The UZH and ZHAW are excited to announce HackEOn, a unique hackathon harnessing the power of satellite data to tackle challenges in sustainable finance, natural resources & biodiversity. Whether you're a scientist, designer, manager, or engineer, your skills are needed – no coding required!

30. Oct 2024 at ZKSD: "Hackathon Prep: Satellite data & entrepreneurial skills"
Hands-on workshop with space entrepreneurs to teach you how to use satellite data and create impactful business models.

Registration and details

Upcoming events in this series to master satellite data and make a significant impact:

24. Oct 2024 at PHZH: "Space Insights: The everyday impact of satellite data"
Discover how satellite data impacts our daily lives with inspiring talks from space experts from NZZ, the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), MSCI, and more.

15-17 Nov 2024 at ZKSD: "HackEOn Weekend: Let’s hack the planet”
Join us for a 48-hour event to develop innovative solutions with satellite data. Work in diverse teams and get mentorship from experts from ESA BIC Switzerland and Innovation Park Zurich.

Let's innovate for a better planet

The UZH and ZHAW are excited to announce HackEOn, a unique hackathon harnessing the power of satellite data to tackle challenges in sustainable finance, natural resources & biodiversity. Whether you're a scientist, designer, manager, or engineer, your skills are needed – no coding required!

24. Oct 2024 at PHZH: "Space Insights: The everyday impact of satellite data"
Discover how satellite data impacts our daily lives with inspiring talks from space experts from NZZ, the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), MSCI, and more.

Registration and details

Upcoming events in this series to master satellite data and make a significant impact:

30. Oct 2024 at ZKSD: "Hackathon Prep: Satellite data & entrepreneurial skills"
Hands-on workshop with space entrepreneurs to teach you how to use satellite data and create impactful business models.

15-17 Nov 2024 at ZKSD: "HackEOn Weekend: Let’s hack the planet”
Join us for a 48-hour event to develop innovative solutions with satellite data. Work in diverse teams and get mentorship from experts from ESA BIC Switzerland and Innovation Park Zurich.

Let's innovate for a better planet

Meet your Future Employer: ESA at University of Zurich

ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.

ESA offers several entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.

Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!

Event Registration

Speed meeting registration

Program

Opening speech by Prof. Claude Nicollier, First Swiss ESA Astronaut and Dr. Jennifer Adams will introduce ESA.

16.00 – 16:45: ESA Representatives talking about careers

16:45 – 18:00: Networking Break out Session and Apero

If you are from an eligible ESA member state you can book here to get answer to your personal questions with your preferred Counsellor.
Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Counselors

• Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here).

• Sign up to our career news for updates on internships, grants, one-to-one counselling and career news.

• For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch

ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.

ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.

Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!

Register here to the event.

Register here for 1-to-1 speed meetings

Introductory speech by Dr. Simon Staehler ETH Space on ETH space master.

Counselors:

• Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities. Check here.

• Sign up to our career news for updates on internships, grants, one-to-one counselling and career news.

• For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch
  
  

Do you think that ESA recruits only astronauts? You’re wrong, keep reading.

ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.

ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.
Claude Nicollier, Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!

Please be aware that applications for ESA entry-level programs or jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities. Please click here.

This event is aimed at Master's and doctoral students from the following faculties:

• Faculty of Science and Medicine

• Faculty of Law

• Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences

Program

• Opening remarks on the role of Uni Fribourg in scientific research, presented by Rector Kathrine Fromm.

• Opening speech by Claude Nicollier on ESA's pivotal role in the European space sector.

• 17:15 – 18:00:  Conference “Meet your Future Employer - The European Space Agency”

• 18:00 – 19:00 Apero

  
  

One-to-one speed meeting session

Book here to get answer to your personal questions with one of our Counsellors in the Learning Lab (A201), right after the presentation.

Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration

Mandatory for the personalized advice sessions from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

recommended for the presentation at 5:15 PM.

ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.

ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.

Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you.

One of them could be your path to space!

Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis

Program

12:15 – 13:00: Conference: Meet your Future Employer - The European Space Agency:
ESA entry level career coordinator

13:00 – 13:10: Snack Break-out Session

13:10 – 14:10: One-to-one Speed Meetings. Book here to get answer to your personal questions with your preferred Counsellor.

Counselors

• Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here)

• Sign up to our career news for updates on internships, grants, one-to-one counselling and career news.

• For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch

• If you encounter problems during registration, please write to cctc@epfl.ch mentioning “ESA’s Presentation”.

Swiss starups, get ready!

ESA BIC Switzerland offers up to 200k EUR in non-dilutive funding, along with business and technical support, and access to a great network.

If your company is less than 5 years old and has a potential link to the space industry don't miss your chance.

This event will provide insights from a current ESA BIC CH start-up, a Q&A session, and an apéro.

Registration until September 9th at event@esabic.ch

Dear space enthusiast

We’re excited to share that Stephen Altemus, CEO of Intuitive Machines, will be visiting ETH Zürich and give a guest lecture on September 10th, 17h30:

In February 2024, Intuitive Machines successfully landed on the surface of the moon.  Steve Altemus, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Intuitive Machines, will discuss the mission highlighting its historical importance of being the first commercial mission to successfully land, and the only mission to land in the South Pole region of the Moon.  This commercial mission carrying NASA scientific payloads represents a new era of space exploration and the beginning of a new economy in cis-lunar space.  Mr. Altemus will give his thoughts on how this economy is unfolding and the geopolitical tensions that are fueling a space race to sustain human presence on the Moon.

• Mandatory registration   Sign up here   

• Date & time                         10. September 2024, 17h30-18h30, followed by networking aperitif

• Venue                                    ETH HG G 3 & online live stream

• Live stream                          Link provided upon registration

Please join us for an insightful talk, followed by a networking aperitif, by signing up through the link above. (Please note that registration is mandatory, both for onsite and online participation).

 We look forward to welcoming you soon in person or online!

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Join us for a new Space Café event!
23 May 2024, 2 pm, University of Zurich Irchel Campus (or online via Zoom)

In the beautiful night sky, we not only see stars and planets, but can also observe more and more man-made satellites. But what about sustainability?

At this seminar, we will listen to Luc Piguet, CEO of ClearSpace, and Thomas Schildknecht, Astronomical Institute of the Université de Berne. At their focus: The (hidden) dangers of space pollution, satellite safety and innovative solutions for an organized, controlled and sustainable use of the space around Earth.

Details & registration

Space Café is a series of events where young researchers share space-related topics in an informal setting and expand their network. Guests from academia and industry share their stories with a focus on applying an academic background in the world behind academia.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con is the largest Swiss festival for pop culture, cosplay and gaming and has been held annually over Ascension Day (9 to 11 May 2024) at Messe Basel MCH since 2015.

Over three days, the festival covers a wide range of topics on an area of 90,000 m2. This includes films and TV series, games, cosplay, comics, anime, manga, art, content creation, the Middle Ages, board games and much more.

FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con has thus established itself as the most thematically diverse pop culture event in Europe. In 2023, the festival attracted over 72,000 visitors, with over 80,000 expected for the 10th anniversary this year.

More information here

Long Night of Careers @ USI 2024:

Thursday 18 April 2024, 17.00-21.00

Palazzo Rosso, Campus Ovest, Lugano

Meet ESA ! with Andrew Kane

We are glad to announce our track: “AI & Space – Algorithms for socio-economic benefits” was selected by the organisers.
During the 90 minutes session on March 26 at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Claudia Röösli, PhD and Grégoire Bourban will welcome on stage a panel of speakers presenting the latest developments in AI and ML using space data for socio-economic benefits along the UN_SDGs.  

·       More information and registration

·       Agenda of the track

Die sensationelle Entdeckung des ersten Planeten ausserhalb unseres Sonnensystems vor etwa dreissig Jahren hat eine Revolution in der Astrophysik ausgelöst. Seither haben Forscher:innen mehr als 5500 dieser sogenannten Exoplaneten nachgewiesen – und fast täglich kommen neue hinzu. Astrophysikerin Jo Ann Egger nimmt uns mit auf eine Entdeckungsreise zu diesen weit entfernten Welten und gibt uns einen Einblick in ein immer noch rasant wachsendes Forschungsfeld, von den Methoden zur Entdeckung neuer Exoplaneten bis hin zu den neuesten Erkenntnissen aus den Daten des James Webb Weltraumteleskops.

Jo Ann Egger arbeitet als Doktorandin an der Universität Bern und ist Mitglied des Science Teams des CHEOPS Weltraumteleskops der Europäischen Weltraumagentur.

Mehr infos hier

The 20th International Career Day (ICD) will be held on Friday, 15 March 2024 in Lausanne. © FDFA

The ICD offers young professionals and students at Swiss universities a platform to meet with representatives of international organisations and find out about jobs and career opportunities in the multilateral environment. More than 50 high-profile multilateral organisations from different sectors will be at the ICD to provide first-hand information and answer visitors' questions about internships and part-time positions as well as entry-level opportunities and the eligibility criteria.

The ICD has grown significantly in terms of both participant and visitor numbers since being launched in 2003. It was held in Bern in 2017 and in Basel in 2018, in St Gallen in 2019, online in 2021, in Fribourg in 2022 and in Lucerne in 2023.

• Admission to the ICD is free of charge.

• Registration

Citizen Science ist Wissenschaft zum selber- und mitmachen. Die Forschungsmethode wird sowohl im akademischen Umfeld als auch in Museen oder Naturschutzvereinen immer beliebter, besonders weil sie durch den Einbezug von Bürger:innen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft in den Dialog bringt. So finden wir neue und relevante Fragestellungen, sammeln mehr und schneller Daten, analysieren diese mit frischen Perspektiven und machen somit wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse robuster und akzeptierter. Die Astronomie war dabei schon immer ein wichtiger Bereich, in dem mit Citizen Science gearbeitet wurde.

Der Vortrag stellt vor, was Citizen Science ist und warum diese Forschungsmethode wichtig ist. Er beleuchtet die Rolle der Astronomie in Geschichte und Gegenwart von Citizen Science.

Tizian Zumthurm arbeitet bei der Geschäftsstelle Citizen Science Schweiz. Sie ist bei der Stiftung Science et Cité angesiedelt, die als Kompetenzzentrum der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz den Dialog zwischen Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft fördert. Die Geschäftsstelle unterhält das Netzwerk Schweiz forscht, welches Citizen Science im Allgemeinen und konkrete Projekte in der Schweiz sichtbar macht und das gegenseitige Lernen aller Interessierten fördert.

Mehr infos hier

Heutzutage umkreisen tausende Satelliten unseren Planeten. Sie beobachten und überwachen die Erde und liefern kontinuierlich Terrabytes an wertvollen Daten, die unser Wissen über die Dynamik der Erde ständig erweitern. Anwendung findet die satellitengestützte Fernerkundung in praktisch allen Lebensbereichen, sei es in der Landwirtschaft, Wetter- und Unwettervorhersage, Forstwirtschaft, Überwachung von atmosphärischen Gasen und ozeanischen Prozessen, städtische Entwicklung, Klimaforschung oder im Katastrophenmanagement. Doch wie funktionieren Satelliten eigentlich? Wie genau sehen Bilder aus, die mit Satelliten aufgenommen werden und was kann man alles erkennen, bzw. wo liegen die Limitationen? Und inwiefern ist die Schweiz in der Fernerkundung aktiv? Diese und weitere Fragen werden wir gemeinsam klären und uns dazu die physikalischen und technischen Grundlagen anschauen.

Carmen Meiller: Doktorandin an den Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL), Geographisches Institut der Universität Zürich und Mitarbeiterin des National Point of Contact für Satellitendaten (NPOC)

Ella Schubiger: Masterstudentin am Geographischen Institut der Universität Zürich und Mitarbeiterin des National Point of Contact für Satellitendaten (NPOC).

Mehr infos hier

ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.

ESA offers several entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.

Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space.

Register here to the event.

16:00 – 16:45: ESA Representatives talk about careers:

 16:45 – 17:00: Networking Break out Session

17:00 – 18:00: One-to-one Speed Meetings. Book here to get answer to your personal questions with your preferred Counselors.

Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here).
For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch

ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.

ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.

Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!

Register here to the event.

Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here).
For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch