Space TEchnology based on Photonics to address market and societal challenges (STEPHANIE) (DIT.AD012.051)

Thematic area

Engineering, ICT and technologies for energy and transportation

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Institute of applied physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC)

Project manager

ROBERTO PINI
Phone number: 055-5226437
Email: r.pini@ifac.cnr.it

Abstract

Space technologies based on photonics are considered as one of Europe's areas of key industrial competence. They have huge potential to address a number of today's grand societal challenges, in particular health and wellbeing, climate action and secure societies. However, this potential will be wasted if public polciy fails to address the gap between space research and its application on the ground. A longterm challenge is to ensure that R&I investments exploit the opportunities offered by space (e.g. huge availability of data and signals) by ensuring that applications and services are produced to address societal challenges and that theyreach the market.
Recognising the role played by EU regions in space policy, both in strategic development and territorial impact, STEPHANIE brings together 8 partners from 7 areas to exchange knowledge on how to ensure that policy is designed to guarantee real benefits from space technology based on photonics, particularly in space and earth observation.

Start date of activity

01/01/2017

Keywords

space, photonics

Last update: 07/10/2026