SpaceUp is an open-attendance space exploration unconference, where participants decide the topics, schedule, and structure of the event. SpaceUps have been held on both West and East coasts, and in Houston. Common features of SpaceUps are an unconference/barcamp style schedule, Ignite talks, and a moonpie eating contest.SGAC Supports the First SpaceUP Un-Conference in Washington, DC – 09 August, 2010, Space Generation Advisory Council
Topics from SpaceUp conferences include: discussion of newspace industry, how to get more people excited about space, and the future direction of NASA, ESA, CSA, JAXA.Space Frontier Foundation Sponsors SpaceUp DC, August 18, 2010, SpaceUp Frontier Foundation
History The first SpaceUp was held at the San Diego Air & Space Museum on February 27–28, 2010. It was sponsored and organized by the San Diego Space Society. The 2-day event was covered by Spacevidcast and attended by representatives from NASA, Google Lunar X Prize, Masten Space Systems, and Quicklaunch. This event was organized by Chris Radcliff.
The second SpaceUp event was held August 27–28, 2010 in Washington, D.C. at George Washington University. This event was organized by Evadot founder Michael Doornbos.SEDS Encourages Students to Attend SpaceUp DC, August 25, 2010, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
After several more successful events in the US, the SpaceUp concept crossed the Atlantic in September 2012, with the first SpaceUp unconference in Europe. It was organized by six dedicated space ambassadors at Europlanetarium Genk on 22 and 23 September 2012. SpaceUp Europe triggered several space enthusiasts to organize more European space unconferences, making the concept truly global. SpaceUp Stuttgart in Germany was held 27 October, followed by SpaceUp Poland in Warsaw on 24 and 25 November. SpaceUp London and Paris were held 2013. In December 2012 the concept rolled further East with the first event in Asia, SpaceUp India.
Events
Date Event Location February 27–28, 2010 SpaceUp San Diego San Diego Air & Space Museum August 27–28, 2010 SpaceUp DC George Washington University February 12–13, 2011 SpaceUp Houston Lunar and Planetary Institute February 12–13, 2011 SpaceUp San Diego The Loft at UC San Diego August 6–7, 2011 SpaceUp LA Columbia Memorial Space Center August 18–19, 2012 SpaceUp LA University of Southern California September 22–23, 2012 SpaceUp EU Europlanetarium Genk Oct 27, 2012 SpaceUp Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany Nov 24–25, 2012 SpaceUp Poland Warsaw, Poland Dec 1, 2012 SpaceUp India Bangalore, India May 25–26, 2013 SpaceUp Paris Paris, France, France July 2013 SpaceUp Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada October 4–5, 2013 SpaceUp Denver Denver, Colorado, United States of America October 10, 2013 SpaceUp Barcelona Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain November 9–10, 2013 SpaceUp LA Western Museum of Flight December 6–7, 2013 SpaceUp India MANIT, Bhopal, IISER Bhopal, India September 20–21, 2014 SpaceUp Toulouse Cité de l'espace, Toulouse, France, France October 18, 2014 SpaceUp SwedenSpaceUp Sweden – September 2014, Space Generation Advisory Council and Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden May 5-6, 2018 SpaceUp PisaSpaceUp Pisa – May 2018, EUROAVIA Pisa University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
References
External links http://www.spaceup.org – Original SpaceUp website (for San Diego) http://wiki.spaceup.org SPACEUP UNCONFERENCES: A 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL APPROACH TO SPACE OUTREACH, presentation by Andreas Hornig at the 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013 in Beijing (YouTube) – SpaceUp DC site
http://www.spaceuphouston.org – SpaceUp Houston http://wiki.spaceuphouston.org http://spaceup.org/near-you/europe/ – SpaceUp Europe http://spaceup.org/near-you/europe/ http://spaceupdenver.org – SpaceUp Denver http://spaceupdenver.org http://www.spaceup.fr – SpaceUp France: Paris 2013, Toulouse 2014 http://www.spaceup.fr