manager, EPFL Space Center

Space Outreach; introducing Tranquility Base and VIRUP
- Mr. Florian Cabot, Laboratory of Astrophysics, EPFL
- Mr. Alexandre de Montelau, Space@yourService, EPFL

Understanding our Milky Way
- Prof. Kentaro Nagamine, Graduate School of Science, Dept. of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University
- Dr. Yves Revaz , Laboratory of Astrophysics, EPFL

Talk Event of September 17th

Tranquility Base: The Project and SpaceBok, a Four-Legged Robot for Planetary Exploration
- Mr. Alexandre de Montleau, Space@yourService, EPFL
- Dr. Hendrik Kolvenbach, Robotic System Laboratory (RSL), ETH Zurich

The Space Debris Problem: Monitoring and solving it
- Prof. Thomas Schildknecht, Vice-Director Astronomical Institute, University of Bern
- Prof. Shinichi Kimura, Dept. Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
- Dr. Luc Piguet, Co-founder and CEO, ClearSpace SA
- Mr. Chris Blackerby, COO, Astroscale
- Ms. Marie-Valentine Florin, Executive Director, International Risk Governance Center, EPFL

Talk Event of September 18th

Careers in space: Focus in Astrophysics and Space Exploration
- Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib, Director EPFL Space Center
- Prof. Genya Ishigami, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
- Mr. Naoyuki Oota, Dept. of Physics, Graduate School of Science Tokyo University of Science
- Mr. Taiki Kanda, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science
- Ms. Chloé Carrière, Space@yourService, EPFL

Tranquillity Base: The Project and the Modular Origami Robot MORI
- Mr. Alexandre de Montleau, Space@yourService, EPFL
- Mr. Kevin Holdcroft, Reconfigurable Robotic Laboratory (RRL), EPFL