The RAMSES mission
Workshop 2026
&
Apophis T-3 Meeting
in
Padova, Italy

 
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OVERALL SCHEDULE:

June 15th to 19th, 2026

15-17 June: RAMSES Community Meeting

&
18-19 June: Apophis T-3 Meeting

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LOCATION:

Padova, Italy

and also onlinE

Both meetings will be in hybrid format. The link for connection will be circulated a few days in advance. Registration for online participation is free of charge but mandatory (registration link to be inserted soon).

The RAMSES workshop will start on June 15 at 14:00 at the “Aula Magna” of Palazzo Bo, Via VIII Febbraio, 2 35122 Padova. It will continue on June 16-17 at the Auditorium of the Centro Culturale San Gaetano Altinate, Via Altinate 71 (very close to Palazzo Bo).

The Apophis T-3 years workshop will take place on June 18-19 at the Auditorium of the Centro Culturale San Gaetano Altinate.

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REGISTRATONS & DEADLINE:

registrationS is closed!

Compulsary link for registering to the online only participation, free of charge.

Registration fee is € 270.00 for both meetings (on-site), and includes a welcome cocktail on Monday, 15th June afternoon to be held in the Aula Colonne "Basilica" at Palazzo Bo and the social dinner on Wednesday, 17th June to be held at Caffè Pedrocchi, historical restaurant in Padova. The price for accompanying person at social dinner will be € 70.00 per person.

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PROGRAMME:

RAMSES Workshop Program


15 June, 14:00-18:00
Aula Magna Palazzo Bo
Via VIII Febbraio, 2
35122 Padova PD

  • 14.00-14.30 Registration

  • 14:30-14:35 Institutional greetings: UNIPD Flavio Seno, Director of the Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • 14.35-14.45 General Introduction: Monica Lazzarin, Principal Investigator, University of Padova Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • 14.45-14-55 ESA remarks: Holger Krag, Head of the ESA Space Safety Programme

  • 14.55-15.10 Hera-Ramses Legacy: Ian Carnelli ESA HERA Project Manager

  • 15.10-15.20 ASI remarks: Marco Castronuovo, Head of the Observation and Surveillance Office, Science and Innovation Directorate

  • 15.20-15.30 INAF remarks: INAF President Roberto Ragazzoni TBC

  • 15.30-15.40 JAXA remark: Makoto Yoshikawa, head of JAXA Planetary Defense

  • 15.40-15.50 Overview of the mission: ESA Project Scientist Patrick Michel

  • 15.50-16.00 Status of the mission: ESA Project Manager Paolo Martino

  • 16.00-16.10 Industry remarks: Roberto Aceti CEO OHB-I

  • 16.10-16.20 Ramses spacecraft status: Giuseppe Filomeno Ramses Project Manager OHB

  • 16.20-16.30 Status of the Cubesat Farinella: Margherita Cardi VP Programs & BD Tyvak

  • 16.30-16.40 Status of the Cubesat Don Quijote: Francisco Garcia de Quiròs Emxys Spanish Representative

  • Orson Sutherland, Head of ESA Mars & Beyond group (Remote, TBC)

  • 16.40-16.50 Greetings from Apophis T-3 community: Richard Binzel Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • 16.50-17.00 Final remarks: Monica Lazzarin, Paolo Martino, Patrick Michel

  • 17:00 Celebrating Cocktail @ Sala Colonne Palazzo Bo

16 June, 09:30-17:30, Centro Culturale San Gaetano

  • 09:30-13:30 RAMSES Payload presentation: Chairs Patrick Michel, Cristina Bramanti

  • 9.30-9.35: Brief introduction and practical information: Monica Lazzarin

  • 9.35-9.45 Payload status introduction: Cristina Bramanti ESA Payload manager

  • 9:45-10:00 Ramses Operations: Christoph Steiger (remote)

  • 10:00-10.10 AFC: JB Vincent-Seiji Sugita

  • 10.10-10.20 Hamlet lead: E. Palomba

  • 10.20-10.30 TIRI lead: Tatsuaki Okada

  • 10.30-10.40 Chances Lead: A. Pommerol

  • 10.40-10.50 Radio science Lead: M. Zannoni

  • 10.50-11.00 PALT lead: Hauke Hussmann, Alexander Stark (remote), Alexia Duchêne

  • 11:00-11:30 coffee break

  • 11.30-11.40 Plasma Spectrometer Lead: Norbert Krupp

  • 11.40-11.50 Low Frequency Radar Lead: A. Herique

  • 11.50-12.00 VISTA Lead: F. Dirri

  • 12.00-12.10 Horus Lead: F. Ferrari

  • 12.10-12.20 Seismometer Lead: N. Murdoch

  • 12.20.12.30 Gravimeter Lead: O. Karatekin

  • 12.30-12.40 Magnetometer Lead: A. Auster

  • 12.40-13.00 Questions and Wrap up

  • 13:00 Lunch break

  • 14.30-14.40  WG1 introduction: Chairs Naomi Murdoch, Fabio Ferrari 

  • 14.40-16.00 light presentation by WG1 core members

  • 16.00-16.30 Coffee Break

  • 16.30-16.40 WG2 introduction: Chairs: Petr Pravec, Colin Snodgrass, Eri Tatsumi 

  • 16.40-17.30  light presentation by WG2 core members

 17 June, 9:30-13.30, Centro Culturale San Gaetano

  • 9:30-9.40 WG3 introduction: Chairs: Adriano Campo Bagatin, Alessandro Rossi, Sébastien Charnoz

  • 9.40-11.00 light presentation by WG3 core members

  • 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

  • 11:30-11:40 WG4 introduction: Chairs: Julia De Leon, Martin Jutzi, Alain Herique, Ozgur Karatekin

  • 11.40-13.25 presentations by HLP leads (13 leads, 8 min each) 

  • 13:25 Wrap up

  • 13:30  Lunch break

  • Free afternoon-Guided tour to the “Specola”

    > 15:00 first slot

    > 16:15 second slot

20:00 Social Dinner @ Pedrocchi Padova

APOPHIS T-3 Workshop Program

Apophis T-3 Meeting program is available (click here).

18 June, 9:00-18:00
Auditorium of the Centro Culturale San Gaetano Altinate

19 June, 9:00-13:30
Auditorium of the Centro Culturale San Gaetano Altinate

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SOC & LOC INFORMATION:

SOC for RAMSES Workshop

Monica Lazzarin, chair

Patrick Michel, chair 

J.-B. Vincent, S. Green, S. Ulamec, P. Tortora, S. Sugita, P. Abell, P. Martino.


LOC for both meetings

Monica Lazzarin, chair

Fiorangela La Forgia, chair

S. Schiavo, P. Zenere, A. Farina, A. C. Mura, F. Ferri, A. Migliorini, J. Serrecourt.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

For  further information please contact SOC and LOC at ramsescongress2026@dfa.unipd.it


Auditorium of the Centro Culturale San Gaetano Altinate


Abstract submission for the Apophis T-3 Meeting will be available at the LPI website
 

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Workshop's over!

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