Speakers

Jed Sundwall, Amazon

Jed leads the global open data programme at Amazon Web Services. Throughout his career, he has used the Internet to improve the quality of governance around the world through work with NOAA, the World Bank, U.S. Department of State, NASA, ESA and the WWF.

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James Hinds, Airbus, Airbus

James is the Head of Space Strategy for Airbus Defence and Space. He was a Pioneer in SatCom, leading the ESA-Eutelsat-Airbus PPP Quantum. James has worked in the satellite industry for more than 30 years and has degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Business Administration.

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Guillaume Devauchelle, Valeo

Guillaume is the Vice-President Group Innovation and Scientific Development at Valeo. He joined the VALEO Group in 2000 after the acquisition of Sylea, where he served as its Research and Development Vice-President. He made his entire career in the automotive and aeronautics industry.

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Vincent Saubestre, Total

Vincent joined Total in 1990 and has held various managerial and executive positions in Exploration and Production in seven countries on five continents. Since 2016 he spearheads the implementation of an R&D Strategy for the Total Group. Vincent is a graduate engineer of Ecole Polytechnique (Paris). He holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California.

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Jean-Louis Étienne

As a specialised doctor in biology and nutrition, Jean-Louis has taken part in numerous expeditions to the Himalayas, Greenland and Patagonia. In 1986 he became the first solo overland man to reach the North Pole, pulling his own sled for 63 days. In April 2010, he made the first crossing of the Arctic Ocean with a balloon rozière.

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Martina Caironi

Martina Caironi is an Italian Paralympic athlete and was the flag-bearer of the Italian national athletics team at the latest Rio de Janeiro Olympic games. She won two gold medals in the 100 m sprint, 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio. Martina is the first ESA Grand Challenge Ambassador.

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Jean-François Clervoy

Jean-François is an engineer and an experienced ESA astronaut. He flew in Space twice on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis and again on a Discovery mission. Additionally, Jean- François filed an international patent for a special atomic wrist watch ‘Speedmaster Skywalker X-33’, tested and qualified by ESA for explorers.

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Andrea Biraghi

Andrea Biraghi is an Italian engineer, Head of Security & Information Systems at Leonardo S.p.a. During his long career he served as Senior Vice President - Director of LoB Cyber Security, Deputy Director Professional Communication Systems. He is an expert of digitalization and transportation.

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Jan Woerner, ESA

Jan served as Chairman of the Executive Board of DLR. He held the position of Dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty of the University of Darmstad. Before joining ESA as Director General, Jan was head of the German delegation to ESA and served as Chairman of the ESA Council.

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Eric Morel de Westgaver, ESA

Eric is Director of Industry, Procurement and Legal Services since 2013. In his career at the Agency, he has conducted several significant reforms of the administrative systems including the ESA Procurement Reform. He graduated in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

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Geraldine Naja, ESA

Geraldine is the Head of Industrial Policy and Audit Department. She has a degree of French Ecole Polytechnique and French Institute for Political Studies; Geraldine graduated in Chemical Engineering at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Previously she was the Head, Strategic Studies.

Kyle Acierno, ispace

Kyle is an international expert in commercial space and a specialist in lunar exploration. Kyle is Managing Director at ispace Europe, a lunar exploration and transportation company, and manages the front-running competitor in the Google Lunar XPRIZE, Team Hakuto.

Luca del Monte, ESA

Luca leads the ESA Space Economy focusing on innovation and the development of a new generations of space entrepreneurs, new Public-Private Partnerships concepts and the economic dimension of space missions. He holds a Master on Aerospace Engineering from La Sapienza University in Rome.