Second Space Academy 18-19 November, Bremen, Germany

Hosted by SpaceUp consortium leader AviaSpace Bremen, the second Space Academy will be held on the 18-19 November 2019 in Bremen, ​back-to-back with the Space Tech Expo Europe.

On Monday 18th November the event will take place in BITZ, Fahrenheitstr.1
On Tuesday 19th November the event will take place in Exhibition Halls 4&5, Buergerweide (in conjunction with Space Tech Expo Europe)

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Agenda

Provisional Programme

Monday 18th November 2019
BITZ, Fahrenheitstr.1
Workshops: 

Time	ROOM 1 – K1	Room 2 – K2	Room 3 – K3	One-to-one sessions
08:30 - 8:45	​Welcome & Registration Welcome Speech by AviaSpace Bremen	-	-	-
08:45 - 10:15	-	Crowd-funders  Matteo Masserdotti, CEO at 200 Crowd	The Business Model Discovery  Erik Steinhoefel, Head of Competence Center Knowledge Management at Fraunhofer	5 one-to-one meetings
10:15 – 10:30	​Break	Break	Break	6 sessions, 30 min each
10:30 – 12:00	Latest trends, Deep learning and AI Engineering  Roland Becker, Manager at JUST ADD AI	Becoming Investment ready with the Mentorship of Business Angels By EBAN	European Space Ecosystem: Doing Business with ESA [TBC]	08:45 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00	​Lunch & Networking	​Lunch & Networking	​Lunch & Networking	Lunch & Networking
13:00 – 14:30	Becoming Investment ready with the Mentorship of Business Angels By EBAN	Crowd-funders  Matteo Masserdotti, CEO at 200 Crowd	The Business Model Discovery Erik Steinhoefel, Head of Competence Center Knowledge Management at Fraunhofer	5 one-to-one meetings ​
14:30 – 14:45	Break	Break	Break	​6 sessions, 30 min each
14:45 – 16:15	Latest trends, Deep learning and AI Engineering  Roland Becker, Manager at JUST ADD AI	EU funds in R&I and the Business Plan under H2020  Tanya Scalia, Project Manager in the Innovation & Technology Transfer Unit at the Italian Space Agency (ASI)	European Space Ecosystem: Doing Business with ESA Jens Kauffmann, Head of SME Office at European Space Agency (ESA)	​13:00 - 16:15
16:15 – 16:30	​Plenary of participants	​Plenary of participants	​Plenary of participants	-
18:00	​Drinks & Dinner	-	-	-

Experts for one-to-one sessions: 

• Candace Johnson, Angel Investor, EBAN President Emeritus and EBAN Space Executive Committee Member
• Andrea Boffi, European Project Manager at IBS
• Fabio Pasinetti, Financial Analyst at IBS Consulting
• Salvo Mizzi, Finance for Innovation Counsel at Research Consortium Hypatia
• Lorenzo Scatena, Director at the Research Consortium Hypatia
• Eleonora Lombardi, Technology Transfer and Integrated Applications Officer at the Research Consortium Hypatia
• Marco Buttolo, Division Manager Aerospace & Defense
• Kathrin Hiß-Baudach, International Implementation Manager
• Erik Steinhoefel, Head of Competence Center Knowledge Management at Fraunhofer
• Jean-Patrick Cap, Head of Competence Center for Innovation Systems and Structures at Fraunhofer IPK

Tuesday 19 November 2019
Exhibition Halls 4&5, Buergerweide
​Tech Conference: Start-up Spotlights:

Time	Description
13:00	Start-up Session: Enhancing greater investment in the European space industry Start-up organisations are pivotal to the space industry: since the early 2000s, entrepreneurs and investors have brought disruption to the approach of space system manufacturing (OneWeb), launch (SpaceX) and on-orbit data collection (Planet and Spire). Being a small and new fish in the big pond that is the space industry, it can be hard become visible among the many large organisations and get into business. 27% of all start-ups have mentioned that their main challenge when entering the industry is customer acquisition. As outlined in a recent report, 80% of European start-ups are currently looking for support, be finance for space but also non-financial support. 38% of them highlighted the fact that they are not making any sales revenues yet, while 78% of the start-ups foresee an improvement of their business situation in the near future? In this panel discussion, various start-ups, industry associations, prime integrators and VCs come together to discuss the following topics: How to establish a sustainable business in such an expensive industry? How to create a seamless integration of New Space organisations into conventional space organisations Why do many companies struggle to get funding and how can this be prevented? Are cross-industry partnerships the answer? What is the promise of New Space? Will it disrupt or complement the ’conventional’ space ecosystem? Moderator TBC Speakers Candace Johnson, Serial Space Entrepreneur and Investor, SES. Loral Teleport Europe, Europe Online, OWNSAT, Seraphim Space, NorthStar, EBAN President Emiritus Sebastian Straube, CEO, Interstellar Ventures Hans-Georg Tschupke, Head of Innovation, Industry, Digitalisation, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports Bremen Conor O'Sulivan, Investment Manager, Seraphim Capital Christian Ziach, Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds
13:45	Start-up Pitch Sessions In collaboration with Aviaspace, Space Tech Expo Europe provides a start-up pitch session for European space start-ups, to offer them the opportunity to showcase their ideas and innovations to venture capitalists and venture arms of prime organisations. 10 companies will get the chance to pitch in front of this team of experts before and after the afternoon break.  Join in and pitch your ideas!  The applications to pitch have now closed - please stay tuned to know who will be pitching at Space Tech Expo this year.    Judges Candace Johnson, Serial Space Entrepreneur and Investor, SES. Loral Teleport Europe, Europe Online, OWNSAT, Seraphim Space, NorthStar, EBAN President Emiritus Sebastian Straube, CEO, Interstellar Ventures Hans-Georg Tschupke, Head of Innovation, Industry, Digitalisation, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports Bremen Conor O'Sulivan, Investment Manager, Seraphim Capital Christian Ziach, Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds
14:30	Break
15:00	Start-up Pitch Sessions Continued
15:40	Start-up Spotlight Wrap Up Explanation of the impact assessment procedure to participants and audience, as well as an announcement of the next Space Academy.