2nd EU Access to Space Conference: It's a wrap!
An excellent day of discussions on the future of Europe’s access to space, bringing together Member States, ESA and industry leaders.
From competitiveness and resilience to launch capabilities, innovation and ambitious programmes such as IRIS², the message was clear: Europe needs a strong, competitive and resilient space transportation ecosystem.
A big thank you to all speakers, participants and partners who made the day a success.
About the 2nd EU Access to Space Conference
The Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) is pleased to announce the second edition of the EU Access to Space Conference, a yearly event convening experts from the space ecosystem.
This edition will focus on translating policy ambitions into actionable strategies for ensuring Europe's sovereign, resilient, and cost-effective access to space.
Under the theme “Ready to Launch: From Policy to Orbit”, the conference will focus on turning policy ambition into concrete action to strengthen Europe’s sovereign, resilient and competitive access to space.
A central part of the programme is the "Long-Term Vision for European Space Transportation”, with a session that will explore how European institutional actors are aligning around a shared ambition for autonomous, competitive and sustainable access to space, while addressing key challenges and defining the strategic priorities and implementation principles needed to turn ambition into action.
Discussions will also take stock of Europe's evolving launch services market — now shaped by a growing community of emerging private companies — and examine how the European ecosystem can strengthen and accelerate competitiveness in launch services.
Another major focus will be ground infrastructure for Europe’s access to space. This session will address what Europe needs to do to make ground infrastructure an enabler for sustainable access to space, including launch infrastructure, capacity and investment, resilience and security, and test infrastructure.
The registrations are now closed as we have reached the full venue capacity.
Venue Location
The event will take place at Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels.
Address: Rue Belliard 137A, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
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