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    ESA Commercialisation Days: Transportation event – Highlights

    The second instance of the ESA Commercialisation Days series was dedicated to the synergies between the space and transportation sectors and put the spotlight on the innovative actors working at the intersection of both sectors

     

    On 27 November 2023, about a hundred participants from all over Europe joined in ESTEC, Noordwijk (the Netherlands) to discuss about space applications in the Transportation industry.

    The event started with a welcome video from ESA DG Josef Aschbacher that was followed up by an introduction speech from Geraldine Naja, Head of Commercialisation, Industry and Competiveness at ESA.

    Visual representation of the introduction speech from Geraldine Naja

    The day was then divided in 3 different sessions: Road, Rail and Maritime. For each of these sessions, you will find bellow the replay as well as the list of speakers and their presentations.

    Session 1:

    Session 1: Road transportation & Space
    Industry keynote Ulrich Hermann, Einstein Industries Ventures Presentation
    ESA keynote Elizabeth Laier English & Roberta Mugellesi Dow, ESA Presentation
    Roundtable Christoph Keese, Axel Springer hy
    Georg Heinecke, Porsche Consulting
    Gero Corman, Volkswagen AG
    Jean-Marc Boucheret, Iveco
    Johannes Springer, 5G Automotive Association
    Lutz Bertling, OHB Board
    Nikolaos Tsampieris, Ertico
    Torsten Welte, SAP
     
    Elevator pitches ANavS Pitch
    ARTI Pitch
    Calyos Pitch
    Darwin Pitch
    EV8 Technologies Pitch

    Watch the replay of the first session:

    Visual representation of the automotive session keynotes

    Visual representation of the automotive session roundtable

    Session 2:

    Session 2: Rail & Space
    Industry keynote Stephane Callet, SNCF Presentation
    ESA keynote Enrico Spinelli, ESA Presentation
    Roundtable Daniel Lopour, EUSPA
    Didier Flament, ESA
    Dirk Spiegel, DB
    Franco Iacobini, RFI
    Giuseppe Angelisanti, FSI
    Sebastian Ohrendorf-Weiss, SBB
     
    Elevator pitches Intelligence on Wheels Pitch
    RailFlow Pitch
    Syntony Pitch

    Watch the replay of the second session:

    Visual representation of the rail session keynotes

    Visual representation of the rail session roundtable

    Session 3:

    Session 3: Maritime & Space
    Industry keynote Daire Boyle, Evenflow Presentation
    ESA keynote Nil Angli, ESA Presentation
    Roundtable Antonella Calvia-Goetz, EIB
    Barbara Scarnato, DNV
    Cosimo Cervicato, Grimaldi
    Gordon Campbell, ESA
    Symine Henkens, Antea Group
     
    Elevator pitches AlongRoute Pitch
    Amphitrite Pitch
    Awake.ai Pitch
    SkyTek Pitch
    Sternula Pitch

    Watch the replay of the third session:

    Visual representation of the maritime session keynotes

    Visual representation of the maritime session roundtable

    Continuous commercialisation open calls notably related to transportation can be found on the Incubed, or the NAVISP channels.

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