Conference Program

May 20, 2025

Booth setup

Lunch Break

Investment Forum

Financing the Future of the Space Economy

From Idea to Market: Funding Strategies for Startups and SMEs in the Space Sector

Opening Ceremony
Keynote Speech I

Mauro Ferrari

Visionary Scientist & Keynote Speaker

Panel 1: Unconventional Growth Strategies for Space Companies - a conversation with the founders

Gianluigi Baldesi (Moderator)

Head of the Ventures and Financing Office, ESA

Aurora Bontade

Chief Growth Officer, Argotec

Pierre Wilhelm

CEO, Aerospacelab Switzerland

Giuseppe Sisinni

CEO, EnduroSat

Sven Przywarra

Co-Founder / Co-CEO, Live-EO

Networking break

Panel 2: Growth Opportunities for Space Companies, and the relationship with the Defence environment

Gabriele Capomasi (Moderator)

Partner, Strategy&

Lori Garver

Former Deputy Administrator, NASA

Keli Jones

Head of Supply Chain, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense

Raffaele Mauro

Partner, Primo Ventures

Simona Mazzocchi

Deputy Director of Institutional Sales Italy, Thales Alenia Space

Fred Simon

CTO & co-founder, Moonshot Space

Networking break

Panel 3: Where should the Italian and European companies stand in the global space economy?

Giovanni Baldassarri (Moderator)

Partner, Rialto Ventures

Chirag Parikh

Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the U.S. National Space Council

Giuseppe Pastorelli

Director for Promotion and Innovation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Luca Del Monte

Head of Commercialisation Department, ESA

Meagan M. Crawford

Founder and Managing Partner, SpaceFund

Mario Scuderi

Sr Partner, CDP Venture Capital

Keynote Speech II

Massimo Comparini

Managing Director, Leonardo Space Division

Closing Remarks

Matteo Zoppas

President, ITA - Italian Trade Agency

Networking Cocktail

Hall 1

Arena

ESCC System – Future Updates and EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe – Status and Way Forward

Giuseppe Badolato

EEE Component Engineer, ESA

Cosmic Career Launch
Innovative Projects Presentation
Networking Breaks
Awards
Student Networking Cocktail
Man and the Planet, Between Present and Future

Licia Colò

TV Presenter and Writer

Angelo Pittro

Executive Director Lonely Planet Italia

The Mystery of Existence Beyond Space and Time

Vito Mancuso

Theologian

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