Arrival on 13th June (Monday)
07.00 – 09.30 pm Dinner in Durham
14th of June:
09:30 – 11:00
| Time | Location | Description | Speaker |
| 09:30 – 11:00 | New College Durham (Lead organisation for the Institute of Technology – a UK mechanism to provide further education level skills in STEM sectors). Need to oick up from Durham city. | See how they have developed training for school leavers to work on electric cars, advanced manufacturing, electronics and construction (including the use of immersive/virtual reality technologies). We are hoping to work with them to develop skills for the Space sector. | Director of the North East Institute of Technology |
| 11:20 am | Space Enterprise Lab (SEL), NETPark in Sedgefield | Arrival | |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | SEL | Presentation on the Innovation Delivery Partnership from North East Local Enterprise Partnership (regional economic organisaton). This is the new policy instrument we chose for this additional activity. This is a tool/programme to support emerging future economies such as the Space sector. | Innovation Programme Manager from NELEP who has a remit for developing ecosystems for innovation activities and programmes in the region. |
| 12.30 – 1.30 | SEL | Lunch | |
| 1.30 – 2.30 | Tour of Orbit | A repurposed facility as a University Enterprise Zone for Durham University to support businesses. Co-located with the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation. Presentation from a Space company. | Speakers Will be the Director for the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation. Also potentially see a demonstration from NORSS, a space situational awareness company. They recently also placed a LEO Optical Camera installation in a nearby observatory for space surveillance and tracking. |
| 2.30 | Finish |
