Conference Program

May 22, 2025

Hall 1: Space & UAV Suppliers Summit

Small Launchers, Big Dreams

Elena Toson (Moderator)

COO, T4i

Alan Thompson

Head of Government Affairs, Skyrora

Paolo Bellomi

CTO, Avio SpA

Pablo Gallego Sanmiguel

Senior Vice President, Sales & Customers, PLD Space

Luca Rossettini

CEO & Founder, D-Orbit

Fred Simon

Venture Partner, Angular Ventures

Navigating the Final Frontier: Legal, Privacy, and Economic Challenges in Satellite Deployment

Giacomo Colombatti (Moderator)

Associate Professor, University of Padua

Prof. Anna Masutti

Partner, RP Legal & Tax

Prof. David Burigana

Associate Professor, University of Padua

Lorenzo Beggio

CEO & Co-Founder, Fast Aerospace

Advanced Air Mobility

Stefano Vianello (Moderator)

Former Head of Services, Rolls-Royce Electrical

Axel Voege

Senior Advisor, Kepler Digitals

Francesco Tripaldi

PhD candidate, University of Padova

Gergely Balázs

CEO, eMotion Drive Technologies

Guido Wortmann

Shareholder, IDA Aero

ISRU for Planetary Exploration

Claudia Esposito (Moderator)

Aerospace Engineer, ASI

Simone Pirrotta

Project Manager, ASI

Charlotte Nassey

Senior Government Affairs Specialist, ISpace Europe

Melchiorre Conti

Space Resources Engineer, ESA/ESTEC

Marco Lorenzo D'Agostini

Research Assistant, University of Padova

Hall 2: Space AgriTech

Welcome Keynote

Roberto Arditti (Moderator)

Federico Caner

Veneto Region Councillor for Tourism, Agriculture and EU Funds

Gianmichele Passarini

Vice-President of Cia-Agricoltori Italiani and President Cia Veneto

Francesco Longhi

President ANGA Veneto – Confagricoltura Veneto

Carlo Salvan

President Coldiretti Veneto Regional Federation

Space Farming

Roberto Arditti (Moderator)

Luca Vincenzo Maria Salamone

Director General, ASI

Life Support Systems and Biotechnology for Extreme Environments

Roberto Arditti (Moderator)

Prof. Stefania De Pascale

University of Naples Federico II, ASI/ESA collaborator

Aleksandar Arsovic

Managing Director, Zero Farms

Coffee Break
Terraforming and Colonisation

Franco Fossati

Lead Italy and South Europe, The Exploration Company

Mathieu Goudot

CRO, Space Cargo Unlimited

Meagan Crawford

Managing Partner SpaceFund

Arena: Space Applications

Sustainability for Space Applications

Sasha Gallio (Moderator)

Founder, New Horizon

Enrico Tormena

Space and System Engineer, ESA Clean Space

Fionagh Thomson

Senior Research Fellow, Durham University

Dr Lorenzo Olivieri

Research Associate, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova

Dr Andrea Valmorbida

Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII), University of Padova

Dr Davina Di Cara

Electric Propulsion Engineer, European Space Agency

Space Applications for Sustainability

Sasha Gallio (Moderator)

Founder, New Horizon

Matthew Jenkins

Chief Space Systems Officer (CSSO) & SVP Spacecraft Engineering, Maxar Technologies

Tom Gardner

Strategic Partnerships Lead, Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO)

GNSS Makes all Data Geographic: Case Studies in the Veneto Area

Umberto Trivelloni (Moderator)

Geologist expert in Geographic Information Systems, Regione del Veneto

Virgilio Cima

Freelance Professional

Carlo Masetto

Technical Specialist at the Territorial Planning Department, Regione del Veneto

Massimo Fabris

Professor, University of Padua DICEA

Andrea Favaretto

Freelance Professional

Sara Morucci

Research Fellow, ISPRA

GNSS Systems: Precision, Innovation, and Space Applications

Sebastiano Chiodini (Moderator)

Research Associate in Space Measurements and Technologies, University of Padova

Dr Tommaso Beschi

GIS Analyst, Archetipo

Dr. Andres Maria Majorana

PhD Student at UAntwerpen-IMEC-IDLab, Scientific Trainee at EC JRC-Ispra

Dr Francesco Gini

Navigation Engineer, ESA/ ESOC

CTNA workshop: Connect to your future: EDIH and support to innovation for the Italian enterprises (Balena)

Veneto Stars Award Ceremony (Veneto Regional Stand)

Lunch Break

Hall 1: Space & UAV Suppliers Summit

Communications in Space (Laser/Quantum)

Alessandro Francesconi (Moderator)

Managing Director, Stellar Project

Hirokazu Mori

CSO, Warpspace Inc.

Giancarlo Varacalli

Head of Telecom and Navigation Unit, Italian Space Agency

Martina Ottavi

Head of Quantum Communication System Solutions and Technology, Thales Alenia Space

Giuseppe Gentile

CEO, Ingeniars

Giuseppe Vallone

Full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Padova (Italy), and Technical Director, Think Quantum

Space Data for Security: Leveraging EO and Satellite Intelligence for Civil Security and Defence

Giovanni Martucci di Scafizzi (Moderator)

Business Development & Sales Director, Starion Group

Marco Tantardini

Space Strategy and BD Lead for Europe, Lockheed Martin

Michele Betti

ESA/ESRIN Account Manager and EO Business Development Manager, Starion

Marco Moriani

COO, ARCA Dynamics

Colonel Luigi Riggio

Head of Support, Coordination and Secretariat, Interministerial Committee for Space and Aerospace Policies (COMINT)

TBC

Hall 2: Space AgriTech

Satellite Data Processing and Innovations for Precision Agriculture

Roberto Arditti (Moderator)

Giordano Giorgi

ISPRA Head of the National Centre for Environmental Characterisation and Coastal Protection, Marine Climatology and Operational Oceanography (CN-COS)

Enrico Borgogno Mondino

Professor of Geomatics (University of Turin), President of the Italian Association of Remote Sensing

Chiara Rossi

Bonifiche Ferraresi

Best Practices to Safeguard the Health of the Earth

Gabriele Giorgini

Chief Operating Officer, Vector Robotics

Riccardo Marchetto

CEO, Neptune

Institutional Keynote

Roberto Arditti (Moderator)

Dario Nardella

MEP - Member Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Carlo Fidanza

MEP - Member Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Closing and Final Remarks

Giorgio Mulè

Vice President of the Camera dei Deputati

Nicola Dell'Acqua

Director Veneto Agricoltura

Roberto Arditti

Formiche Editorial Director and Editorialist for Il Tempo

Arena: Festival of Ideas

Food for Thought

Eliana Liotta

Journalist, Author and Science Communicator

Michela Matteoli

Pharmacology Professor at Humanitas University, Director of the CNR Institute in Neuroscience, Head of the Neuroscience Research Area of Humanitas Research Hospital

‘How Much’ Do You Know About Quantum Physics?

Gabriella Greison

Physicist

Spirituality of the Future

Daniel Lumera

Naturalist, Biologist, Author and Lecturer

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