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2024
26th-27th March 2024
SPACEtalks 4.0
Event Partner
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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2024 Speakers
Upstream Day | 26th March 2024
Luca del Monte
Head of Commercialisation Department
European Space Agency
Donna Shafer
Associate Center Director - Johnson Space Center
NASA
George Freeman
Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk
House of Commons
Peter Guthrie
Head of Space
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Gemma Wilson
Harwell Cluster Development Manager
Harwell Space Cluster
Tobias Lin
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
National Space Capabilities Lead Space Directorate
Pierre Festal
Partner
Promus Ventures
Gail Eastaugh
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Cornwall Space Cluster
Rebecca Huffee
Space Cluster Manager
Space West
Simone Hartless
Head of Cluster Growth
Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd
Rob Desborough
Managing Partner, and CEO Seraphim Accelerator
Seraphim Space
Mohsen Al Awadhi
Director of Space Missions Department
UAE Space Agency
Moritz von Klot
Investment Team
Earlybird Venture Capital
Jerry Yang
General Partner
HCVC
Nick Shave
Managing Director
Astroscale
Joanne Wheeler
Director
Alden Legal
Piera Di Vito
Φ-lab Invest Officer
European Space Agency
Timo Karakashev
CEO and Founder
Cosmonauts
Julie Black
Director, Missions and Capabilities
UK Space Agency
Tomas Navarro
Future Projects Engineer
European Space Agency
Paul Williams
Executive Director
Black Arrow Space Technologies
Nick Appleyard
Head of Applications and Solutions Department CIC-A Head of Establishment for ECSAT (UK)
European Space Agency
John Auburn
Director
Auburn Space Consulting Ltd.
Downstream Day | 27th March 2024
Nick Appleyard
Head of Applications and Solutions Department CIC-A Head of Establishment for ECSAT (UK)
European Space Agency
Sanjeev Gordhan
General Partner
Type One Ventures
Louise Butt
Director
Space South Central Enterprise Network
Stuart Catchpole
Space Cluster Manager
Space East
Phil Carvill
Head of Clusters (NW) and Chair of the UK Space Regional Cluster Advisory Board
UKRI-STFC
Robert Hill
Head of NISO (The Northern Ireland Space Office)
Northern Ireland Space
David Pollington
Head of Research
Bloc Ventures
Stuart Laws
Portfolio & Outreach Assistant Head
Ministry of Defense Innovation Unit
Roaya R. Bubshait
Head of Geospatial Analytics
National Space Science Agency - Bahrain
Christian Ziach
Principal
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Christopher Magazzeni
Associate
IQ Capital
Tales Gaspar
Programme Manager – UK SPF and Satellite
techUK
Krish Ramadurai
Partner
Harmonix Fund
Robert Cross
International Market Access Lead for Space Applications
UK Space Agency
Tony Forsythe
Head of Space Technology
UK Space Agency
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Daniel Carew
Deep Tech Investor
Joanna Hart
Director
Space Partnership
Sam Adlen
Co-CEO
Space Solar
Harry Morgan
Investor
7percent Ventures
Khaled Abou Zahr
Founder
SpaceQuest Ventures
Liam Harris
Geospatial Applications Developer
Airbus Defence and Space
Helen Fraser
The Open University
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Geraint Morgan
Research Fellow, Associate Director AstrobiologyOU
The Open University
David Williams
Partner, Owner
Page White Farrer
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Steve O'Brien
Founder, CEO
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