Programme

10.9.2020

Emerging Space_2020 (2nd Slovak Space Tech Day)

9:30 – 10:00 Opening Session: Slovak Space Industry in 2020+

10:00 – 11:00 Session #1: Emerging Space Countries – Integrating Slovakia & other new space countries into the European space economy

Olivier Lemaitre – ASD Eurospace, Secretary General (keynote)
Nathalie Tinjod - European Space Agency, External Relations Department
Adriana Rad - European GNSS Agency, Inter-institutional Officer
Ján Baláž – Slovak Academy of Sciences, Space Engineer; corresponding member of International Academy of Astronautics
Jean-Jacques Juillet - Thales Alenia Space, Director of European Footprint Development

11:00 – 12:00 Session #2: Emerging Space Actors - Building a space ecosystem by spinning-in, supporting startups and technology transfer

William Carbone – IBM, Aerospace & Defense, Global Business Development (keynote)
Slovak Space Startup Presentations

13:00 – 14:00 Session #3: Emerging Space Domains – Finding new promising areas in the global space economy

Pete Worden – Breakthrough Prize Foundation, Chairman; NASA Ames Research Center, Former Director (keynote)
Sebastian Magadzio – Airbus Group, Country Director for Poland
Martin Jančo – M2M Solutions s.r.o., CEO; Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic, Vice-president
Luigi Scatteia – PwC Advisory, Global Space Practice Leader

14:00 – 14:15 Startup Presentation Results & Closing Session

Slovak Aviation Industry Day

15:00 – 15:15 Opening Session

15:15 – 16:15 Session #1: Current trends and challenges in the global aviation industry

Hironobu Kondo - All Nippon Airways Company Ltd, General Manager of the Vienna Office (keynote)
Vincent De Vroey - AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, Civil Aviation Director
Ivan Ferencz - European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Team Leader
Ivan Masár – TTTech Computertechnik AG, Team Leader Product Management Aerospace

16:15 – 17:15 Session #2: From roads to the air – new opportunities for Slovakia

Štefan Klein – KleinVision s.r.o., Founder and CEO; Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Professor (keynote)
Miroslav Šmelko – Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Aeronautics
Rudolf Zaujec – Masam s.r.o., Head of R&D

17:15 – 17:30 Closing Session

Expert Panels Organised by Košice Self-governing Region

8:30 – 10:45: Asian Innovation in Aviation

Chairman: Juraj Seman - President's Advisor for Foreign Affairs & Protocol, Kosice Self-Governing Region
Le Xuan Huy - Vice Director General, Vietnam National Space Center, Vietnam
Wei Wei - Executive director of Sino-Russia Joint Laboratory of Functional Nanostructured Metals, Vice dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering at Changzhou University, P. R. China,
Pham Mai Khanh, Vice dean of Hanoi Science and Technology University, Vietnam
Jing Hu - Vice Dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou, University, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials Surface Science and Technology, P R China

11:00 – 12:35 - European Innovation in Space & Aviation

Chairman: Róbert Bidulský - Authorised representative for Innovation and Technological Transfer, Kosice self-governing region
Marco Actis Grande - Rector's Advisor for the Alessandria campus, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (keynote)
Bruno Vicenzi - Technical Manager, European Powder Metallurgy Association, France
Ľudmila Kučerová - Regional Technological Institute, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen: Pilsen, CZ

Organiser

Bilateral Meetings
Participants	86
Meetings	88