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The inaugural UK-Swiss Space Exchange came to an end last week 💡💡💡
Two events brought together top experts from CH and UK (spanning #privatesector, #academia, #government, #military) highlighting the importance of international #collaboration in the rapidly evolving #space sector. The Swiss Business Hub and the Swiss Defence Attaché organised the event, under the patronage of H.E. Markus Leitner.
What was discussed⁉
➡ Space's pivotal role in #society and national #security
➡ How #telecommunications and #quantum #technology operating together will impact tomorrow?
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Thank you to all participants:
Renato Krpoun, Head of Swiss Space Office and Chair of European Space Agency - ESA I Dr. Paul Bate, CEO at UK Space Agency I Dr Alice Bunn OBE I Elisabetta Rugi Grond, CEO at Thales Alenia Space Switzerland I Nigel Towers, Head of Strategy, Sales and Marketing at Thales Alenia Space UK I Joanna Hart, Director at Space Partnership I Barbara Ghinelli, Director at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus I Prof. Volker Gass, Director of Strategic Initiatives at EPFL I John Young, Head of Future Space Business at BAE Systems I Kaoutar ABOUSMIR, Head of International Space Strategy at the Dept. for Science Innovation and Technology I Rafel Jorda Siquier, CEO at Open Cosmos I Raphael von Roten, SBFI I Dr. Matthias Schabus, Co-Founder at HMS Connect AG I Didier Manzoni, Deputy CEO at APCO Technologies SA I Will Wallis, Investor at Green Eight Capital AG I Alexander Holt, MD at Seraphim Space I Celine Yousefzai I Phillip Chambers, CEO at Orbex I Michelle Howard at The D Group I Philipp Maurer, Investor at Green Eight Capital AG I Antonio Duduianu from Astroagcency I Senior Representatice from the UK Space Command I Jessica Fell, Head of International Relations at DSIT.
I would like to thank our speakers who enlightened our Symposium discussions:
🔉 Lord Mayor of London Michael Mainelli
🔉The Rt Hon Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
🔉Major General Paul Tedman CBE, Commander, UK Space Command
🔉Colonel GS Ludovic Monnerat, Head of Space Operations, Swiss Dept. of Defence
🔉Miriam Grigg, Deputy Director at DSIT
🔉Andrew Stanniland, CEO of Thales Alenia Space UK
🔉 Carlos Moreno Fuentes, VP Corporate Alliances and Partnerships, WISeKey SA
🔉Stefano VACCARO, MD of Viasat Commercial Networks Europe
🔉Lucy Edge, Deputy CEO and Chief of Missions of Satellite Applications Catapult
🔉 Seumas Kerr, MD of The D Group.
Thank you to Col. Bernard Jeanty for the close collaboration and to our amazing teams that worked hard this year to make this a very successful exchange ❗👏
#spacetech #opportunities #partnerships #policy #regulations #internationalisation #commercialisation #investment #quantum
