Speakers & Experts

This page showcases some of the industry specialists, leading international venture capitalists, corporates, investors, international business executives & prestigious experts in the Space field, who will share their expertise in the various discussion sessions and high-potential Company Presentation Sessions.
 

Roya Ayazi

Secretary General

NEREUS - Network of European Regions Using Space Technology (Belgium)

Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio

Global Climate Change Practice Strategy & Innovation Group (IBSG)

Cisco Systems (United Kingdom)

Bernd Geiger

Founding Partner

Triangle Venture Capital (Germany)

Boris Kennes

Market Development

European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) (Belgium)

Christine Leurquin

Senior Manager

SES ASTRA S.A. (Luxembourg)

Ashley Lyon

Aerospace Expert at the Foreign Direct Investment branch of the Trade Office

AWEX - Foreign Trade and Investment Agency (Belgium)

Karl Frank Meinzer

Secretary General

ENCADRE European Association (France)

Georges Noël

European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) (Belgium)

Pacôme Révillon

CEO & Managing Director

Euroconsult (France)

Frank Salzgeber

Head of Innovation and Ventures Office

European Space Agency (Netherlands)

Michel Stassart

Deputy Managing Director

Skywin Wallonie (Belgium)

William Stevens

Founder & CEO

Europe Unlimited (Belgium)

Philippe Suinen

AWEX - Foreign Trade and Investment Agency (Belgium)

John Tidmarsh

Investment Executive - Sustainable Technology Fund

E-Synergy (United Kingdom)

Speakers, Moderators & Panellists:

Felix Arias

Highgrowth Partners SGECR S.A. (Spain)

Anton Arts

Partner

New Venture Partners (United Kingdom)

Fabio Biscotti

Project Manager

Spazio Venture Capital (Italy)

Bill Collins

Business Development Manger

Hertfordshire Business Incubation Centre (United Kingdom)

Bernd Geiger

Founding Partner

Triangle Venture Capital (Germany)

Katrin Geyskens

Senior Investment Manager

Quest Management NV (Belgium)

Florence Ghiron

Directeur

Capital High Tech (France)

Sandro Grigolli

EMEA Executive Director

GSA (Global Semiconductor Alliance) (Switzerland)

Dermot Hill

Intramezzo (United Kingdom)

Rainer Horn

Managing Partner

SpaceTec Capital Partners (Germany)

Dick Kwist

Member

European Space Incubator/ESENET Fund/FinanceSpace (Netherlands)

François-René Letourneur

Partner

I-Source Venture Capital (France)

Nicolas Louvet

Senior Associate

Sofinnova Partners (France)

Aurelio Mezzotero

Fund Investment Director

Atlante Ventures (Italy)

Bruno Naulais

ESI Manager

European Space Agency (Netherlands)

Tom Paffen

Portfollio Mgmt

PPM oost (Netherlands)

Suresh Patel

Managing Partner

Verdexus (United Kingdom)

Earnest D. Paylor II

President and CEO

WorldTech International LLC (United States)

Patrick Polak

Managing Partner

Newion Partners BV (Netherlands)

Tapio Rissanen

RegioPKI (Belgium)

Rick Salmon

Founding Partner

Xelerator AS (Norway)

David Sonnek

Technology Ventures

SEB Venture Capital (Sweden)

John Tidmarsh

Investment Executive - Sustainable Technology Fund

E-Synergy (United Kingdom)

Jean Van Nuwenborg

Consultant

Theodorus (Belgium)

Francisco Velázquez de Cuellar

Founding Partner, CEO and member of the investment teams

Axon Partners Group (Spain)

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