The 73rd International Astronautical Conference (IAC) will take place in Paris on 18-22 September at the Paris Convention Centre.
On 19 and 20 September, from 14:00 to 15:00 CEST the European Space Agency Commercialisation department will host the “ESA BIC Pitch to Fly Start-Up Competition” at Hall 7 – F5, where ten young entrepreneurs will present their companies’ innovative offers in the field of Earth Observation and Space Transportation. On Wednesday 21 September, from 14:00 to 15:00 CEST, the two winners of the competition, one for each category, will be announced .
All the 10 start-ups have received support from ESA for their participation at the IAC and the winners will receive 1 hour of C-level mentoring by an ESA Director and an ESA Partner plus a very special award: a parabolic flight.
HERE THE LIST OF PITCHES BY THE START-UPS:
Monday 19 September:
- SpaceSense
- Zaitra s.r.o
- TITAN4
- NHAZCA
- Super-Sharp Space Systems LTD
Tuesday 20 September:
- Coactum
- Celestial Space Technologies GmbH
- The Exploration Company
- MIPRONS
- Magdrive
THE JURY
The jury will be composed by distinguished members of the space community:
Geraldine Naja |
Director for Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement, ESA; |
Michele Castorina |
Head of Phi-Lab Invest Office, ESA; |
Massimiliano Vitale |
Senior Vice President of Imagery & Analytics Engineering // Head of European Site Operations at Planet; |
Kornel Szabo |
CEO, Herius Capital; |
Anilkumar Dave |
Space Economy and Open Innovation Advisor, VC Fund Partner; |
Yann Tincelin |
Space Transportation Systems Project Engineer; |
Laura Todd |
Head of Future Programs for Space Exploration, Airbus. |
The moderator of the competition will be Joana Kamenova, Commercialisation Officer, ESA.
Discover the full programme of events at ESA’s pavilion.