Programme

Gold Hall
Silver Hall
Agora

all rooms

08:00 - 08:55

Networking Coffee

all rooms

08:55 - 09:00

Welcome Address - Gold Hall

all rooms

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Address - Gold Hall

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

all rooms

09:10 - 09:20

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Nicodemos Damianou

Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy

Republic of Cyprus

all rooms

09:20 - 09:30

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Josef Aschbacher

Director-General

ESA

all rooms

09:30 - 09:40

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Marco Fuchs

President of ASD-Eurospace

CEO of OHB SE

Gold Hall

09:40 - 10:25

A conversation between Heads of National Agencies

Paul Bate

Chief Executive Officer

UK Space Agency

Francois Jacq

Chairman and CEO

CNES

Walther Pelzer

Director General

German Space Agency at DLR

Teodoro Valente

President

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Hermann Ludwig Moeller

Director

ESPI

Silver Hall

09:40 - 10:10

User Perspectives: A Pragmatic Approach to Building Programmes and Capabilities

Tjerk Opmeer

Deputy Director-General for Business & Innovation, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Fiammetta Diani

Head of Market, Downstream and Innovation

EUSPA

Nicola Holsten

Deputy Head of Unit CAP Strategic Plans Coordination

DG AGRI, European Commission

Marta Krywanis

Senior Research Officer

Frontex

Valentina Bacco

Senior Consultant, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Agora

09:40 - 09:55

Press Point - EU Space Pavilion

Agora

09:55 - 10:30

First Images from Europe's First Meteorological Infrared Sounder in Geostationary Orbit

Phil Evans

Director-General

EUMETSAT

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN

ESA

Dorothée Coppens

Hyperspectral Competence Area Manager

EUMETSAT

Pierre Coheur

Professor and Vice-Rector

Université libre de Bruxelles

Isabelle Kling

Head of Communication

EUMETSAT

Silver Hall

10:10 - 10:30

GOVSATCOM: Meeting the Needs of Governmental Users

Juan Ramón López Caravantes

Head of Secured Communications Department

EUSPA

Jérémie Godet

Head of Unit for Secure Connectivity and Space Surveillance

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Colonel Luigi Riggio

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

Italian Republic

Emma Gatti

Journalist and former NASA Scientist

SpaceNews

Gold Hall

10:25 - 10:30

Keynote Address

Benjamin Haddad

Minister Delegate for Europe

French Republic

Gold Hall

10:30 - 10:40

Keynote Address

Ekaterina Zaharieva

Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

European Commission

Agora

10:30 - 11:30

Digital Ocean: a Space of Sovereignty and Security

Costas Kadis

Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

European Commission

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Pierre Bahurel

Chief Executive Officer

Mercator Ocean International

Maciej Krzyżanowski

Chief Executive Officer

CloudFerro

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN

ESA

Alberto Arribas

Head of Software Engineering and IA

National Oceanography Centre

Phil Evans

Director-General

EUMETSAT

Maja Markovčić Kostelac

Executive Director

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

Gold Hall

10:40 - 12:00

European Space Competitiveness and Readiness: A Make-or-Break Decade Ahead

Timo Pesonen

Director-General

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Josef Aschbacher

Director-General

ESA

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director

EUSPA

Hervé Derrey

President and Chief Executive Officer

Thales Alenia Space

Marco Fuchs

President of ASD-Eurospace

CEO of OHB SE

Jesús Serrano

Chief Executive Officer

GMV

Jean-Marie Bétermier

Executive Vice-President Space, Safran Electronics & Defense and Chief Executive Officer

Safran Data Systems

Massimo Claudio Comparini

Managing Director, Space Division

Leonardo

Alain Fauré

Head of Space Systems

Airbus Defence and Space

Jack Parrock

News Correspondent and Presenter

Silver Hall

10:45 - 11:45

European GNSS Services Facing New Challenges

Christophe Grudler

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

European Parliament

Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz

Director of Navigation

ESA

Paul Flament

Deputy-Director Space Policy, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Rolf Kozlowski

Managing Director

DLR-GfR

Miguel Romay

General Manager Navigation Systems

GMV

Edison Rijna

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

Daniela Dobreva-Nielsen

Director Space Applications

bavAIRia

Agora

11:30 - 12:10

Youth Policy Dialogue with Commissioner for Space and Defence Andrius Kubilius

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

David Jelinek

Youth Correspondent

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Silver Hall

11:45 - 13:05

Evolving needs and capabilities for Earth Observation

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN

ESA

Mauro Facchini

Head of Unit of Earth Observation

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Phil Evans

Director-General

EUMETSAT

Alain Arnaud

Head of Digital Ocean Program

Mercator Ocean International

Milena Lerario

Chief Executive Officer

e-GEOS

Rafal Modrzewski

Chief Executive Officer

ICEYE

Roberto Mulatti

Managing Director for Space

Serco Europe

Eric Even

Senior Vice President Head of Space Digital

Airbus Defence and Space

Tomas Dimitrov

Deputy Executive Director

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Gold Hall

12:00 - 12:55

Transforming Europe's Space Industrial Base: Scaling Production, Resilience, and Economic Security

Lorena Boix Alonso

Deputy Director-General

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Juan Tomás Hernani

Chief Executive Officer | President

Satlantis | YEESS

Miguel Ángel Panduro

Chief Executive Officer

Indra Space

Gabriele Pieralli

Chief Executive Officer

Telespazio

Raycho Raychev

Founder & CEO

EnduroSat

Martin Sion

Chief Executive Officer

ArianeGroup

Jeremy Wilks

Science Correspondent

Euronews

Agora

12:10 - 12:50

Connecting the Dots: Industry, Space Defence, and Multilateral Space Security

Marjolijn van Deelen

Special Envoy for Space

EEAS

Brian Weeden

Systems Director for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy

The Aerospace Corporation

Morgane Lecas

Director of Strategy and Public Affairs

Astroscale France

Louis Reitmann

Research Fellow

VCDNP

Elena Sokova

Executive Director

VCDNP

Agora

12:50 - 13:20

Drift or Steer? A Defining Year for Europe's Space Industry

Anas Hanan

Deputy Head of Unit - Space Economy

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Christine Klein

Head of Industrial Policy and Auditing Department

ESA

Jean-Marc Nasr

Industrial Ombud

ESA

Pierre Wilhelm

Chief Executive Officer

Aerospacelab Switzerland

Afke Schaart

EVP International Affairs

Eutelsat Group

all rooms

12:55 - 13:05

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Dorothee Bär

Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space

Federal Republic of Germany

all rooms

13:05 - 13:15

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Costas Kadis

Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

European Commission

all rooms

13:15 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Agora

14:20 - 14:40

EDA SATCOM joint procurement and GOVSATCOM support for missions and operations

Heinrich Krispler

Project Officer, Support to EU Operations and EU Satcom Market, Operations Training and Exercises Unit, Industry Synergies and Enablers Directorate

EDA

all rooms

14:30 - 14:40

In Conversation with - Gold Hall

Philippe Baptiste

Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space

French Republic

Gold Hall

14:40 - 15:20

Building the EU Space Act for Safety, Sustainability and Sovereignty

Elena Donazzan

Vice-Chair, ITRE Committee

European Parliament

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Josef Kaspar

Chair

ESRE

Alessandro Marrone

Head of Defence Programme

Istituto Affari Internazionali

Silver Hall

14:40 - 16:00

Europe's Multi-Orbital Advantage: the expanding role of space connectivity from broadband to security

Part. I Policy and Strategic Vision for Multi‑Orbital Europe (30')

Part. II Building Europe's Connectivity Capability: Industrial Integration and System Coherence (30')

Part. III Anchoring Telcos in Europe’s Connectivity Ecosystem (20')

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications

ESA

Jérémie Godet

Head of Unit for Secure Connectivity and Space Surveillance

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Adel Al-Saleh

Chief Executive Officer

SES

Luis Mayo

Chief Executive Officer

Hispasat

Jean-Hubert Lenotte

Chief Strategy and Resources Officer

Eutelsat

Benoit Deper

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Aerospacelab

Enrique Fraga

General Manager Space Systems

GMV

Elodie Viau

Senior Vice-President, Telecommunication and Navigation

Airbus Defence and Space

Michaël Trabbia

Chief Executive Officer

Orange Wholesale

Piotr Wesolowski

Director Space Programmes

Deutsche Telekom

Jeremy Wilks

Science Correspondent

Euronews

Agora

14:40 - 15:10

Optical Communication: A Cornerstone Technology for the Future Space Economy

Harald Hauschildt

Head of the Optical and Quantum Communication Office

ESA

Christian Fuchs

Head of the Department Optical Satellite Links

DLR

Paul Coutinho

Head of System Engineering

DLR-GfR

Axel Vidmark

Head of Market Region EMEA

Swedish Space Corporation

Herwig Zech

Product Manager

TESAT

Agora

15:10 - 15:20

In Conversation with

Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski

Astronaut

ESA

Gold Hall

15:20 - 15:45

Access to Space: Towards a European Strategy

Thomas Reiter

Head of the Department of Space and Security, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space

Germany

Christoph Kautz

Director for Space Policy, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Toni Tolker-Nielsen

Acting Director of Space Transportation

ESA

Alessandro Marrone

Head of Defence Programme

Istituto Affari Internazionali

Agora

15:20 - 16:00

A Lunar Communication and Navigation Infrastructure: The Moonlight Initiative

Nicola Pizzolorusso

Vice President Strategic Planning, Scenarios and New Initiatives

Telespazio

Cristina Valente

Head of ESA / ASI Market Unit

Telespazio

Stefaan De May

Strategy Team Leader for Human and Robotic Exploration

ESA

Cheryl Gramling

Cislunar Strategist and PNT Lead

NASA

Giancarlo Varacalli

Head of Telecommunications and Navigation

ASI

Logan Ware

Commercial Director

Blue Origin

Julien Lamamy

Chief Executive Officer

ispace-EUROPE

Jason Soloff

Lunar Data Network Chief Engineer

Intuitive Machines

Brett Stephens

Director, International and Government Programs

Firefly Aerospace

Ariana Carruth

Director of Spacecraft, Commercial and Civil

Firefly Aerospace

all rooms

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break

Agora

16:00 - 16:30

Leadership in Change: Driving Global Innovation through Inclusive Practices

Fabrice Messal

UX and User Learning Manager Copernicus Marine Service

Mercator Ocean International

Sabrina Alam

Chief Executive Officer

Matter Space and Defence

Ioannis Sokos

Project Manager - EU Affairs

C&V Defence

Vera Pinto

Policy Coordinator

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Gold Hall

16:15 - 17:00

Access to Space: Industry Readiness

Christoph Kautz

Director for Space Policy, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Toni Tolker-Nielsen

Acting Director of Space Transportation

ESA

David Cavaillolès

Chief Executive Officer

Arianespace

Giulio Ranzo

Chief Executive Officer

Avio

Alice Tidey

Managing Editor for EU Affairs

Euronews

Silver Hall

16:15 - 17:15

Securing Space-based Infrastructure and Signals

Florian Guillermet

Executive Director

European Union Aviation Safety Agency

Charlotte Neyret

Chief Executive Officer

European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP)

Álvaro Sánchez

Chief Executive Officer

INTEGRASYS

Silvia de Castro Garcia

Managing Director

Starion

Philippe Bertrand

Chair of the Security Accreditation Board

EUSPA

Jean-Luc Trullemans

Head of the European Space Security and Education Centre (ESEC)

ESA

Luc Tytgat

Independent Expert

Agora

16:30 - 17:00

Advancing Disaster Risk Management through EU Space Programme

Žaklin Butinar

Interim Secretary General

Eurisy

Ella Carlsson

Director-General

Swedish National Space Agency

Maruška Strah

Secretary

Slovenian Space Office

Lucie Kopecká

Space Policy Advisor

Czech Ministry of Transport

Marie Menard

Senior Communication Officer

EUSPA

Gold Hall

17:00 - 18:15

Access to Space: Market Realities and Tomorrow's Challenges

Christian Hauglie-Hanssen

Director General

Norwegian Space Agency

Géraldine Naja

Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness

ESA

Maria Fernandez Molinero

Head of Unit Space Policy

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Hélène Huby

Chief Executive Officer

The Exploration Company

Yohann Leroy

Chief Executive Officer

MaiaSpace

Xavier Llairó

Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer

Pangea Propulsion

Stella Guillen

Chief Commercial Officer

Isar Aerospace

Rodolfo Zontini

Public Affairs Manager, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Agora

17:00 - 17:15

Galileo Sunshine Project

Eric Guyader

Project Officer

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Silver Hall

17:15 - 18:00

From Supply Chains to Cloud: Building Europe's Digital and Industrial Sovereignty

Dietmar Pilz

Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality

ESA

Erzsébet Fitori

Executive Director

Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking

Maciej Krzyżanowski

Chief Executive Officer

CloudFerro

Ulli Leibnitz

Senior Vice President CS and Head SPACE Germany

CGI Germany

Lars Neumann

Senior Vice President T Cloud

Deutsche Telekom

Marie-Myrtille Marichal

Public Affairs Director, Tech and Telecom

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Agora

17:35 - 18:05

The Globally Competitive Space Systems Partnership: Review and Outlook

Pierre Lionnet

Research & Managing Director

Eurospace

Lea Kessler

Programme Coordinator

ASD-Eurospace

Silver Hall

18:00 - 18:30

From LEO Boom to NTN: Modernising Spectrum Access at the next WRC-27

Alexandre Vallet

Chief of the Space Services Department, Radiocommunication Bureau

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Gerasimos Sofianatos

Head of Unit for Radio Spectrum Policy

DG CONNECT, European Commission

Omar Qaise

Chief Executive Officer

OQ Technology

Lea Pavlovic

Public Affairs Manager, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Agora

18:05 - 18:35

Skills for Space, the Next Challenge

Fiammetta Diani

Head of Market, Downstream and Innovation

EUSPA

Tomáš Halaška

CASSINI Policy Coordinator

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Tom Trill

Chief Executive Officer

Qualinx B.V.

Milva Carbonaro

Chief Executive Officer, GISIG and Coordinator

SPACE4GEO

Gold Hall

18:15 - 18:25

Keynote Address

Juan Cruz Cigudosa García

State Secretary for Science, Innovation, and Universities

Spain

all rooms

18:25 - 18:30

Closing Remarks - Gold Hall

Tomas Dimitrov

Deputy Executive Director

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Julien Bocquet

Associate Director, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Gold Hall
Silver Hall
Agora

all rooms

08:00 - 08:55

Networking Coffee

all rooms

08:55 - 09:00

Welcome Address - Gold Hall

all rooms

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Address - Gold Hall

Vanessa Matz

Minister of the Modernisation of the Public Administration, in charge of Public Enterprises, Property Management of the State, Digitalisation and Science Policy

Kingdom of Belgium

all rooms

09:10 - 09:45

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Andrzej Domański

Minister of Finance and Economy

Republic of Poland

Josef Aschbacher

Director-General

ESA

Generale S.A. Antonio Conserva

Chief of Staff

Italian Air Force

Henna Virkkunen

Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

European Commission

Agora

09:15 - 09:45

Enabling Space Technologies: SMEs and Startups Role in Disrupting the Market

Stela Tkatchova

EIC Programme Manager for Space systems & technologies

European Commission

Sebastian Klaus

Chief Executive Officer

Atmos space cargo

Nicolas Gaume

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Space Cargo Unlimited

Thomas Hiriart

Chief Executive Officer

ION-X

Thomas Sinn

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Dcubed

Thomas Parry

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

SPHERICAL

Silver Hall

09:30 - 10:20

International Space Cooperation

Keynote address by DG INTPA's Deputy Director-General Marjeta Jager

Part I: European Public and Industry Stakeholders Continuum (50')

Part II:  European Perspectives in an Evolving Geopolitical Landscape (30')

   

Eric Morel de Westgaver

Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs

ESA

Jolanda van Eijnthoven

Head of Unit for Legal, International and Coordination

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Marino Fragnito

Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing

Thales Alenia Space

Joost Elstak

Vice-President Missions

Iceye

Markus Möller

Member of the Management Board responsible for Business Development and Strategy

OHB

Nathalie Tinjod

External Relations

ESA

Gold Hall

09:45 - 09:50

Keynote Address

Merete Clausen

Deputy Chief Executive

European Investment Fund

Agora

09:45 - 10:15

One Word, Many Approaches: A Transatlantic Look at Commercial Space Procurement

Wolfgang Dürr

Vice President and Head of Global Business Institutional Space

Airbus Defence and Space

Brian Weeden

Systems Director for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy

The Aerospace Corporation

João Falcão Serra

Lead on Industry & Finance

ESPI

Gold Hall

09:50 - 11:10

A pragmatic approach to space and defence

Introduction by EEAS' Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence Benedikta von Seherr-Thoss

Benedikta Von Seherr-Thoss

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence

EEAS

Lorena Boix Alonso

Deputy Director-General

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Rolf Skatteboe

Chief Executive Officer

KSAT

Juan Tomás Hernani

Chief Executive Officer | President

Satlantis | YEESS

Jens Franzeck

Chief Industrial Officer

ArianeGroup

François Lombard

Head of Connected Intelligence

Airbus Defence and Space

Nicolas Chantrenne

Vice-President, Institutional Affairs

Thales Alenia Space

Fernando García

Business Director

Indra Space

Lea Pavlovic

Public Affairs Manager, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Agora

10:15 - 10:45

CASSINI Investment Facility: From SME to Mid-Cap

Gianluigi Baldesi

Head of Ventures and Financing Office

ESA

Tomas Jonsson

CASSINI Team Leader, CASSINI Space Entrepreneurship Initiative

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Nicolas de La Vallée Poussin

Senior Innovation and Growth Officer

European Investment Fund

Kallianou de Jong Fani

Space Economy Lead - Principal

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Estelle Godard

Vice-President

OTB Ventures

Silver Hall

10:20 - 10:50

Part II: European Perspectives in an Evolving Geopolitical Landscape

Erica Gerresten

Acting Director for the Green Deal and Digital Agenda

DG INTPA, European Commission

Phil Evans

Director-General

EUMETSAT

Nathalie Tinjod

External Relations

ESA

Agora

10:45 - 11:15

CASSINI Unlocked: Powering the Next Space Innovators

Reinhard Blasi

Market Downstream and Innovation Manager

EUSPA

Mohammad Iranmanesh

Managing Director Belgium

ConstellR

Giuseppe Galimberti

Chief Executive Officer

NanoTech

Lucie Liversain

Chief of Staff

Skynopy

Silver Hall

10:50 - 11:15

Coffee Break

Gold Hall

11:10 - 11:20

Keynote Address

Boris Pistorius

Federal Minister of Defence

Federal Republic of Germany

Silver Hall

11:15 - 12:00

Space Exploration: A Driver of European Industrial Competitiveness

Didier Schmitt

Head of Future Preparation

ESA

Dr. Matthias Maurer

Astronaut

ESA

Christian Feichtinger

Executive Director

IAF

Muthusamy Arumugam

Deputy Director for Liquid Propulsion Systems

ISRO

Mariella Graziano

Director of Science, Exploration and Transportation strategy

GMV

Lars Petzold

Lead on Exploration and Science

ESPI

Agora

11:15 - 11:45

Enhancing Relationships Between Established and Emerging Space Ecosystems in Europe

Michal Brichta

Director

Slovak Space Office

Olivier Lemaitre

Secretary General

Eurospace

Gold Hall

11:20 - 11:35

In Conversation with

Boris Pistorius

Federal Minister of Defence

Federal Republic of Germany

Gold Hall

11:35 - 12:20

Conversation between Space Commanders

Major General Vincent Chusseau

Commander

French Space Command

Major General Luca Maineri

Commander

Italian Space Command

Major General Michael Traut

Commander

German Space Command

Major General Isaac Crespo Zaragoza

Commander

Spanish Space Command

Giulia Pavesi

Lead on Security and Defence

ESPI

Silver Hall

12:00 - 13:15

Setting Priorities for Space Research and Innovation in the Next Funding Cycle

Introduction by Chair of the Expert Group on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe Manuel Heitor

Manuel Heitor

Chair

Expert Group on the Interim evaluation of Horizon Europe

Renato Krpoun

Head

Swiss Space Office

Michal Brichta

Director

Slovak Space Office

Carole Mundell

Director of Science

ESA

Dr. Matthias Maurer

Astronaut

ESA

Zuzana Mazanova

Head of Unity Space Single Market

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Carlos Elavai

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Eleni Patouni

Project Officer for Space Research and Technology

EDA

Daniela Dobreva-Nielsen

Director Space Applications

bavAIRia

Agora

12:10 - 12:55

Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCM): Success Stories of a Vibrant Market

Peggy Fischer

Mission Manager of ESA Third Party Missions and Copernicus Contributing Missions

ESA - ESRIN

Catharina Bamps

Policy Officer

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

Chief Executive Officer

GEOSAT

Pierre Wilhelm

Chief Executive Officer

Aerospacelab Switzerland

William Durieux

Chief of Staff

Unseenlabs

Gopika Suresh

Co-Founder

Marble Imaging

James O'Connor

Head of Imagery

SatVu

Véronique Soulé Revel

Global Business Development

Orus

Gold Hall

12:20 - 13:15

Enabling Defence Readiness: Space Connectivity, Ground Architecture, and Mission Data Access

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications

ESA

Sylvain D’Hoine

Executive Vice President Space

Sopra Steria

Augusto Caramagno

Director of Strategy, Cooperation & Growth

Indra Space

Nicolas Lefort

Head of New Markets

MBDA

Alessandro Marrone

Head of Defence Programme

Istituto Affari Internazionali

Agora

12:55 - 13:20

Space and Parliamentary Action

Andreu Martin Martinez

Member of Parliament

Congreso de los Diputados, Spain

Sven Clement

Member of Parliament, Chambre des Députés

Luxembourg

James Francis

Junior Research Fellow

ESPI

all rooms

13:15 - 14:15

Lunch Break

Gold Hall

14:15 - 14:30

In Conversation with

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Gold Hall

14:30 - 14:45

In Conversation with

Michael Schoellhorn

Chief Executive Officer

Airbus Defence and Space

Silver Hall

14:30 - 15:30

Sustainably Securing Orbits: Space Surveillance and In-Orbit Capabilities

Introduction by UNOOSA Director Aarti Holla-Maini

Aarti Holla-Maini

Director

UNOOSA

Rolf Densing

Director of Operations

ESA

Rodolphe Muñoz

Team leader SSA/STM

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Chiara Manfletti

Chief Executive Officer

Neuraspace

Jean-Luc Maria

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Exotrail

Philippe Blatt

President and Managing DIrector

Astroscale France

Alberto Agueda

Director of Space Surveillance and Traffic Management

GMV

Sara Dalledonne

Research Fellow and Lead on Regulatory Affairs

European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Gold Hall

14:45 - 16:05

From Space to the Battlefield: Earth Observation Enhancing Military Readiness and Decision Making

General Franco Federici

Military Advisor to the Prime Minister

Italian Republic

Christoph Kautz

Director for Space Policy, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Rear Admiral Louis Tillier 

Director

EU Satellite Centre

Pierre Bertrand

Chief Executive Officer

Skynopy

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

Chief Executive Officer

GEOSAT

Giampiero Di Paolo

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice-President of Observation, Exploration and Navigation

Thales Alenia Space

Joost Elstak

Vice-President Missions

Iceye

Adriano Baptista

Senior Advisor for Defence, Security, and Intelligence

European Space Imaging (EUSI)

Jack Parrock

News Correspondent and Presenter

Agora

14:45 - 15:15

Launch Service Market and Instruments for EU Access to Space

Isabella Poldrugo

Deputy Head of Unit for Space Policy

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Nicolae Mitu

Policy Officer

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Silver Hall

15:30 - 16:30

Capital and Competitiveness: Investment pathways to finance the European Space Industry

Tobias Gotthardt

State Secretary, Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

Bavarian State Government

Fiammetta Diani

Head of Market, Downstream and Innovation

EUSPA

Giancarlo Granero

Head of Unit for Space Economy

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Luca del Monte

Head of Commercialisation department

ESA

Charles Beigbeder

General Partner

Expansion Ventures

Giovanni Sylos Labini

Chief Executive Officer

Planetek Italia

Emma Gatti

Journalist and former NASA Scientist

SpaceNews

Agora

15:45 - 16:30

De-Risking EU Space Value Chains in the Current Geopolitical Context: EU Technological Sovereignty, the Role of the Observatory of Critical Technologies, and a Deep Dive on EU Space Value Chains' Materials Critically

Fabio Vitobello

EU Space Technology Sovereignty Programme Officer and Task Force Team Leader for Space Technologies

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Michal Spiechowicz

Policy Officer

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Eva Schillinger

Secretary General

Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative (IAM-I)

Gold Hall

16:05 - 17:20

Space as a Pillar for an Autonomous European Shield

Marjolijn van Deelen

Special Envoy for Space

EEAS

Guillaume de la Brosse

Head of Unit Defence Policy

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Michel Friedling (Gen. R.)

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

LookupSpace

Clément Galic

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Unseenlabs

Rafel Jorda Siquier

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Open Cosmos

Jaume Sanpera

Chief Executive Officer

Sateliot

Lubos Fedora

Senior Sales & Business Development Manager

Mynaric

Alice Tidey

Managing Editor for EU Affairs

Euronews

all rooms

17:20 - 17:25

Key Takeaways - Gold Hall

Hermann Ludwig Moeller

Director

ESPI

all rooms

17:25 - 17:30

Closing Remarks - Gold Hall

Tomas Dimitrov

Deputy Executive Director

logos & Business Bridge Europe

Julien Bocquet

Associate Director, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos & Business Bridge Europe