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Acknowledgements. Foreword. Keynote Address. Micro/Nanosatellites - The New World; M.N. Sweeting. Keynote Address. Nanotechnology - Tools for the Satellite World; S.W. Janson. Session 1: New Advances of Nanotechnology. Session Chair: R. Zee. The Promises of Nanotechnology: Will They Be kept? C.M. Satter, S.E. Matousek. Canada's First Microsatellite - An Enabling Low-Cost Technology for Future Space Science and Technology Missions; R.E. Zee, P. Stibrany. PROBA (Project for On-Board Autonomy); D. Bernaerts, et al. SNAP-1 - Design, Construction, Launch and Early Operations Phase Results of a Modular COTS-Based Nano-satellite; C. Underwood, et al. Report on Panel Discussion 1. New Advances of Nanotechnology; S. Janosik, et al. Session 2: Micro/Nanosatellites - Benefits, Services and Applications. Session Chair: R. Blott. Nanosatellite Science Applications; J.E. Oberright. Creation of an Information Society by Satellite Communications R&D: the Role of Small Satellites; T. Iida. MYRIADE, the CNES Micro-satellite Product Line for Science and Innovation; C. Bouzat. Air Quality Improvement through Micro-Technology; J.D. Burke, L. Zhang. Small Satellites in the Future Space Infrastructure; K. Maeda. Master of Space Studies 2001 Views and Visions; T. Radcliffe, L. Summerer. Report on Panel Discussion 2. Micro/Nanosatellites – Benefits, Services and Applications; A. Ismail, M. Rycroft. Keynote Address. A Trajectory to Commercial Microspace; R. Fleeter. Session 3: Market Potential - Big Business versus the Entrepreneur. Session Chair: J. van der Ha. Measuring Complexity and Risk of New Small Satellite Endeavors; D.A. Bearden. The Future SatelliteBusiness is Small Satellite Business; B. Doll. Market Growth Potential for Small Satellites: An Industry View; A. Lewin. The COCONUDSConcept: A Low-cost, Distributed Network Approach to Satellite Earth Observation; F.F. Verduijn, et al. A Microsatellite-based Demonstrator Mission for Agriculture and the Environment; B. Coquil, Ph. Campenon. Some Problems Specific to Small Satellite Project Financing; J. Kreisel. The CNES Micro-satellite MYRIADE Program as a Laboratory for Innovative Methods of Space Project Management; C. Belleval. Report on Panel Discussion 3. Market Potential – Big Business versus the Entrepreneur; A. Alale, L. Summerer. Session 4: Launch and Support Services for Micro/Nanosatellites. Session Chair: P. Balaam. New Propulsive Module for Nanosatellites; R. Fleeter. Military Missions for Small Satellite Constellations; T.J. Lawrence, M.E.B. France. Pegasus – Past, Present and Future; W.E. Frick. Small Satellites in a Large Launch Vehicle Marketplace: NASA's Strategic Efford to Provide Space Transportation; J.C. Schafer. Vega: the European Initiative for Launching Small Satellites; R. Barbera. Overview of the Russian Launch Possibilities for Small Satellites; G.M. Webb. Report on Panel Discussion 4. Launch and Support Services for Micro/Nanosatellites; M. Pavek, R. Stephenson. Keynote Address. The Small Satellite Business: Contributions to, and from, Developing Countries; M. Othman. Session 5: Broader Impacts and Implications. Session Chair: S. Mostert. SUNSAT to SunSpace: Meeting the Needs of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation; G.W. Milne, et al. From Big LEO Satellite Ventures to Smaller Satellite Systems: Lessons to be Learnt in an Apparently Evanescent Market; P.A.