27th October at 14:15: Jaan Praks

The next colloquium in the fall series will take place on Friday (October 27) at 14:15. Our speaker will be Jaan Praks, who is an associate professor at the Aalto University, Finland.

Jaan Praks is an associate professor (tenured) at Aalto University who is working with small satellite and remote sensing technology. His research interests are small satellites, space technology and microwave remote sensing. Jaan Praks is the PI of the first Finnish satellite, Aalto-1 and founder/advisor in many New Space start-ups in Finland. His team is part of Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space, where Aalto is building Foresail satellites. Jaan Praks is a space enthusiast and frequent public speaker on space topics.

The title of his talk is: Quo vadis, New Space

The event will be held on Friday 27.10.23 at 14:15, in Exactum D123. The talk will also be streamed via Zoom: https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/61261922897 .