PROGRAMME

Powering sustainable & resilient space developments

09:00 | Welcome words

by Jean-Jacques Dordain, Advisor, spaceresources.lu

09:05 | Official introduction talk
by Franz Fayot, Luxembourg Minister of the Economy

09:20 | Round table - Calling for an Earthrise, one-planet approach to quell the COVID-19 pandemic and closing the borders
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Advisor, spaceresources.lu; Dr. Valanathan Munsami, CEO, South Africa’s National Space (SANSA); WU Ji
Former Director-General and Professor at National Space Science Center (NSSC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Specialist in Space Science and Exploration, President of Chinese Society of Space Research

09:50 | Fireside chat on NASA Artemis programme - Destination: MARS
between Sam Scimemi, Senior Assistant in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Former ISS Director, NASA & Paul Schonenberg, Chairman and CEO, AMCHAM Luxembourg

10:10 | Keynote
by Ruy Pinto, Chief Technology Officer, SES

10:25 | Back to the future - How space resources can save the Earth

by Andreas Hein, Professor for Space Systems Engineering, SnT, University of Luxembourg

10:40 | Luxembourg Trade & Investments Offices session: connecting with startuppers worldwide

by Thomas Yen, CEO, Tensor Tech; Yuhei Urabe, Global Business Development Manager, Tenchijin and Dr Junichiro Kawaguch, Professor, Patchedconics and Nelson Pinto, Project Manager, Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy

11:00 | Space Economy and Government Space Budgets
by Simon Seminari Principal Advisor, Euroconsult

11:15 | Why collaboration is now the key to exploring space?
by Pascale Ehrenfreund, President of the International Space University and Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs, Space Policy Institute/George Washington University; President , International Astronautical Federation (IAF)

11:35 | Investing in Space: What are the key principles to success?
Pierre Festal, Partner, Promus Ventures; Lynn Zoenen, Investment Manager, Alpine Space ventures, Markus Payer, Founder & Owner of waveL communications

12:05 | [Special Announcement] - Press Briefing - Launch of the YEESS initiative

Juan Tomàs Hernani, CEO, Satlantis; Nicolas Capet, Founder & CEO, Anywaves; Xavier Llairó, Co-Founder & CCO, Pangea Aerospace; Benoit Deper, Founder & CEO, Aerospacelab; David Henri, CEO, Exotrail; Max Gulde, CEO, ConstellR

13:05 | Lunch Break & Exhibition

Space Revival-strengthening the hi-tech ecosystem in Europe

Master of Ceremony: Jacques Denavaut, President, Communications-Smart

14:00 | The case of Luxembourg : A EU anchored national space policy

by Marc Serres, CEO , Luxembourg Space Agency

14:15 | Fireside chat - How to support the development of European newcomers and startups
between Geraldine Naja, Acting Director, Industry, Procurement and Legal Services, European Space Agency (ESA) & a representative of the European Commission and Christoph Kautz, Head of Unit for Secure Connectivity, Space Surveillance and Applications in DG Defense Industry and Space, European Commission

14:35 | Keynote by Arianespace
by Geoffroy Legros, Sales Director, Arianespace

14:50 | LSA Data Centre and the Wasdi cloud computing platform: a synergy to facilitate the exploration of satellite EO data for urban applications

by Marco Chini , Senior Research and Technology Associate, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

15:05 | Advertising pause

15:10 | Round table - How to leverage Europe’s hi-tech ecosystem to boost the space sector?
With: Maxime Puteaux, Principal advisor, Euroconsult; Jim Keravala, Co-founder and CEO, OffWorld, Christine Leurquin, Special Advisor, Government and Institutional Affairs, RHEA Group, Gregory Pradels, VP Business Development, Hemeria Group

15:40 | Developing a space ecosystem in Europe - lessons from around the world
Raphael Roettgen, Managing Partner, E2MC Ventures

15:55 | Break & Exhibition

16:15 | Round Table - Earth Observation 2.0 : strengthening European space field with nanotechnology

With: Clément Galic, CEO, Unseenlabs; Dan Isaac, Business Development Executive, Spire; Juan Tomás Hernani, Founder and CEO, SATLANTIS; Shay Strong, VP of Analytics, ICEYE

16:45 | Earth observation to serve humanity's greatest challenges
Katia Stambolieva, CEO, Cosmos Pics

17:00 | Round table - GAFAM: from Big Tech to Space Tech? Opportunities and threats

by Gautier Brunet, Chief of Staff, Loft Orbital ; Frédéric Filloux, Business writer and the editor of the Monday note; Judy Wallace, Chief Procurement Officer, OneWeb Satellites and Murielle Lafaye, Head of the Economic Intelligence Pole and Project Manager of the Observatory of Space Economy, CNES

17:30 | Wrap-up

15 September 2021