Programme

The 16th European Space Conference will comprise several main sessions, punctuated by keynote addresses and one-to-one dialogues.

Specific sessions dedicated to targeted themes will host key personalities from the European space domain, including high-level representatives from EU institutions, Member States, the European Space Agency, national space agencies and the European industry.

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Day 1
Day 2

all rooms

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome Keynote - Gold Hall

Thierry Breton

Commissioner for Internal Market, European Commission

all rooms

09:15 - 09:25

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Thomas Dermine

State Secretary for Science Policy, Recovery Program and Strategic Investments, Kingdom of Belgium

all rooms

09:25 - 09:35

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Josef Aschbacher

Director General, European Space Agency

all rooms

09:35 - 09:45

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Jean Marc Nasr

President, ASD-Eurospace and Executive Vice President Space Systems, Airbus

Gold Hall

09:45 - 11:00

Space Economic Security: A strategic approach for non-dependency and autonomy

Timo Pesonen

Director-General, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Josef Aschbacher

Director General, European Space Agency

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director, EUSPA

Hervé Derrey

President and Chief Executive Officer, Thales Alenia Space

Luigi Pasquali

Chief Executive Officer, Telespazio

Martin Sion

Chief Executive Officer, ArianeGroup

Jorge Potti

Chief Strategy Officer, GMV

Jean-Marie Bétermier

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

Silver Hall

09:45 - 11:00

Satellites and Earth Observation in support of SDGs and the Green deal

Christoph Kautz

Director, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation programmes, ESA

Florence Rabier

Director General, ECMWF

Phil Evans

Director-General, EUMETSAT

Pierre Bahurel

Director-General, Mercator Ocean International

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

Chief Executive Officer, GEOSAT

Karen Florschuetz

Executive Vice-President Connected Intelligence, Airbus

Roberto Mulatti

Managing Director for Space, Serco Europe

The Village Stage

09:45 - 11:00

Press Points

Gold Hall

11:00 - 11:10

Coffee Break

Silver Hall

11:00 - 11:10

Coffee Break

The Village Stage

11:00 - 11:10

Lighting Dialogue: A look at space entrepreneurship

Géraldine Naja

Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness, ESA

Gold Hall

11:10 - 12:00

EU Space Law: Towards a single market for Space?

Thomas Dermine

State Secretary for Science Policy, Recovery Program and Strategic Investments, Kingdom of Belgium

Christophe Grudler

Member, European Parliament

Niklas Nienass

Member, European Parliament

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Nicolas Capet

Vice-President, YEESS

Elodie Viau

Head of Space Systems Engineering, Airbus Defence and Space

Silver Hall

11:10 - 12:00

Earth Observation in support of Public Protection and Disaster Relief

Christoph Kautz

Director, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Tomasz Husak

Adviser Digital Agenda and Data Technologies, DG INTPA, European Commission

Graham Turnock

Integrated Accelerator Team Leader, ESA

Adrian Zevenbergen

CEO, European Space Imaging (EUSI)

Jurry de la Mar

Director Science and Space Programmes, T-Systems

André Dias

Head of Space and Digital, CEIIA

The Village Stage

11:10 - 11:30

Ambition, Speed & Space Policy - Europe's road to Space Power

Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronaut, ESA

Marco Aliberti

Associated Manager and Lead on International Engagement, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Lord David Willetts

Chair of the UK Space Agency's Board

The Village Stage

11:30 - 11:50

The European Space Industry Regions Ecosystem

Thierry Cotelle

President, NEREUS

Nathalie Stéphenne

Attachée, Direction de la Nature et des Espaces Verts, Service Public de Wallonie

Pedro Narro

Policy Officer - Climate, Energy and Green Deal, Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE), European Committee of the Regions

Gold Hall

12:00 - 13:00

Space Commercialisation: Empowering a competitive European space ecosystem

Guillaume de la Brosse

Head of Unit, Innovation and New Space - Space Defence, European Commission

Géraldine Naja

Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness, ESA

David Dana

Head of Disruptive Tech & Innovation VC Investments, European Investment Fund

Benoit Deper

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospacelab

Juan Tomas Hernani

Chief Executive Officer, Satlantis

Rolf Kozlowski

Managing Director, DLR-GfR

Romain Lucken

Chief Executive Officer, Share My Space

Alexander Reissner

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Enpulsion

Silver Hall

12:00 - 13:15

Global Partnerships for and through Space

Eric Morel de Westgaver

Director of European, Legal and International Matters, ESA

Katsuya Sudo

Director, JAXA Paris Office

Tomasz Husak

Adviser Digital Agenda and Data Technologies, DG INTPA, European Commission

Tushar Phadnis

Technical Liaison Officer, ISRO

Matthew Koeppe

Europe Representative, NASA

Paul Counet

Head of Strategy and International Relations, EUMETSAT

Miguel Miranda

Chief Executive Officer, AIR Center

Kwame Adu Agyekum

Lecturer, Researcher and Project Manager GMES Africa

The Village Stage

12:00 - 13:00

#T-TeC Awards Ceremony

Gold Hall

13:00 - 13:15

Live connection with the crew of the International Space Station

The Village Stage

13:00 - 13:15

ESA Accelerators

Graham Turnock

Integrated Accelerator Team Leader, ESA

all rooms

13:15 - 14:30

Lunch Break

all rooms

14:30 - 14:40

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Virginijus Sinkevičius

Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Commission

Silver Hall

14:45 - 15:00

IRIS²: In conversation with...

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Christophe Allemand

Strategic Programme Manager, Connectivity & Secure Communication Directorate, ESA

The Village Stage

14:45 - 15:00

Fostering EU defence collaboration on SatCom and enabling access to governmental and commercial SatCom services: a demonstration by the European Defence Agency including EDA’s contribution to the ENTRUSTED project

Heinrich Krispler

Project Officer GOVSATCOM, EDA

all rooms

14:50 - 15:00

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Anna Christmann

Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, Federal Government of Germany

Gold Hall

15:00 - 15:45

Startup spotlight

Guillaume de la Brosse

Head of Unit, Innovation and New Space - Space Defence, European Commission

Kyle Acierno

Managing Director, Off World

Julie Duclercq

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ternwaves

Tristan Laurent

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Absolut Sensing

André Oliveira

Chief Executive Officer, NEO

Olivier Piepsz

President, Prométhée Earth Intelligence

Moritz Novak

Chief Executive Officer, Gate Space

Silver Hall

15:00 - 16:00

Defining the European approach to Secure and Autonomous Connectivity from Space (Part I)

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Christophe Allemand

Strategic Programme Manager, Connectivity & Secure Communication Directorate, ESA

Steven Rutgers

Chief Commercial Officer, Arianespace

Francois Gaullier

Senior Vice President Constellations, Airbus Defence and Space

Marc-Henri Serre

Senior Vice President of Telecommunications, Thales Alenia Space

Enrique Fraga

General Manager Space Systems, GMV

The Village Stage

15:00 - 15:15

Lightning dialogue: Oceans and Space

Pierre Bahurel

Director-General, Mercator Ocean International

Elisabeth Hamdouch

Deputy Head of Unit Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Tomasz Husak

Adviser Digital Agenda and Data Technologies, DG INTPA, European Commission

The Village Stage

15:15 - 15:40

Spotlight on Space Communication

Emma Gatti

Editor in Chief, SpaceWatch.Global

The Village Stage

15:40 - 15:50

Lightning Presentation: Earth Observation applications for Methane Detection

Marta Massimiani

Presidency Spokesperson, YEESS and Acting Director of Business Development Europe, SATLANTIS

Gold Hall

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break

A 30-minute break to have a coffee and network

The Village Stage

15:50 - 16:10

Space for Prosperity, Peace and Future Generations: A vision for Europe in space in 2040

Teodoro Valente

President, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

Hermann Ludwig Moeller

Director, ESPI

Carole Mundell

Director of Science, ESA

Silver Hall

16:00 - 17:00

Defining the European approach to Secure and Autonomous Connectivity from Space (Part II)

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Pedro Duque

Chairman, Hispasat

Ruy Pinto

Chief Executive Officer, SES

Jean-Hubert Lenotte

Chief Strategy and Resources Officer, Eutelsat

Jurry de la Mar

Director Science and Space Programmes, T-Systems

The Village Stage

16:10 - 16:15

Spotlight Presentation

Romain Lucken

Chief Executive Officer, Share My Space

Gold Hall

16:15 - 17:00

In conversation with Heads of Agencies: views on the future of space policy, economic security and autonomy

Philippe Baptiste

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CNES

Paul Bate

Chief Executive Officer, UK Space Agency

Walther Pelzer

Director General, German Space Agency, DLR

Teodoro Valente

President, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

The Village Stage

16:25 - 16:55

Skills for a thriving space ecosystem

Guillaume de la Brosse

Head of Unit, Innovation and New Space - Space Defence, European Commission

Leo Buchner

President of EUROAVIA International Board

Eric Tschirhart

Special Advisor to the Rector, UNIVERSEH European University

Anthea Comellini

Thales Alenia Space Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer & ESA Astronaut Reserve

The Village Stage

16:55 - 17:55

EIB Masterclass : A roadmap for scaling up the rising stars: empowering Europe's New Space frontier

Catherine Bender

Head of Unit, Advisory Services, EIB

David Dana

Head of Disruptive Tech & Innovation VC Investments, European Investment Fund

Lara Tassan Zanin

Head of the EIB Group Office in Romania

Antonella Calvia-Goetz

Lead Economic Advisor focusing on funding Space and Ocean Technologies, EIB

Fabrizio Morgera

Loan Officer, Equity Growth Capital and Project Finance

Lynn Zoenen

Principal, Alpine Space Ventures

Gold Hall

17:00 - 18:00

The Future of European Space Exploration: Geopolitical and socioeconomic perspectives of European Human Space Flight and Robotic exploration

Daniel Neuenschwander

Director of Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE), ESA

Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronaut, ESA

Hélène Huby

Chief Executive Officer, The Exploration Company

Massimo Claudio Comparini

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, ESVP Observation, Exploration and Navigation, Thales Alenia Space

Cécilia Matissart

Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, ArianeGroup

Laurent Jaffart

Vice President - Head of Strategy, Corporate and New Business Development, Airbus Defence and Space

Mariella Graziano

Director of Science, Exploration and Transportation strategy, GMV

Antonio Blandini

Chair of the Board, ESRE

Silver Hall

17:00 - 18:00

Uniting technical and political approaches towards a global sustainable use of outerspace through Space Traffic Management

Rolf Densing

Director of Operations, ESA

Aarti Holla-Maini

Director, UNOOSA

Patrick Chatard-Moulin

Acting Head of the Space Division, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Jérémie Godet

Acting Head of Unit, Secure Connectivity and Space Surveillance, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Chiara Manfletti

Chief Executive Officer, Neuraspace

Fernando García Martínez-Peñalver

Executive Vice President, Indra

The Village Stage

17:55 - 18:25

No deforestation impact supported by satellite imagery

Eric Even

Head of Integrated Space Systems - Airbus Connected Intelligence, Airbus Defence and Space

Elizabeth Langlois

Sales Manager, Airbus Defence and Space

Gold Hall

18:00 - 18:20

Cybersecurity as a strategic enabler for a resilient EU space ecosystem

Massimo Mercati

Head of ESA Security Office, ESA

Philippe Bertrand

Chair of the Security Accreditation Board, EUSPA

Silver Hall

18:00 - 18:45

The future of satellite based solutions empowering the Aviation industry

Luc Tytgat

Executive Director, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

Antonio Garutti

Head of the Telecommunication System Project Office, ESA

Charlotte Neyret

Chief Executive Officer, European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP)

Juan Enrique González Laguna

Managing Director, Startical

The Village Stage

18:15 - 18:30

Why European space needs its emerging ecosystems

Michal Brichta

Director of Slovak Space Office - Industry Branch

all rooms

18:20 - 18:30

Eurospace presents: Day 1 Industry takeaways - Gold Hall

Olivier Lemaitre

Secretary General, Eurospace

all rooms

18:30 - 18:35

Keynote Address: The IAF’s mission in an evolving space environment

Clay Mowry

President, IAF

all rooms

18:35 - 18:45

Keynote Address: Norway – A Close Partner in Space

Tore Onshuus Sandvik

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries of Norway

all rooms

18:45 - 19:00

Closing Remarks - Gold Hall

Maroš Šefčovič

Executive Vice-President and Commissioner, European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, European Commission

all rooms

09:00 - 09:10

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Hadja Lahbib

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Belgium

all rooms

09:10 - 09:20

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Kris Peeters

Vice President, European Investment Bank

all rooms

09:20 - 09:30

In conversation with...

Josef Aschbacher

Director General, European Space Agency

Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronaut, ESA

09:30 - 11:00

European Space Policy: From Achievements to Future Ambitions

Cristian Silviu Busoi

Chair, ITRE Committee, European Parliament

Josef Aschbacher

Director General, European Space Agency

Timo Pesonen

Director-General, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director, EUSPA

Markus Möller

Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, OHB

Stéphane Israël

Chief Executive Officer, Arianespace

Gabriele Pieralli

Chief Operating Officer, Telespazio

Jean Marc Nasr

President, ASD-Eurospace and Executive Vice President Space Systems, Airbus

Marta Massimiani

Presidency Spokesperson, YEESS and Acting Director of Business Development Europe, SATLANTIS

09:30 - 10:15

Assessing demand for space services: A conversation on the global space economy

Dr. Alexander MacDonald

Chief Economist, NASA

Claire Jolly

Head for Ocean Economy & Space Economy, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD

Luca del Monte

Head of Commercialisation department, ESA

Pierre Lionnet

Research & Managing Director, Eurospace

Silver Hall

10:15 - 11:00

Shaping the future of research and innovation efforts in space through Horizon Europe

Manuel Heitor

Chair, Expert Group on the Interim evaluation of Horizon Europe

Florence Dufrasnes

Vice-President Technical Strategy, Research & Development, Space Systems, Airbus

Rolf Janovsky

Director Predevelopment, Space System Studies and Proposals, OHB

all rooms

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

A 30-minute break to have a coffee and network

11:30 - 12:15

Ensuring the development of a European ecosystem for autonomous and strategic access to space (Part I)

Christoph Kautz

Director, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Toni Tolker-Nielsen

Acting Director of Space Transportation, ESA

Christian Hauglie-Hanssen

Director General, Norwegian Space Agency

Stella Guillen

Chief Commercial Officer, Isar Aerospace

Yohann Leroy

Chief Executive Officer, MaiaSpace

Xavier Llairo

Chief Commercial Officer and Co-founder, Pangea Aerospace

11:30 - 12:10

Transport and space

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director, EUSPA

Jean Jacques Dordain

Former Director General, ESA

Matthias Ruete

Former Director General, and Coordinator for digital rail management for the transeuropean network, DG MOVE, European Commission

Andreas Boschen

Director of the SESAR joint undertaking

Alberto Mazzola

Executive Director, CER

Olivier Piepsz

President, Prométhée Earth Intelligence

Silver Hall

12:10 - 13:20

Space data enabling applications across sectors

Prof. Isabel Pérez Grande

Director of Science, Technology and Innovation, Spanish Space Agency

Fiammetta Diani

Head of Market, Downstream and Innovation, EUSPA

Antonella Calvia-Goetz

Lead Economic Advisor focusing on funding Space and Ocean Technologies, EIB

Vincent-Henri Peuch

Head of Site ECMWF Bonn & Director for ECMWF Engagement with the EU

Rosario Ruiloba

Vice-President of Business Development, Unseenlabs

Sebastian Fedeli

Procurement & Sales Director, Spaceopal GmbH

Emir Sirage

Executive Director, Agenda New Space Portugal

Gold Hall

12:15 - 13:00

Ensuring the development of a European ecosystem for autonomous and strategic access to space (Part II)

Christoph Kautz

Director, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Toni Tolker-Nielsen

Acting Director of Space Transportation, ESA

Ricardo Conde

President, Portuguese Space Agency

Miguel Belló Mora

Chief Executive Officer, Orbex

Stanislas Maximin

Chief Executive Officer, Latitude

Christian Schmierer

Co-Chief Executive Officer, HyImpulse

Pablo Gallego Sanmiguel

Senior Vice President, Sales & Customers, PLD SPACE

all rooms

13:00 - 13:10

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Milena Stoycheva

Minister of Innovation and Growth, Republic of Bulgaria

all rooms

13:10 - 13:20

Keynote Address - Gold Hall

Teresa Riesgo Alcaide

Secretary General for Innovation, Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, Spain

all rooms

13:20 - 14:15

Lunch Break

all rooms

14:15 - 14:45

Afternoon opening addresses - Gold Hall

Josep Borrell Fontelles

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President, European Commission

Ludivine Dedonder

Minister of Defence, Kingdom of Belgium

Stefan Schnorr

State Secretary for Digital and Transport, Federal Republic of Germany

all rooms

14:45 - 15:15

Keynote Addresses - Gold Hall

Timo Pesonen

Director-General, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Jiří Šedivý

Chief Executive, European Defence Agency

Sorin Ducaru

Director, EU Satellite Centre

all rooms

15:15 - 15:45

Navigating the increasing interlinks between Space and Defence (Part I) - Gold Hall

General Luca Goretti

Chief of Staff, Italian Air Force

Major General Philippe Adam

Commander, French Space Command

Brigadier General Isaac Crespo Zaragoza

Commander, Spanish Spatial Command

all rooms

15:45 - 16:45

Navigating the increasing interlinks between Space and Defence (Part II) - Gold Hall

General Franco Federici

Military Advisor to the Prime Minister of Italy

Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence, EEAS

François Arbault

Director, Defence Industry, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Marc Pilorget

Chief of Staff, Unseenlabs

Rolf Skatteboe

Chief Executive Officer, KSAT

Nicolas Lefort

Head of New Markets, MBDA

all rooms

16:45 - 16:55

ESPI Key Takeaways - Gold Hall

Hermann Ludwig Moeller

Director, ESPI

all rooms

16:55 - 17:00