Special Sessions

Special sessions have the main aim of creating a mini-workshop on a specific topic, where researchers working on the same argument can make knowledge, familiarize, exchange ideas, create cooperation.
Special Sessions are being developed by designated chairs.

If you, as an author, have a paper that could be included in one of these sessions, you may submit an extended abstract selecting your favourite session. If the abstract is not selected for the session, it may be included in another part of the technical program.

To submit extended abstracts to the special session, follow the submission instructions for regular sessions, but remind to specify the special session to which the paper is directed.

1. Special Session #1: Metrology and Instrumentation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

   Organized by: Konrad Wojtowicz, Military University of Technology, Poland

2. Special Session #2: Space To Space: Scientific and Technological Challenges for Human and Robotic Space Exploration

   Organized by: Vittorio Ancona, Thales Alenia Space; Pietro Ferraro, National Research Council, Italy; Paolo Maggiore, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Piero Messidoro, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

3. Special Session #3: University Satellites and Aerospace Research and Development

   Organized by: Vladimir Saetchnikov, Belarusian State University, Belarus

4. Special Session #4: Complex Systems Operational Availability: Measurements, Methodologies and Requirements

   Organized by: Fabio Leccese, Roma tre University, Italy

5. Special Session #5: Measurement for Improving Quality, Reliability and Safety in Aerospace Applications

   Organized by: Lorenzo Ciani, University of Florence, Italy; Marcantonio Catelani, University of Florence, Italy

6. Special Session #6: Sensors and Solutions for Autonomous Aerospace Systems

   Organized by: Domenico Accardo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Giorgio de Alteriis, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Claudia Conte, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

7. Special Session #7: Interplanetary exploration: Mars and Moon

   Organized by: Claudio Sacchi, University of Trento, DISI, Italy; Cosimo Stallo, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

8. Special Session #8: Optical and Innovative Sensors for Aerospace

   Organized by: Alessandro Aimasso, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Vittorio Ancona, Thales Alenia Space; Matteo Davide Lorenzo Dalla Vedova, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Pietro Ferraro, National Research Council, Italy; Paolo Maggiore, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Giuseppe Sala, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

9. Special Session #9: Investigation on Moon Habitat and Infrastructure Feasibility: Lunar Soil Cultivation, Regolith-based Building and TLC Systems for Remote Operations

   Organized by: Mario Marchetti, AIDAA; Andrea Delfini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

10. Special Session #10: Metrology for Maritime Transport, Ports and Shipping

    Organized by: Michele Fiorini, Leonardo s.p.a., Italy; Jillian Carson-Jackson, The Nautical Institute, UK; Julia Kosiek, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland

11. Special Session #11: Applied metrology for navigation and precise positioning

    Organized by: David Martín Gómez, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

12. Special Session #12: GNSS Space Synergies (GNS4): from GNSS space users to LEO-PNT and hybrid terminals

    Organized by: Francesco Menzione, European Commision

13. Special Session #13: STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING AND NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING FOR AEROSPACE

    Organized by: Leandro Maio, Vittorio Memmolo, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy; Marco Laracca, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

14. Special Session #14: Energy Systems in Space

    Organized by: Cesare Molfese, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Italy

15. Special Session #15: Measurements in the Research of Aerodynamics and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    Organized by: Zbigniew Czyż, Polish Air Force University, Poland, Jerzy Józwik, Jaroslaw Pytka, Lublin University of Technology, Poland

16. Special Session #16: Manufacturing and Metrology in the Aerospace Industry

    Organized by: Jerzy Józwik, Magdalena Zawada-Michałowska, Ireneusz Zagórski, Jaroslaw Pytka, Lublin University of Technology, Poland

17. Special Session #17: Vision-based and LiDAR-based navigation systems for spacecraft and autonomous vehicles

    Organized by: Marco Pertile, Sebastiano Chiodini, Andrea Valmorbida, University of Padova, Italy, Riccardo Giubilato, German Aerospace Center, Germany

18. Special Session #18: Metrology for Radar Systems

    Organized by: Silvia Ullo, University of Sannio, Italy, Alfonso Farina, Selex ES

19. Special Session #19: Optical technology and data fusion for SHM, physiological and biochemical tracking in aerospace environments

    Organized by: Carlos Marques, I3N and Physics department, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Are you interested in organizing a special session?

Please, contact the Technical Program Chairs, using the form at this page: