Event of the 20 th Week of Science Culture by Italian Gov’s Ministery of Education, University and Research

http://www.lswn.it/eventi/settimana/2010/ventesima_settimana_cultura_scientifica/sardegna/expo_congresso_space_land 2nd SpaceLand Expo-Congress

• Technology, Science, Finance and Academia Workshops • Pre-planned Bilateral Meetings with SMEs and Entrepreneurs • Open Flight Demos 21-23 October 2010

Venue : ECCELSA AVIATION “Costa Smeralda-Olbia Airport” (Sardinia, I)

with the Patronage of European Commission’s Vice President Antonio Tajani

CANAPARO WINES

COSMICA SPACELINES

Organization : www.SpaceLand.it

21 October 2010: 2 nd Expo-Congress workshops & “ B2B” meetings

08.30: Registration at ECCELSA Aviation (“Aviazione Generale”, Olbia-Costa Smeralda airport VIP terminal) Applications for FLIGHT DEMOS on October 22-23 09.30: Welcome address 10.00 Workshop on SPACE TRANSPORTATION, and YOUTH INVOLVEMENT 14.30 Workshop on SMALL-MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (Space SMEs) and FINANCING . Application for FLIGHT DEMOS on October 22-23 . Follow-on’s and “B2B” - preplanned bilateral meetings

22 October 2010: 2nd Expo-Congress presentations

08.30-9:15 Speakers’s registration at ECCELSA Aviation (airport terminal “Aviazione Generale”)

09.15: Welcome by Authorities

09.30: Intro by Carlo VIBERTI: “SUB-ORBITAL and PARABOLICs: OPPORTUNITIES for SOUTH EUROPE”

10.00 : Walter PIPERNO - Italian Space Agency: “ASI POLICIES for S.M.E.s”

10.30: Coffee Break  10.45: SCIENCE, TRAINING and STUDENT OUTREACH SESSION o Daniela SANTUCCI, Istituto Superiore di Sanità o Smith GARRETT, Cosmica Spacelines o Keith GEORGE, ETC Europe - Nastar Center o Massimiliano ATLANTEI, Keddy SRL - Campus SpaceLand o Gianni PELLIS, Associazione Consequor per la Vita Indipendente o Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Japan Space Tourism Society o Carlo SULAS - Grotte Is Zuddas o Mario FARINA, INAER o Elisabetta RABOLLI, Magni Gyro

13.00: Lunch with aperitif drink offered by SpaceLand and CANAPARO Wines  14.30: INDUSTRIAL SESSION o Luigi FUSCO European Space Agency o Alessandra BIANCHI, SME UNION - to be confirmed - o Massimo MICANGELI, AIPAS-SME4SPACE o Luigi Alberto CIAVOLI CORTELLI, ASAS o Maurizio MADIAI, AIAD o Andrea LORENZONI, ASI

and many others….

17.30: Space Cocktail and Prize Awards to students offered by SpaceLand & CANAPARO Wines

23 October 2010: Bilateral Meetings & Flight Demos by As major event of the 20 th Week of Science Culture by the Italian Ministery of Education, University and Research, the 2nd SpaceLand Expo-Congress help position industry, high-tech SMEs, researchers, educators and students to take advantage of a new generation of commercial vehicles for parabolic flight and suborbital travel, offering technology innovators and scientists the opportunity to conduct weightless and low-gravity research more frequently and in real time as well as providing low-cost aerospace flight opportunities to all citizens, including students, educators and “space tourists”.

Such vehicles are revolutionizing access to space by providing weekly, low-cost trips: this future is actually here, now , also thanks to a recent series of successful public events carried out by SpaceLand for both underwater aerospace training (the latest in September 2010, for the Italian Space Agency’s Moon exploration technology R&D projects in weightlessness) as well as for so-called Lunar-gravity, Mars-gravity and weightless research and edutainment flights (six training and flight campaigns implemented by SpaceLand, with experimental hardware, flying from the famous NASA Space Shuttle L.F. at Cape Canaveral).

To help all the above mentioned categories of users take advantage of the new opportunities, SpaceLand has organized the 2nd Expo-Congress again in Sardinia, following on the success of last year’s events: more than a dozen corporations and government agencies, including the Vice President of the European Commission Antonio Tajani (in charge of Industry, Entrepreneurship, Space and Tourism), the President of the Italian Space Agency and the President of the Region of Sardiania, have endorsed the event slated from the 21st to the 23rd of October at Eccelsa Aviation (Olbia) near the new SpaceLand underwater aerospace training camp.

The 3-day event, including bilateral meetings, networking cocktails and “open” flight demos, is held at the VIP terminal of the Olbia-Costa Smeralda airport: it also provides an interactive forum to learn about all the above opportunities and about the research and education personnel capabilities offered by the SpaceLand program and by other initiatives world-wide.

A student competition, on site, will include several prizes, including the possibility, during the last day, to test-fly a high-tech “autogyro” for a low-altitude breathtaking ride over Costa Smeralda, autogyros being considered as one of the latest qualification exams for new SpaceLand flight candidates in 2011 (open to anybody, from 10 to 99 years of age) paving the way to fly research and educational Lunar-gravity parabolic flights at NASA within the SpaceLand science research crew, next year.

Details will be provided also regarding technology and life science experiments on board and on practical facts regarding how to enter and live such “out-of-this-world” experiences including underwater training and boarding “open” parabolic and sub- orbital flights: as a matter of facts, in synergy with NASA, SpaceLand is wide-opening to anybody the opportunities to get involved as test operators or test subjects on “Moon-gravity”, “Mars-gravity” and “microgravity” flights, also for “space tourism” in training camps accessible to the public; such campaigns can be a source of new stimuli for S.T.E.M.-related (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) SMEs, R&D centers, academia & schools as well as for new business initiatives revitalizing local economies and involving touristic resorts and regional infrastructures, such as Sardinia ones.

“The commercial industry shares the enthusiasm displayed by all students, academia and scientific communities, met during the latest SpaceLand ministerial public outreach tours, for the great research and educational potential of the parabolic and sub-orbital flights” quoted Mission Commander Viberti to “La Repubblica” newspaper (February 2nd, 2010).

SpaceLand has a long history in parabolic flight research and edutainment programs, including ground and underwater training activities both in Italy and in the USA. Viberti was himself the chief designer of the 1st International ’s Columbus lab underwater model, now placed at the ESA Astronaut Center, and the Neutral Buoyancy Tank for the European Space Agency, now located in Torino; the Center of Excellence being consolidated by SpaceLand to satisfy ASI, science centers, SME and other user requirements will host a new series of public engagement projects in this new space exploration era.

The added-values of linking “cultural & ” to aerospace programs will also be an important focus, in order to strengthen the “space-awareness” in the European society about values and benefits of Space in terms of progress of knowledge as well as to accelerate the economic recovery through science and technology for higher quality of life for citizens, at any age.

Exceptional flight opportunities will also be available on-site to the Congress participants, thanks to SpaceLand and Magni Gyro.

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

SpaceLand is the 1st non-gov aerospace agency providing ENGINEERING and OPERATIONAL GROUND & FLIGHT SERVICES for any experimental hardware or any flight candidate, including citizens from 11 to 93 years of age , implementing ZERO-GRAVITY, LUNAR-GRAVITY & MARS- GRAVITY Research, Educational and Edutainment Flights taking off from the NASA Space Shuttle L.F. and, from 2011, also at NASA J.S.C. (Johnson Space Center, Houston - Texas, U.S.A.).

SpaceLand has so far brought almost one hundred people, at any age and with any educational background, to fly weightless together with scientists & engineers for cutting-edge life or material science experiments or technology hand-on qualification on flight in “Moon-G”.

Letters of appreciation and/or endorsements have been sent to SpaceLand by the President of the Republic of Italy , the Vice-President of the European Commission, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs , the Italian Minister of Research, Education and University , NASA Directors, the Italian Office for Public Awareness of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet , the President of the Italian Space Agency and many others.

In 2010, the Italian Space Agency has entrusted SpaceLand as responsible entity for Italy’s basic & advanced ground & underwater weightless flight training for parabolic flights and sub- orbital flight program coordinator for Lunar & Mars exploration projects.

SPACELAND WORLD RECORDS

• oldest test subjects in zero-Gravity / Lunar-G ( 85 & 93 -yr-old) • 1st disabled woman as test operator in zero-G / Lunar-G • youngest life-science test subject in Zero-G / Lunar-G ( 11 yr-old) • 1st science crew with members of public in Zero-G / Lunar-G • 1st non-U.S. citizen accepted by NASA for 1 st micro-g R&D flights from Space Shuttle LF

Summary of SpaceLand Flight Mission Commander’s background (Doct. Eng. Carlo Viberti)

• graduated cum Laude at 24 yrs of age at the Polytechnical Engineering University of Torino as Doctor in Aeronautical Engineering • candidated by the President of the Italian Space Agency for the first crew system engineering qualification sub-orbital flight • frm. Chairman of the European Technology Investigators Working Group for the ESA - MIR Space Station program • frm. Coordinator of Italian and European technology experiments on board MIR - International Space Station (Phase 1) • frm. E.S.A. Astronaut Office Technical Manager for Crew Systems, Parabolic Flight and Underwater Test Campaigns • more than 580 Zero-Gravity, Lunar-G, Mars-G flight test parabolas flown to date on ESA and SpaceLand flights • SpaceLand Research Flight Mission Commander for international science and technology research centers • qualified for Russian Space Suit Underwater Model « Orlan » • frm. Technical expert of the Italian Parliamentary Committee for Science & Technology “VAST” • world’s first non-U.S. citizen accepted by NASA to fly the 1st microgravity research « pathfinder » weightless research flights from the NASA Space Shuttle L.F.

SpaceLand Italia, via Balla 9 - 10137 - Torino (Italy) - Tel +39 011 234 14 635-684 / Fax +39 011 09 65 20 74 Web: www.SpaceLand.it - email: [email protected] 2nd SpaceLand Expo-Congress 2010 First European Summit on SMEs and Space Tourism

21-23 October - data sheet

For PARTICIPANTS and SPEAKERS Open CALL for PAPERS ends September 30, 2010 Abstracts must have max 250 words, to be received by Sept 30 th , sent to [email protected] Paper specifications : 15 min maximum presentation time Fee charged , with following services included  entrance to all events  usage of PC and multimedia tools for own presentation  participation to B2B pre-planned meetings  official mention in the web program  2 coffee-breaks  1 buffet  1 aperitif - “apericena”  for applications received before August 30th at CET 20.00 hrs (early bird fee): € 195, 00 - V.A.T. to be added  for applications received on or after August 31st : € 290, 00 - V.A.T. to be added

For SPONSORING CORPORATES RESEARCH CENTERS, INSTITUTES, INDUSTRY / SMEs and TOUR OPERATORS / AGENCIES To schedule business meetings and for Marketing Desks , ask [email protected] ; as the marketing space is limited , desks will be assigned on the base of the chronological order of request Fee charged for business meetings and marketing desk, including  participation to B2B pre-planned meetings  logos on all external communication  display marketing desk and two chairs  daily cleaning services  220 V electrical power outlet  2 coffee-breaks  1 buffet  1 aperitif - “apericena”  for applications received before August 30th at CET 20.00 hrs (early bird fee): € 1.950, 00 -V.A.T. to be added  for applications received after August 31st: € 2.780, 00 -V.A.T. to be added- For additional services and added-value VIP-branding : pls ask by email to [email protected]

Organization: SpaceLand Italia, via Balla 9 - 10137 Torino (Italy) – Email: [email protected] Tel: +39.011.234.14.635 - 684 | GSM: +39.329.067.33.33 | Fax: +39 011 09652074 | SKYPE: COSMO_SpaceLand • for info in English, French or German : Marie tel. + 419191150.77 or .78, email address: [email protected] • for info in Italian, Spanish or Portoguese: Lucy +39.349.37.08.635 - email [email protected]

Accommodation: co nventioned tariffs a 4-star hotel in Astronaut blvd nr 2 (Via Astronauti, 2) Olbia www.jazzhotel.it  double room per person per night, breakfast and internet services included € 50, 00  double room for single use, per night, breakfast and internet services included € 70, 00  additional half-board (dinner, excl. beverages) per person per night: € 30, 00 contact: Anna Germiniasi, email [email protected] tel. +39 392 5074359, +39 0789 651000 Fax +39 0789 651001

Transportation Meridiana Fly welcomes you to the 2nd SpaceLand Expo-Congress: if you fly to Olbia from Rome, Milan, Florence, Naples, Torino, Bologna or Verona , you can now benefit from discounted flight tickets which can be ordered through email directly to [email protected] . Your e-mail should include, in the subject line , the quotation “ rif. Special event SpaceLand ”. Please make sure to write, in the email’s text body, your name, family name, telephone nr, outbound and return dates , credit card number and credit card expiry date ; tickets shall be sent electronically back to the participant’s email address.Such one-way tariffs are valid within the period 19-25 October and are quoted, per leg, from 60 EUR up to max 110 EUR (plus airport taxes, ranging from 14 to 23 EUR depending on the airport): final price is function of the economy or biz class seats availability for the chosen flight leg.