Watch as astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Ambassador of the France Pavilion is projected on Al Wasl's dome, joining Expo live from the International Space Station (ISS) in celebration of France National Day.

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Join us in celebrating France National Day at Expo 2020.

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Centuries ago, Paris earned the nickname “City of Light” for its early adoption of street lighting, which lit the way for great leaps in human development. With the France Pavilion, the nation brings this same concept to Expo 2020 in quintessentially French style, offering a collection of luminous spaces that explore how light enables human progress.
From the illuminated surfaces on the pavilion’s exterior to the glowing dreamscapes and lighthouse within, you’ll bask in an array of radiant exhibits, with a special emphasis on French mobility. Best of all, the photovoltaic tiles on the pavilion’s outer façade mean it’s all powered sustainably.

At first glance, the France Pavilion simply looks like a linked complex of grey, squared structures - a massive upside-down “L” shape hanging in space over a central plaza. And then, the lights blaze on: more than 2,000 square metres of illuminated surfaces cover almost the entire façade of the pavilion, from ceilings to walls.

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France: Space Station Call

Enjoy a unique musical performance by Chilean pop artist Flangr, mixed with space sounds from the Orion Nebula, captured by the ALMA Observatory. 

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Inside Expo: The Next Great Frontier 

Space travel and exploration has captured imaginations for generations and the dream of space tourism is now closer to being a reality than ever. At the same time, with outer space remaining one of our few truly shared resources, peacefully managing this distant realm remains crucial. During this fascinating week, we highlight the latest innovations in space research and travel, while also providing a platform to discuss critical issues.

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Chile is a country of contrasts, from the nearly rainless Atacama Desert to the fertile farmlands that make the nation one of the world’s leading food exporters. At the Chile Pavilion, get a delicious taste of its agricultural bounty while exploring the country’s diverse peoples and landscapes. With a design inspired by traditional Chilean architecture, the pavilion offers a market-style retail area, as well as an alley of high-definition screens that showcase Chile’s natural wonders, sustainable tourism destinations and more. Venture deeper inside to find the sampling area, where you can taste the some of the country’s amazing produce.


The Chile pavilion modern structure, as fresh and vibrant as the gourmet selection of Chilean fruits that await inside, is embellished with wide windows and a bright white sloping roof. The patterns, colors and textures used are guided by the natural barriers that protect the country; deserts, ocean, mountains and the glaciers.

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Space travel and exploration has captured imaginations for generations, and on the back of exponential technological advancement, the dream of space tourism is now closer to being a reality than ever. At the same time, with outer space remaining one of our few truly shared resources, peacefully and equitably managing this distant realm requires concerted international cooperation among space-faring nations. 
As the Space sector evolves, both public and private actors must take collective action to transition and contribute towards the long-term sustainability of the Space environment as well as contribute to sustainability here on Earth.   
This event will focus on sustainable space exploration, the role of women in the space economy, and the link between space exploration and sustainability here on Earth. It will also highlight the solutions that Expo 2020 Dubai has integrated into the Expo site, or funded through Expo live, that rely on innovations that were derived from space exploration, such as climate modelling, solar energy, water recycling, carbon ﬁbre as a building material, Internet of Things (IoT), GPS and others.

Space for a Better World.

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Convening experts and thought leaders around sustainable space exploration, the role of women in the space economy, and the link between space technologies and sustainability on Earth.

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Yousuf Luiz Caires is the Senior Vice President of Expo Live, an innovation and partnership programme launched by Expo 2020 Dubai to fund, accelerate and promote creative solutions that improve lives while preserving our planet. Yousuf is a founding member and Managing Director of the Milele Zanzibar Foundation, an NGO working to accelerate progress in the areas of health, education and livelihood opportunities in Zanzibar, Tanzania. His career also includes previous leadership roles at Dubai Cares, Staples Inc, and the Gillette Company. Yousuf received his Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University and Master’s degree on International Trade and Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University.

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Senior Vice President, Expo Live, Expo 2020 Dubai


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Maruška Strah interest for space deepened during her work at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, where she gained significant insight in the work of both, public and private sector involved with the space industry. Her main area of interest is Space Traffic Management. Her enthusiasm and passion for space will lead her to bringing space closer to people, especially youth and women, working in space and STE(A)M. Maruška is pursuing a PhD in Legal Studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna, where she is focusing her research on Space Traffic Management. Maruška is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety and the European Center for Space Law. 

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In his 20-year sustainability career, Jeff has been involved in a range of exciting activities, beginning with a role promoting European environmental technology exports to South East Asia. He then moved into collaborative research, producing best practice guidance in sustainable design. For the past 14 years, he has worked at Jacobs, providing sustainability support to a vast array of projects, latterly in the Middle East. 
As Senior Sustainability Manager, Jeff helps implement Expo’s sustainability strategy. He has been particularly active in reviewing pavilion designs, and getting Expo certified to international sustainability standards such as LEED and CEEQUAL. He supports the implementation of Smart City monitoring processes across the site, and oversees the calculation of Expo’s carbon footprint.

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Abdulla Khoory works as a Senior Grant Manager at Expo Live, an innovation and impact grant program with a fund of $100 million dollars from the government of Dubai, to source and fund social innovation from around the world to showcase at Expo 2020 Dubai. Expo Live provides grant capital of $100,000 to social enterprises at proof of concept stage to further test, implement or scale their solutions in their respective communities. Abdulla earned a distinction in his Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs with a minor in Political Science from Northeastern University, Boston USA.

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Hoor AlMaazmi is a space science researcher at the UAE Space Agency and a member of
the Emirates Mars Mission science team since 2017. She is interested in studying the
link between Mars water vapor rise during dust storms and hydrogen escape. She
graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a M.S. degree in Aerospace
Engineering Sciences in 2020 and from Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.S.
degree in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Nuclear Engineering in 2016.

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Luc Piguet is the CEO and co-Founder of ClearSpace, a ground-breaking initiative to clear up Space debris. In 2019, the European Space Agency selected Luc and his team at ClearSpace to lead a European consortium that will develop technologies to capture and deorbit space debris. Already, the aim of the initial CleanSpace-1 initiative was to develop technologies to capture and deorbit obsolete space objects such as out-of-use satellites, rocket stages, parts of solar panels, that had been put into orbit over the past 60 years and that are now filling up the space immediately above the Earth. These objects orbit our planet at a speed of 28,000 kmph, making them dangerous projectiles for working satellites and astronauts at the international space station. 


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As Executive Manager at EPFL Space Center, ESpace is an interdisciplinary unit responsible for the federation of space activities at the school, which hosts a research initiative on sustainable space 
logistics and the Space Sustainability Rating. Emmanuelle has 10 years’ experience in space transportation in academia, agency and industry from pre-development projects up to launch operations. She holds Space Engineering degrees both from the University of Technology of Compiegne, France, and the Technical 
University of Braunschweig, Germany. She has completed in 2021 a certificate of advanced studies at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zürich in Technology and Public Policy : Policy Process. 

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Randy oversees Jacobs support to NASA at Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Langley Research Center, and the White Sands Test Facility. Prior to this role, Randy served as the Program Manager for our MSFC engineering and science support for 14 years. As the MSFC PM, he was responsible for providing scientific, engineering, and technical support to MSFC’s Engineering Directorate, Science and Technology Office, Flight Programs and Partnerships Office, as well as future programs and projects. Randy was the Deputy General Manager and Director of the ESTS Group’s Engineering Directorate where he supported programs such as the Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight, the International Space Station, and the development of microgravity materials science experiments. 

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Vice President, Jacobs; General Manager, NASA Enterprise Solutions

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Sustainability @ Expo: Protecting the Great Unknown

Expo aims to deliver one of the most sustainable World Expos in history, supporting the UAE in its journey towards a green economy. Sustainability is integrated across both our operations and programming, embracing every opportunity to create meaningful impact, and inspiring the global community to play an active role in becoming part of a sustainable future.

The Live in Balance track of Expo 2020 Dubai's Programme for People and Planet features a tapestry of event series and experiences that spotlight our relationship with the natural world, and position Expo as a critical catalyst for restoring balance with our planet.

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With the global space industry expected to have an annual revenue of $1.1 trillion or more by 2040, this event will consider the economic beneﬁts of the space sector, the variety of ways the space economy could expand and the role that governments and private enterprises can play to facilitate this.

The event will focus on fostering leadership, creativity and interdisciplinary global co-creation and cooperation. By attending, you will have the opportunity to feed into an action-orientated global cooperation plan, the contents of which will be determined on the day with input from expert speakers and audience members.

Navigating the Final Frontier - Together. 

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Global leaders convene to explore humanity’s sustainable expansion into space and how recent advancements and close cooperation can shape our collective future and pursuit of the "final frontier".

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Sweden’s vast forests are places of magic, beauty and solitude. The Sweden Pavilion offers visitors an enchanting blend of cultures, combining a Nordic woodland-inspired experience with Middle Eastern architectural flair for a tour of the bio-circular economies and sustainable initiatives of tomorrow. The pavilion’s tree-filled design leads visitors through a variety of “clearings”, where interactive multimedia exhibits present an array of themed topics. Explore next-generation travel systems, immerse yourself in futuristic cities and relax to the authentic sounds of Sweden’s rich woodlands.

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The essence of the forest inspires the Sweden Pavilion, which fuses dense Nordic woodland and Islamic geometric design in a plaza full of cozy tree house structures and hundreds of tree trunks, some as tall as 18 metres. The building’s airy ground floor is built for wandering, housing public areas, exhibitions, and cafés, while the tree house conference rooms are raised aloft, forming a roof over parts of the pavilion.

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Italy’s voyage to Expo 2020 began long before opening day, when three custom-crafted boats set sail from Venice, Genoa and Naples. Nearly 10,000 kilometres later, the vessels arrived in Dubai and were hoisted up on steel pillars to form the roof of the Italy Pavilion, a striking showcase of culture, science and the nautical arts.

Inside the pavilion, beyond a dramatic veil of LED strands, stylish exhibits await. See a five-metre-tall 3D-printed replica of Michelangelo’s legendary David statue, learn about algae at a cluster of naturally multicoloured pools or gaze up and contemplate the fanciful hanging gardens embedded in the boats’ hulls.


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The Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 is a dramatic, open structure reminiscent of a giant carnival tent, with a swooping canopy and a layer of 20-metre-tall white strands surrounding its interior like a veil. A set of high steel pillars support its imaginative roof, which is formed from the hulls of three boats.  

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Her Excellency Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri is the UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency. Her Excellency spearheads the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s efforts to empower the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and promote research and development in the advanced science and technology sector, in order to create new industries that drive the shift towards a knowledge economy. This, in turn, contributes to the overall mandate of the Ministry to strengthen the UAE’s industrial base, ensure in-country value, and raise the competitiveness of local industries. Her Excellency is responsible to oversee the Agency’s mandate of guiding the space sector, ensuring its contribution to the national economy and to the UAE’s sustainable development. 

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Minister of State for Advanced Technology; Chairwoman, UAE Space Agency


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H.E. Yousuf Hamad AlShaibani is the Director General for Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and one of its founding members. Since his appointment in 2013, AlShaibani has led MBRSC to become the regional leader in space research, exploration, and technology. In addition, he is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at MBRSC, the Director General, Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) and board member for UAE Space Agency and Smart Dubai. AlShaibani graduated from Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) in 1995 and earned a Master of Science in Microelectronics Systems Design from Birmingham City University in the UK.

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Director General, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)

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She is an assistant professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society with a courtesy appointment at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, USA. Timiebi was a post-doctoral fellow and fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) based in Waterloo, Ontario Canada, and participated in a Canada-India Track 1.5 Dialogue. 
Timiebi was Executive Director of the World Space Week Association. She is currently on the Advisory Board for the Space Generation Advisory Council supporting the UN Programme on Space Applications. She is also on the ScienceAdvisory Board of World View Enterprises and the SETI institute and is a Senior Global Futures Scientist at the Global Futures Lab at ASU.

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Cecilia Hertz started her career in the space sector, when doing her Diploma work at NASA, Houston, developing the interior of the Crew Return Vehicle, a rescue vehicle planned for the International Space Station. Umbilical Design was founded in 2001 by industrial designer Cecilia Hertz, and since its inception has worked with NASA and ESA on design for the space industry. 
Umbilical Design is an innovation consultancy company with over 15 years of experience in space technology transfer representing Sweden as part of ESA Space Solutions Network. Cecilia Hertz has been successful in showing how design, technology and material from the space industry can be transferred to sustainable solutions.

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Honorary Professor Magnus Penker is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author, internationally-renowned thought leader on innovation, sustainability, and business transformation, and CEO and Founder of the Innovation360 Group, which is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with executive offices in New York, Toronto and Sydney. For the past 10 years, he has used his practical and theoretical insights to develop InnoSurvey®, a leading methodology and global innovation database used to analyze and provide advice to companies, business leaders, and scientists around the world. 

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Yamazaki earned a Master of Engineering degree majored in Aerospace Engineering from University of Tokyo in 1996, then started working for current Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.  In 1999, she was selected as an astronaut candidate and was qualified as a Soyuz-TMA Flight Engineer in 2004 and NASA Mission Specialist in 2006. On April 5, 2010 Yamazaki was onboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the crew of STS-131, an assembly & resupply mission to the International Space Station.  After retiring from JAXA in 2011, Yamazaki has been serving as a member of Japan Space Policy Committee of Cabinet Office, and devoting herself to space education as an adviser of Young Astronaut Club and a chairperson of “Sorajo (women in aerospace)” under Japanese Rocket Society.  


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Engineer & former Japanese astronaut, JAXA 


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Jessica U. Meir was selected by NASA in 2013. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Brown University, a Master of Science in Space Studies from the International Space University, and a Doctorate in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD). From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Meir worked for Lockheed Martin’s Human Research Facility, supporting human physiology research. During this time, she also participated in research flights on NASA’s reduced gravity aircraft and served as an aquanaut in an underwater habitat for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO).  Prior to becoming an astronaut, her career as a scientist focused on the physiology of animals in extreme environments. Meir most recently served as flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 61 and 62.

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Founder of Space4Innovation and International Strategic Liaison of the GEO Indigenous Alliance

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Christer Fuglesang is a former ESA astronaut and professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Director of KTH Space Center. He also consults for Saab, where he is in the Strategy Group. Fuglesang was a Fellow at CERN 1988-1990. He became an ESA astronaut in 1992 and made two space missions in 2006 and 2009 with the space shuttle Discovery to ISS. Retired from ESA 2017 and became employed by KTH in Stockholm.

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Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Mario Vargas (Shakaim) is an Indigenous Shuar from the Ecuadorian Amazon, and the the leader and technician of the Shuar Federation of Pastaza. Mario is a founding member of the GEO Indigenous Alliance which aims to foster a continued, effective, respectful, and reciprocal relationship with GEO and representatives of Indigenous communities from around the world.  He is a member of the Network of Climate Finance Specialists, as a representative of South America, and  currently works at The Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), as Technical Coordinator of the environmental monitoring project “All Eyes on the Amazon” (TOA). Mario graduated from the Polytechnic College of Chimborazo and is specialising in Public Management at the Postgraduate University of Ecuador.

Leader and Technician, Shuar Federation of Pastaza

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Space: Where the World Comes Together for Progress

Expo 2020 Dubai will mark the UAE's Golden Jubilee in December 2021, celebrating the country's history and progress over its first 50 years, while looking ahead to the next 50 years, guided by the UAE Centennial Plan 2071. This event track features events that invite the world to join hands with the UAE to craft a meaningful legacy to create value for generations to come. 

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France National Day.