Speakers 2026

Christophe Caralp
Vice President, Head of Supply Chain
ArianeGroup

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

Benoît Deper
Founder & CEO
Aerospacelab

Kirsten Drost
Chief Commercial Officer
S[&]T

Joost Elstak
Senior Vice President Missions
ICEYE

Bart Groothuis
Member
European Parliament, Renew Europe Group

Rainer Horn
Managing Director
Novaspace

Sotirios Kanellopoulos
Policy Officer, Data, ICT, AI for Environmental Sustainability, DG Environment
European Commission

Prof Dr Pieternel Levelt
Director
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations, NCAR

Matteo Merialdo
Cybersecurity Principal
Starion

Gen (ret) Tom Middendorp
Chairman
International Military Council on Climate and Security

Dr. Neta Palkovitz
Chief Legal, Policy & Sustainability Officer, General Counsel
Dawn Aerospace

Thijs Perenboom
Director
52 Impact

Todd Player
Digital Technology Lead
Pacific Institute

Dr. Ignacio Reyes
CEO & Co-Founder
Dunedain Space

Steven Rutgers
Chief Commercial Officer
Arianespace

Michael Schoellhorn
CEO
Airbus Defence and Space

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

Fred Stolle
Deputy Director Forest Program
World Resources Institute

Aaldert van Amerongen
Head of Earth Observation
Space Research Organisation Netherlands

Marjolijn van Deelen
EU Special Envoy for Space
European External Action Service

Anna Franziska WENDL-PURKHAUSER
Manager
Novaspace

Niels Wielaard
CEO and founder
Satelligence