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Space Rendezvous comes to Kista

  • Electrum building, Sal A, Floor 2 16 Kistagången Kista Sweden (map)

Register here: https://forms.gle/tXFzTHBm9DTXsJXJA

Zoom video stream: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/69375207414

Space competition: https://forms.gle/4jxvBaMSDPgVWUYLA

KTH Space Centre, the hub for Swedish space research and technology, cordially invites to:

Space Rendezvous comes to Kista

-  how to successfully launch new Swedish space companies into orbit?

 

Swedish space companies are internationally competitive and Swedish innovations are found on numerous rockets and satellites.

The Kista technology cluster is world known for its function as a Swedish innovation engine and holds many successful space companies, a perfect place to address the question: What's the secret sauce of space success?

During the Space Rendezvous you are invited to:

  *   Learn about some of the latest innovations and developments in the Swedish space industry from a wide range of prominent speakers

  *   Meet and mingle with space start-ups, companies, students and decision makers

  *   Explore what conditions are needed to create a thriving Swedish space innovation ecosystem

 

Program:

13:00 Welcome! Marco Giertz, CEO Visit Kista AB

13:00 - 13:10 KTH Space Center; what is the Swedish space node? Christer Fuglesang, Astronaut

13:10 - 13:20 Working on Venus. The Radio We Could Send to Hell! Carl-Mikael Zetterling, Professor

13:20 - 13:30 STING – European Space Accelerator powered by Sting and Cassini: Linda Krondahl, Project Manager

13:30 – 13:40 I.S.A.A.C. - International Space Asset Acceleration, Mattias Hansson, CEO & Co-founder

13:40 - 13:50 ReOrbit: Satellites for connectivity in space. Ernst Wehtje, Business Development Manager

13:50 - 14:00 IR-Nova - Championing IR technology for space. Eric Costard, CTO

14:00 - 14:10 THINGS - Space Tech for the rest of us. Magnus Melander, Evengelist & Co-founder

14:10 - 14:20 KTH Innovation - world-class innovation support. Hannes Eder & Tom Magnergård, Business Development Coaches

14:20 - 14:30 Electrum Laboratory; more than just a lab. Nils Nordell, Director

 

14:30 -15:25 Coffee/mingle break, space competition – with prize! Guided tours of the Electrum Laboratory.

Space cake sponsored by OHB.

Space exhibition:  OHB, Rymdkapital.se, Halespace, IR-Nova, Aesir, MIST, STING, THINGS, KTH Innovation… and many more!

 

15:25 -15:35 OHB - 30 years of space success. Fredrik Sjöberg, Deputy Managing Director

15:35 - 15:45 Swedish National Space Agency. Anna Rathsman, Director-General

15:45 – 15:55 FMV, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. Christian Krokstedt, Project Manager

15:55 - 16:10 AESIR & MIST - Student rockets & satellite – Hugo Wijk, Chairman & Sven Grahn, Project Manager

16:10 - 16:20 PandionAI - Securing timely information by putting AI in space and control to the user. Markus Skogsmo, Chief Executive Officer

16:20 - 16:30 Rymdkapital.se Ted Elvhage, Founder 

 

16:30 - 17:00 Panel discussion; how do we enable Swedish space startups to succeed and grow?

Moderator: Christer Fuglesang, Astronaut, KTH Space center

Swedish National Space Agency, Anna Rathsman, Director-General

porkchop, Victor Gonzalez Marin, Co-founder

ReOrbit, Sethu Savedda Suvanam, Founder

PandionAI, Markus Skogsmo, CEO

STING, Linda Krondahl

 

17:00 - after event networking Space PUB in collaboration with Qmisk - the Student Chapter, Qlubbmästeriet IN-Sektionen Kista. RSVP in registration form! Rikard Johansson, Master of Ceremony, Qmisk

Time: Thursday, April 27, 13.00 - 17.00

Place: Electrum building, Sal A, Kistagången 16, Kista

Register here: https://forms.gle/tXFzTHBm9DTXsJXJA

Zoom video stream: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/69375207414

Event organizer: Marco Giertz, CEO, Visit Kista AB

Special thanks to our sponsors: Gold: OHB-Sweden, Algoryx Silver: THINGS, IR-Nova

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