During the European Space Industry Space Days 2022 the ESA Commercialisation Department closed the 2021 series of Capacity Building Workshop for Fund Managers.
Episode 5 tackled the topic of access to space. The event was hosted in the iconic ESA Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), a state-of-the-art facility equipped with a network of computers, multimedia devices and software tools, which allows a team of experts from several disciplines to apply the concurrent engineering method to the design of future space missions.
The event opened with a keynote by Giorgio Tumino on the European Space Transportation rationale, programmes and activities.
Event presentations:
Gianluigi Baldesi – Business, Investment, New Space, Innovation, Start-ups & Scale-ups, ESA |
Welcome Capacity Building Workshop |
Géraldine Naja – Director, Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement, ESA |
ESA’s Space Commercialisation activities and the Scale Up programme |
Fabrizio Morgera – Senior Investment Officer, European Investment Bank |
EIB’s Activity in the Space Sector |
Thilo Kranz – Commercial Space Transportation Programme Manager, ESA |
Cooperation and competition in the worldwide space transport sector |
Thilo Kranz – Commercial Space Transportation Programme Manager, ESAYann Tincelin – Space Transportation Systems Project Engineer, ESAJoern Bellermann – Propulsion Test Facilities & Services, ESA |
Capacity building for fund managers – Space Transportation |
Stefan Schneider – Space Downstream Entrepreneurship Officer, European Union Agency for the Space Programme |
Market opportunities for space receivers |
Joerg Wehner – Head of International and Infrastructure Coordination Office, ESAIlaria Roma – Head of Systems & Concurrent Engineering Section,ESA |
What TEC has to offer Concurrent Design Facility |
Michelle Baker – Head of the Strategy and Coordination Unit, ESA |
ESA Technical Operations Capabilities |
A total of 5 episodes were organised thanks to the key collaboration between key institutions for space sector financing: European Commission, European Investment Fund, EUSPA and European Space Agency. They tackled a large array of topics, promoting and providing expert insights on the various market opportunities for investors, as well as information to navigate the institutional ecosystem.
Episode 1 |
Episode 2 |
Episode 3Consumer space solutions: well- being, education and entertainment |
Episode 4Fund setup, investment strategy, investment team, exit strategy |
Episode 5Access to space (launchers, ground systems, modular technology, etc) |
Through its established ESA Investor Network and investor activities, ESA stimulates investments in the space sector. Stay tuned for more match-making, capacity building workshops and investor days and initiatives!