SPACE
FOR BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
18–19 September 2024 ESA Event

Programme ISD 2024

Day 1

18-9-2024

Conference Hall A

09:30 – 09:55 (CEST)

Welcome to ESTEC and TEC presentation

Dietmar Pilz, ESA, Director of Technology, Engineering & Quality + ESTEC Head of Establishment

09:55 – 10:20 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness

Géraldine Naja, ESA, Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness

10:20 – 10:45 (CEST)

Welcome Address of the Latin American and Caribbean Industry Delegation

Carmen Moreno Toscano, Ambassador of Mexico to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

10:45 – 11:10 (CEST)

Opening remarks and Keynote

Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General

11:10 – 11:35 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Space Transportation

Thilo Kranz, ESA, Commercial Space Transportation Programme Manager

11:35 – 12:00 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Science

Carole Mundell, ESA, Director of Science

12:00 – 12:25 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes

Simonetta Cheli, ESA, Director of Earth Observation Programmes

12:25 – 12:50 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications

Laurent Jaffart, ESA, Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications

12:50 – 13:15 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Operations

Rolf Densing, ESA, Director of Operations

13:15 – 13:40 (CEST)

Zero Debris Charter signature ceremony

13:40 – 14:05 (CEST)

Space competitiveness/Challenges of European space

Christoph Kautz, DG DEFIS, Director of Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation

14:05 – 14:30 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Navigation

Joerg Hahn, ESA, Head of the Galileo System Engineering Service

14:30 – 14:55 (CEST)

Presentation Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration

Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA, Director of Human and Robotic Exploration

14:55 – 15:20 (CEST)

HRE services procurement: Transportation and Infrastructure

Frank De Winne, ESA, Lead LEO Exploration Group

15:20 – 16:10 (CEST)

Panel discussion: Leveraging Public-Public and Public -Private Collaboration to Support Space Commercialisation and Financing

Ugo Celestino, Policy Officer, Unit Innovation & New Space, DG DEFIS; Antonella Calvia-Goetz, Principal Advisor Digital Services, EIB; Chantal Schrijver, Head of EIB Group Office, EIF; Stela Tkatchova, Programme Manager for Space Systems, EIC; Stefan Schneider, Space Downstream Entrepreneurship Officer, EUSPA; Gianluigi Baldesi, ESA (moderator)

16:10 – 17:00 (CEST)

Panel discussion: Securing Investment in Times of Economic Insecurity

Maxime Mallet, Partner at Jolt Capital; Paolo Giovanni Panzarini, Expert in Space Economy, Intesa San Paolo; Rob Desborough, General Partner, Seraphim Capital; Ossi Tiainen, Principal at NGP Capital; moderator: Kais Barmawi, ESA

17:00 – 17:50 (CEST)

Panel discussion: ESA and New Space – Boosting the Growth and Maturation of the New Space Industry

Daniel Zirmer, Partner, Lasting Software; Valentina Luchetti, Sales and Business Development Representative, DCUBED; Johannes Pammer, COO, Gate Space; Damini Pantaleon, Sales Manager, Latitude; Rachel Muller, ESA (moderator)

17:50 – 18:15 (CEST)

ESA Supplier Awards Ceremony

ESA and Award Recipients

18:15 – 19:30 (CEST)

ISD Networking Reception

Day 1

18-9-2024

Conference Hall B

14:30 – 16:05 (CEST)

Industrial Opportunities in Europe’s Spaceport

ESA, Directorates of STS and CIC; CNES

16:10 – 16:30 (CEST)

Cost Audits and compliant Cost Rates calculation

Karina Miranda Sanchez, ESA, Head of Industrial Audit Services and Anna Krizova, ESA, Industrial Cost Auditor

16:35 – 16:55 (CEST)

Development of version 6 of the ESA Costing Software (ECOS)

Florent Michel Doullat, ESA Cost Engineer and Paolo Ponzio, ESA, Head of Industrial Audit Baseline Services

09:30 – 17:30 (CEST)

B2B meetings

Day 2

19-9-2024

Conference Hall A

09:00 – 09:30 (CEST)

The ESA SME Policy and Initiative

Jens Kauffmann, ESA, Head of the SME Section

09:30 – 09:55 (CEST)

Export Support for SME – The Enterprise Europe Network​

Simone Sparano, Chairman of the Enterprise Europe Network Aerospace & Defence Sector Group

09:55 – 10:20 (CEST)

The Business Applications Space Solutions (BASS) Programme

Christopher Frost-Tesfaye, ESA, Business Applications & Partnerships Officer

10:20 – 10:45 (CEST)

Incubed

Michele Castorina, ESA, Head of Phi-lab Invest Office

10:45 – 11:10 (CEST)

NAVISP: an enabler to support European competitiveness in the PNT sector

Pierluigi Mancini, ESA, Head of the NAVISP Programme Office

11:10 – 11:35 (CEST)

ESOC – Services supporting Mission Operations for Europe’s most complex Missions

Simon Plum, ESA, Head of the Mission Operations Department

11:35 – 12:00 (CEST)

The ESA Science Future Missions and their Preparation

Marcos Bavdaz, ESA, Head of the Technology Preparation Section, Directorate of Science / Sven Wittig, ESA, L4 Technology Coordinator

12:00 – 12:25 (CEST)

Industrial Opportunities in Exploration Preparation Research and Technology (ExPeRT)

Didier Schmitt, ESA, Strategy & Coordination Group Leader, Directorate of Human & Robotic Exploration

12:25 – 12:50 (CEST)

Boost! – Opportunities for commercial space transportation service providers

Jorgen Bru, ESA, Commercial Services Manager

12:50 – 13:15 (CEST)

Enhancing European Ground Systems capabilities

Mehran Sarkarati, ESA, Head of the Ground Station Engineering Division

13:15 – 13:40 (CEST)

Discovery, Preparation & Technology Development Elements and ESA’s General Support Technology Programme

Nerea Socorro Morales, ESA Technology R&D Engineer

13:40 – 14:05 (CEST)

Space Safety Opportunities

Holger Krag, ESA, Head of the Space Safety Programme Office

14:05 – 14:30 (CEST)

Embedding Sustainability within the Space Sector

Andrea Vena, ESA, Chief Climate Sustainability Officer

14:30 – 14:55 (CEST)

Accelerating the Use of Space for the Green Transition, Crisis Response and Space Safety: Opportunities for Industry in ESA Accelerators

Graham Turnock, ESA, Special Advisor, Directorate of Strategy, Legal & External Affairs

14:55 – 15:20 (CEST)

Zero Debris: ensuring a sustainable future in space

Tiago Soares, ESA, Clean Space Lead Engineer

15:20 – 15:45 (CEST)

Vigil: Pioneering Solar Observation for a Safer Space Environment

Giuseppe Mandorlo, ESA, Vigil Project Manager

15:45 – 16:10 (CEST)

The EnVision mission to Venus and the build-up of its Industrial Consortium​

ESA, Science Directorate + Thales

16:10 – 16:35 (CEST)

Direct-to-device connectivity: an opportunity for Europe

Fabrice Joly, ESA, Head of the Future Telecom Programme Consolidation Section

16:35 – 17:00 (CEST)

Moonlight: Opportunities for Industry

Charles Cranstoun, ESA, Head of the Moonlight Programme Office

17:00 – 17:25 (CEST)

FutureNAV: Demonstrating the Future of Satellite Navigation

Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira, ESA, Head of the LEO-PNT Project and David Ibanez, ESA, Head of the Galileo G1 System Engineering Unit

Day 2

19-9-2024

Conference Hall B

11:10 – 11:30 (CEST)

Ramses and planetary Defence presentation

Richard Moissl, ESA, Head of the Planetary Defence Office

11:35 – 12:20 (CEST)

The next frontier – Evolving IOS towards Circular Economy

Antonio Caiazzo Calum, ESA, System and Software Engineer (moderator)

12:25 – 13:10 (CEST)

Boosting Space Safety: Accelerating Innovation and Market Growth with ESA’s Space Safety Programme Competitiveness Segment

Holger Krag, ESA, Head of the Space Safety Programme Office

13:15 – 13:35 (CEST)

REACH Office activities: introduction of the ESA REACH tool

Premysl Janik, ESA, REACH Officer

13:40 – 14:00 (CEST)

Update about the ESA Mission Classification

Tommaso Ghidini, ESA, Head of the Mechanical Department; Laurent Marchant, ESA, Head of the Quality, Dependability and Product Assurance Division

14:05 – 14:25 (CEST)

Innovations in Orbit: Patent Data Insights for Space Propulsion

Stephan Speidel, ESA, Technology Transfer Engineer; Lars Petzold, ESPI, Research Fellow

14:30 – 14:50 (CEST)

LCA and Ecodesign: Regulatory Necessity and Business Opportunity

Marie Le Pellec, ESA, Space Sustainability Engineer, Climate and Sustainability Office

14:55 – 15:15 (CEST)

CSR Code of Conduct: Elevating Responsible Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Franck Germes, Head of the ESA Contracts Department, and Nadine Aouad, ESA Procurement and Supply Chain Leader

15:20 – 16:05 (CEST)

Eco-Innovation in Orbit – Pioneering Sustainable Satellite Design

Enrico Tormena, ESA, Systems Engineer (moderator)

09:00 – 17:00 (CEST)

B2B meetings