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Conference Program

May 20 - 22, 2025

May 20, 2025

  • 09:00 - 12:00

Boothsetup

  • 13:00 - 14:25

Lunch Break

Hall 1

  • 14:00 - 18:00
Financing the Future of the Space Economy
Panel 1: Unconventional Growth Strategies
for Space Companies - a conversation with the founders
Panel 2: Growth Opportunities for Space Companies, and the relationship with the Defence environment
Panel 3: Where should the Italian and European companies stand in the global space economy?

Raffaele Mugnuolo

Head of Exploration and Orbital Infrastructures Office, ASI

Hall 2

  • 14:00 - 18:00
Plenary Conference

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

  • 10:30 – 10:55

Melanie Stenzel

Director Marketing and Additive Manufacturing Materials, Chloride and Compounds, TANIOBIS GmbH

Arena

  • 14:00 - 18:00
Festival of Ideas

Raffaele Mugnuolo

Head of Exploration and Orbital Infrastructures Office, ASI

May 21, 2025

Hall 1: The New Space Economy

  • 09:30 – 10:55
Artemis Program: International Collaboration Advancing Space Exploration

Raffaele Mugnuolo

Head of Exploration and Orbital Infrastructures Office, ASI

Munetaka Ueno

Research Director, JAXA

Hall 2: Workshop Programme

  • 09:30 – 09:55
Electromagnetic Threats to Satellite Survivability

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

Bahar Fayyazi

Product Manager Additive Manufacturing, TANIOBIS GmbH

Marco Giogoli

Location Manager, Agiometrix srl/White Lab Group

  • 10:00 – 10:25
Niobium Alloys: The Next Generation Material for High-Temperature Applications?

Melanie Stenzel

Director Marketing and Additive Manufacturing Materials, Chloride and Compounds, TANIOBIS GmbH

  • 10:30 - 10:55
Recent CT Applications for Next Generation Aerospace Parts

Melanie Stenzel

Director Marketing and Additive Manufacturing Materials, Chloride and Compounds, TANIOBIS GmbH

Arena: Space & Sport

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

Luca Del Monte

Head of Commercialisation Department, ESA

Teodoro Valente

President, ASI

Massimo Comparini

Managing Director Space Division, Leonardo

  • 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

Andrew Faiola

CCO, Astroscale

Melissa Quinn

General Manager - International Business Unit, Slingshot Aerospace

Marco Rocchetto

CEO & Co-Founder, Spaceflux

  • 15:30 – 16:25
Satellite Navigation: Space, Moon and Future

Raffaele Mugnuolo

Head of Exploration and Orbital Infrastructures Office, ASI

  • 16:30 – 17:25
Cybersecurity for Space

Alessandro Pozzobon

Co-Founder and CEO, Qascom

Lieutenant General (Air Force - R) Jean-Marc Laurent

CEO, AERIS, and Chair, Sciences Po Bordeaux Defense and Aerospace

Hall 2: Workshop Programme

  • 14:30 – 14:55
Manufacture, Assemble and Inspect Circuit Boards (PCBA) to Live in Space

Fabio Giuliani

Sales Manager, Cabiotec

  • 15:00 – 15:25
Safran Data Systems
  • 15:30 – 15:55
Sierra Space AI Presentation

Alejandro Mendoza

Extended and Virtual Reality Leader, Sierra Space

  • 16:00 – 16:55
IRIDE Panel
  • 16:55 – 17:25
Coming Soon

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

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

  • 14:30 – 15:25
Commercial Spaceflight: Axiom 3 Mission and the Role of Italian Regions in the Emerging Space Supply Chain

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

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

  • 14:30 – 15:25
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

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

  • 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

Elena Toson

COO, T4i

Alan Thompson

Head of Government Affairs, Skyrora

  • 10:00 - 10:55
Navigating the Final Frontier: Legal, Privacy, and Economic Challenges in Satellite Deployment

Raffaele Mugnuolo

Head of Exploration and Orbital Infrastructures Office, ASI

  • 11:00 - 11:55
AI for the Space Sector
  • 12:00 - 12:55
ISRU for Planetary Exploration

Claudia Esposito

ASI

Simone Pirrotta

Project Manager, ASI

Hall 2: Space AgriTech

  • 14:30 – 14:55
Information Coming Soon

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

Arena: Space Applications

  • 09:00 - 10:25
Sustainability for Space Applications

Sasha Gallio

Partner, New Horizon

Enrico Tormena

Space and System Engineer, ESA Clean Space

Fionagh Thomson

Senior Research Fellow, Durham University

Marco Sabatini

Head of International Partnerships and Development, Cosmos for Humanity

Space Applications for Sustainability

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

Sasha Gallio

Partner, New Horizon

Matthew Jenkins

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

  • 10:30 - 11:25
GNSS Makes all Data Geographic: Case Studies in the Veneto Area

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

Umberto Trivelloni

Geologist expert in Geographic Information Systems, Regione del Veneto

Carlo Masetto

Technical Specialist at the Territorial Planning Department, Regione del Veneto

Massimo Fabris

Professor, University of Padua DICEA

Andrea Bonometto

Research fellow, ISPRA

  • 11:30 - 11:25
GNSS Systems: Precision, Innovation, and Space Applications

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

Gianluca Fregolent

Veneto Agricoltura

Cristiano Miele

Co-Founder, Archetipo

Francesco Gini

Navigation Engineer, ESA/ ESOC

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

  • 12:55 - 14:25

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)

Alessandro Francesconi

Managing Director, Stellar Project

Hirokazu Mori

CSO, Warpspace Inc.

  • 15:30 - 16:25
Advanced Air Mobility

Stefano Vianello

Head of Services, Rolls-Royce Electrical

  • 16:30 - 16:25
Space Data for Security: Leveraging EO and Satellite Intelligence for Civil Security and Defence

Giovanni Martucci di Scafizzi

Business Development & Sales Director, Starion Group

Marco Tantardini

Space Strategy and BD Lead for Europe, Lockheed Martin

Hall 2: Space AgriTech

  • 14:00 - 17: 55
Information Coming Soon

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

Arena: Festival of Ideas

  • 14:30 - 17:55
Festival of Ideas

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

Giancarlo Guida

Lead Application Engineer, Ansys

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