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A look back at the first day of ɸ-week, where among other things, participants express what ɸ means to them. Being held on 12–16 November at ESA’s Earth observation centre in Frascati, Italy, ɸ-week brings together emerging space investors, tech leaders, start-ups and entrepreneurs with the space scientists and Earth observation researchers who are developing the potential space business ideas of tomorrow.