The conference themes were research for ground- and space-based telescopes, supporting technologies, and instrumentation. Mr. Yousuf Faoukh, SAASST Research Engineer at the CubeSat Laboratory, presented one paper and one poster during the meeting:

• Design, testing, and validation of a space-based Improved X-Ray Detector onboard Sharjah-Sat-1

• Development of a novel optical camera subsystem onboard Sharjah-Sat-1 CubeSat