Join us in Oviedo for The Many Pathways to Space, a premier international conference where global industrial and scientific expertise meets the next frontier of cislunar exploration and planetary science.
About the Congress: A Convergence of Worlds
#Paths2Space serves as a strategic bridge between terrestrial engineering and celestial exploration.
We bring together global leaders in science, technology, and industry to define how regions with deep-rooted industrial heritage can pivot their expertise to spearhead the new space era.
By integrating perspectives from planetary defense, space medicine, and in situ resource utilization among many others, we are fostering the international dialogue necessary to build a sustainable ecosystem for life beyond Earth.
Main Topics
- Planetary Science: small bodies, Moon, Mars, life and water in space, laboratory astrophysics
- Space Health: Aerospace medicine, life support, and human factors in long-duration missions.
- Space Resources: Biomining, In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), and lunar infrastructure.
- Earth & Beyond: Planetary defense, cislunar security,microgravity, dust in space orbital debris management.
- Innovation: Next-generation propulsion, satellite constellations, and AI in space.
Steering Committee
- Noemí Pinilla Alonso: Distinguished Researcher at Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA), Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
- Julia de León: Distinguished Researcher at Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain.
- Javier de Cos Juez: Director of the Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA), Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
- Humberto Campins: Pegasus Professor at the University of Central Florida, USA.
- Borja Sánchez: Regional Council for Science, Industry and Employment.
Science Organizing Committee
- Abigail Calzada: Senior Scientist at the European Space Resources Innovation Center, Luxembourg.
- Alejandro Cardesín: Planetary Scientist and Science Operations Manager for ESA Solar System Missions, Spain.
- Rosario Brunetto: Planetary Scientist and Deputy Director of the Institute of Spatial Astrophysics, France.
- Santiago Iglesias: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Space Science and Tecnology of Asturias (ICTEA), Spain.
- Vania Lorenzi: Support Astronomer and Lead of the Near-Infrared Camera Spectrograph at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, Spain.
