SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM EMC16FROM SIMULATION TO REALITY BERGAMOOctober, 14th – 16th 2016First DayFriday, 14th October 201614:30 Conference StartGreetings:Giorgio Gori: MAYOR OF BERGAMOSergio Cavalieri: BERGAMO UNIVERSIY VICE-CHANCELLOR Technology transfer and innovation Mario Salvi: PRESIDENT BERGAMO SCIENZAChairman: Eugenio Sorrentino, ITALIAN MARS SOCIETY

Session 1: “An Introduction to the Mars Exploration”Robert Zubrin: MARS SOCIETY PRESIDENTMario Tambos: ITALIAN MARS SOCIETY Mission Control on Mars Marcello Coradini: NASA JPL affiliateHuman Exploration of Mars: a race competition fine-line between dream and realityArmin Wedler: DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.)Mobile Robotic developments for planetary exploration at the DLR – RMC: Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments – ROBEX and the space Demonstration mission on etna.Richard Heidman: FRENCH MARS SOCIETYTechnical and Economic Constraints for the Design and Operation of a Martian ColonyCarlo Viberti: SPACELANDThe Spaceland Mars-Gravity Laboratory

Third DaySunday, 16th October 201609:00 Conference StartMorning Session

Session 8: “ Virtual Reality and Simulation of Mars Exploration”Antonio del Mastro: ITALIAN MARS SOCIETYThe V-MARS Program of the Italian Mars SocietySophie Gruber: AUSTRIAN SPACE FORUM, OEWFOutcomes of the AMADEE-15 mission and future OEWF projectsGiovanni Bignami: ACCADEMIA DEI LINCEIGold from Asteroids and asparagus from MarsGabriele Cremonese, Cristina Re: UNIVERSITY OF PADUAThe stereo cameras and the 3D images of the Mars surface

Session 9: “Aerospace structures for Mars”Gennaro Russo: CENTER FOR NEAR SPACE, ITALIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURESpaceHub: an intermediate step towards MarsJean-Marc Salotti: FRENCH MARS SOCIETYRobust, affordable, semi-direct Mars mission12:30Round table:Chairman: Giovanni Caprara, PRESIDENT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION/ SCIENTIFIC COLUMNIST CORRIERE DELLA SERA“The future of Mars Exploration in Europe”Afternoon SessionLive Exomars Mission at Bergamo Donizetti Theater

European Mars Society Conference14/16th October 2016Congress Center Bergamo - Italy

Information and registration:www.marsplanet.org

CONFERENCE MOBILITY PARTNER

Second Day

Saturday, 15th October 2016

09:00 Conference Start

Session 2: “The Space Industry and Mars”

Enrico Flamini: ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY

Alessandro Donati:KAYSER ITALIA SRL Kayser Italia potential contribution to

planetary missions

Vincenzo Giorgio: ALTEC Turin

Carlo Mirra: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE

Airbus vision and technologies in support of planetary missions

Session 3: “MARS Rovers”

Giancarlo Genta: UNIVERSITY OF TURIN

Mobility on Mars surface: an essential aspect of human Mars exploration

Maciej Ślęk: POLISH MARS SOCIETY

ReMY: Commercilization of ESA-ESERO project The ReMy Rover Project

Session 4: “Risks and Analogies in Mars Exploration”

Pierre Brisson: MARS SOCIETY SWITZERLAND

Searching for Life on Mars. Where do we stand?

14:00

Gian Gabriele Ori: INT’L RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PLANETARY SCIENCES/ IBN

BATTUTA Centre, Marrakech

Testing Mars on Earth: the humans way to Mars

Jürgen Herholz: GERMAN MARS SOCIETY

ISS Technology for Manned Mars Missions? A critical Engineering Assessment

Session 5: “Life and ISRU systems on Mars”

Giorgio Bianciardi: SIENA UNIVERSITY

Fractal analysis of Martian outcrops: microbialites on Mars

Concas, G. Corrias and G. Cao: DASS AEROSPACE DISTRICT

A process for the production of useful materials to sustain manned space mis-

sions on Mars through in-situ resources utilization

17:30

Session 7: “Human & Social Factors”

Federico Monaco, Irene Lia Schlacht: ITALIAN MARS SOCIETY

Open Knowledge on Mars Mission: “A Discussion on Communication Boundaries

and Collaboration”

Alcibiade & al.: Italian Navy

Dinamics of stress Markers during two ground simulation of long Space Missions.

Irene Lia Schlacht, Antonio Del Mastro: ITALIAN MARS SOCIETY

Human factors for Mars

Giovanni Caprara: PRESIDENT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALISTS

ASSOCIATION/ SCIENTIFIC COLUMNIST CORRIERE DELLA SERA

Calanchi Alessandra, R.Barbanti, A.Farina: PARIS UNIVERSITY,

URBINO UNIVERSITY An eco-critical cultural approach to Mars colonization

Evening Session

Touristic Guided Tour on the old Bergamo Town

16:00

Session 6: “Agricolture and Life Support Systems”

Cecilia Stanghellini, Esteban Baeza, Frank Kempkes and Esther Meinen:

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH, GREENHOUS HORTICULTURE UNIT

Agriculture on Mars: a fully self-supporting greenhouse

Roberta Paradiso, Youssef Rouphael, Antonio Pannico and Stefania De Pascale:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES – UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES

FEDERICO II

Plant cultivation for Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSSs) in Space

Veronica De Micco, Giovanna Aronne, Carmen Arena and Stefania De Pascale:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF

BIOLOGY – UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II

Plant growth in Space: constraints and challenges

Lobascio Cesare: THALES ALENIA SPACEWater Regeneration for

Space Exploration