The event, with the collaboration of Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and Ciência Viva – the Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture, will focus on the achievements of the Portuguese Space Solution network, mainly the start-ups from the Business Incubation Centre, Business Application projects and national technology transfers; and on the future markets powered by space in the context of the Portuguese Space Strategy (www.ptspace2030.pt) with emphasis on international cooperation.

Below you can see a draft program for both days:

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DECEMBER 20th

15:00 – Welcome & Reception @ IPN, C building

15:10 – ESA BIC Portugal new start-ups Wall of Fame

15.30 – Reception @ IPN, D building with Tech Transfer demonstrators

16:00 – Anniversary Opening ceremony

16:15 – ESA TTPO

16:30 – ESA Space Solution PT milestones & achievements

16:45 – ESA BIC PT new incubatees

17:00 – Small ARTES Apps 2017 projects

17:10 – ESA BIC PT 2017 alumni round table

17:40 – Closing remarks

17:45 – Networking event supper

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DECEMBER 21st

09:00 – Welcome & Reception @ IPN, D building

09:15 – Opening by IPN President of the Board of Directors and Regional Secretary of Azores Regional Government

09:30 – New Space & Atlantic Launch Services (OHB / MT Aerospace – Joern Spurmann; Orbex – Chris Larmour; CEIIA / Omnidea – Tiago Rebelo; PLD – Miguel Yages)

10:30 – Portuguese Science & Technology Minister

10:45 – ESA General Director

11:00 – Space for Education & Developing Capabilities for Space within
International partnerships (Ciência Viva – Ana Noronha; Edisoft – Ricardo Conde; MIT-Portugal Program – Pedro Arezes; UT Austin Portugal Program – José Mendonça)

11:30 – Coffee break & Tech Transfer demo corner

12:00 – Space Rider and the new potential opportunities for pharma (Avio – Roberto Mancini; Thales Alenia Space Italy – Cesare Lobascio; Hovione – Guy Villax; Bluepharma – Sérgio Simões)

12:30 – Future markets powered by Space (Spin.Works – Vasco Pimenta; Sogrape – António Graça; LSE Space – EUMETSAT – Hugo Costa; Critical Software – Ricardo Armas)

13:00 – Closing remarks, by Paulo Ferrão, Science and Technology Foundation President

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Attending the event is free, however the selected venue has limited capacity. Therefore we highly encourage you to confirm your participation by filling out the registration form https://goo.gl/8LHDuH.

For any questions please send an e-mail to space@ipn.pt