Capacity building for fund managers: Investing in space applications for safety and security? Monday 2 May 13:30 – 16:30

Space technology, infrastructures and digital applications offer many market segments with a high growth rate and many opportunities to take a market leading role. This series of capacity building workshops has been created for VC fund managers interested in finding out more about space investments.

Episode 2 is hosted by DG DEFIS in Brussels on Monday 2 May and focuses on how space applications can contribute to safety and security in Europe. You are welcome to participate on site or online. We will cover space security in orbit, space defence, how to protect critical infrastructures with space assets, and Space Situational Awareness –a new EU programme with more than €400M of funding where European companies will have significant opportunities to expand their businesses.

Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A session, where you can ask questions about e.g. emerging market segments, the major market players, dynamics, public funding, and so on.

See the workshop outline below:

13:30 –13:40 Welcome and introduction to the Commission’s actions to improve access to venture capital and debt funding for space companies, by Guillaume de La Brosse, Head of Unit, DG DEFIS

13:40 –14:00 Deep dive on Space Situational Awareness – a new EU programme where 80% of the budget of €400M will be outsourced to European companies and startups, by Rodolphe Munoz, DG DEFIS

14:00 –14:10 Q&A on investment opportunities: Space Situational Awareness

14:10 –14:30 Deep dive on space safety program by Holger Krag, ESA

14:30 –14:50 Deep dive on telecommunications activities for security by Christopher Leigh, ESA

14:50 –15:00 Q&A on investment opportunities: space safety program and telecommunications activities

15:00 –15:30 Coffee break

15:30 –15:50 Deep dive on emergency response by Flavio Sbardellati, EUSPA

15:50 –16:00 Q&A on investment opportunities: emergency response

16:00 –16:20 Deep dive on critical infrastructures by Valeria Catalano, EUSPA

16:20 –16:30 Q&A on investment opportunities: critical infrastructures

16:30 End of workshop

To register, please complete the online registration form  before 27 April 2022, and indicate whether you participate physically and online.

The workshop is free of charge.