Gastvortrag "Future (Space) Systems will be different" am 22.01.2026

(13.01.2026)

Am Donnerstag, 22.01.2026 wird Prof. Heinz Stoewer einen Vortrag zum Thema “Future (Space) Systems will be different” halten.

Zeit: 17:00 - 18:00

Ort: Hörsaal 9377.EG.030, Lise-Meitner-Str. 9, 85521 Ottobrunn

Gastgeber: Prof. Marcello Romano (Lehrstuhl für Astrodynamik) und Prof. Alessandro Golkar (Lehrstuhl für Spacecraft Systems)

Abstract

Future Systems tend to become software defined Systems of Systems. This is due to complexity growth for use cases, technologies, and long-term maintenance/upgrade demands. As Space Systems expand deeper into commercial markets, interacting with terrestrial industries and service organizations, they will reflect these developments.

This presentation will identify general industrial system trends and relate these to Space System developments. The functionalities growth, evident in most modern products from mobile phones to tractors or Aerospace products, creates a heightened need for system architects/engineers to scope programs from the outset applying an end-to-end approach. To assure program success this must include, next to technology assessments and programmatic options, early life-cycle integration of software, hardware and service needs.

This presentation draws, amongst others, on the first international “Summit on Systems Workforces” in Delft, October 2024 (https://systems-workforce.eu), and the Call for Action endorsed in October 2025 at the Sydney International Astronautical Congress. Both meetings and resolutions point to the scarcity of multi-disciplinary system competencies and the needs/opportunities for life-long developments for experts and leaders in the systems engineering and management fields.

Über Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Stoewer, M. Sc.

• Degrees in Technical Physics, Business, Systems Management, Germany/USA
• Airbus, Germany, Project Engineer European launcher upper stage
• Boeing, California, System Engineer space launchers, Project Manager NASA Space Tug/USAF Orbit to Orbit Shuttle
• European Space Agency, Programme Manager Spacelab, Europe’s first human space project and Founder of ESA’s Systems Engineering and Programmatics Dept., ESTEC
• Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, founding Chair Space Systems Engineering, Director international M. Sc. programme in Systems Engineering SpaceTech; System Competencies Summit Architect
• Managing Director Space Science and Application programmes, German Space Agency, Bonn, Member ESA Council, European Union Space Advisory Group, et al
• Founder/President Space Associates GmbH
• Airbus Space and Defence Advisor for Systems Engineering, chair of Engineering Academy Review Boards for Systems education and training programs
• Member/deputy chair of the Supervisory Board of OHB SE, Europe’s 3^rd largest Space Prime contractor; Executive Advisor to the OHB SE CEO
• Fellow, Life Member, President International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE
• Distinguished Visiting Scientist NASA JPL, Pasadena
• Member International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), International Astronautical Federation Honors and Awards Committee, German and Dutch Aerospace Societies, DGLR & NVR
• Lecturer/guest professor/keynote speaker at universities, industry, government events
• >90 publications; multiple national & international honours, e.g. German Parliament, NASA, ESA, NVR, TU Delft, IEEE Simon Ramo Medal