Agenda
New Space Spain 2024 Schedule
Check out the full program for New Space Spain 2024.
Day 1 – Thursday, September 26
9:00 AM
Registration and Documentation Delivery
Afundación Venue Address: Policarpo Sanz, 24-26, 36202, Vigo, Pontevedra
9:30 AM
Opening and Welcome
- David Regades – Special State Delegate at the Free Trade Zone Consortium of Vigo
- María Jesús Lorenzana – Regional Minister of Economy and Industry of the Xunta de Galicia
10:00 AM
Conference: Challenges and Achievements of New Space in Spain
- Guillermo Lamelas – CEO of Alén Space
10:30 AM
Panel Discussion. At the Forefront of Space-Based Services
- Isolina Pérez Donnelly – Sales Director of Alén Space (Moderator)
- Carlos Fernández – CEO of Telespazio Ibérica
- Marta Massimiani – Business Development Manager Satlantis
- Juan Merino – Head of Space System at Startical
- Jaume Sanpera – CEO and co-founder of Sateliot
- Javier Alexander Santos Wybenga – Director of Business Development at GEOSAT
11:30 AM
Coffee Break – Networking
*Sponsored by PLD Space
12:00 PM
Conference. Space as a Key Area for Security
- Lieutenant-Colonel Juan Soriano Paradinas – Space Command (Mespa)
12:30 PM
Panel Discussion. Key Capabilities for Global Leadership
- Alfonso Barreiro – CEO and founder of Space Business and Operations Consulting (Moderator)
- Markel Aramberri – Business Development Director of Satlantis
- Vicente Díaz – Managing Director and co-founder of DHV Technology
- Pablo Gallego – VP of Sales & Customers at PLD Space
- Francho García – CEO of Arkadia Space
- Yanina Hallak – CEO and co-founder of UARX Space
- Manuel Lobeira – CEO of Acorde Technologies
1:30 PM
Entrepreneurship Space: New Space Startups
2:00 PM
Lunch – Networking
4:00 PM
Panel Discussion: Open Opportunities in European Space
- Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira – LEO-PNT Project Leader at the European Space Agency (Moderator)
- César Bernal – Sales Manager at PLD Space
- Miguel Ángel Molina – Space Council Chairman at GMV
- Borja Portillo – Head of Sales and Strategy for Defence at Airbus Space Systems
- Ignacio Tourné – Business Development Manager at Deimos Space
- Emilio José Viedma Charles – BD Senior Manager in Indra Espacio
5:00 PM
Conference: Challenges of the Spanish Space Agency
- Juan Carlos Cortés – Director of the Spanish Space Agency (AEE)
5:30 PM
Panel Discussion. Joining Forces: Spanish Space Agency and Industry
- Fernando Aguado – Head of Aerospace Projects, Director of Agrupación Estratégica Aeroespacial and Professor at the University of Vigo (Moderator)
- Vicente Díaz – Managing Director and co-founder of DHV Technology
- Juan Enrique Gonzalez Laguna – Managing Director of Startical
- Isabel Pérez Grande – Director of Science, Technology, and Innovation Spanish Space Agency
- Mariella Graziano – Executive Director – Strategy – Flight Segment – Aerospace at GMV
6:30 PM
Closing of Day One
- Abel Caballero – Mayor of Vigo
9:00 PM
Official Dinner
*Sponsored by GMV
Palacio de la Oliva Address: Rúa Oliva, 2, 36202, Vigo, Pontevedra
Day 2 – Friday, september 27
9:00 AM
Registration and Documentation Delivery
Sede Afundación Address: Policarpo Sanz, 24-26, 36202, Vigo, Pontevedra
10:00 AM
Panel Discussion. Public Actors in New Space in Spain
- Teresa Riesgo – Secretary General for Innovation of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and President of the CDTI (Moderator)
- Fernando Aguado – Head of Aerospace Projects, Director of Agrupación Estratégica Aeroespacial and Professor at the University of Vigo
- Josep Colomé – Director of the Area for the Promotion of the Space Sector of Catalonia
- Eva María Vega Carrasco – Director of the Department of Space Programs of INTA
- Álex Oscoz – Principal Investigator of the IACTEC Space project at the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute (IAC)
- Miguel A. Salas-Natera – Associate Professor and researcher, expert in Low Profile and Digital Satellite Antennas and Systems at the Polytechnic University of Madrid
11:00 AM
Conference. Integrating the Best of Both Worlds
- Miguel Ángel Molina – Space Council Chairman at GMV
11:30 AM
Coffee Break – Networking
*Sponsored by Ienai Space
12:00 PM
Conference. Boosting New Space within the ESA
- Emilio Vez – Head of the Industrial Policy Section en la Agencia Espacial Europea
12:30 PM
ESA Technology Broker Space
1:00 PM
Panel Discussion. A Window to Ibero-American New Space
- María Cristina Vives Ruiz – Space Business Line Director in Indra Espacio (Moderator)
- Renato A. Borges – Coordinator of the Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Aerospace Systems of the University of Brasilia
- Matías Campos Abad – CEO and founder of Astralintu Space Technologies
- Livio Gratton – Secretary of Science and Technology of the Province of Salta (Argentina)
- Loreto Moraga – President of the Chilean Space Association (Achide)
2:00 PM
Closing and Lunch
- Antonio Vázquez – Head of Business Development at Alén Space
- David Regades – Special State Delegate at the Free Trade Zone Consortium of Vigo
- Teresa Riesgo – Secretary General for Innovation of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and President of the CDTI
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