July 3rd, 2025
TECH MORNING
Saló de Cònsols – 2nd Floor
- Alba Badia, President at Cosmic Research
- Clàudia Soriano, Astrophysics Researcher at ICE-CSIC
- Eloi Planes, First Vice President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce
- Jalil Benabdillah, Vice President for Economy, Employment, Innovation and Reindustrialisation of the Occitanie Region
- Sandra Ruiz, Director General of Digital Economy and Society of the Government of Catalonia
- Giancarlo Granero, Head of Unit for Space Economy at the European Comission
- Juan Carlos Cortés, Director of the Spanish Space Agency (AEE)
- Chaired by: Josep Colomé, Director of the Area for the Promotion of the Space Sector of Catalonia at the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)
- Rika Nakazawa, Chief Commercial Innovation at NTT Data
- Heriberto Saldivar, Head of Strategy at the European Space Agency (ESA)
- Xavier Lobao, Head of Future Telecommunications Programmes Division at the European Space Agency (ESA)
- Gilles Lebiez, Aerospace & Defense Executive Director, Business Development EMEA at Ansys
- Sandra Mingot, Head of EU and Defence Space Programs at Sener
- Jaume Sanpera, Co-founder & CEO at Sateliot
- Chaired by: Clàudia Mateo, Head of Space and Innovation Business at i2CAT
Break
BUSINESS AFTERNOON
- Rafel Jordà, Founder and CEO at Open Cosmos
- Xavier Llairó, CCO of Pangea Aerospace
- Stephen McCall, Partner at Cislunar International
- Yui Nakama, Space Analyst at Green Carbon Inc.
- Chaired by: Jermaine Gutierrez, Research Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
SIDE EVENTS – WORKSHOPS
SPACE WORKSHOPS 1 (Saló de Neptú – Ground Floor)
- Organizer: Space Skills Alliance
- Organizer: Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) and i2CAT
SPACE WORKSHOPS 2 (Saló de Plens – 1st Floor)
- Special guest: Michael Matonti, Apollo Mission Engineer
- Chaired by: Armengol Torres, Co-founder & CTO of SLIMOP Space
- Organizer: AsturExplorers
- Organizer: Augusta Abogados
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Organizer: Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) and Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC)
MEET THE ECOSYSTEM: PITCH STAGE (Saló de Cònsols – 2nd Floor)
- 15.45: Roser Roca, Managing Director and CEO of Airbus GeoTech
- 15.55: Mònica Azemà, Business Development Space in Compoxi
- 16.05: Jaime Fernández, Partner at Augusta Abogados
- 16.15: Ana Bugarin, Sustainability Consultant at DEKRA
- 16.25: Carlos Álvarez, Director of Programs in the Satellite Navigation and Security Unit at Indra Espacio
- 16.35: Gilles Lebiez, Aerospace & Defense Executive Director, Business Development EMEA at Ansys
- 16.45: Xavier Llairó, CCO of Pangea Aerospace
- 16.55: Alejandro Guerra, Business Developer at GTD
- 17.05: Jordi Castellví, Head of Mission Management of Open Cosmos
- 17.15: Joan Manel Casalta, Head of Space Safety and Science Programmes of Sener
- 17.25: Carlos Fernández, CEO of Telespazio Ibérica
- 17.35: Andre Parris, CCO of Aistech Space
- 17.45: Juan Carlos Dolado, Co-founder & CTO at Look Up
- 17.55: Albert Garcia-Mondéjar, Senior R&D Engineer and Manager at isardSAT
- 18.05: Marco Guadalupi, Co-founder & CTO at Sateliot
- 18.15: Iwona Maciejewska, BID Manager at Satlantis
- 18.25: Anne-Lise Stephan, European Projects Manager at Aerospace Valley
- 18.25: Alberto García-Rigo, Head of Knowledge Transfer Office at IEEC
- 18.35: Kevin Rutankabandi, Space Program Manager at Wheere
Cocktail open to attendees
July 4th, 2025
INSPIRATIONAL MORNING
Saló de Cònsols – 2nd Floor
- Alba Badia, President at Cosmic Research
- Clàudia Soriano, Astrophysics Researcher at ICE-CSIC
- Aitor Alvarez Rodriguez, GNSS Service Centre (GSC) Supervisor at the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)
- Carles Franquesa, CEO of Aistech Space
- Pol Llorca, Head of Business Development at Airbus GeoTech
- Alan Mandrillon, Space Projects Manager at Aerospace Valley (SPACE4CITIES)
- Josep Carles Terés, Head of the Innovation and International Consulting Area at Catalan Government Railways (FGC)
- Chaired by: Carlos Fernández, CEO of Telespazio Ibérica
- 11.15: Hans Bracquené, Chairman of SME4SPACE
- 11.25: Mattia Pianorsi, Business Development Manager at Voyager Technologies Europe
- 11.35: Ksenia Osipova, PhD Candidate at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 11.45: Albert Garcia-Mondéjar, Senior R&D Engineer and Manager at isardSAT
- 11.55: Francesc Grau, Infrastructure manager at ENDESA
- 11.55: Nicola Palombo, Senior Data Scientist at Moai Analytics
- Marta Miralles Bover, GRAF Manager of the Technical Unit of the Emergency Regions of Tarragona and Terres de l’Ebre of the Fire Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Jorge Morales, Medical Director of the Medical Emergency System of the Government of Catalonia
- Laura Moreno, CEO of Earthpulse
- Cristina VIcente, Head of Civil Protection Operations of the Government of Catalonia
- Chaired by: Jordi Corbera, Head of the Earth Observation Department at the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC)
- Pablo Álvarez, European Space Agency Astronaut
- Miguel Belló, Executive Director of Orbex Space
- Maria Galindo Garcia-Delgado, Secretary for Digital Policies of the Government of Catalonia
- Mònica Roca i Aparici, President of the Space Commission of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce
Cloenda
Aitor Alvarez
GNSS Service Centre (GSC) Supervisor
European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)
Mònica Azemà
Business Development Space
Compoxi
Jalil Benabdillah
Vice President for Economy, Employment, Innovation and Reindustrialisation
Occitanie Region
Josep Colomé
Director of the Area for the Promotion of the Space Sector of Catalonia
Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)
Jordi Corbera
Head of the Earth Observation Department
Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC)
Alan Mandrillon
Space Projects Manager
Aerospace Valley (SPACE4CITIES)
Michael Matonti
Engineer
Apollo Mission
Marta Miralles Bover
GRAF Manager of the Technical Unit of the Emergency Regions of Tarragona and Terres de l'Ebre
Fire Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Josep Carles Terés
Head of the Innovation and International Consulting Area
Catalan Government Railways (FGC)
Cristina Vicente
Head of Operations
Civil Protection of the Government of Catalonia
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