The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute Has Begun Posting Recorded Sessions From CASI ASTRO'18

          By Henry Stewart

The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) has begun posting recorded sessions from it's recently concluded ASTRO'18 conference, held in Quebec City from May 15th – 17th, 2018.

CSA president Sylvain Laporte (left) giving the ASTRO'18 keynote presentation in Quebec City, PQ last week. On the right is CASI President Dr. Jacques Giroux. Check out Commercial Space blog editor Chuck Black's question to Laporte, beginning at the 39.15 mark of the video. Photo c/o CASI IASC YouTube.

They're on the CASI IASC YouTube channel and are well worth checking out. Posted sessions include:

• Reflections on the Safety, Security and Sustainability of Outer Space, a presentation from Dr. David Kendal, the outgoing chair of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS).

• The ASTRO'18 Keynote Presentation by Canadian Space Agency (CSA) president Sylvain Laporte.

• The Director General (DG) Panel Discussion on CSA Updates and Opportunities, with Dr. Jean-Claude Piedboeuf (the CSA DG of space science and technology), Eric Laliberté (the CSA DG of space utilization), Gilles Leclerc (the CSA DG of space exploration) and Mary Preville (the CSA DG of policy). This session was moderated by CASI president Dr. Jacques Giroux.

• Perspectives on the Future of Canada's Space Sector, a panel discussion between CSA president Laporte, Mike Greenley (the group president of Brampton, ON based MDA, a MAXAR Technologies subsidiary), Ewan Reid (the president and founder of  Ottawa, ON based Mission Control Space Services) and Dr. Kaley A. Walker (a professor of physics at the University of Toronto). The panel session was also hosted by CASI president Giroux.

• The CASI Turnbull Lecture on the Space Advisory Board: Update and the Road Ahead with Space Advisory Board (SAB) chair Dr. Mary Lucy Stojak.

All things considered, the video's are essential viewing to get a sense of the CSA's current leaders and their roles. 

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Henry Stewart is the pseudonym of a Toronto based aerospace writer