• Technical Session 1: Recent trends in space technology development status

  In this session, relevant government, institutes or space agencies in the Asia-Pacific region will present their own nations’ current trends of space technology development. In particular, this session intends to address the following topics:

  A)	Current and future space technology development roadmap and its function;
  B)	Advanced, cutting-edge and innovative technologies (satellite bus, devices, components, satellite application facilities and ground operation facilities) which completed development;
  C)	Capacity building at higher education levels (relevant educational entities such as national institutes or universities in the Asia-Pacific region).

  In each presentation, the presenters who will discuss a) and b) will share their reasons why they set their roadmaps or introduce their technological barriers which they face or have faced. The presenters who will discuss c) will share their efforts of capacity building which they provide to others as a program or their lessons learnt from capacity building course which they took. Given this information, the working group can understand their best practices and solutions broadly and learn about future cooperative actions during the session.

• Technical Session 2: Space Industry participation

  In this session, industries including small and medium enterprises or relevant government institutes and space agencies in the Asia-Pacific region which support its industries will be invited. Presenters are expected to introduce advanced, cutting-edge, and innovative technologies delivered by its domestic industry or itself. Most welcome are presenters of technologies which are expected to be applied commonly or to solve common technological barriers in Asia-Pacific region. In particular, presenters from Singapore are very welcome.

• Technical Session 3: Space debris countermeasures

  This session will share space debris countermeasures which relevant government, institutes or space agencies in the Asia-Pacific region tackle. STWG specifically focuses on exchanging of information from technical points of view, but considering the importance of rule-making in this topic, such presentations will not be exhausted . Nations which launch satellites, and institutes or agencies from spacefaring nations are most cordially invited to this presentation.

• Technical Session 4: Status report for the “Joint development of Innovative small and Cube Satellites”

  During APRSAF-24, the “Joint development of Innovative Small and Cube Satellites” among Asia-pacific regional space agencies was proposed and some preparation meetings have been organized among interested entities in the region. In this session, the current status of the preparation will be reported.

*Please note that the topics of the technical sessions are subject to change.

*STWG-SEUWG Joint session as was done in APRSAF-24 will not be scheduled in APRSAF-25. Presenters who intend to discuss their capacity building program or their lessons learnt through the capacity building program which they take will be invited in Technical session 1 of STWG. Presenters who intend to state their activities related to "Kibo" utilization will be welcomed in SEUWG session.