I had the pleasure to participate in the bi-annual workshop organised by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES, the French national space agency) that took place in Paris. It was extremely interesting to get together with the world-leading researchers in the same field, some of whom I met for the very first time.
What made the entire experience even more exciting was the fact that I gave a 20-minute talk. I'd given a talk to similarly-sized audience (circa 150 people) once before, but this time most of the listeners knew more about the general subject more than myself. But I always enjoy being in the spotlight, so that was reasonably enjoyable even.
Even though this was my very-first conference talk I was reasonably content with the outcome. And got some very useful comments and feedback that I am sure will greatly help me in my research, which was one of the primary reasons why I wanted to give a talk so early-on in the doctorate.
If you're interested here's the presentation that I gave - it's generally about a proposed method to try and pro-actively deal with the space debris problem to try and save money while getting the most out of it.
What made the entire experience even more exciting was the fact that I gave a 20-minute talk. I'd given a talk to similarly-sized audience (circa 150 people) once before, but this time most of the listeners knew more about the general subject more than myself. But I always enjoy being in the spotlight, so that was reasonably enjoyable even.
Even though this was my very-first conference talk I was reasonably content with the outcome. And got some very useful comments and feedback that I am sure will greatly help me in my research, which was one of the primary reasons why I wanted to give a talk so early-on in the doctorate.
If you're interested here's the presentation that I gave - it's generally about a proposed method to try and pro-actively deal with the space debris problem to try and save money while getting the most out of it.
| cnesworkshopjune2014_aleksanderlidtke.pdf |
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