2020 SPEAKERS
Franz Fayot
Luxembourg Minister of the Economy
Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Jean-Jacques Dordain
Advisor
spaceresources.lu
Antonio Franchi
Head of Future Programmes Acquisition, part of the Telecommunications & Integrated Applications Directorate
European Space Agency
Marc Serres
CEO
Luxembourg Space Agency
WU Ji
Former Director-General and Professor
National Space Science Center (NSSC)
Matthew Desch
CEO
Iridium Communications Inc.
His Excellency François Rivasseau
Ambassador
Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations
Joel Scanlan
Associate Profesor, Department of Maritime Studies
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)
Aila Raquel
CEO
Alya Nanosatellites Constellation E.O
Jaime Reed
Director Consulting Services
CGI
Sebastien Denis
Director Business Manager
CGI Luxembourg
Symeon Chatzinotas
Full Professor / Chief Scientist I and Co-Head of the SIGCOM Research Group
SnT, University of Luxembourg
Patrick Matgen
Group Leader, Environmental Research &
Innovation
LIST
Holger Klindt
Executive Advisor
German Society for Maritime Technology
Fabien Jordan
Founder & CEO
Astrocast
General Robert Mazzolin
Chief Cyber Security Strategist
RHEA Group
David Henri
CEO
Exotrail
Yue Yuan
Space policy researcher
China Foreign Affairs University
Alexandre Tisserant
CEO
Kineis
Thorsten Robrecht
CEO & Founder
Skyfive
Nicolas Capet
CEO
Anywaves
Dr. James Crawford
Founder & CEO
Orbital Insight
Stefano Poli
VP, Business Development
Inmarsat Maritime
Michele Franci
Independent International Space and
Telecommunications technology professional
Tom Walkinshaw
Founder & CEO
Alba Orbital
Luca Rossettini
CEO & Founder
D-Orbit
Alexandre Mencik
Director and Board member
Space Tech Angels Association
Clay Mowry
Vice President - Sales, Marketing & Customer Experience
Blue Origin
Nobu Okada
Founder & CEO
Astroscale Holdings
John Lusk
VP & General Manager, Global Data Service
Spire
Paul Wells
Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer
GovSat
Simon van den Dries
CCO Global Data Services
Spire
Helen Tung
Head of Space law, 7Pillars & Founder
NewSpace2060
Jörn Spurmann
Chief Commercial Officer /
Managing DirectorRocket Factory Augsburg AG /
RFA Azores and RFA Portugal
Luc Piguet
CEO & Co-founder
Clearspace
Damien Garot
Founder
Jansky Partners
Markus Payer
Editor in Chief
SpaceWatch.Global
Gabriel de Maigret
Telecom Audit Partner
EY Luxembourg
Olivier Lemaire
Partner, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
EY Luxembourg
Rita Zhang
VP
FutureSpace
Yu Tianhong
Co-founder & COO
Origin Space
Coen Janssen
Chief Strategy Officer
Hiber
Shufan WU
Chair Professor, Executive Dean of School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Florent D'heilly
Vice President, Sales
Arianespace
Stephane Anjuere
5G Venture Lead
Arianespace
Peter de Selding
co-founder and editor
Space Intel Report
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
Lord David Willetts
Executive Chair, Resolution Foundation
& former UK Minister for Universities and Science
Christine Leurquin
VP, Institutional Relations and Communications
SES S.A.
Jason Maroothynaden
Specialist in investor and finance relations
European Space Agency
Ian Freeman
External relations officer
UNOOSA
Simonetta Di Pippo
Astrophysicist and Director
UNOOSA
Rani Hellerman
VP of International Business
RBC Signals
Hermann Ludwig Moeller
Head of the Institutional and European Programmes Office
European Space Agency
Jean Yves Le Gall
President
CNES
Omar Qaise
CEO & Founder
OQ TECHNOLOGY
Stéphane Chechin
Global Account Executive Space
Atos
David Goldsmith
President & Co-founder
the Goldsmith Organization
Marco Villa
CEO
Tyvak International
Ji Wu
Former Director-General and Professor
National Space Science Center (NSSC)
Bulent Altan
Managing Director
Mynaric
Yang Feng
CEO & Co-founder
Spacety
Benjamin Hourte
Technology Director
Earthlab Luxembourg
Olivier Lemaire
Partner
EY Luxembourg
Tanja Zegers
Responsible for the GOVSATCOM initiative
European Commission
Carine Claeys
Head of the EEAS Space Task Force
EEAS
Manfred Krischke
CEO & Co-founder
CloudEO
Silver Lodi
CEO & Co-founder
Spaceit
Alexandre Tisserant
CEO
Kinéis
Carlos Lopez-Martinez
Head of Remote Sensing and Natural Resources Modelling group
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Omar Valdes
Market Development Officer
European GNSS Agency
Arthur Sauzay
Space policy expert
Institut Montaigne
Benoît Deper
Founder, CEO
Aerospacelab
Shufan Wu
Chair Professor, Executive Dean
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
David Henri
President & CEO
Exotrail
Michele Franci
Independant Consultant
for Space Telecommunications
Charles Black
Founder & CEO
Sen
Paul Flament
Head of the Unit
European Commission
Rafael Jorda Siquier
Founder and CEO
Open Cosmos
Bertrand Baratte
Director of Space Activity
Air Liquide
Gregory Pradels
Space Business Developper
Aerospace Valley
Zee Zheng
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
SpaceChain
Marc Serres
CEO, Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA)
& Head of Space Affairs, Ministry of the Economy
Rob Coneybeer
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Shasta Ventures
Nicolas Gaume
Co-founder
Space Cargo Unlimited
Jean-Jacques Dordain
Former Director-General of ESA (2003-2015), Member of the French Académie des Technologies, Chancellor of the International Space University, Advisory board member, SpaceResources.lu
Paul Wells
President & Chief Commercial Officer
GovSat
Coen Janssen
Co-Founder
Hiber
José Achache
Founder & CEO
ALTYN
Clive Cookson
Science Editor
Financial Times
Gary L. Martin
Director of Partnerships
NASA Ames
Sam Scimemi
Director for International Space Station (ISS)
NASA Headquarters
Etienne Schneider
Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Economy
Peter Kürpick
Executive Vice President & Chief Platform Officer
HERE
Patrick Biewer
CEO
GovSat
Hitoshi Kuninaka
Program Manager
HAYABUSA2
Steve Collar
CEO
03b Networks
Pete Worden
Chairman, Breakthrough Prize Foundation
former Director of NASA Ames Research Center
Dr Nicolaus Hanowski
Head, Ground Segment & Mission Operations Department
ESA
Chris Lewicki
President & CEO
Planetary Resources
Pascal Rogiest
CEO
Luxtrust
Roberto Provera
Director of New Initiatives and Customer Solutions Development in the Domain Exploration and Science
Thales Alenia Space
Joe Landon
Chairman & Managing Partner
Space Angels Network
Japp Zuiderveld
VP EMEAI
NVIDIA
Dr Patrick Michel
Research Director
CNRS
Christophe Fourtet
CTO & co-founder
Sigfox
Bertrand Baratte
Space Business Unit Director
Air Liquide Advanced Technologies
Danica Remy
Chief Operating Officer
B612 Foundation
Jim Keravala
Chief Executive Officer
Offworld
Kyle Acierno
Managing Director
ispace Europe
Chanda Gonzales
Senior Director
Google Lunar XPRIZ
Jason Aspiotis
Founder and CEO
Finsophy
Ludovic Le Moan
CEO
Sigfox
Prof. Chris Welch
Professor
International Space University
Lucien Hoffmann
Director of the Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) department
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Maria Rita Palattella
Senior R&T Associate in the Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) department
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
George Whitesides
CEO
Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company
Grigorij Richters
Co-Founder
Asteroid Day
Alexey Belyakov
Managing Director
Skolkovo Aerospace
Aarti Holla
Secretary General, EMEA
Satellite Operators Association (ESOA)
Dr Mathias Link
Policy Officer / Space Affairs, Ministry of the Economy, Directorate of ICT and Space Affairs
Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Stefan Barensky
Co-founder & Editor
Aerospatium
John Sved
Founder
NSD-Fusion
Claude Rousseau
Research Director
Northern Sky Research
François Chopard
CEO
Starburst Accelerator
Jean-Philippe Parain
President & CEO
BMW GROUP BeluxPUBL
Michael Hofmann
Partner in charge of Information Risk Management
KPMG Luxembourg
Mohamed Ourdane
Head of Cyber Security Department
POST Luxembourg
Jürgen Brandner
Head of Engineering
PT Scientists
Prof. Mahulena Hofmann
SES Chair in Satellite Communications & Media Law
University of Luxembourg
Roya Ayazi
Secretary General
NEREUS
Hans Bracquené
President
SME4Space
Kevin d’Antonio
Manager, Cyber Security Leader
EY Luxembourg
Massimo Comparini
Chairman of the Board, Earthlab Luxembourg & CEO
E-geos
Campbell Pegg
Co-founder
Asteroid Direct
Piotr Perczynski
Co-founder
Asteroid Direct
Brice Lecoustey
Partner
EY Luxembourg
Mark Rigolle
CEO
Leosat
Robbie Schingler
Co-founder
Planet Labs
Rogier Holla
Deputy Head of organisation
CERT-EUP
Milazzo Moses
Research Physical Scientist
Astrogeology Science Center
Benjamin Hourte
Technology Director, EarthLab Luxembourg
Marco Millefiorini
Partner, Accenture
Cyril Autant
Directeur secteur sécurité IT & spatial, Thales Communications & Security
Robbert Mica
Entrepreneur Business Development, ATG Fast Forward
Stewart Sanders
Chief Technology Officer, O3b
Francine Closener
Secretary of State of the Economy, Secretary of State of Internal Security, Secretary of State of Defence, Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Andrew Barton
Director, Technical Operations, Google Lunar XPRIZE
Joost Vantomme
Director Public Affairs, FebiacPU
Tony Azzarelli
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Policy, OneWeb
Daniela Dobreva-Nielsen
Business Development, AZO – Space of Innovation
Daniel Faber
Chief Executive Officer, Deep Space Industries
Takeshi Hakamada
CEO & Founder, ispace technologies, inc
Matthew Napoli
Vice President, Made In Space
Chad Anderson
Managing Director, Space Angels Network
Aliya Prokofeva
Partner, Galaktika
Jean-Yves Le Gall
President, CNES
Elham Aminzadeh
Member, Iran’s Supreme Council of Space
Harrie Vollaard
Head of FinTech & Innovation, Rabobank
Masayuki Sono
Partner, Clouds Architecture Office
Ostap Rudakevych
Partner, Clouds Architecture Office
Dr. Ali Sadeghi
Director General of remote sensing department, Iranian Space Agency
Amin Salari
Founder & President & Member of Board, Iranian Aviation & Space Industries Association
Philippe Glaesener
Senior Vice President, Business Development EMEA, SES
Dr Fritz Merkle
Member of management board, OHB Group
