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Space Day 2025 Conference

Event date: March 5, 2025

📍 Venue: Brno Observatory and Planetarium
📅 Date: 5 March 2025

Morning program – For the professional public

Moderator: prof. MUDr. Julie Dobrovolná, Ph.D.


🎤 Plenary Lectures

09:00 – 09:30 | Official opening of the event

  • Welcome to the participants and opening remarks
  • Representatives of Masaryk University, Charles University, Mendel University in Brno, University of Defence, University of Mining and Metallurgy – Technical University Ostrava, Brno University of Technology and Czech Technical University in Prague.


09:15 – 09:30 | Presentation of the CAERPIN consortium – web presentation

  • Presentation of CAERPIN activities (prof. Dobrovolná)
  • Presentation of the consortium website (prof. Martinek)

09:30 – 9:50 | Project preSATPET – tracking of satellite radars using passive systems and its use for SSA – Space situational awareness
👨‍🚀Přednášející: mjr. Ing. David NOVÁK, Ph.D. and Col. gšt. Doc. Ing. Jiří VESELÝ, Ph.D., University of Defence

9:50 – 10:15 | Current projects, activities and opportunities of MENDELU in the areas of space research
🔬 Speaker: Ing. Libor Lenža, Ph.D. and team, SPACE AGRI TECHNOLOGIES (SAT) research group, UCB Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University

10:15 – 10:30 | Current projects, activities and opportunities of Brno University of Technology in space research
🔬 Speaker: Ing. Vratislav Šálený, Ph.D. and Collective, Brno University of Technology

10:30 – 10:45 | Simulation of Martian and lunar environments.
👨‍🚀Mgr. Katarína Molnárová and team, SPACE AGRI TECHNOLOGIES (SAT) research group, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University

10:45 – 11:10 | Use of AI in space applications
🎖 Speaker: Prof. Zelinka, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology Ostrava

11:10- 11:30 | “Analog Missions, Opportunity and Challenge?”
🚀 Speaker: Mgr. et Bc. Lucie Ráčková, Ph.D., Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University

11:30- 11:45 | Wearable Technologies for Space Applications
🚀 Speaker: Ing. et Ing. Jan Hejda, Ph.D., Czech Technical University in Prague

11:45- 12:0 | Development and education in the field of on-board scientific instruments
🚀 Speaker: Prof. RNDr. René Hudec, CSc., Czech Technical University in Prague

12:00 -13:00 | 🍽 Lunch break

Afternoon programme – For the general public

13:00 – 13:25 |Space Farming and Agriculture 4.0: Technologies for automated plant cultivation in space and on Earth
📡 Speakers: Ing. Vlastimil Slaný, Ph.D., Institute of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Technology, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University; Prof. Ing. Radek Martinek, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Science and Research, University of Mining and Metallurgy – Technical University of Ostrava, FEI – Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

13:25 – 13:45 | Advanced Optical Sensors for Space Applications
🩺 Lecturer: doc. Nedoma Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Mining and Metallurgy – Technical University of Ostrava

13:45 – 14.15 | Presentation of the projects CONREX – Czech Orbital NanoRobots Experiment (cooperation with TRL Space), ISS T-Shirt (cooperation with Masaryk University and industrial partners), IKAROS – Innovation in Cardiorespiratory Observation for Space (cooperation with the University of Defence)
🤖 Speakers: Signal Lab (prof. Martinek, prof. Dobrovolná, Dr. Ládrová, Dr. Barnová – University of Mining and Metallurgy – Technical University of Ostrava + Masaryk University

14:15 – 14:45 | What does satellite multispectral data over the last 40 years tell us about the memory of the landscape?
🔭 Speaker: Prof. RNDr. Tomáš Řezník, Institute of Geography, Ph.D., Masaryk University

14.45 – 15:00 | ☕ break

Main panel discussion (90 minutes)

🛰 “The Czech journey to space: how can academia support this project?”

15:00 – 16:30 | Moderated discussion with leading experts
📢 The aim of the panel discussion is to bring together the scientific community, industry and political representatives to look for ways to best support the development of Czech space ambitions.

Topics for discussion:

  • What are the main objectives of the “Czech journey to space” project?
  • The role of universities in the development of space technology and research
  • Opportunities for the involvement of Czech industry in the space sector
  • Financing and legislative support for space projects in the Czech Republic
  • International cooperation and possibilities of participation in ESA and NASA programmes

👥 Discussants (proposed guests):

  • Moderator: Prof. MUDr. Julie Dobrovolná, Ph.D.
  • Doc. Prof. Ing. Ladislav Janíček, Ph.D., MBA, LL.M (BUT Brno, Rector)
  • Doc. RNDr. Martin Vlach, Ph.D. (Charles University, Vice-Rector for External Relations)
  • Prof. Ing. Jan Platoš, Ph.D. (VŠB-TUO, Dean of FEI)
  • Col. gšt. Doc. Ing. Jiří VESELÝ, Ph.D. (UNOB)
  • Ing. Libor Lenža, Ph.D. (MENDELU)
  • Mgr. et Bc. Lucie Ráčková, Ph.D. (MUNI)

17:00 | Official closing of the event