Conference Schedule
Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru | 8th – 10th April 2026
Day 01 — 8th April 2026
| Event | Timings | Main Hall | Hall 2 | Hall 3 | Hall 4 | Hall 5 | Theme |
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| Registration: | 08:00 AM – 09:30 AM | ||||||
| Inaugural function: | 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM | INAUGURATION (Chairman ISRO, Chairman DRDO - Chief Guest, Chairman IN-SPACe) |
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| High Tea: | 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | High Tea | |||||
| Plenary Session 1 | 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM | Keynote Talks on Mission Operation 11:00 to 11:20: Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar (ISRO) 11:30 to 11:50: Dr. Shujiro Sawai (JAXA) 12:00 to 12:20: Dr. T.S. Kelso (CelesTrak) |
Mission Operation: Turning Design into Achievement |
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| Plenary Session 2 | 12:30 PM – 01:10 PM | International Space Agency Leadership Forum | Navigating Current Milestones & Future Horizons | ||||
| Lunch | 01:10 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch | |||||
| Technical Session 1: | 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM | Technical Paper-S1 02:00 to 02:10 Keynote by Director MCF |
Technical Paper-S2 | Technical Paper-S3 | Technical Paper-S4 | Technical Paper-S5 | |
| Tea Break | 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM | High Tea | |||||
| Plenary Session 3 | 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM | Keynote Talks 04:00 to 04:20: Director ISTRAC 04:25 to 04:45: Mr. Jean-Yves Le Gall (CNES) |
Mission Operation Strategy and Future Roadmap | ||||
| Technical Session 2 | 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM | Technical Paper-S6 05:00 to 05:10 Keynote by Dr. Krishna Dev Kumar (AIML, Toronto) |
Technical Paper-S7 | Technical Paper-S8 | Technical Paper-S9 | Sponsor Interaction | |
| Cultural Events | 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM | Cultural Program | |||||
| Dinner | 07:30 PM onwards | Gala Dinner | |||||
Day 02 — 9th April 2026
| Event | Timings | Main Hall | Hall 2 | Hall 3 | Hall 4 | Hall 5 | Theme |
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| Plenary Session 4 | 09:00 AM – 10:10 AM | Plenary Talks 09:00 to 09:20: Dr. Holger Mass (DLR) 09:25 to 09:45: Dr. Simon Plum (ESA) 09:50 to 10:10: Mr. Daniel Kroboth (EUTELSAT) |
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| Tea Break | 10:10 AM – 10:30 AM | Tea Break | |||||
| Technical Session 3 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Technical Paper-S5 10:30 to 10:45 Keynote by Director LEOS |
Technical Paper-S6 | Technical Paper-S7 | Technical Paper-S8 | Technical Paper-S5 | |
| Plenary Session 5 | 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM | Industry Panel | |||||
| Lunch | 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch | |||||
| Plenary Session 6 | 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM | Panel Discussion on Human Space Program Challenges | Human Space Program Challenges | ||||
| Tea Break | 03:00 PM – 03:30 PM | High Tea | |||||
| Technical Session 4 | 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM | Technical Paper-S13 03:30 to 03:45 Keynote Talk by Mr. Vladimir Nazarov (Institute of Russian Academy of Science) |
Technical Paper-S14 | Technical Paper-S15 | Technical Paper-S16 | Technical Paper-S5 | |
| Valedictory function | 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM | Concluding Session | |||||