Name: Up and above - Accelerating Space Innovation in Belgium
Start: 2023-04-19T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-04-19T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Brussels

Up and above - Accelerating Space Innovation in Belgium

E﻿SA Space Solutions Belgiumis the go-to-place for all entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas involving space to create a better world. We accelerate space innovation in Belgium by supporting new ventures using space technology, data, or services with funding, expertise, and access to our network.

ESA Space Solutions Belgium

Meet other entrepreneurs and discover how to launch and grow your venture.

Brussels

Let's accelerate space innovation in Belgium!Join this event dedicated to researchers, engineers, start-up founders, and other entrepreneurs with space-related business ideas.F﻿or space companies: Solve industrial challenges with space technologyF﻿or other industries: Explore and source cutting-edge space technologyF﻿or start-ups and spin-offs: G﻿et your space start-up off the groundAre you working on the next big thing for space? Or do you have an innovative idea using space technology, data, or services on earth?<ul><li>Discover how we can support your project, venture, or start-up</li><li>Learn from other entrepreneurs how they succeeded</li><li>Find funding and investment opportunities</li><li>Expand your network in the space sector</li></ul>The﻿ full programme will be published soon.A﻿ccess is free for registered participants!

Agenda

Welcoming

Introduction by ESA Space Solutions Belgium

Schedule for the afternoon

Guerric de Crombrugghe is a managing partner at Nuketech. He has a solid technical background in a wide array of topics, and hands-on experience in leading and coaching startups. Prior to co-founding Nuketech, Guerric has worked on diverse technical domains of the aerospace industry, from electric propulsion at the European Space Agency, through the analysis of macro trends as a strategy consultant with SpaceTec Partners, telecommunication systems as a business development manager for the satellite manufacturer OHB, and drones with SABCA. In June 2020, he launched ScanWorld, a spinoff delivering insights to the agriculture sector based on advanced satellite imagery, which was sold in April 2022. Leveraging these experiences at the edge of science and innovation, he became a member of the Investors Club and of the Scientific Committee of the Nuclear Valley, in France.

Keynote : The astropreneur journey, from founding to acquisition and beyond

Networking Break

Alessandro Brunetti obtained his PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Oxford where he conducted research on CMOS image sensors. He has 10+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry where he has covered several roles from R&D to business development. Since 2021 he is the CEO and Founder of iQrypto, a belgian based startup providing a novel generation of Quantum Random Number Generators that are small in size and low power.

Quantum cryptography at the service of satellite communication

Co-founder and CEO of HeartKinetics, Pierre-François is a Physicist, (M.Sc. Ph.D., & M. Biz. Mngt.); specialist in cardiac monitoring and space physiology; Passionate for space exploration and entrepreneurship, he combines these passions into the first solution developed by HeartKinetics: KINO which is a cardiac remote monitoring solution based on his research funded by space agencies (for over 20 years and discoveries he made while developing a solution suitable for astronauts. KINO is using smartphone motion sensors assisted with ai to remotely predict the health status of a patient or of an astronaut in space. In 2017, he received the first price of innovation from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC-EHRA) for making this technology available to the largest number of patients. His vision is that patients have an unconditional right to access their data. This will help all healthcare stakeholders provide faster access to diagnosis and improve the outcome of the patients.

From space technology to preventing heart failure on Earth

With over 20 years of experience in two-phase technologies, Olivier was the CEO of Euro Heat Pipes which developed two-phase cooling solutions for satellite electronic applications. He sold this company to Airbus Defense and Space but kept the technology to address the cooling challenges of the non-space electronic applications. So he incorporated Calyos that adapted the technology to the non-space environment and is now targeting the e-mobility and computing markets mainly. Prior to Euro Heat Pipes and immersing in the two-phase technology, Olivier held various management positions in corporations and holds various Master Degrees in Finance and Business administration.

Advanced cooling technology repurposed for the e-mobility market

Pieter Naert is a chemical engineer with a PhD and training in business management. He specializes in the engineering and scale-up of electrochemical systems and manages daily operations. He co-founded HYDROHM BV, focusing on developing and commercializing sustainable water treatment solutions. Previously, Pieter was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ghent University and a Doctoral Researcher at CMET research group, SynBioC research group. His PhD project involved the recovery of carbon from waste streams by chemical upgrading of fermentatively produced building blocks.

Electrified water to create a new toilet wastewater concept

Vittorio Bava is an ESA Space Solutions Technology Transfer Manager

Presenting the ESA Space Solutions Belgium Technology Transfer mechanisms

Benoit de Vrieze is an ESA Space Solutions Business Incubator Manager

Presenting the ESA Space Solutions Belgium Business Incubation Centre

From space to nuclear : fruitful exchanges between two deep-tech industries

Closing

Networking drink

End of the event

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