Invited Speakers

Antonio Tajani

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Italian Republic

Philippe Baptiste

Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space

French Republic

Ruben Brekelmans

Minister of Defence

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Andrzej Domański

Minister of Finance and Economy

Republic of Poland

Władysław Marcin Kosiniak-Kamysz

Minister of National Defence

Poland

Diana Morant

Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities

Kingdom of Spain

Boris Pistorius

Federal Minister of Defence

Federal Republic of Germany

Adolfo Urso

Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Italian Republic

Kaja Kallas

High-Representative of the European Union

Vice President of the European Commission

Stéphane Séjourné

Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

European Commission

Henna Virkkunen

Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

European Commission

Raffaele Fitto

Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms

European Commission

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Ekaterina Zaharieva

Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

European Commission

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism

European Commission

Costas Kadis

Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

European Commission

Mark Rutte

Secretary General

NATO

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary General

ITU

Nicodemos Damianou

Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy

Republic of Cyprus

Alice Rufo

Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces

French Republic

Elena Donazzan

Vice-Chair, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

European Parliament

Christian Ehler

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

European Parliament

Major General Vincent Chusseau

Commander

French Space Command

Major General Michael Traut

Commander

German Space Command

Major General Isaac Crespo Zaragoza

Commander

Spanish Space Command

Brigadier General Luca Monaco

Commander

Space Operations Command, Italian Republic

Josef Aschbacher

Director-General

ESA

Timo Pesonen

Director-General

European Commission - DG DEFIS

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

Charles Fries

Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence

EEAS

Thomas Courbe

Director-General

Direction Générale des Entreprises, Ministry of Economy and Finance, France

Frédéric Jacq

Chairman and CEO

CNES

Walther Pelzer

Director General

German Space Agency at DLR

Teodoro Valente

President

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Marta Wachowicz

President

Polish Space Agency (POLSA)

Benedikta Von Seherr-Thoss

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence

EEAS

Aarti Holla-Maini

Director

UNOOSA

Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz

Director of Navigation

ESA

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN

ESA

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director

EUSPA

Rolf Densing

Director of Operations

ESA

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

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications

ESA

Géraldine Naja

Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness

ESA

Daniel Neuenschwander

Director of Human and Robotic Exploration

ESA

Dietmar Pilz

Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality

ESA

Eric Morel de Westgaver

Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs

ESA

Carole Mundell

Director of Science

ESA

Rear Admiral Louis Tillier 

Director

EU Satellite Centre

Toni Tolker-Nielsen

Acting Director of Space Transportation

ESA

Edison Rijna

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