Day 1 - Industrialisation by Design

Moderation by Cornelia Ertl, Austrian Institute of Technology

Registration and coffee

Welcome by the hosts Michael Moll, accent Inkubator and Susanne Katzler-Fuchs Brimatech 

Welcome by 

Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria 

Peter Hanke, Federal Minister of Innovation, Mobility, and Infrastructure 

Günther Ofner, Member of the Management Board, Flughafen Wien AG

Stephan Pernkopf, First Deputy Governor of Lower Austria

The Importance of Industrialisation in the European Space Sector

Josef Aschbacher, European Space Agency (ESA)

Conditions for Liftoff: What It Takes to Scale Defense & Space Ecosystems in Europe

Professor Dame Fiona Murray DCMG CBE, MIT School of Management, NATO Innovation Fund

Delivering Industrialisation into Orbit

Robert Sproles, Exolaunch

Scaling Globally

Martin Langer, OroraTech

Industrialisation at Work

Moderation: Andreas Geisler, Aeronautics and Space Agency (FFG)

Panelists: Dieter Grebner, Peak Technology

Alexander Reissner, Enpulsion

Guillaume Lecamp, Hemeria

Radoslav Abadjiev, Endurosat

Our Contribution to Industrialisation and Commercialisation

Pitching Companies: Carsten Scharlemann, R-Space 

Marianne Röchling, GATE Space

Maya Pindeus, Another Earth

Secure by Design – Trust as the Foundation of Scalable Space Systems

Björn Krichels, SECUNET

Space, Resilience and Industrialisation

Moderator: Ludwig Moeller, ESPI

Panelists: Marcel Taubert, SECUNET 

Clemens Kaiser, Rivada Space Networks

GeneralMajor Friedrich Teichmann, Austrian Armed Forces

Kurt Kober, Beyond Gravity Austria 

Hans Martin Steiner, Terma Technologies GmbH  

Our Contribution to the Resilience of Europe

Pitching Companies: Christian Hoffmann, GeoVille 

Martin Bohmann, Quantum Technology Laboratories GmbH

Robert Greinecker, iSEE 

sponsored by TIP – Technology and Innovation Partner (Lower Austria Economic Chamber)

From Demonstration to Industrialisation – ESA’s Role in Building Europe’s Space Economy

Philip Thomas, European Space Agency (ESA)

Industrialisation by Design – From ESA Partnership to Global Space Markets

Moderator: Margit Mischkulnig, BMIMI

Panelists: Peter Guggenbach, SWISSto12 SA

Georg Kopetz, TTTECH Computertechnik AG

Julian Rothenbuchner, Team Tumbleweed 

Jared Stout, AXIOM Space

Closing by Margit Mischkulnig, BMIMI and Andreas Geisler, Aeronautics and Space Agency (FFG), Kerstin Koren, Land NÖ

Moderation by Thomas Wulz, Enspace

Registration and coffee

Welcome by Michael Moll, accent Incubator and Susanne Katzler-Fuchs, Brimatech Services

Space Venture 2025 – Investment Trends and Europe’s Scale-up Challenge 

João Falcão Serra, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) 

CEO Panel -  Space Hub Voices: What It Takes to Grow a Space Company in Austria  

Moderator: Evelyn Kerschbaumer, European Space Agency (ESA)

Panelists: Carsten Scharlemann, R-Space

Moritz Novak, GATE Space

Dirk Roßkamp, Tenics

Raphael Fiedler, Nexufend

Industrialisation - ESA Technology Perspectives and Opportunities for Austria  

Leopold Sum, European Space Agency (ESA)

Panelists: Carsten Scharlemann, R-Space

Moritz Novak, GATE Space

Dirk Roßkamp, Tenics

Raphael Fiedler, Nexufend

Space Exhibition: Company exhibition at the Conference Center, open to all participants throughout the tour period

CHOOSE TO STAY AT THE SPACE EXHIBITION OR VISIT THE SPACE HUB AT THE VIENNA AIRPORTCITY

Behind the Scenes: Pre-registered guided tours of the production and development facilities of ENPULSION, GATE Space and R-Space

Meet & Greet with the companies based at Space Hub and informal sessions with representatives of ESA and FFG on the fifth floor