S5 EP6: ISAM Conference Live: Developing the Future Workforce

This panel looks forward proactively to what we can do to improve the future space workforce. This session will dig into how we can utilise programmes like Workforce Foresighting to identify and counteract skills gaps of the future, review standards, and evolve both degree courses and professional training to address those needs.

Our panel looks at how we can increase diversity in our workforce both through actively improving our ED&I practice to improve the accessibility of the sector, and encourage diversity of thought by enabling the transfer of career changers from other sectors.

Guests

• Vicky Jewell, Skills Lead at the Satellite Applications Catapult
• Bernice Huntley, Senior Future Workforce Lead at the UK Space Agency
• Chris Tomer, Principal Lecturer and Associate Professor at the University of West England
• Zaria Serfontein, Product Strategy Engineer at Astroscale
• Calypso Kulasegram, Head of Operations – UK & Europe at Orbit Fab
• Kathryn Graham, Senior Systems Engineer at KISPE

Dallas presents some of television’s most popular factual programmes, his immersive documentaries lift the curtain on our human planet, giving audiences of all ages and backgrounds an exclusive backstage pass to some of the world’s most fascinating stories, ideas and places.

Beyond television, Dallas is an author, speaker, and ambassador for STEM education. He works closely with several major outreach initiatives which help kids across the UK think creatively about technology and innovation. He works internationally with the British Council’s FameLab project, designing and running workshops for early career academics, helping them hone their science communication skills.

Outer-Orbit

Have you ever wondered how we will fix satellites in space without astronauts?

On this bonus episode of Outer Orbit, we continue the conversation with Jeremy Hadall, the Robotics Development Lead at the Satellite Applications Catapult. He returns to share an exciting update on the ISAM (In-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing) Facility, a unique “robot yard” designed to mimic the weightless, airless environment of space on Earth.

Get in Touch

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• Satellite Applications Catapult: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Facebook
• UK Space Agency: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Website
• University of West England: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Website
• Astroscale: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Website
• Orbit Fab: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Website
• KISPE: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Website