PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

7th Global MVA Workshop & Symposium 2023 Kurashiki/Tottori
Day 0 (December 6) Registration (16:30-) and Welcome Cocktail (17:00-19:00) @ Kurashiki International(Kokusai) HotelDay 1 (December 7) Workshop & Symposium @ Kurashiki City Art Museum Main Hall and else (9:00-20:00)• Registration (8:40-)• Opening Address, Co-Host Addresses• MVA Activities Overview• Plenary Talks• MVA Award Ceremony & Sponsored Luncheon• Plenary Talks• Breakout Session 1 (Kurashiki City Art Museum Main Hall)
1-1. Architecture, 1-2. Lunar Infrastructure• Breakout Session 2 (Kurashiki City Art Museum 2nd Room: TBC)
2-1. Human Factor / Radiation, 2-2. Food production/Science• Breakout Session 3 (MASC Exhibition Hall: TBC)
3-1. Mining/energy Architecture, 3-2. Technical issues• Breakout Session 4 (Room TBD)
4-1. Culture, 4-2. Underground Cave Utilization• Banquet @ Ohara Museum of Art Main Gallery (18:00-20:00)
Day 2 (December 8) Workshop & Symposium @ Kurashiki City Art Museum Main Hall (9:00-17:30)• Plenary Talks• Sponsored Luncheon• Astronaut Special Guest Talk
• Plenary Talks: Moon Village Reference Model Study• Panel Discussion 1: Science to Drive Sustainable Human Activity on the Moon
• Panel Discussion 2: How to Promote Commercial Activities on the Moon
Day 3 (December 9) Excursion, Transportation to Tottori, and Outreach Events in Japanese• Excursion: Kurashiki Historic Quarter Walking in English, upon onsite request, 10:00-13:00• Transport to Tottori (Departure time & places to be announced on site)• Outreach Event in Japanese @Mabi Fureai Center in Kurashiki (10:00-13:00)• Outreach Event in Japanese @Mori-no-machi grace in Okayama (9:00-17:00)
Day 4 (December 10) Special Symposium (9:00-19:00) and Outreach Event in Japanese @ Tottori
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Opening Address (9:00-10:00)
Special Symposium (Core-Biome) Session Part 1 (10:00-12:00)
Demonstration Field at Lunar Terrace & Luncheon (12:00-13:30)
Special Symposium (Core-Biome) Session Part 2 (13:30-14:50)
Visit to Tottori Sand Dune and Sand Museum (14:50-17:30)
Outreach Event in Japanese (16:30-18:30)
Farewell cocktail (17:30-19:00)

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PROGRAM

7th Global MVA Workshop & Symposium 2023
Kurashiki/Tottori
Day 0 (December 6)
Registration and Welcome Cocktail@ Kurashiki International (Kokusai) Hotel (16:30- and 17:00-19:00)
Day 1 (December 7)
Workshop & Symposium @ Kurashiki City Art Museum Main Hall and Else
Opening Session

Chair: Masashi Miura (ISAS/JAXA)•

9:00 - 9:10 - Opening Addresso Welcome Address: Eizo Nakamura (LOC Chair, Okayama Univ)o Opening Address: Giuseppe Reibaldi (MVA President)•

9:10 - 9:25 - Co-Host Addresseso Yasutomo Nasu (President of Okayama Univ)o Yosuke Alexandre Yamashiki (Human Spaceology Center, Kyoto Univ)•

9:25 - 10:10 MVA Activities Overview
o Giuseppe Reibaldi (MVA) General MVA Activities overview
o John Mankins (MVA) OASIS 2040, MVA architecture studyo Nasr Alsahhaf (MVA) The International Moon Day importance for Global Lunar
Cooperationo Short Video Presentation of MVA Activities
o Rob Mueller (MVA) Exploration Analogues Working Group Present and Future
Activitieso Remo Rapetti, Arthur Woods (MVA Cultural Considerations Working Group) Past
Activities and Future Projectso Ghanim Alotaibi (MVA PESC Project Manager) The Moon Village – Participation of
Emerging Space Countries (PESC) Project Progress, Challenges and Future
Prospective.
o Surender Ponnalagar (United Arab Emirates) Towards Moon Village Generationo Christophe Bosquillon, Gidon Gautel & Yann Perrot, The Lunar Commerce andEconomics WG: Main Results and Future Activities”•

10:10 – 11:50 – Plenary Talks
Chair: Yosuke Yamashiki (Kyoto Univ)o Koji Yamanaka (JAXA Space Exploration Center) JAXA Space Exploration Now and
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Bernard Foing (LUNEX EuroMoonMars, Eurospacehub, ILEWG, MVA and Intl
Moonbase Alliance) European Lunar Science Activities and ILEWG LUNEX
Euromoonmars Research Highlights
Bob Lamboray & Mathias Link (Luxembourg Space Agency) SpaceResources.lu Recent Developments
Takeshi Kai (MHI) MHI’s Lunar Society Concepts and Efforts for Implementation
Laura Champion (Lockheed Martin) “A Vision for the Lunar Surface Power
Architecture”
Akio Saito (IHI AEROSPACE Co., Ltd.) Completely Closed Material Circulation Systemon the Moon•

11:50 - 12:00 - MVA Award Ceremony•

12:00 - 13:00 - Luncheon•

13:00 – 14:25 Plenary Talks
Chair: Giuseppe Reibaldi (MVA)o Masashi Sato (ispace) Transport Service to the Moon & Future Prospect of Moon
Valleyo Eizo Nakamura (Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama Univ) Growing
Vegetables Using Asteroid Materials to Address ISRU Challenges on the Moono Eric Zhang (DoraHacks) Building space-based transaction settlement system on
Earth Orbit and Beyondo Shinichiro Nakajima (Dymon) The World Smallest Lunar Rover: YAOKIo Hirokazu Mori (WarpSpace) Introduction to Commercial Cis-Lunar Optical Data
Relay Architecture

Breakout sessions 1 - 4 in parallel (14:30-17:40)

The time for each talk is 15 min. (including discussion).

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Breakout Session 1 (Kurashiki City Art Museum Main Hall): 14:30 - 17:40
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Architecture
Chair: Cathal Mooney (ESTEC)
Seiya Tanaka (Doshisha Univ) Electrochemical Extraction of Metals and Oxygenfrom Lunar Regolith
Katsushi Furutani (Toyota Technological Institute) End-effector for Machining ofRock with Saw-wire for Lunar and Planetary Explorations
Yoshiko Ogawa (Univ of Aizu) Plan to Build Telecommunication System for the RTF
Ground Demonstration Field: Part of the Moon/Mars Garden (Hakoniwa) Project
Takashi Mizuguchi (Keio Univ) Towards a Lunar Architectural Paradigm: Tumbling
Modular Construction
Patrick Collins (Astrostrom GmbH) The Greater Earth Lunar Power Station
L. Windisch (TU Braunschweig) "LUNAR ISLANDS: Modelling and Testing of
Plume/Regolith, Interaction on Lunar Landing Pads and Berms"
Takeru Yamagami (JAXA) Safety & Mission Assurance Activity for Gateway
Lunar Infrastructure

Chair: John Mankins (MVA)
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Cathal Mooney (ESTEC) Materials Design Aspects for a Lunar Habitation
Yoji Ishikawa, Obayashi Corporation: Construction, Structure, Material, Energy,
and Agriculture for the Moon
Kimitaka Watanabe, Soraki Akiyama, Yuma Ikeda, Yuki Miyashita, Shinnosuke
Teramoto, Kazutaka Togashi, Yamato Ootani, Tomoki Horiguchi, Kouki Matsuo,
Makoto Wakui (Doshisha Univ), Shunsuke Murata, Tomoki Aoyama (HORIBA, Ltd.),
and Munetaka Ueno (JAXA), Development of a Small Module for Atomic Element
Analysis for a Lunar Rover
Tatsuho Sato (TAKENAKA CORPORATION), The Lunar Tower for the Quality of Life
“The Lunar Mother Tree”
Naohiro Uyama (Shimizu Corporation) Shimizu’s Research and Development
Towards Lunar Construction and Long-term Habitation

Breakout Session 2 (Kurashiki City Art Museum Room-A): 14:30 - 17:40
2-1. Human Factor/Radiation
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Chair: Munetaka Ueno (JAXA)

Sayaka Wakayama (Univ of Yamanashi) For Humans to Reproduce in Space” Space
Pup2 Project”
Wakako Migaki (Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Univ of
Tsukuba) A Quantitative Study of Human Relation Change Using Sociometric Tests
in the Space Analog SIRIUS-21
Satoshi Sano (Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for the Space, Space
Anthropology) Minimum Population Size and Human Evolution in Space Settlement
Based on Space Genetics
Yumi Matsuzaki (JAXA) Ethics Review Process for Human Research and Ethics
Education at JAXA
Masayuki Naito (National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology(QST/NIRS)) Development of Radiation Protection and Dose Assessment Strategies
for Future Human Space Stays
Akihisa Takahahshi (Gunma Univ) Biological Combined Effects of Simultaneous
Exposure to Low-dose-rate Radiation and Partial Gravity Simulating the Moon
Emika Fujii (Graduate School of Kyoto Univ.) Assessment of the Space Radiation
Exposure in Lunar Structures

2-2. Food Production/Science

Chair: Ikko Funaki (ISAS/JAXA)o

Hayato Ohkuma, Ayako Iwasaki (JAXA/Tansa), Research and Development of Food
Systems for Lunar Settlement ～Towards a Self-sufficient Life on the Moon～oManabu Sugimoto (Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama Univ) Effectof Anthocyanin on Viability of Rice Seeds in Space
Yusuke Nakauchi (Earth and Space Exploration Center (ESEC), Ritsumeikan Univ)
Science Objectives and Observational Plan for a Future Sample Return Mission from
the Moon

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Kato Claeys, Moonbasealliance (HI-SEAS), The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and
Simulation habitat and EMMIHS 2023 missions

Breakout Session 3 (MASC Exhibition, Room-B): 14:30 - 17:40
3-1. Water Mining/Energy Architecture
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Kiho Fukaura, Takuya Yokoyama, Yoshitoki Tanaka, Soichi Mori (JGC Holdings) JGC’s
Vision for a Lunar Society ~ Lumarnity® (Lunar Smart Community®) ~Shingo Miyamoto, Yukitaka Matsumoto (Kurita Water Industries) Prediction of
Properties of Water Extracted from Lunar Regolith and Its Purification for
Propellant Generation
H. Uchida et.al. (Takasago Thermal Engineering) Thermal Mining for Lunar Icy
Regolith: Heat Transfer Analysis
Mayuko Shinohara (Chiyoda Corporation) Water Analysis Module with Direct
Measurement
Hidehito Shiratsu (Yokogawa Electric.) Control systems for plants on the Moon
Koichi Ijichi et.al (Japan Space System) Introduction of the Electric PowerInfrastructure Feasibility Study Activities for the Moon

3-2. Technical Issues
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Chair: Atsushi Uchida (MRI)

Chair: Hidehito Shiratsu (Yokogawa Electric)

Tomomichi Fujita (Hokkaido Univ) Mosses: Pioneering Plants for Lunar Agriculturein Space Settlements
Yoshiaki Kitaya (Osaka Metropolitan Univ) The Sweet Potato Culture System for
Supporting Human Habitation on the MoonDavid Augusto Galvan Alvarado (Mayan Space) Finding Solutions for Water andResource Mapping on the Moon: The SPACE ANTS Initiative
Toshihiro Shibukawa (ArkEdge Space Inc.) Lunar Communication and Navigation
Infrastructure and Lunar Navigation Satellite System Demonstration Mission
Chisato Hondou (KDDI Corporation) Simulation Study on Deployment of Mobile
Communications in Mountainous Regions Around the Lunar South PoleJun Sato (The Univ of Tokyo) Quick Setup Mechanism for Lunar Base Camp in the Pit/ on the PoleBreakout Session 4 (Room-C, TBD): 14:30 - 17:40
4-1 CultureooooChair: Yosuke Yamashiki (Kyoto Univ)

Jasmin Della Guardia and Koji Tachibana (Chiba Univ) “Cosmic home”
Atsushi Heki (Production Koroencyo) <1G Art: Spherical Theater in Space
Tsubasa Sato (Okayama Hakuryo High School) Survivability and Life Support in
Sealed Mini-Ecosystems with Simulated Planetary Soils
Makiko Ohtake (The Univ of Aizu) Overview of Moon/Mars Garden (Hakoniwa)
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Lunar habitat design) Crew Well-being and Happiness

4-2. Underground Cave Utilization Chair: Junichi Haruyama (ISAS/JAXA)
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Nao Hoshinouchi (JAXA) A Study on Unmanned Ground Penetrating Radar Search in
Vertical Pits and Lava Tubes on the Moon and Mars
Hitoshi Nozawa (The Graduate Univ for Advanced Studies) Scientific Findings
Expected from the Exploration of the Vertical Hole and the Subsurface Cavity in the
Mare Tranquillitatis
Yuhei Oishi (TAISEI Corporation) Living Environment Construction Plan in Lunar
Underground Space
Takuya Ono (Kajima Corporation) Lunar Glass, an Artificial Gravity Facility in a Lunar
Lava Tube to Protect those Born on the Moon
Akira Akasaka (KDDI Corporation) Communications and Related Technologies for
Lunar Cave Exploration
Yasuharu Kunii (Chuo Univ) “Project Astro LavaXtubers” Toward Architecture by
Swarm AI Robots in Lunar Lava-Tube
Takao Maeda (Tokyo Univ of Agriculture and Technology) Mission Design Conceptof the First Japanese Lunar Underground Exploration

Banquet (18:00-20:00)
Ohara Museum of Art Main Gallery https://www.ohara.or.jp/en/
Day 2 (December 8)
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Plenary Talks (9:00-10:20)
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Chair: Bob Lamboray (Luxemburg Space Agency)

Dai Asoh (JAXA Lunar Polar Exploration Project) Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX)
Mission and Beyond
Fumiya Tsutsui (JAXA) Japan's Challenge: Living and Driving on the Lunar Surface
Hirdy Miyamoto (Tokyo Univ) et.al.; Science Objectives of the TSUKIMI Lunar
Mission
Ikkoh Funaki, Hiroyuki Sugita and Yosuke Kaneko (JAXA), JAXA’s Open Innovation
Platform for Future Space Explorations

Plenary Talks (10:30-12:10) Chair: Satoru Kurosu (Yokogawa Electric)o

Munetaka Ueno, Masaki Yamazaki, Mio Matsui, Naoki Ishihama (JAXA), Natsuki
Yamanobe (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Shinichi Kimura (Tokyo Univ of Science), Kimitaka Watanabe (Doshisha Univ): RHEA
(Robotic Habitation Enhanced by AI) Project *New Life Spheres Opened up by AI
Robots
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Junichi Haruyama (ISAS/JAXA) Lunar Underground Caves and their Skylight Vertical
Holes as Resources for Humankind's Expansion into SpaceFrancois Dubrulle, F. Marchis, G. Appelhans (Qosmosys) Unveiling Lunar Riches: A
Quantitative Framework for Profitable Moon Missions and Beyond
F.Fazel (EuroSpaceHub Academy &Lunex), B.Foing (Leiden Univ), Sustainable
Development of the Lunar Moon Market
Taizo Kobayashi (Ristumeikan Univ.) Development of an Unmanned Exploration
Robot for Topographic Survey and Geotechnical Investigation on the Lunar Surface
Raymond S. Clinton (NASA / MSFC) NASA Research and Development for Lunar
Construction and Development (TBD)•

12:10 - 13:00 - Luncheon•

13:00 - 13:30 - Special Guest Talk Chair: Giuseppe Reibaldi (MVA)o Norishige Kanai, JAXA astronaut: “Let Us Go to the Moon”•

13:30 - 14:45 - Moon Village Reference Model Study: building a society of a thousand
habitants on the Moon
Chair: Yoshifumi Inatani (MVA)
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Yuki Sakamoto (ISAS/JAXA) Architecture Considerations for the Lunar Society
Issei Mamiya, Atsushi Uchida (Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.) Taro Asazuma,(ispace), Misuzu Onuki (SPARX Innovation for Future Co., Ltd.) Business Modelingfor Mining and Tourism
Tetsuji Odan (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto/Japan Space Law Association) Legal &Institutional Consideration in Building a Society on the Moon
Ryutaro Izumi (Nihon Univ) Medical/Life Science Issues for a Society on the Moon
Hiroki Okada (Kobe Univ) Anthropological Considerations for Creating a Society on
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15:00 - 15:50 - Panel Discussion 1
New Lunar/Planetary Science Spurs Sustainable Human Activity on the Moon?
o Moderator/chair: John Mankins
o Panelists (TBC): Bernard Foing (LUNEX EuroMoonMars), Hirdy Miyamoto (Tokyo
Univ), Yuichi Tsuda (ISAS/JAXA)•

16:00 - 16:50 Panel Discussion 2
What Are the Issues for Startups and Commercial Sectors Towards a Good Business
Opportunity & Environment on the Moon?
o Moderator/chair: Misuzu Onuki (SPARX Innovation for Future Co., Ltd.)o Panelists (TBC): Taro Asazuma (ispace), Eric Zhang (DoraHacks), Hirokazu Mori (Blue
Abyss), Takayoshi Fukuyo (ArkEdge space), Satoru Kurosu (Yokogawa Electric),•

17:00 - 17:30 - Wrap-up & Closing of MVA Workshop & Symposium 2023 Kurashiki-part,
Introduction of Tottori Special Symposium and Awarding Organizing Body of 8th MVA
Workshop & Symposium 20247

Day 3 (December 9)
Transport to Tottori

Transport to hotels in Tottori by chartered bus for MVA-registered attendants who
participate in MVA Special Symposium in Tottori on 10. Dec. (Departure time and place(s)to be announced on site)

Excursion Kurashiki Historic Area & traditional Lunch with English guide(10:00-13:00, TBC)

English-speaking guided walking tour of Kurashiki preservation of culture, tradition andhistoric buildings (Kurashiki Bikan-Area in Japanese). Japanese style Lunch will also be
served. We will organize the tour upon request, and we will prepare tour-registration desk
at the name badge collection reception of the workshop main venue (Kurashiki City Art
Museum 3rd Floor) on 7. & 8. Dec. Limited number of places will be available.

Outreach Event

Two outreach events will be held. Since these events are for the local general public, theworking language is Japanese. Most of talks in these events are those from symposium
talks. Therefore, it is not necessary and mandatory for symposium-registered participants
to join.

Kurashiki Outreach Event in Japanese@Mabi Fureai Center in Kurahsiki, 10:00-13:00

MVA introduction: John Mankins
Koji Yamanaka (Director, JAXA Space Exploration Center) JAXA Lunar-Exploration
Program Overview
o Atsushi Uchida (Lunar Business Consortium) Lunar Business Promotion
o Taro Asazuma (ispace) Commercially Driven Lunar Transport Service & CIS Lunar
Economyo Hiroshi Sakanoue (MASC) Kurashiki Aerospace Industrial Promotion
Special Lectures
o Yuichi Tsuda (ISAS/JAXA) Hayabusa2 and ISRU Materials in the Solar Systemo Norishige Kanai (JAXA astronaut) “Let Us Go to the Moon”ooOkayama Outreach Event in Japanese@Mori-no-machi grace in Okayama, 9:00-17:00
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Opening Remarks Yasutomo Nasu (President, Okayama Univ), Mitsunobu Kojima(Representative of Ryobi Group), Kanji Fujiki (President, Japan Space Forum)
Keynote talk: Eizo Nakamura (Okayama Univ) “Let’s Have Salad on the Moon”
Makoto Yoshikawa (ISAS/JAXA) “Let’s Catch an Asteroid”
Takao Doi (Kyoto Univ, former astronaut) “Forests on the Moon and Mars“
Junichi Haruyama (ISAS/JAXA) “Characteristics and Utilization of Lunar Lava
Tunnels”
Ken Shoji (Taisei Corporation) “Ecosystem Concept and Architecture in Lava
Tunnels”
8oPanel Discussion “Frontier: People Dream in the Forest of the Moon”

Exhibit & Demonstrationo Wooden artificial satellite
o Visitors remotely operate the electron microscope to observe Ryugu sample
o Plant cultivation experiment with Ryugu composition soil & Martian environment

Day 4 (December 10)

Tottori Special Symposium and Outreach Event
Tottori opening session:
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Chair: Masashi Miura (ISAS/JAXA)

9:00 - 9:20 - Opening Address:
o Hisashi Tsujimoto, (Arid Land Research Center, Tottori Univ)
9:20-9:40
o MVA introduction: Giuseppe Reibaldio Katsuaki Tanaka (AMULAPO Co.) Commercially Driven & Startup Activities in Tottori
9:40-10:00 Co Host speech & Session Introduction:o Yosuke A. Yamashiki (Director, SIC Human Spaceology Center, Department Head of
GSAIS, Kyoto Univ) Three Essential “Core” Concepts and Establishment of “Terra
Windows” for Space Migration
10:00-12:00 Core-biome session Part 1 Chairs : Masato Sakurai (JAXA) & Yosuke A.
Yamashiki (Kyoto Univ)o John Adams (Univ of Arizona Deputy Director, Biosphere 2) Challenges in Biosphere2 as Earth Analogue in Spaceo Reiji Masuda (Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Kyoto Univ) Ocean Environmentand spaceo Masato Endo (Tokyo Univ of Marine Science & Technology) Aquaculture in Spaceo Masato Sakurai (JAXA) Physico-chemical Environmental Control Life Support System(ECLSS) for Manned Space Explorationo Takaaki Fujinaga (AquaNaut & JAUS) The Simulated Moon Exploration Recreation
Program UnderWater,o Shuichi Ichimura, Yosuke A. Yamashiki (GSAIS Kyoto Univ) Assessment of theCurrent Recycling System on the ISS and Potential Issues for the Future of Human
Space Exploratation
12:00-13:30 Special Demonstration Field at Lunar Terrace & Luncheono Demonstration/Exhibit of Rover Driving and wheels for Lunar Vehicles
13:30-14:50 Core-biome session Part 2 Chairs: Masashi Miura (JAXA/ISAS) & Hisashi
Tsujimoto (Tottori univ.)o Munemasa Teramoto (Tottori Univ) Material Circulation in a Small Ecosystemo Tamotsu Kuroda, Tottori Univ: TBD
o Takeshi Taniguchi (Tottori Univ) Soil Microorganizm and Plants9oKazumi Muraki (President CRRA) Development of Small DAC Devices for Educational
Use in Preparation for the Development of a CO2 Removal System for ECLSS, and
CRRA’s Attempt to Raise Awareness of CCUSo

14:50-17:30 Visit to Tottori Sand Dune (Umanose Area) and Sand Museumo17:30-19:00 Farewell Cocktailo

19:00-21:00 Simulated Astronaut Activity via AR Glasses on Virtual Moon at Night(optional)

Tottori Outreach Event in Japanese @ Sakyu center (16:30-18:30)

This event will be held in parallel with the Tottori Special Symposium. Since it is for the local
general public, the working language is Japanese.
Special Lectureso Noriaki Inami (CEO, INAMI Space Laboratory)o Ai Tonomoto (Vice Representative, Cosmos girl)o Hirokazu Mori (CEO, WARPSPACE USA)o Takuya Ono (KAJIMA Corporation / Kyoto Univ)
Talk & Discussiono Yosuke A. Yamashiki (Director, SIC Human Spaceology Center, GSAIS, Kyoto Univ)o Masashi Miura (JAXA/ISAS)o Katsuaki Tanaka (CEO, amulapo)o Hiroyuki Ida (Tottori Prefecture)
Facilitated by Arisa Kuroda (Space personality)

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