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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)
  • 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

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: 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: 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

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
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