Speakers

Ruben Brekelmans

Minister of Defence

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Christina Egelund

Minister of Higher Education and Science

Kingdom of Denmark

Benjamin Haddad

Minister for Europe, delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

French Republic

Dimitris Papastergiou

Minister of Digital Governance

Hellenic Republic

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

Costas Kadis

Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

European Commission

Martina Hirayama

State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation

The Swiss Confederation

Peter Kyle

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

United Kingdom

Tomas Norvoll

State Secretary

Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

Stefan Schnorr

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

Federal Government of Germany

Anna Christmann

Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy

Federal Government of Germany

Elena Donazzan

Member

European Parliament

Christophe Grudler

Member

European Parliament

Mario Kadastik

Member

Estonian Parliament

Massimiliano Salini

Member

European Parliament

Keith Azzopardi Tanti

Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation

Republic of Malta

Lieutenant General João Caldas

Commander of the Air Force Personnel

Portuguese Air Force

Major General Philippe Adam

Commander

French Space Command

Major General Michael Traut

Commander

German Space Command

Major General Isaac Crespo Zaragoza

Commander

Spanish Space Command

Robert de Groot

Vice President

European Investment Bank

Josef Aschbacher

Director General

European Space Agency

Timo Pesonen

Director-General

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Paul Bate

Chief Executive Officer

UK Space Agency

Ricardo Conde

President

Portuguese Space Agency

Juan Carlos Cortes

Director

Spanish Space Agency

Christian Hauglie-Hanssen

Director General

Norwegian Space Agency

Tidiane Ouattara

President of the Council

African Space Agency

Walther Pelzer

Head of the German Space Agency

DLR

Lionel Suchet

Chairman & interim CEO

CNES

Teodoro Valente

President

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

Salem Al-Marri

Director-General

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre

Raùl Kulichevsky

Executive and Technical Director

CONAE

Tjerk Opmeer

dep. Director General for Business & Innovation, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Kestutis Sadauskas

Deputy Director-General

DG MARE, European Commission

Luca Parmitano

Astronaut

European Space Agency

Sławosz Uznański

Astronaut

ESA

Phil Evans

Director-General

EUMETSAT

Florence Rabier

Director-General

ECMWF

Geneviève Pons

Director-General and Vice President

Europe Jacques Delors

Benedikta Von Seherr-Thoss

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence

EEAS

Marjolijn van Deelen

Special Envoy for Space

EEAS

Clay Mowry

President, IAF

Colonel Marcin Mazur

Vice-President

POLSA

Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz

Director of Navigation

ESA

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes

ESA

Stefano Cont (Lt. Gen.)

Director, Capability, Armament and Planning

European Defence Agency

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director

EUSPA

Rolf Densing

Director of Operations

ESA

Christian Feichtinger

Executive Director

IAF

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications

ESA

François Arbault

Director, Defence Industry

DG DEFIS, European Commission

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

Kamila Kloc

Director, Digital Decade and Connectivity

DG CONNECT, European Commission

Carole Mundell

Director of Science

ESA

Daniel Neuenschwander

Director of Human and Robotic Exploration

ESA

Rear Admiral Louis Tillier 

Director

EU Satellite Centre

Eric Morel de Westgaver

Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs

ESA

Toni Tolker-Nielsen

Acting Director of Space Transportation

ESA

Michal Brichta

Director

Slovak Space Office

Giovanni Di Antonio

Director of Technological Innovation

ENAC

Teymouraz Gorjestani

Department Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

French Republic

Nathalie Guichard

Director for Research, Technology, and Innovation

European Defence Agency

Vincent-Henri Peuch

Director for Engagement with the EU

ECMWF

General Francesco Vestito

Director

Directorate for the Employment of Military Personnel (DIPMA), Italian Air Force

Maciej Stadejek

Director for Security and Defence Policy

European External Action Service

Fiammetta Diani

Head of Market

Downstream and Innovation, EUSPA

Luca del Monte

Head of Commercialisation department

ESA

Mauro Facchini

Head of Unit of Earth Observation

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Jérémie Godet

Acting Head of Unit for Secure Connectivity and Space Surveillance

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Bjoern Juretzki

Head of unit for Data Policy and Innovation

DG CONNECT, European Commission

Milosz Momot

Head of Unit for European Defence Fund - Implementation Defence systems

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Clive Hughes

Head of Space Security and Advanced Threats

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Christine Klein

Head of Industrial Policy and Auditing Department

ESA

Dinka Dinkova

Deputy Head of Unit for Innovation & New Space - Space Defence

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Jean-Pierre Diris

Interministerial Coordinator for France on IRIS² and GOVSATCOM

French Republic

Colonel Luigi Riggio

Office of the Military Advisor

Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy

Manuel Heitor

Chair

Expert Group on the Interim evaluation of Horizon Europe

Pascal Lamy

Chair

EU Mission Board

Alain Siebert

Chief Technology and Strategy

SESAR JU

Alexandre Vallet

Chief of the Space Services Department, Radiocommunication Bureau

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Edison Rijna

Special Envoy for the BES Islands for the EU, UN, and Economic Development

Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Angelo Olivieri

Head of Scientific Missions

ASI

Tomas Jonsson

CASSINI Team Leader

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Diarmaid Kehoe

Advisory

EIB

Paolo Giovanni Panzarini

Innovation Finance Manager

Intesa Sanpaolo

Stela Tkatchova

EIC Programme Manager for Space systems & technologies

European Commission

Dr Margherita Pucino

Metrics Lead, Global Plastic Action Partnership

World Economic Forum

Nabil Ben Mahdi

Senior Business Development Manager

EIF

Marie Menard

Senior Communication Officer

EUSPA

Vera Pinto

Equality Coordinator

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Francisco Salabert Cardona

Policy Officer

DG MOVE, European Commission

Maria Vittoria D’Inzeo

Policy Officer

European Commission

Julien Jamaux

Policy Officer

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Daniel Nölke

Policy Officer and Seconded National Expert

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Niklas Nienass

Former MEP, Member of the ESPI Advisory Council

ESPI

Adel Al-Saleh

Chief Executive Officer

SES

Eva Berneke

Chief Executive Officer

Eutelsat Group

Pierre Bahurel

Chief Executive Officer

Mercator Ocean International

Benedetta Cattani

Chief Executive Officer

Ecosmic space

David Cavaillolès

Chief Executive Officer

Arianespace

Milva Carbonaro

Chief Executive Officer, GISIG and Coordinator

SPACE4GEO

Marius Celette

Benoit Deper

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Aerospacelab

Hervé Derrey

President and Chief Executive Officer

Thales Alenia Space

Marco Folino

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Spaceopal

Marc Fontaine

Chief Executive Officer

Helsing France

Marco Fuchs

President | Chief Executive Officer

ASD-Eurospace | OHB

Hélène Huby

Chief Executive Officer

The Exploration Company

Juan Tomás Hernani

Chief Executive Officer | President

Satlantis | YEESS

Thomas Hiriart

Chief Executive Officer

ION-X

Sebastian Klaus

Chief Executive Officer

Atmos space cargo

Frédéric Laurent

Chief Executive Officer

Snowpack

Yohann Leroy

Chief Executive Officer

MaiaSpace

Romain Lucken

Chief Executive Officer

Aldoria

Chiara Manfletti

Chief Executive Officer

Neuraspace

Jean-Luc Maria

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Exotrail

Guillaume Mohara

Chief Executive Officer

ArcSpace

Charlotte Neyret

Chief Executive Officer

European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP)

Olivier Piepsz

President & Chief Executive Officer

Prométhée Earth Intelligence 

Gabriele Pieralli

Chief Executive Officer

Telespazio

Giulio Ranzo

Chief Executive Officer

Avio

Florent Rizzo

Chief Executive Officer

CyberInflight

Martin Sion

Chief Executive Officer

ArianeGroup

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

Chief Executive Officer

GEOSAT

Massimo Claudio Comparini

Managing Director

Space Business Unit, Leonardo

Marco Molina

Managing Director

Sitael

Roberto Mulatti

Managing Director for Space

Serco Europe

Sandra Budimir

General Partner

Expansion Ventures

Carla Filotico

Partner and Managing Director

NovaSpace

Charles Beigbeder

General Partner

Expansion Ventures

Giampiero Di Paolo

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice-President

Observation, Exploration and Navigation, Thales Alenia Space

Xavier Llairo

Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer

Pangea Aerospace

Enrique Fraga

General Manager Space Systems

GMV

Antonio Abad

Chief Technology Officer

Hispasat

Giuseppe Aurilio

Chief Operating Officer

Telespazio

Luisa Buinhas

Chief Programme Officer

Vyoma

Marco Brancati

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

Telespazio

Pierre Faucoup

Chief Government Officer

The Exploration Company

Stella Guillen

Chief Commercial Officer

Isar Aerospace

Arild José Jensen

Chief Commercial Officer

KSAT

Guillermo Monzón

Chief Operational Officer

Indra Espacio

Cristina Vives

Chief Commercial Officer

Indra Espacio

Miguel Romay

General Manager Navigation Systems

GMV

Raúl Verdú

Co-founder & Chief Business Development Officer

PLD Space

Nicolas Capet

Vice President

YEESS

Jean-Marie Bétermier

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

Safran Data Systems

Alain Fauré

Head of Space Systems | President of Airbus Defence and Space SAS France

Airbus Defence and Space

Miguel Belló Mora

Chair

Orbex

Jukka Holkeri

Executive Vice President, Global

Patria

Aurélien Vigano

Senior Vice-President, International Infrastructures

Orange Wholesale

Wolfgang Duerr

Vice-President and Head of Global Business Institutional Space

Airbus Defence and Space

Faysal Rahman

Vice-President, Global Coordinator for Defence industry

Deutsche Bank

Rosa Ruiloba

Vice-President of Business Development

Unseenlabs

Silvio Sandrone

Vice-President, Navigation Programmes

Airbus Defence and Space

Emmanuel Pajot

Secretary General

European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)

Olivier Lemaitre

Secretary General

Eurospace

Josef Kaspar

Chair

ESRE

Graham Turnock

Secretary General

EURISY

Mariella Graziano

Director of Science, Exploration and Transportation strategy

GMV

Bernard Jacqué

Director of Telecom Product & Solutions for Constellation

Thales Alenia Space

Juan-José Cornejo Fernández

Director of Business Development

Startical

Uwe Marquard

Director European Space programmes

T-Systems

Brian Weeden

Systems Director for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy

The Aerospace Corporation

Piotr Wesolowski

Director European Space Programmes

Deutsche Telekom

Jurry de la Mar

Director for International Research and Space Programs

T-Systems

Pierre Lionnet

Research & Managing Director

Eurospace

Hermann Ludwig Moeller

Director

ESPI

Jeffrey Apeldoorn

Head of Government Solutions Europe

Iceye

Stefania Ascione

Head of R&I and European Funds

Intesa Sanpaolo

Anna Nakarada Pecujlic

Head of Business for DACH Region

EnduroSat

Sarah Casenove

Head of Portfolio and Transformation of Space Digital

Airbus Defence and Space

Eric Even

Head of Space Digital

Airbus Defence and Space

Nicolaus Hanowski

Head of Ground Segment & Mission Operations

ESA

Nicolas Lefort

Head of New Markets

MBDA

Stuart Martin

Head of Space

Citi Court

Thomas Tschirner

Head of Ariane 6 Partners Management & Future Programmes Germany

ArianeGroup

Adriano Baptista

Senior Advisor for Defence, Security, and Intelligence

European Space Imaging (EUSI)

Josep Colome

Director of the Area for the Promotion of the Space Sector

Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - IEEC

Marco Aliberti

Associate Manager and Lead on International Engagement

ESPI

Tomas Hrozensky

Senior Researcher and Lead on European Engagement

ESPI

Quentin Verspieren

Space Safety Programme and Protect Accelerator Coordinator

ESA

Miguel Angel Fernandez

Head of Systems Security and Cybersecurity

INDRA

Fran Gallardo

Systems Engineer

DLR GfR

Marco Schilder

Avionics Engineer Cyber Security

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Eric Tschirhart

Professor

University of Luxembourg