Day 1
28-9-2022
Conference
09:30 – 09:50 (CEST)
Opening keynote: “Strengthening European industry through CM22”
Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General
09:55 – 10:15 (CEST)
TEC programmes and future opportunities in view of ESA’s Ministerial Council 2022
Torben Henriksen, ESA Acting Director of Technology, Engineering & Quality + ESTEC Head of Establishment
10:20 – 10:40 (CEST)
ESA’s Space Commercialisation activities and the Scale Up programme
Géraldine Naja, ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement
10:45 – 11:05 (CEST)
Earth Observation Programme Proposal Package for CM22
Simonetta Cheli, ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes
11:10 – 11:30 (CEST)
European leadership in Space Science and Technology
Mike Healy, ESA, Directorate of Science, Head of the Projects Department
11:35 – 11:55 (CEST)
Satellite Navigation industrial opportunities
Francisco-Javier Benedicto-Ruiz, ESA Director of Navigation
12:00 – 12:20 (CEST)
Mission Operations and Space Safety opportunities after CM22
Michelle Baker, ESA, Directorate of Operations, Acting Head of Strategy and Transformation Office
12:25 – 12:45 (CEST)
The European Space Accelerators
Graham Turnock, ESA Special Advisor, Directorate of European, Legal & International Matters
12:50 – 13:10 (CEST)
Forging a forward-looking EU approach in the aerospace ecosystem: bringing down the silos
Paraskevi Papantoniou, European Commission, DG DEFIS, Acting Director of Space
14:05 – 14:25 (CEST)
European Space Technology Harmonisation
Slawomir Zdybski, ESA, Directorate of Technology, Engineering & Quality, Technology R&D Engineer
14:30 – 14:50 (CEST)
How to collaborate with TEC Laboratories and Testing Facilities
Sergio Fernandez, ESA, TEC Laboratories and Test Facilities Coordinator
14:55 – 15:40 (CEST)
Panel 1: Leveraging public-public and public private collaboration to support space commercialisation and financing
Guillaume de la Brosse, European Commission; Stefan Schneider, EUSPA; Stela Tkatchova, EIC; Antonella Calvia-Goetz, EIB; Peter Coveliers, EIF; Moderator Luca del Monte, ESA
15:45 – 16:30 (CEST)
Panel 2: Investments in Space in times of Economic Downturn
Sophie Sursock, Move Capital; Pierre Festal, Promus Ventures; Guilhem Garrel, Thales Alenia Space; Rene van Vlerken; Euronext; Moderator Gianluigi Baldesi, ESA
16:35 – 17:20 (CEST)
Panel 3: ESA and New Space – Facilitating the growth and maturation of the New Space Sector
Ignacio Chechile, ReOrbit; David Henri, Exotrail; Juan Tomas Hernani, Satlantis; Cassi Welling, ConstellR; Moderator Géraldine Naja, ESA
Day 1
28-9-2022
Parallel sessions
09:30 – 17:30 (CEST)
B2B meetings
14:30 – 16:00 (CEST)
SME4Space seminar: “11 years of supporting SMEs in Europe’s space industry”
SME4Space
17:30 – 19:00 (CEST)
Networking drinks
ISD event area, ESTEC
Day 2
29-9-2022
Conference
09:00 – 09:25 (CEST)
SME and start-up role in disrupting the space market through breakthrough innovation
Stella Tkatchova, Programme Manager for Space, European Innovation Council
09:30 – 09:50 (CEST)
CASSINI Matchmaking – connecting startups, scale-ups and SMEs with corporates and investors
Karina Wardak Flügel, Project Manager, Cassini Matchmaking team
09:55 – 10:15 (CEST)
TIA programmes and opportunities
Elodie Viau, ESA Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications
10:20 – 10:40 (CEST)
Space downstream opportunities for sustainability and SDGs
Rita Rinaldo, ESA, Directorate of Telecommunications & Integrated Applications, Head of Projects & Studies Implementation Division
10:45 – 11:05 (CEST)
Wanted: Business Ideas for Lunar Economy Applications
Antonio Rodenas, Directorate of Telecommunications & Integrated Applications, Application Engineer
11:10 – 11:30 (CEST)
Downstream Applications of Space and Disruptive Technologies
Christopher Frost-Tesfaye, ESA, Directorate of Telecommunications & Integrated Applications, Business Applications Officer
11:35 – 11:55 (CEST)
Terrae Novae – Europe’s programme of human and robotic exploration
David Parker, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration
12:00 – 12:20 (CEST)
HRE Commercialisation and Innovation
Bernhard Hufenbach, ESA, Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration, Commercialisation & Innovation Team Leader
12:25 – 12:45 (CEST)
Commercialisation in Operations – Needs and Support
Simon Plum, ESA, Directorate of Operations, Head of the Mission Operations Department
12:50 – 13:10 (CEST)
Opportunities in Space Safety Period 2
Holger Krag, ESA, Directorate of Operations, Head of the Space Safety Programme Office
13:15 – 13:35 (CEST)
Innovation in Operations ground systems engineering
Jean-Christophe Berton, ESA, Directorate of Operations, Management and Technical Support Officer
Artur Palowski, ESA, Innovation Officer
13:40 – 14:00 (CEST)
Discovery, Preparation & Technology Development Elements and ESA’s General Support Technology Programme
Olivier Perat, ESA, Dirctorate of Technology, Technology R&D Engineer
Nerea Socorro Morales, ESA, Dirctorate of Technology, Technology R&D Engineer
14:05 – 14:25 (CEST)
STS programmes
Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA Director of Space Transportation
14:30 – 14:50 (CEST)
Boost! 2.0 – Commercial Space Transportation
Thilo Kranz, ESA Directorate of Space Transportation, Commercial Space Transportation Programme Manager
14:55 – 15:15 (CEST)
InCubed – the commercial EO landscape
Michele Castorina, ESA Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, Head of Phi-lab Invest Office
15:20 – 15:40 (CEST)
NAVISP Phase 3: a programme for the European PNT sector
Alessandra Fiumara, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, NAVISP Element 2 Manager
15:45 – 16:05 (CEST)
FutureNAV: Low Earth Orbit – Positioning, Navigation and Timing (LEO-PNT) In-Orbit Demonstration
Lionel Ries, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, Head of the GNSS Evolution Upstream R&D Implementation Office
16:10 – 16:30 (CEST)
FutureNAV: GENESIS – Join a mission with 4 Geodetic Techniques
Javier Ventura-Traveset, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, Head of ESA Navigation Science Office
16:35 – 16:55 (CEST)
Moonlight – Lunar Communication and Navigation Service
Fabrice Joly, ESA, Directorate of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, Head of Future Telecom Programme Consolidation
Javier Ventura-Traveset, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, Head of the Navigation Science Office
Bernhard Hufenbach, ESA, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration, Lead of Commercialisation and Innovation Team
Day 2
29-9-2022
Parallel sessions
09:30 – 17:30 (CEST)
B2B meetings
9:55 – 10:15 (CEST)
Introduction to ESA Mission Classification
Laurent Marchand, ESA, Directorate of Technology, Quality & Engineering, Head of the Quality, Dependability and PA Support Assurance Division
10:20 – 10:40 (CEST)
ESA Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Calculator
Lorenzo Marchetti, ESA, Directorate of Technology, Quality & Engineering, PA & Safety Engineer and Suzana da Mota Silva, ESA, Directorate of Technology, Engineering & Quality, Head of the PA Management Section
10:45 – 11:05 (CEST)
Cooperation opportunities with NMS/AM and PECS entities
Stephane Combes, ESA, Directorate of CIP, Senior Industrial Policy Officer
11:35 – 13:15 (CEST)
Unlocking your next business opportunity: support from ESA BA Ambassadors
ESA Business Applications Ambassadors and industry
13:15 – 14:30 (CEST)
Technology Transfer Case Studies and Support for Industry
ESA Technology Brokers and industry
14:30 – 14:50 (CEST)
Intellectual Property in Space Tech: Protection & Investment
Anthony Albutt and Robert Kelly, D Young & Co LLP
14:55 – 15:15 (CEST)
Patent Insight Reports – Space Industry Snapshots in the Light of Patent Data
Nuria Hernandez Alfageme, ESA and Tomas Hrozensky, ESPI
15:15 – 16:15 (CEST)
The ESA Corporate Social Responsibility Code of Conduct – Overview and Q&A
Gunilla Stjernevi-Fris, ESA, Head of the Procurement Compliance & Coherence Office; supported by Kaetliin Kelder, Procurement Compliance & Coherence Office