PLENARY SESSION

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Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Holiday Ballroom 4/5

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ION GNSS+ Plenary Session 

Welcome, Meeting Highlights and Introduction of Technical Committee	Opening of the Plenary Session
Satellite Division Chair Sandy Kennedy, Hexagon	Plenary Chair Dr. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Keynote Address

Direction Moon: A Journey of our Satellite Navigation System Beyond its Limits

Dr. Oscar Pozzobon, Qascom 

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Dr. Oscar Pozzobon is co-founder, President and CEO of Qascom. He received a bachelor in information technology from University of Padova, a Master in Telecommunication Engineering from University of Queensland,  and a Phd in Aeronautics and Satellite applications from Centre of Studies and Activities for Space, University of Padova. He has been involved in the last 20 years in the design of all major European programs of satellite Navigation including Galileo and EGNOS, and has been a pioneer of GNSS Security and authentication, with more than 50 publications and 3 patents on this topic. He has been mission manager of several GNSS space missions including the SCaN testbed on the ISS with ESA-NASA, Sounding rockets with NASA-ASI, micro satellites experimentations with NASA and the recent Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment with NASA-ASI. He is adjunct professor for Satellite Navigation and Telecommunications at the University of Padova. 

Circumnavigating the Globe

Kirsten Neuschäfer, Sailor 

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Kirsten Neuschäfer is a professional sailor specializing in high latitude and high adventure sailing. She is the winner of the 2022 Golden Globe Race, from France, round the three great capes, and back to France, non-stop, single-handed, unassisted. She is the first woman to win that race since it started in 1968; also, the first woman to win any around the world race, including solo and fully crewed races, non-stop or with stops. She won the World Sailor of the Year award in 2023.

The Golden Globe Race prohibits competitors from using modern electronics - so all navigation is traditional - no GNSS! Kirsten studied the routes of the great Clipper Ships from the nineteenth century to plan her winning route. Come and hear her story.

1.	Direction Moon: A Journey of our Satellite Navigation System Beyond its Limits Dr. Oscar Pozzobon, Qascom
2.	Circumnavigating the Globe Kirsten Neuschäfer, Sailor

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