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May 20 - 22, 2025

Day 1 - May 20, 2025
Day 2 - May 21, 2025
Day 3 - May 22, 2025

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May 20, 2025

Investment Forum

  • Location: Hilton Molino Stucky Venice
  • 14:00 - 18:00
Financing the Future of the Space Economy

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

  • 15:00
Opening Ceremony
  • 15:20
Keynote Speech I
  • 15:30
Panel 1: Unconventional Growth Strategies for Space Companies - a conversation with the founders
  • 16:30

Networking Break

  • 16:50
Keynote Speech II
  • 17:00
Panel 2: Growth Opportunities for Space Companies, and the relationship with the Defence environment
  • 17:45

Networking Break

  • 18:00
Panel 3: Where should the Italian and European companies stand in the global space economy?
  • 18:45
Closing Remarks
  • 19:00

Gala Cocktail

Hall 1

  • Location: Terminal 103 - lower floor
  • 14:00 - 18:00
Coming Soon

Hall 2

  • 14:00 - 18:00
University of Padova

Arena

  • 15:15
Man and the Planet, Between Present and Future
  • 16:45
The Mystery of Existence Beyond Space and Time

May 21, 2025

Hall 1: The New Space Economy

  • 09:30 – 10:55
Artemis Program: International Collaboration Advancing Space Exploration
How the Artemis Program is Paving the Exploration of the Future from Moon to Mars
Title TBC
The Global Exploration Roadmap - GER2024: the ISECG Coordinated Vision for Space Exploration

Hall 2: Workshop Programme

  • 09:30 – 09:55
Electromagnetic Threats to Satellite Survivability
  • 10:00 – 10:25
Niobium Alloys: The Next Generation Material for High-Temperature Applications?
  • 10:30 - 10:55
Recent CT Applications for Next Generation Aerospace Parts

Arena: Space & Sport

  • 09:30 – 10:55
Tech Transfer from Space to Sport and Back

Dialogue Between an Astronaut and an UltraMarathoner
  • 11:00 – 11:55

Event Opening and Institutional Greetings

  • 12:00 – 12:55
Defining a Space Roadmap: The Draghi Report and Post-ESA Ministerial 2025 Perspectives

A high-level strategic panel focusing on key decisions shaping the future of the European and Italian space economy.

  • 12:55 – 14:25

Lunch Break

  • 14:30 – 16:25

Veneto Stars Challenge

Hall 1: The New Space Economy

  • 14:30 – 15:25
Establishing a Viable Long-Term In-Space Environment
  • 15:30 – 16:25
Satellite Navigation: Space, Moon and Future
  • 16:30 – 17:25
Cybersecurity for Space
Managing Risks and Behaviours in Space
Title TBC

Hall 2: Workshop Programme

  • 14:30 – 14:55
Manufacture, Assemble and Inspect Circuit Boards (PCBA) to Live in Space
  • 15:00 – 15:25
Sierra Space Presentation
  • 15:30 – 15:55
IRIDE: Italian Industry Leading the Way – Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
  • 16:00 – 16:25
Bringing Model-Based Systems and Software Engineering (MBSSE) into the Real World and Into Production
  • 16:30 – 17:25
Title TBC

Arena: Space & UAV Suppliers Summit

  • 14:30 – 15:25
Building the Space Supply Chain of the Future: SMEs, Startups, and Prime Contractors

From Business Networks to Cross-Sector Aggregation: Funding measures and procurement incentives to facilitate SME integration and the potential of non-space companies entering the sector.

  • 15:30 – 16:25
Commercial Spaceflight: Axiom 3 Mission and the Role of Italian Regions in the Emerging Space Supply Chain

The U.S. Model and Italy’s Perspective in the growing commercial space sector.

  • 16:30 – 17:25
Regional Models for European Competitiveness: Growth Strategies and Best Practices for Space Districts

Comparing the development strategies of Italian and European space clusters, highlighting collaboration opportunities, industrial synergies, and
key drivers for attracting investment.

  • 15:00 – 16:00

Startup pitches

  • 18:30 – 21:00

Networking Cocktail

May 22, 2025

Hall 1: Space & UAV Suppliers Summit

  • 09:00 - 09:55
Small Launchers, Big Dreams
  • 10:00 - 10:55
Navigating the Final Frontier: Legal, Privacy, and Economic Challenges in Satellite Deployment
  • 11:00 - 11:55
Advanced Air Mobility
  • 12:00 - 12:55
ISRU for Planetary Exploration

Hall 2: Space AgriTech

  • 09:00 – 09:25
Official Opening and Welcome Keynote
  • 09:30 – 10:25
Space Farming and Life Support Systems
  • 10:30 – 11:25
Biotechnology for Extreme Environments
  • 11:30 – 11:55
Coffee Break
  • 12:00 – 12:55
Interactive Session: Terraforming and Colonization

Arena: Space Applications

  • 09:00 - 10:25
Sustainability for Space Applications
Space Applications for Sustainability
  • 10:30 - 11:25
GNSS Makes all Data Geographic: Case Studies in the Veneto Area
  • 11:30 - 12:25
GNSS Systems: Precision, Innovation, and Space Applications
  • 12:55 - 12:25

Veneto Stars Award Ceremony

  • 12:55 – 14:25

Lunch Break

Hall 1: Space & UAV Suppliers Summit

  • 14:30 - 15:25
Communications in Space (Laser/Quantum)
  • 15:30 - 16:25
AI in the Space Sector
  • 16:30 - 17:25
Space Data for Security: Leveraging EO and Satellite Intelligence for Civil Security and Defence

Hall 2: Space AgriTech

  • 14:30 - 14:55
Earth Observation for Sustainable Agriculture
  • 15:00 - 15:55
Satellite Data Processing and Innovations for Precision Agriculture
  • 16:00 - 16:25
Coffee Break
  • 16:30 - 17:25
Institutional Keynote
  • 17:30 - 17:55
Closing and Final Remarks

Arena: Festival of Ideas

  • 14:30
Food for Thought

From Business Networks to Cross-Sector Aggregation: Funding measures and procurement incentives to facilitate SME integration and the potential of non-space companies entering the sector

  • 15:30
‘How Much’ Do You Know About Quantum Physics?

From Business Networks to Cross-Sector Aggregation: Funding measures and procurement incentives to facilitate SME integration and the potential of non-space companies entering the sector

  • 17:00
Spirituality of the Future

From Business Networks to Cross-Sector Aggregation: Funding measures and procurement incentives to facilitate SME integration and the potential of non-space companies entering the sector

  • 15:00 – 16:00

Startup Pitches (Balena)

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