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