Speakers 2026

Coco Antonissen
Programme Manager
Netherlands Space Agency

Niels Bernving
Space Systems Engineer
Axient Systems NL

Laurens Bierens
Senior Program Manager
TNO

Alexander Blauw
CTO
Orbitale Eye

Angela Brouwers
Sustainability Investment Officer
Cardano

Andreea Calcan
Officer in Charge of UNEP's IMEO
UNEP IMEO

Alessio Cartosio
Policy Officer
European Commission

Simonetta Cheli
Director of Earth Observation Programmes
ESA

Dušan Chrenek
Principal adviser to the Director-General DG CLIMA
European Commission

Rodrigo Da Costa
Executive Director
EUSPA

Francesca del Monaco
Viasat Optical Technology Director
Viasat

Brendan Devlin
AADV
European Commission

Weiyi Ding
Data Scientist
City of Amsterdam

Kirsten Drost
Chief Commercial Officer
S[&]T

Joost Elstak
Senior Vice President Missions
ICEYE

Richard Engelen
Deputy Director of CAMS
ECMWF

Bart Ettema
Business developer
Demcon Kryoz

Timmo Gaasbeek
Policy Coordinator (Food and Nutrition Security)
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sandor Gaastra
Secretary-General
Ministry of Economic Affairs

Anna Gimbrère
Moderator/speaker
ANNA

Giancarlo Granero
Head of Unit - Space Economy
European Commission

Willy Guilleux
Senior VP Global Government Services
Eutelsat

Emiel Harink
Vice President
VDL Enabling Technologies Group Almelo

Rainer Horn
Managing Director
Novaspace

Crista Huisman
Deputy Head of Space Division
EU

Marco Janmaat
Staff Officer
Ministry of Defense (MOD NL)

Marnix Kluiters
Speaker, Host, Podcast creator
Ecosofie

André Kuipers
Speaker
NSO

Ivan Kulis
Head of Unit for Nature Conservation and Observations
Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission

Marnix Laanen
Owner
Water Insight

Marieke Leegwater
Senior Policy Advisor
Solidaridad

Pieternel Levelt
NCAR ACOM Director, NCAR Affiliated Director
NSF NCAR, KNMI, TU Delft

Julia Leventi
Sr. Computer Vision Scientist/Integrator
TNO

Edo Loenen
Business Unit Manager
S[&]T

Petra Lugtenburg
Director-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Pooja Mahapatra
Head of Product - Climate & Nature
Fugro

Vesa Mäntylä
Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff
Finnish Air Force

Tanja Masson-Zwaan
Asst. Professor/Deputy Director
IIASL, Leiden University

Grzegorz Matyja
Space Operations Center Commander
POL Space Operation Center

Matteo Merialdo
Director, Technology & Innovation
NEXOVA Group and STARION Group

Tom Middendorp
Chairman
IMCCS

rohit mital
Solution Architect
Axient

Rodolphe Munoz
Legal officer
European Commission

Wouter Niessen
Consultant
CGI Nederland B.V.

Marc Niezette
Head of Safety and Cybersecurity for Space Division
Telespazio Germany GmbH

Sandy Nijhuis
Moderator
Sandy Nijhuis

Reinier Oost
Director of Technology
Sensar

Kees Oude Lenferink
Senior Policy Officer Space & Navigation
Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Chiara Pedersoli
CEO
OHB SYSTEM AG

Thijs Perenboom
Director
52impact

Dietmar Pilz
Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality and Head of ESTEC Establishment
ESA ESTEC

Neta Plakovitz
Chief Legal, Policy & Sustainability Officer, General Counsel
Dawn Aerospace

Todd Player
Digital Technology Lead
Pacific Institute

Lina Pohl
Research Fellow seconded by DLR
European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Isabella Poldrugo
depury head of unit
European Commission

Anna Purkhauser
Manager
Novaspace

Pavithra Raghunathan
Lead Earth Observation Data Scientist - CGI
CGI, Nederland, B.V.

Gerard Rauwerda
Business Developer
Technolution

Dr. Ignacio Reyes
CEO & Co-Founder
Dunedain Space

Julia Riss
Director Government & Public Affairs, Sustainability Policy EMEA
Nike

Jeroen Rotteveel
CEO
ISISPACE

Jaap Schellekens
Sr. Specialist Hydrology and Earth Observation
Deltares

Michael Schoellhorn
CEO
Airbus Defence and Space

Rinus Schroevers
coördinator team remote sensing
Rijkswaterstaat

Aurélien Silvestre
Head of Functional Equipment Procurement
ArianeGroup

Alexandra Sokolowski
Business Manager
NLR

Dimitra Stefoudi
Advisor Space
Netherlands Space Agency

Lt. Gen. André Steur
Commander
Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force

Fred Stolle
Deputy Director
World Resources Institute

Anders Sundeman
Swedish Armed Forces Chef of Space
Swedish Armed Forces

Jesus Tellez Rodriguez
R&D Program Manager
Thales

Christian Trampuz
Senior Project Manager
TNO

Niel Truyens
Business Director Optical Communication
Airbus Netherlands

Aaldert van Amerongen
Head of Earth Observation
Space Research Organisation Netherlands

Marjolijn van Deelen
Special Envoy for Space
EEAS

Simon van den Dries
Strategic Partnerships
EnduroSat

Gus van der Feltz
Sr Business Developer
FSO Instruments

Bas van der Hoeven
Senior Vice President
CGI Nederland

Maria Van der Hoeven
Chair
LTR

Tineke van der Veen
CEO
NLR

Harm van de Wetering
Director
Netherlands Space Agency

Lieutenant-General Dick C. van Ingen MA
Netherlands Military Representative
NATO and EU Military Committees

Nina van Lanschot
Strategic Lead, IAMD
TNO/Advisory Council of International Affairs

Hans van Leeuwen
STOWA/SAT-WATER
STOWA/Waterschapshuis

Alex van Nieuwland
Senior Policy Officer Space Affairs
The Netherlands Department of Economic Affairs

Petra Vorwig
VP, Legal & Regulatory Affairs
New Skies Satellites BV

Frederic Voulouzan
Strategic development
Airbus Defence and Space

Niels Wielaard
CEO and founder
Satelligence

Petra Wijnja
Lead Space Warfare & Expertise
RNLASF

Pierre Wilhelm
Aerospacelab Switzerland CEO / Senior Sales & Business Development EMEA Director
Aerospacelab

Liesbeth Wilschut
Senior Advisor Water Governance | Partnership coordinator Blue Deal
Blue Deal - Dutch Water Authorities

Jeroen Wink
Co-founder and CRO
Dawn Aerospace

Susanne Wirwille
Space Development Agency
JHU Applied Physics Laboratory

Alexandra Zevenbergen
Vice President
CGI Nederland