Invited Speakers

Antonio Tajani

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Italian Republic

Philippe Baptiste

Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space

French Republic

Dorothee Bär

Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space

Federal Republic of Germany

Ruben Brekelmans

Minister of Defence

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Guido Crosetto

Minister of Defence

Italian Republic

Andrzej Domański

Minister of Finance and Economy

Republic of Poland

Władysław Marcin Kosiniak-Kamysz

Minister of National Defence

Poland

Diana Morant

Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities

Kingdom of Spain

Boris Pistorius

Federal Minister of Defence

Federal Republic of Germany

Adolfo Urso

Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Italian Republic

Mark Rutte

Secretary General

NATO

Kaja Kallas

High-Representative of the European Union

Vice President of the European Commission

Henna Virkkunen

Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

European Commission

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Ekaterina Zaharieva

Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

European Commission

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism

European Commission

Costas Kadis

Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

European Commission

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary General

ITU

Nicodemos Damianou

Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy

Republic of Cyprus

Alice Rufo

Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces

French Republic

Matteo Perego di Cremnago

Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Defence

Italian Republic

Elena Donazzan

Vice-Chair, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

European Parliament

Christian Ehler

Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

European Parliament

Christophe Grudler

Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

European Parliament

Major General Vincent Chusseau

Commander

French Space Command

Major General Michael Traut

Commander

German Space Command

Major General Isaac Crespo Zaragoza

Commander

Spanish Space Command

Brigadier General Luca Monaco

Commander

Space Operations Command, Italian Republic

Josef Aschbacher

Director-General

ESA

Timo Pesonen

Director-General

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Charles Fries

Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence

EEAS

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

General Franco Federici

Military Advisor to the Prime Minister

Italian Republic

Thomas Courbe

Director-General

Direction Générale des Entreprises, Ministry of Economy and Finance, France

Frédéric Jacq

Chairman and CEO

CNES

Walther Pelzer

Director General

German Space Agency at DLR

Teodoro Valente

President

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Marta Wachowicz

President

Polish Space Agency (POLSA)

Aarti Holla-Maini

Director

UNOOSA

Florian Guillermet

Executive Director

European Union Aviation Safety Agency

Herald Ruijters

Deputy Director-General and Head of SAFE Task Force

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Benedikta Von Seherr-Thoss

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence

EEAS

Marjolijn van Deelen

Special Envoy for Space

EEAS

François Arbault

Director for Defence Industrial Programmes and Acting Director for Defence Policy, European Commission

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz

Director of Navigation

ESA

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN

ESA

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director

EUSPA

Rolf Densing

Director of Operations

ESA

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications

ESA

Christoph Kautz

Director for Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Géraldine Naja

Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness

ESA

Daniel Neuenschwander

Director of Human and Robotic Exploration

ESA

Dietmar Pilz

Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality

ESA

Eric Morel de Westgaver

Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs

ESA

Carole Mundell

Director of Science

ESA

Rear Admiral Louis Tillier 

Director

EU Satellite Centre

Toni Tolker-Nielsen

Acting Director of Space Transportation

ESA

Edison Rijna

Special Envoy for the BES Islands for EU and UN and Economic Development with Latin America and Caribbean

Hermann Ludwig Moeller

Director

ESPI

Fiammetta Diani

Head of Market, Downstream and Innovation

EUSPA

Colonel Luigi Riggio

Office of the Military Advisor, Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Italian Republic