Come speed dat­ing with women from the space sector!

On Friday 25 March, girls in the sec­ond and third grades of sec­ondary edu­ca­tion can get to know women who are active in the space indus­try. Pitch talks by 4 women who work pas­sion­ate­ly in the space sec­tor, speed dat­ing with 12 female pro­fes­sion­als in groups and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it the exhi­bi­tion stands after­wards.

Rijschoolstraat 4, 3000 Leuven (entrance also pos­si­ble via Diestsestraat 49)

Scheduling:

9h15: Welcome par­tic­i­pants and take place in the room

9h30: Welcome and pur­pose of this event (Prof. Conny Aerts)

9:40 — 10:15: 5 Pitch talks by 4 women who work with pas­sion in the space sec­tor and briefly tell who they are and what fas­ci­nates them on a dai­ly basis

10h15 — 10h30: Pause

10:30 — 11:30: Speed-dat­ing with female pro­fes­sion­als. Besides the 4 pitch­ers, anoth­er 12 women will answer all your ques­tions in group dis­cus­sions, in a cosy and infor­mal ​“meet & greet” for­mat.

11h30 — 12h: Recording of the Girlpower Pitch video

12:00 – 13:00: Cosy veggie/​vegan sand­wich lunch free of cost for all [email protected] par­tic­i­pants, to dis­cuss the project after the show



Space Science & Technology some­thing for girls? Of course!



The fol­low­ing [email protected] will talk to the par­tic­i­pants:

Conny Aerts, Professor and Asteroseismologist, Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven (organ­is­er)

Anik De Groof, Solar Orbiter Science Operations Scientist, European Space Agency (ESA)

Ank De Wilde, Founder & CEO Absolem

Elke D’Huys, Principal Investigator PROBA2/SWAP tele­scope, Royal Observatory of Belgium

Clio Gielen, Project Coordinator, Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven

Victoria Jadot, Strategy & Sales Director, Eurosense

Els Knaeps, Project Manager Water & Coast, Remote Sensing, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

Karolien Lefever, Director Communication, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA)

Natalie Leys, Coordinator Space Life Science Research, SCK CEN

Jolien Malfait, PhD stu­dent, Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven

Ils Reusen, Project Manager Water Resources, Remote Sensing, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

Hilde Stenuit, ICE Cubes Business Development, Space Applications

Eleonore Théry, Product Assurance Engineer, OIP Space Solutions

Nadia This, Safety Engineer, ISS Mission Operations Office, European Space Agency (ESA)

Tanja Van Achteren, Project man­ag­er AI and Data Science, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

Petra Vanlommel, Space Weather Woman, Royal Observatory of Belgium