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
Günther Hasinger, ESA Director of Science
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
Rolf Densing, ESA Director of Operations
12:25 – 12:45 (CEST)
The European Space Accelerators
Graham Turnock, ESA Special Advisor, Directorate of European, Legal & International Matters
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
EC, EIF, EIC, EUSPA, Moderator Gianluigi Baldesi
15:45 – 16:30 (CEST)
Panel 2: Investments in Space in times of Economic Downturn
Private Investors, Moderator Luca del Monte
16:35 – 17:20 (CEST)
Panel 3: ESA and New Space – Facilitating the growth and maturation of the New Space Sector
NewSpace companies, Moderator Géraldine Naja
Further elements will be added in the coming months
Day 1
28-9-2022
Parallel sessions
09:30 – 17:30 (CEST)
B2B meetings
14:30 – 16:30 (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)
Lunar economy and services
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)
HRE programmes and opportunities
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, Head of Phi-lab Invest Office
15:20 – 15:40 (CEST)
NAVISP Phase 3: a programme for the European PNT sector
Pierluigi Mancini, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, Head of NAVISP Programme Office
15:45 – 16:05 (CEST)
FutureNAV: Low Earth Orbit – Positioning, Navigation and Timing (LEO-PNT) In-Orbit Demonstration
Roberto Prieto Cerdeira, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, Galileo G2SB1-A Satellite Payload Manager
16:10 – 16:30 (CEST)
FutureNAV: GENESIS – Join a mission with 4 Geodetic Techniques
Sara Gidlund, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, Head Galileo G1 Ground Control Segment Management Service
16:35 – 16:55 (CEST)
Moonlight
Javier Ventura Traveset, ESA, Directorate of Navigation, Head of the Navigation Science Office + TIA + HRE
Day 2
29-9-2022
Parallel sessions
09:30 – 17:30 (CEST)
B2B meetings
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
time tbd
European Space Technology Harmonisation
Slawomir Zdybski, ESA, Directorate of Technology, Engineering & Quality, Technology R&D Engineer