Program
JULY 16-17, 2026
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
York University
Research Interest: Dynamics and control of electrodynamic tether system for space debris removal, autonomous on-orbit service robot for space debris removal, and multifunctional materials for spacecraft structures.
Candidate of Technical Sciences (in Russian), Director of the Directorate of the Institute of Aviation Technology, Head of Research Department, Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research Univ.), Director of the WCRC «Supersonic» MAI
Research Interest: Design and certification of aviation technology, mathematical modeling, optimization of complex technical systems.
Professor and Director of Institute for Aerospace Studies
University of Toronto
Research Interest: the development of control systems for formation flying spacecraft, the development of robust controllers for (possibly) nonlinear systems, the passivity theorem and small gain theorem, the development of control systems for solar sails.
Assistant Professor
University of Glasgow
Research Interest: Flight Physics, Computational Methods in Aerospace Science, Computational Aeroelasticity, Aircraft Loads, Aircraft Structural Design
Deputy rector, Director of Aerospace Engineering Institute
Samara National Research University
Research Interest: Design and control of small satellites, mission design of multi-satellite constellations ......
Professor, Institute for Aerospace Studies
University of Toronto
Director, Centre for Aerial Robotics Research and Education (CARRE)
Mechanical Engineering Department
National University of Singapore
Research Interest: small unmanned aircraft design, applied aerodynamics, aerial robotics, unmanned aerial systems and its applications, especially: vision-based navigation, perception and sensing for UAS, counter-UAS, multi-agent and swarm of UAVs.