Space For Inspiration Programme
Day 1: 12 July - Space For Inspiration Programme
9:30 Introduction and Welcoming
9:40 Opening Speeches - Recorded Videos
Geraldine Naja
Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement
European Space Agency (ESA)
10:00 Keynote - Ensuring Earth is NOT our Final Frontier
Ed Gillespie
Environmental Entrepreneur, Author and Futurenaut
10:50 LEO Economy Round Table
Jorgen Bru
Commercial Services Manager – Boost!
European Space Agency (ESA) – Directorate of Space Transportation
Donatella Ponziani
Head of ESA Commercialisation Gateway and Market Intelligence
European Space Agency (ESA) – Commercial, Industry and Procurement Directorate
Mario Cardano
Marketing and Sales Manager
Thales Alenia Space
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:05 Keynote - Circular Economy on Earth
Pieter Van Exter
Lead Sustainable Industries
Metabolic
12:40 In-Situ Resource Utilisation Presentation
13:15 Group Photo
13:20 - 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 Workshops
Workshop 1: Lunar Economy
Lunar Workshop Agenda
14:15 Introduction to lunar workshop by ESA, Massimo Sabbatini (moderator) and Francesco Liucci (workshop organizer)
14:25 Celebrating early success story: Lunar Pathfinder by SSTL (Nelly Offord)
14:35 Introduction to the LCNS Call for ideas and elevator pitch session – Francesco Liucci
14:40 Elevator Pitch session (60sec)
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- Pitch #1: Lunar Objects and Activities Registry by Open Lunar Foundation
- Pitch #2: ROSLight – Gateway for robotic lunar missions by VisionSpace Technologies GmbH
- Pitch #3: LUNARS: LUNar Autonomous Robotic Swarms by Spaceclick S.r.l.
- Pitch #4: SILVER DOT by Spaceclick S.r.l.
- Pitch #5: EUROHAB Secondary Habitat and Science Platform as payload for EL3 on the lunar surface by Spartan Space
- Pitch #6: Moon Surface Mapping/MoonMap by CGI
- Pitch #7: Cloud on the Moon by CGI
- Pitch #8: OPS-SAT version of Open Lunar Robot with use of LCNS by Marcin Wilk
15:00 Introduction to the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Lunar payload delivery services by ESA, Alexandre Meurisse
15:05 Pitch session from Lunar payload delivery services AO respondents
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- pitch #1: OHB
- pitch #2: ispace
- pitch #3: Logistics Services/Astrobotic
- pitch #4: Space Apps/Intuitive Machine
- pitch #5: Exploration Company
15:40 Introduction to the ESA Lunar Robotic Challenge by ESA, Massimo Sabbatini
15:45 Panel discussion with
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- ESA, European Large Logistic Lander (EL3), Argonaut (William Carey)
- NASA, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (Chris Culbert)
- Telespazio, Lunar Communication and Navigation System (LCNS) (Marco Brancati)
- SSTL, Lunar Communication and Navigation System (LCNS) (Nelly Offord)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (Paolo Ariaudo)
16:45 Closing remarks and end of the lunar workshop
Workshop 2: Automated LEO Platforms
In this workshop (only available for onsite participants):
- Discover the commercial ecosystem for automated LEO Platforms in Europe
- Get to know about the automated / uncrewed LEO platforms providers, their timeline, capabilities and unique selling propositions
- Meet the potential service providers for such platforms and listen to their lessons learned from their ISS experience
- The potential demand to conduct research in these platforms will be presented (ESA and non-ESA institutional and market-driven)
16:45 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:15 Moonlight - Lunar Communication and Navigation Services (LCNS) Call for Ideas
Fabrice Joly
Head of Future Telecom Programme Consolidation Section
European Space Agency (ESA) – Telecom and Integrated Applications Directorate (TIA)
Bernhard Hufenbach
Lead Commercialization and Innovation Team
European Space Agency (ESA) – Human and Robotic Exploration Directorate (HRE)
Javier Ventura-Traveset
Head of Science Office in the Strategy and Programme Department
European Space Agency (ESA) – Directorate of Navigation
18:00 Networking Reception
19:00 End First Day
Day 2: 13 July - Space For Inspiration Programme
9:00 Introduction & Welcoming
9:10 BSGN Industry Accelerators and CASE Call Round Table
Marie Laure Gouzy
Project Manager
MEDES – Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology
Markus Häuser
CEO
Space Cooperative Europe – SCE
Hamid Soorghali
Strategy Consultant
Satellite Applications Catapult
Elena Razzano
ARTES Application Engineer
European Space Agency (ESA) – Commercial Applications Enabled by Space Environments (CASE)
10:00 Commercial Service Providers Round Table
Nelly Offord (Lunar Pathfinder Mission)
Business Line Manager - Exploration at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)
Hilde Stenuit (ICE Cubes Facilities)
ICE Cubes Business Development - Space Application Services
Christian Steimle (BARTOLOMEO Platform)
Program Manager - Airbus Defense and Space
David-Stefano Zolesi (Bioreactor Express)
President - Kayser Space Ltd.
Joshua Western (Space Forge)
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniel Campbell (Space Pharma)
Managing Director
Christian Bruderrek (YURI)
COO and Co-Founder
10:50 Interview with Bernhard Hufenbach
Bernhard Hufenbach
Lead of Commercialisation and Innovation Team
Human and Robotic Exploration (ESA)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 NASA Artemis Program
Bill Hartwell
Orion Program Office
NASA
11:50 "Rock around the Moon" Performance
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 Workshops
Workshop 3: ESA Way Forward on Post-ISS LEO 2030+
Session 1/2: 14:00 – 15:30 “ESA Way Forward on post-ISS LEO 2030+”
Speakers:
Welcome by David Parker, Director of Human & Robotic Exploration (recorded)
Frank De Winne, LEO Exploration Group Leader, Directorate of Human & Robotic Exploration (HRE)
Alain Conde Reis, Head of Technology Coordination Office, Directorate of Space Transportation (STS)
Q&A with audience
Session 2/2: 16:00 – 16:30 “LEO and cis-Lunar Future Technologies”
3x Pitches live from SpaceTech 2022 (Toulouse), organised by TU Graz
Speaker:
Bernhard Gotthart, Master in Leadership & Business Management (WU Vienna)
Pitch titles:
1. Space Debris Transportation for Lunar Recycling
2. Solar Energy Supply to the Moon
3. Space Tether Transportation System for Orbit Maneuvering
Q&A with audience
Workshop 4: In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing by Satellite Applications Catapult
In this workshop we will discuss the challenges that IOSM (In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing) present and moreover the opportunities for Europe and allied nations to exploit, both commercially and industrially. We see many challenges in the development of new technologies and their successful role out including the need for control systems, feedback mechanisms, docking and interoperability between different platforms, the transfer of liquids, gases, power, and data. The need for standardisation is key to success adoption, and it is important that Europe is able to lead the definition of such interfaces else we risk becoming dependent on other approaches which may place member states at a disadvantage in both adoption and deployment.
16:30 Audience Round Table
16:45 End of the Conference
BSGN Industry Accelerators Launch
Three Consortia to Develop BSGN Industry Accelerators
The BSGN Industry Accelerators are entry points for dedicated industries, markets and related stakeholders to understand how exploration platforms can boost innovation. The market-driven Accelerators will cover their fields across all ESA member states. Their aim is to connect European industry to new business opportunities.
They will create a project portfolio from specific industry actors’ ideas and a fund to allow for a matchmaking to take projects to space. The fund will be supported by ESA with matchmaking funding of up to a maximum of 5 million Euros.
On 10 May 2022, the 3 accelerators met for the first time for the BSGN Industry Accelerators Launch. Each of them will focus on a specific market:
The BSGN Advanced Materials Industry Accelerator
The consortium of 6 European companies will run the programme in order to promote the opportunities for engineering novel materials in Space. The Satellite Applications Catapult is leading the consortium and will manage the accelerator with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPE), the Satellite Applications Catapult and the Technological Institute of Plastics (AIMPLAS), Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Network, the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Institute of Material Research and the National Composites Centre (NCC)
The BSGN Agriculture And Food Industry Accelerator
The consortium will support research and development in Space to accelerate the development of solutions in the field of sustainable agriculture and food. This contract is led by the Space Cooperative Europe (SCE) which works with EurA AG and Space Business Innovation Centre of Noordwijk.
The BSGN Life Sciences Industry Accelerator
MEDES, France Biotech and connect by CNES will support the product development in Space in biomanufacturing, health and pharma.
Market Survey for Sustainable Agriculture & Food (CLOSED)
Are you working in the Agriculture and Food Industry?
Please help us understand your needs and challenges by participating to this market survey.
In return we may help you by providing tailored research and product development support in the future.
This market analysis questionnaire is conducted by ESA BSGN Sustainable Agriculture & Food Accelerator.
Space for Inspiration 12 - 13 July 2022
ABOUT THE EVENT
THE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE EXPLORATION
We had 2 days of inspiring talks, engaging roundtable discussions and interactive workshops with the aim to:
- Shape the LEO and Lunar Economy
- Learn more about commercialisation initiatives
- Discover new opportunities to grow your business
- Develop new partnerships with European and international partners
- Network with key players in the space industry
- Meet ESA’s Commercial Partners and the BSGN Industry Accelerators
Space For Inspiration Event Partner
PROGRAM PREVIEW
WHAT TOOK PLACE
Below are the workshops that took place across the two days of the event.
There was also a lot of space for networking and engaging talks by expert speakers.
You can find the workshop summaries as well as the workshop slides by clicking on the button below the workshop description, or click “View full Programme” to find out which speakers were preset in the event.
- Lunar Economy Workshop
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- ESA Moonlight Initiative – Connecting Earth with the Moon
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- Lunar Communication and Navigation Services (LCNS) – Call for Ideas and Use Cases
- Celebrating success story: Lunar Pathfinder
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- ESA Robotic Challenge and way forward
- Lunar Payload Delivery Services
- ESA Moonlight Initiative – Connecting Earth with the Moon
- LEO Economy Workshop
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- ESA Way Forward on Post-ISS LEO 2030+
- Future Technology Pitches
- Automated LEO Platforms Workshop
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- ESA Space Rider
- LEO service providers
- Potential users
- More coming soon
- In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing Workshop
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- What does IOSM mean to participants
- Gaps in capabilities, knowledge sharing and standardization that need to be addressed to allow for building critical mass behind developments
- Building the framework and identification of suitable technologies to drive innovation, which will lead to new products and services.
- Facilities needed to provide verification and validation for successful IOSM operations and system deployment
Who attended this event?
Service Providers, Large System Integrators and Space Agencies
Companies interested to make use of space to accelerate their business
Investors, VCs, and Funds
Representatives from international organisations, policy makers and delegations
EVENT LOCATION
SPACE FOR YOUR IDEAS
The 2022 Edition of Space for Inspiration was hosted in the Erasmus Innovation Centre (EIC) of ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
The EIC has long-standing heritage at ESTEC, having hosted more than one thousand events over the past decade, spanning from conferences and TV productions to visits by Kings and Queens.
Managed by the Innovation and Commercialisation Team in Human and Robotic Exploration, the EIC presents the ideal space to bring together the growing community of the Business in Space Growth Network.
IMPRESSIONS FROM SPACE FOR INSPIRATION EDITIONS IN LONDON 2016 AND BILBAO 2018
LCNS Call for Ideas Webinar Panel Discussion 20th April 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT
20 April 2022
17:00 - 18:00 CET
About this event
The Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS) Call for Ideas and Use Cases is open until the 30/04/2022. To give you more information about it and answer your remaining questions, we are organizing the LCNS call webinar panel discussion.
ESA experts will be there to give you more insights and help you mature your ideas.
The LCNS Call for Ideas is a Moonlight Initiative.
The Webinar Agenda
Moonlight will be presented as well as the Lunar Communications and Navigation Services Call for Ideas and Use Cases
A first discussion on how the LCNS can play a role in the future lunar exploration scenarios.
You will be able to ask questions about the first panel discussion and choose the next topic.
Space and non-space services could make use of LCNS. Panel discussion on use cases and potential market opportunities.
You will be given time to ask your questions to our expert panel.
LCNS Call Webinar Panel Discussion
Download the slides
LCNS Call for Ideas Webinar 9th March 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT
9 March 2022
17:00 - 18:00 CET
About this event
The Lunar Communications and Navigation Services Call for Ideas and Use Cases is open. To give you more information about it and answer your questions, we are organizing the LCNS call webinar.
Experts from Telecommunications and Integrated Applications and Human and Robotic Exploration will be there to give you more insights.
The LCNS Call for Ideas is a Moonlight Initiative.
LCNS Call Webinar Speakers
Bernhard Hufenbach
Lead of Commercialisation and Innovation Team
Human and Robotic Exploration (ESA)
Frank Salzgeber
Head of Innovation and Ventures Office
Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (ESA)
Pietro Giordano
Radio Navigation Engineer
Technology Engineering and Quality (ESA)
Francesco Liucci
Innovation Management Officer
Human and Robotic Exploration (ESA)
The Webinar Agenda
Bernhard Hufenbach will present the overall Moonlight initiative and the Lunar Communications and Navigation Services call for ideas
Frank Salzgeber will present the ESA’s expectations from a Telecommunication and Integrated Applications point of view.
Pietro Giordano will present the navigation expectations.
Francesco Liucci will present the ESA’s expectations from a Human and Robotic Exploration point of view.
You will be given time to ask your questions to our expert panel.
LCNS Call Webinar
Closing on 31st April - LCNS Call for Ideas
CALL FOR IDEAS
We are connecting Earth with the Moon
Several commercial and institutional missions to the Moon are planned for the coming decades. To support them we will need an available global communication and navigation system. Two European consortia are currently working on the feasibility study for the implementation of such a system the so-called Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS).
On the 10th of January 2022 we have launched the Lunar Communications and Navigation Service (LCNS) Call for Ideas and use cases for you to answer this question:
What would you like to do on the Moon?
Understanding your needs better will allow us to design the capabilities that meet them better.
We are looking for innovative ideas for application cases at concept stage as well as higher level of maturity.
Here are some examples of areas:
- Demonstrating the feasibility of in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) in support of future human missions (e.g. water, oxygen, cryogenic propellants, metals).
- In-space manufacturing
- Prospecting capabilities
- Logistics
- Artificial intelligence
- Navigation applications:
- Synchronization and timing applications
- Enhancing safety (i.e. Search-and-rescue, alert and distress)
- Improved mobility
- Scientific applications
- Dust mitigation
- Infrastructure construction and maintenance
- Rocket refueling
- Crops cultivation
- Life-support
- Media (e.g. streaming services, filming, etc.)
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Education
- Gaming, including infotainment and edutainment
Can you answer to the call?
This call is for everyone!
- Are you part of the scientific or academic community? Would you like to fly payloads to the Moon and make scientific discoveries?
- Are you working for a private industry? Would you like to reproduce something that exist on Earth, offer services or products to the Moon, bring something from the Moon down to Earth? Would you like to promote your brand or products from the Moon?
- Do you have any other idea that would need communication or navigation services with the Moon?
Anyone who has an idea is welcome to submit it.
What if your idea is selected?
If your idea is selected as one of the best, you will be invited to ESA establishments for 1-to-1 meetings to mature your idea. We will direct you to the right programme or appropriate funding mechanism.
If you are selected, you will also be invited to the 2nd LCNS User Engagement Workshop to be hold in Q2/Q3 2022. You will have the opportunity to present your idea and use cases.
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Surprise us
You have until the 30th of April to submit your idea.
Tell us what part of the Lunar Communications or Navigation Service you would need to complete your project, how you would implement it and how to make it sustainable?
WEBINAR
Download the slides from the LCNS Webinar (09/03/2022):
THE MOONLIGHT INITIATIVE
ESA is going to the Moon together with its international partners. NASA’s Artemis programme as well as many other initiatives from the main space institutions in China, India, Japan and Russia, alongside other spacefaring nations, as well as private entities across the globe are advancing the global lunar exploration ambitions.
With its European industrial partners, ESA is helping to build the Lunar Pathfinder showcasing lunar communications service provision by providing initial services to early lunar missions. It will enable polar and far-side missions that would otherwise have to procure their own communications relay systems. The Lunar Pathfinder includes a navigation payload demonstrator, which will allow for the first time positioning in lunar orbit using GPS and Galileo systems. The Moonlight initiative will build on both the ESPRIT communications module and the Lunar Pathfinder.
An accurate and reliable lunar communications and navigation service would allow missions to land wherever they wanted. Radio astronomers could set up observatories on the far side of the Moon. Rovers could trundle over the lunar surface more speedily. It could even enable the teleoperation of rovers and other equipment from Earth.
Using a shared telecommunications and navigation service would reduce the design complexity of individual missions and make them lighter, freeing space for more scientific instruments or other cargo, making each individual mission more cost-efficient.
Lowering the ticket price to lunar exploration could empower a wider group of ESA member states to launch their own national lunar missions. Even on a relatively low budget, an emerging space nation would be able to send a scientific CubeSat mission to the Moon, inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Commercial bodies could use innovative technologies developed for the Moon to create new services and products on Earth, which would create new jobs and boost prosperity. They could also identify new Moon-enabled services and products such as virtual reality games in which players manipulate lunar robots or see through the eyes of lunar astronauts.