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ESA News
Space industry announcements in Bremen: Space Tech Expo Europe and ESA Ministerial
Space Tech Expo Europe attracts scores of space professionals to Bremen in November. This year, the city additionally hosted the ESA Ministerial Council Meeting. News was fast-flowing, as were the networking ops at Connecting The Curious.
ESA Network Meeting in Munich celebrating 20 years of ESA BICs
The Dutch BIC, Broker & Phi Lab programmes were represented at the ESA Commercialisation Gateway Network Meeting in Munich recently. There were also celebrations as Thomas Parry of Spherical won a top award.
ESA’s 2nd EO Commercialisation Forum focuses on Earth observation and climate initiatives
The ESA Commercialisation Gateway announcement of ESA’s 2nd EO Commercialisation Forum – taking place on 27 and 28 November in Frankfurt – highlights the call for CommEO Award entries from startups.
ESA BIC Network Meeting in Paris: Venturing into the NewSpace Economy – A Global Perspective
Fostering collaboration in shaping the future of space innovation in the global entrepreneurial ecosystem was at the forefront of business incubation forum that took place at ESA’s HQ in Paris this month. Read the report.
New venture consulting in space business for the 2024 ESA–CEMS challenge
SBIC recently welcomed students of the 2024 ESA–CEMS block seminar as they journeyed into the new space economy and presented exciting business ideas. ESA BIC incubatees teamed up with them with inspiring results.





