The Munich Space Summit will take place in Munich for the first time. The new format – combining the Munich New Space Summit and the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit – brings together internationally leading figures from industry, government, and research. Around 600 guests are expected.
Below is a selection of speakers, panelists, and moderators from the New Space segment (March 23–25) who have already confirmed their participation in the Summit:
Mistress of Ceremony Tag 1-3: Agnieszka Lukaszczyk, Founder & CEO, hiALtitude Consulting
Day 1 (23 March):
- Carla Filotico, Partner & Managing Director, Novaspace
- Quentin Robert, CEO, Spacefounders France
- Koen Geurts, Senior Investment Manager, HTGF
- Rob Desborough, General Partner and Accelerator Chair, Seraphim Space
- Joram Voelklein, Founding Partner, Alpine Space Ventures
- Jacob Rindler, Additive Manufacturing Lead, The Exploration Company
Day 2 (24 March):
- Chiara Manfletti, Chair of Space Propulsion and Mobility at the Technical University of Munich
- Indulis Kalnins, CEO, Rocket Factory Augsburg
- Gerald Hagemann, Head of Site Ottobrunn / Taufkirchen, ArianeGroup
- Justyna Redelkiewicz, CEO, GoCosmic
- Reinhard Blasi, Acting Head of Communications, EUSPA
- Jacek Strzelczyk, CEO, Satim
- Guilhem Garrel, Space Business Catalyst Partner France, Thales Alenia Space
- Andreas Heitmann, Managing Director Germany, Space Founders
- Andreas Knopp, Chair of Signal Processing, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
- Daniela Dobreva-Nielsen, Director Space Applications bavAIRia e.V.
- Samuel Mamou, Director, Alliance NewSpace France
- Ingo Baumann, Founding Partner and Lawyer, BHO Legal
- Nicolas Moraitis, Lead Legal Counsel, Infinite Orbits
- Brad Powell, Deputy General Counsel, Vast Space
- Cécile Gaubert, General Counsel, Exotrail
- Catherine Doldirina, General Counsel, D-Orbit
Day 3 (25 March):
- Florian Dötzer, Managing Director, TUM Venture Labs
- Valentina Luchetti, Senior Sales an Business Development Manager, Dcubed
- Hendrik Osenberg, Deputy Head of Navigation Department, German Space Agency at DLR
- Julia Brase, Associate Programme Manager, Helsing Germany GmbH
- Stewart Hall, Sales Director, Telespazio Germany
- Lucie Liversain, Chief of Staff, Skynopy
- Claus Kruesken, Journalist, Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), formerly the European GNSS Agency (GSA)
- Josef Aschbacher, Director General, European Space Agency (ESA)
- Michael Schöllhorn, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence & Space, und Präsident des BDLI
- Walther Pelzer, Director General, German Space Agency at DLR, and Member of the DLR Executive Board
- Hélène Huby, Founder & CEO, The Exploration Company
- Mattia Moscardino, CEO Germany, GMV
- Ernst K. Pfeiffer, CEO, HPS GmbH
- Brian Manning, CEO, Xona Space Systems
The week-long Munich Space Summit will focus on New Space during the first half of the week and on Satellite Navigation during the second half. On Wednesday, 25 March, a joint programme day will bring all participants together. Detailed information on individual sessions, keynotes, and deep dives is available on the event website.
Stakeholders also still have the opportunity to secure their involvement through sponsorship opportunities. Sponsorship opportunities can be booked as follows:
Sponsorship for the first part of the week (23-25 March), focus on New Space
Sponsoring for the second part of the week (25-27 March), focus on Satellite Navigation
All information on sponsorships and confirmed sponsors is available under Sponsors – Munich Space Summit.
