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Graduate in aerospace engineering and master student in mechatronic engineering. I wish to create a network to make space more accessible to everyone.
ArcifaView Profile
Legal and communication counsel. Interested in Human Rights and Law-Innovation with a focus on AI. I wish to promote a space policy based on the objectives of security, justice and freedom.
MorelliView Profile
Law & IR undergraduate student, currently studying a double career in Spain and wishing to specialize in Space Law & Policy. I wish to encourage the strengthening of links within the space sector, in order to enhance international space policy.
GrazianoView Profile
Developer interested in technology and space. It's time to shape the Space economy and exploit its potential.
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I am a Space Engineering graduate, currently working as a systems engineer for flight simulators. I have a deep interest in all the opportunities Space has to offer, and I believe that involving a broader audience in Space-related activities will be necessary to face most of our future challenges.
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I am a graduate student in International Relations currently specializing in Space Policy. I wish to foster collaboration between space enthusiasts, dreamers and experts to harness their full potential in shaping the European space sector.
Graduate in aerospace engineering and master student in mechatronic engineering. I wish to create a network to make space more accessible to everyone.
Law & IR undergraduate student, currently studying a double career in Spain and wishing to specialize in Space Law & Policy. I wish to encourage the strengthening of links within the space sector, in order to enhance international space policy.
I am a Space Engineering graduate, currently working as a systems engineer for flight simulators. I have a deep interest in all the opportunities Space has to offer, and I believe that involving a broader audience in Space-related activities will be necessary to face most of our future challenges.
Legal and communication counsel. Interested in Human Rights and Law-Innovation with a focus on AI. I wish to promote a space policy based on the objectives of security, justice and freedom.
I am a graduate student in International Relations currently specializing in Space Policy. I wish to foster collaboration between space enthusiasts, dreamers and experts to harness their full potential in shaping the European space sector.
Developer interested in technology and space. It’s time to shape the Space economy and exploit its potential.
Master degree in Physics and Geophysics at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome (Italy) and collaboration with the university as Research Fellow for the study on thermodynamic irreversible processes applied to the temporal evolution of bradyseism. In 1986, joined a software system company (GEPIN) as software analyst and commercial responsible of new hardware/software integrated products.
In 1989, joined Selenia Spazio (today Thales Alenia Space) by starting the space experience as System Engineer for Earth Observation’s (EO) Space System for Military/Civil customers and spanning wide responsibilities as Project Manager, Ground Segment Chief Designer, Navigation Project Manager, EO Programs Manager for Institutional Customers (ESA, EUMETSAT, EC, EDA, ASI, MIUR) and Head of EO Data Exploitation Engineering Unit.
In 2002, for the recognised ability of intimacy with the customers, changing to Commercial Department as Earth Observation Business Development Manager reporting to the Vice President as worldwide interface for EO export market and Head of the Defence Marketing mainly focused on Military TLC (SICRAL).
In 2004, after the joint venture with Alcatel (Thales later), changing as Deputy of Bid Unit and Head of the New Initiative Development and Program Manager for Remote Sensing Department. In 2010, changing to Institutional Customer and Business Development JV Department as Manager of Business Development Initiative for Security.
In 2013, based on the large experience, changing to management activities and responsible of OEN (Observation, Exploration and Navigation) Strategic Business Plan coordination as Operational Support reporting to CEO TAS Italy. Later on also Manager of Market Intelligence Unit and EURASIA Area Export Manager.
In 2017, after internal organisation, changing to M&S Department as Manager Strategic Marketing Observation, Exploration and Navigation until the current position of Manager Space Economy Observation and Navigation.
She has actively worked in more National and European working groups/forum as member and/or chairperson on different thematic matter such the European Pillars GMES (today COPERNICUS), Security, SSA (Space Situational Awareness) and Space Policy. Appointed as expert in numerous National and European Working Group such as: Italian GMES Steering Group, Chair of Thematic Area Surveillance for S-IMG (Security Industrial Management Group), Chair of Security Thematic Area for SPIN-IT (Italian Space Platform) and for SERIT (National Security Platform) and participation to Finmeccanica (today Leonardo) Security Community and space export opportunity for AIAD (Defence
Industry Association).
Today, Member of COPERNICUS National User Forum and National Committee for GGIM (Global Geospatial Information Management) as EO expert. Member of IAF (International Astronautical Federation) for Security Committee and Earth Observation & GEOSS Committee, Member of IAA (International Academic of Astronautics) for Space Debris Permanent Committee. Authored several technical/scientific papers and mentor of young people with a Master Degree in political, economic, law science and business schools to introduce them in the space arena.
Free Lecturer for International Master on Capacity Building in Astronautics for “La Sapienza University” DIAEE (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Astronautica Elettrica ed Energetica) with a module of 12 hours. From the beginning of her career she always supported gender diversity actions by promoting a female role model and she was member since 2016 of Women In Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) association and point of contact for Thales Alenia Space (WIA-E Platinum Corporate), later on Director of Communication and WIA-E Chair. Today, Co-leader of the Rome Local Group to be closer to the members and new generation. She is also member of the BPW (Business Professional Women) Italy, to represent the space sector, and she received in 2018 an award as Recognised Leader.
Antonio Scannapieco holds an MSc (2013) in Aerospace Engineering and a PhD (2017) in Industrial Engineering awarded by University of Napoli “Federico II”, Italy. His main areas of research are Aerospace Systems, Remote Sensing, and Autonomous Systems. During his career, he joined Fraunhofer FHR as Visiting Research Student (2016) and served at Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS) as Post-Doc Research Fellow in Navigation and Guidance (2017) and as Visiting Researcher (2019). While at CDS, Antonio was highly involved in the H2020 Integrated 3D Sensor Suite (I3DS) project and with DSTL. Antonio was also the Rapporteur in the “Highly Integrated Distributed Systems” session at IAC 2018. After the academic experience, he worked in the field of Autonomous Driving at Stellantis (2019) and now deals with Urban Air Mobility. His keen interest in the space sector led Antonio to Space Generation Advisory Council in 2015. During the years, he was more and more involved in the organization, being in the Organizing Team of the First Italian Space Startup Competition (ISSC) and Event Manager for the NSE SpaceGen Track (2019), the Second ISSC Edition (2020) and the NSE-SGAC Webinar (2020), as well as being involved in the activities of some Project Groups. Antonio also holds the role of SGAC National Point of Contact for Italy since 2020, together with Aureliano Rivolta.
Rami Ibrahim is Founder of Orbofleet, Mentor at SGAC, and Chief Innovation Officer at Tod’Aers. He received the Master “degree” of Science in Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France in 2018. He received the Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Amman Al-Ahliyya University in Amman, Kingdom of Jordan in 2007. He has around 13 years of experience in the Satellite filed, space and ground segments. Working as Director at Orbofleet Space Co. in Strasbourg, France since 2019. He has also worked with SES Satellites under the department of the Satellite Systems Performance and Engineering in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2018. He has worked as Business Development and Project Manager, Satellite Communications at Saudi Net Link Co. in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from 2013-2018 and with the Satellite Support Group at Saudi Aramco Company, the Oil/Gas and Maritime sector. Also, he has worked as Satellite Uplink Engineer with the Radio and Television Co. in the field of Satellite TV Broadcasting from 2007-2010.
Since June 1, 2016 Jean-Jacques Tortora serves as the Director of the European Space Policy Institute.
From 2007 to mid 2016 he was the Secretary General of ASD-Eurospace, which is the trade association of the European Space Industry.
From 2004 to mid 2007, he was head of the French Space Agency (CNES) office in North America and the Attaché for Space and Aeronautics at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.
Previously he was Deputy Director for Strategy and Programs, responsible for the Industrial Strategy of CNES, the French Space Agency. Prior to that position, he was France’s representative in the ESA Industrial Policy Committee and
Joint Communication Board.
From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Tortora was adviser to the French Ministry of Research for Industrial Policy Funds management, aiming at industry competitiveness support and new space applications and services development and promotion.
From 1996 to 1998, he was appointed by Arianespace in Evry, France, to lead a risk mitigation and cost reduction plan covering to the end of operational life of the Ariane 4 launcher.
From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Tortora was based in Kourou, French Guiana, as Head of Arianespace Operations Quality Department. There, he led the Quality Management of the Ariane 4 launchers final integration and of the launch pad operations and maintenance. He supervised the industrialization and the implementation of the associated control plans.
Mr. Tortora started his career in 1984 at the French military procurement agency, DGA, as a naval weapons integration and test engineer, expert in signal processing and warships acoustic discretion.
Omkar Nikam is an independent space and satellite consultant based in Strasbourg, France. As one of the leading satellite experts in the European market, Omkar specializes in providing market research, analysis, and consulting services for several upstream and downstream space/satellite companies. Omkar also manages an online research and analysis portal, Access Hub, providing a critical analysis on the current developments in the space and defence industry. In his decade long career path, Omkar has spearheaded extensive consulting and market research projects for European and American companies. As an independent professional, he consistently manages upstream satellite communications market studies report for private enterprises with an emphasis on European, Latin American, African, and Asian satellite market. Simultaneously, with a strong foothold in technology and business journalism, Omkar also provides an extensive editorial and communication services for the space/satellite companies. He can be reached at: www.oknikam.eu
Mattia is a Researcher at SDA Bocconi School of Management. His collaboration with SDA Bocconi began in 2015 where he has been involved in applied research projects for corporate and financial institutions. He has dealt with risk management topics deepening the analysis of risk valuation models. He is teaching coordinator of national and international custom programs for senior executives. Currently, Mattia is the teaching assistant of Financial Management and Corporate Banking, Financial Management and Financial Markets, and Structured and Project Finance courses at Bocconi University. He was also academic tutor of the CEMS (the Global Alliance in Management Education) project work for ESA (European Space Agency). Since 2018, he has been working as permanent researcher at SEE Lab (Space Economy Evolution Laboratory), a multidisciplinary research lab of the SDA Bocconi School of Management focused on the analysis of the space industry. Within the SEE Lab, Mattia has enlarged his academic interests addressing venture capital investments and start-up development with the main objective to create an innovation program for space endeavors. At the same time, he studies Public-Private Partnership models from a financial perspective to better address issues derived from space exploration programs. Many of the activities he is involved in are available on the SEE Lab website (https://www.sdabocconi.it/seelab). Now, he is carrying out research on Moon mining economic sustainability with a first publication as a co-author. (Sommariva, A., Chizzolini, B., Gori, L., Pianorsi, M. (2020). The economics of moon mining. Acta Astronautica). In 2015, he was appointed as project supervision at Cuora Consulting, a non-profit management consultancy (a Bocconi University student association) offering pro-bono consulting services to non-profit organizations focused on developing a better community. Mattia obtained an MSc in Management in Bocconi in 2014. He attended the Executive Management Program in Banking in 2015 and the Teaching Excellence Program in 2017, both at SDA Bocconi. He is a PhD candidate at University of St. Gallen.
Victoria Carter-Cortez is an astrophysicist and aspiring space policymaker. She currently works as a consultant at PwC’s Space Practice where she is actively involved in projects that support both the public and private sector in decision-making, space policy development, and carrying out economic impact assessments. Prior to this, Victoria was working at the European Space Agency’s Washington D.C. Office as part of ESA’s External Relations Department. There, she analysed developments from key space actors and worked to strengthen international partnerships across the Atlantic. Victoria carried out her Master’s degree at University College London where, in partnership with the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, she investigated Jupiter’s X-ray auroral activity. Opening opportunities in STEM, particularly for women, is close to Victoria’s heart. To this end, she has worked as an academic mentor internationally, sharing her passion for space and delivering interactive courses to engage and inspire the next generation of space scientists and engineers.
Based in Stockholm Sweden, Martina Lofqvist is a business developer and researcher with a background in computer science and business management. She is currently conducting research at the University of Glasgow on ways to optimize data processing in space for object detection in satellite imagery. She is also involved with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) in the position of Assistant Treasurer where she manages the SGAC Incubator Program, supporting projects through funding and mentorship globally. Additionally, she recently worked as a Solutions Architect at Momentus, an in-space transportation services company, where she managed sales in the EMEA region.
Hady considers himself a true explorer, always seeking to discover more and acquire new knowledge.
He is currently involved as a suborbital scientist astronaut candidate, and as a faculty member at the European Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, being also the director of the Space Entrepreneurship program, Rome Business School and LUISS summer course.
Hady is a space engineer and had the privilege to take part in numerous space related projects collaborating also with German Space Agency (DLR), NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian Academy of Cosmonautics.
He has been honoured with several awards including being recognized as the best young researcher by the European Space Agency (ESA) and listed among Forbes30 under 30 Europe.
Since 2015 he has been following the growth of the New Space Economy in Europe, being directly involved with it. Hady is also an SGAC member doing space advocacy, in support of the United Nations and was the former co-Lead of the Space Exploration Project Group.
Graduating in physics at the University of Trento. I have an unbridled and rather senseless passion for elevators. I am an avid and pathological reader and collector of books. Founder of astrospace.it
Vladimir Pletser earned a Master of Engineering in Mechanics in 1979, a Master of Sciences in Geophysics in 1980 and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics in 1990 from the University of Louvain,
Belgium.
He is currently Director of Space Training Operations at Blue Abyss, a company based in UK, proposing a new approach for astronaut training. From 2016 to 2018, he was Visiting Professor – Scientific Adviser at the Technology and
Engineering Centre for Space Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China, supporting the preparation and development of microgravity research instrumentation for parabolic flights and for the future Chinese Space Station. Previously, he worked for 30 years as Senior Physicist – Engineer at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) of the European Space Agency (ESA), developing scientific instruments for microgravity research in fluid physics, crystallisation of proteins and zeolites and on dexterous manipulation on board the International Space Station.
He was also responsible of the ESA aircraft parabolic flight programme. He logged more than 7350 parabolas, representing more than 39h 30m of weightlessness, equivalent to 26 Earth orbits, and 53 min and 50 min at Mars and Moon g levels, during which he participated in several hundred experiments in physical and life sciences. He holds the official Guinness World Record for the number of airplanes (14) on which he flew parabolas. He served as Flight instructor for public Discovery Parabolic Flights.
Astronaut Candidate for Belgium since 1991, he was Payload Specialist candidate for several Spacelab missions, including Spacelab LMS for which he spent two months in training at NASA-JSC, Houston, in 1995. He was Astronaut Training Instructor for Parabolic Flights with ESA astronauts and for NASA and DLR astronauts for several Spacelab missions.
Selected in 2001 by The Mars Society, a private organisation promoting the human exploration of Mars, he participated in three international simulation campaigns of Mars missions in the Arctic Circle in 2001 and in the Desert of Utah in 2002 and as Crew Commander in 2009.
He is visiting Professor in 20 universities in Europe, USA, Canada, Africa, Israel, and China. He has more than 650 publications, including 6 books, 16 book chapters, 63 articles in refereed journals and 138 articles in international conferences proceedings.
He is member of the International Astronautical Academy and of several other academies and scientific organizations.
Dr Andrew Williams is responsible for external relations at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) – an intergovernmental organisation of 16 Member States that constructs and operates world-leading astronomical facilities and fosters international cooperation. Dr Williams supports strategic relationships with current and future Member States, the EU, UN, and international organisations such as the ESA and CERN. He represents ESO at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and recently has been dealing with the policy aspects of the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy. He serves as ESO’s representative on the Executive Board of ATTRACT – a 55 Million Euro project to create a breakthrough technology innovation process using Big Science research facilities. Prior to ESO he worked for over a decade as senior policy advisor for NATO, with areas of expertise in strategic impact evaluation and the implications of future technologies. He began his career as a physicist for the UK government, and has a degree in theoretical physics and a doctorate in public policy.
Jean-Dominique is a Strategy Manager at Airbus, where he develops the future of its space and defence division.
Prior to that, he built up a solid career in space engineering and programmes with ESA, NASA, Airbus. Specializing in Human Spaceflight, he led projects for the International Space Station, prepared astronauts operations, and designed exploration missions for future lunar habitat.
Beyond the space scope, he led innovation projects for Airbus, founded a tech startup, and did consulting work in Asia.
A curious mind who has lived abroad for the past 15 years, he will be glad to get to know you and support your journey.
Dr. Veronica Moronese is a Space law researcher and theorist. She is member of the Scientific Committee of the Center for Near Space in the Italian Institute for the Future, and Lead Researcher for commercial space exploration at the International Academy of Space Law. She is also member of the Space Generation Advisory Council, in which she participates in the Space Law and Policy Project Group. In addition, she participates in the Lunar Commerce and Economy Project Group by Moon Village Association. Dr. Veronica Moronese focuses her research activity on the legal challenges related to the development of Space Economy, with particular attention to the sectors of commercial exploration, Space tourism, Space mining, and in general to the problematic recognition of private property in Space, to which she has dedicated several publications. Devoted to anticipation of legal challenges, she also focuses her studies on the legal and political issues that could arise in the hypothesis of establishing permanent human settlements in Space. In recognition of her effort to guarantee inclusion, equal opportunities and the respect of human rights in Space, she has been chosen as role model and mentor in the Space4Women project by UNOOSA for 2020 and 2021. Born in Caserta, Italy, in 1991, she has a Master’s degree in International Law obtained at the University of Verona, Italy, where she lives. She dedicated her research thesis to the competence of the European Union in aerospace matters, subject in which she was an absolute pioneer in said University. She promotes the knowledge of Space law to the public, aiming at bringing young people closer to Space-related professions and at disseminating the importance of Space law for a proper development of Space programs.
Giuliana Rotola is a research intern at the European Southern Observatory in External Relations and Science Policy Affairs, working on the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy, and a Summer Research Fellow at the Legal Priorities Project. She holds a joint bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Trento in Comparative, European, and Transnational Law and a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University (ISU). Before joining ISU, she conducted research at the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL – ESA) and in the Institut du Droit de l’Espace et des Télécommunications (IDEST), and worked at the Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies. Giuliana is also a research fellow at the Open Lunar Foundation, a 2020 Fellow in Space Studies at the Foresight Institute, and a member of the Legal Council of For All Moonkind. Within Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), she serves as Space Law and Policy Project Group Co-Lead, as an advisor to the Task Force on U.S. Space Legislation, as Co-lead of the Satellite Constellations team for the Space Safety and Sustainability Project Group, and she is a member of the SGAC E.A.G.L.E. Action Team on effective and adaptive governance for a lunar ecosystem.
Clelia Iacomino is a Junior Research Fellow of Knowledge of Business Government Relations at SDA Bocconi School of Management that joined in 2018. She is also researcher at SEE Lab (Space Economy Evolution Lab) in policy impact analysis, market analysis and international business strategy. At SDA Bocconi she has been interested in organizing workshops, webinars and international conferences. She participated in a series of international conferences such as: IAC (International Astronautical Congress), Economics of space debris workshop at CODER and Summit for Space Sustainability. She also coordinated numerous research projects for space agencies, space and non-space industries and international organizations. She took part and coordinated to several training activities in the field of space economy, space policy and governance, satellite services (focus on: Telecommunication, Earth observation), evolution of technological trends and business strategies of space industries at an international level. She teaches in both Italian and in English in master, university courses and MBA. Her research activities focus on: the impact of satellites services on demand side ( such as: agriculture, transportations, energy, insurance and telecommunications), technological trends regarding the on-orbit servicing, the impact of policy on corporate and international business strategy, space governance and european market fragmentation,knowledge sharing for innovation in a complex ecosystem, policy and business issues regarding the activities of Moon mining, economic theory applied to space debris scenarios and the role of the industries and public sectors of the sustainalibity of the Low Earth Orbit. She is author of books and articles on space sector. Her works have been published in Il Sole 24 Ore, Airpress, Springer Books, Springer Brief in applied Sciences and Technologies and International Astronautical Congress. She has contributes to the Springer Book "Europe and the Global Space Economy – Institutional Challenges and Policy Solutions", analysing policies and space economy programs of major space faring nations, particularly the Unites States and the present institutional set up in Europe. Clelia earned a MSc Degree in in Political Science – International Relations from La Sapienza University and a Master in Space Institutions and Policies at SIOI (Italian Society for International Organisation), Rome. She is currently PhD Candidate in Management & Innovation at Catholic University of Milan.
Born in 1994 in Italy, Arianna Ricchiuti is Editor of EJR-Quartz for the European Space Agency, working at ESA ESTEC Communication Office in Noordwijk (Netherlands), where she is responsible for internal communications and events. Prior to this role, Arianna had been working for many years as a Planetarium Presenter and Outreach Officer at the Planetarium of Bari (Italy), creating and hosting shows and astronomical observations for schools and general public. Arianna has also been speaker at many astrobiology congresses and festivals all over Europe. Her commitment towards science communication brought her different awards: from the victory in the 2016 national final of FameLab Italia, worldwide competition about science communication, to the 2020 Space Factor Award from EANA, the European Astrobiology Network Association. Arianna holds a Bachelor in Biology from the University of Bari and a Master in Science Communication from SISSA, Trieste. In her free time she enjoys writing for PLaNCK, an Italian science magazine for kids, drawing and playing chess.
Antonino Salmeri is an Italian space lawyer specialized in lunar governance and space resource activities. Since 2019, Antonino works as doctoral researcher in space law at the University of Luxembourg, where he is pursuing a PhD on the regulatory and enforcement aspects of space mining under the supervision of Prof. Mahulena Hofmann and with the support of the Luxembourgish National Research Fund (FNR) (PRIDE17/12251371). Antonino is a qualified attorney registered at the Italian BAR and holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Catania, an LL.M. in Law and Governance of the European Union from the LUISS University and an Advanced LL.M. in Air and Space Law from the University of Leiden, all obtained with the distinction of cum laude. Within the space community Antonino currently holds the following positions: – Member of Space Generation Advisory Council, where he leads the E.A.G.L.E. Action Team on Lunar Governance as well as the Space Exploration Project Group; – Member of the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA), where he co- chairs the specialized group on information sharing; – SSP19 Graduate and Individual Governing Member of the International Space University, where he also served as first Mentorship Coordinator of an ISU Program; – Member of the Space Habitats Committee at the International Astronautical Federation; – Member of the International Institute of Space Law, where he serves as Global Outreach Manager for the Knowledge Constellation project; – Member of the Moon Village Association, where he co-chairs the specialized group on lunar registration; – Chair of the International Agreements Committee for the Space Law Library project of the Space Court Foundation.
I am an experienced corporate leader, proven entrepreneur and startup Advisor. I advise and operate in growth-oriented, technology, services and engineering start-ups, as well as corporate organisations (as a strategic Adviser). I started-up, co-owned (and/or co-founded) internationally established businesses across Europe (and US) in Tech, Engineering, Services and HR. My true passion is growing business, working with founders (and/or corporate innovators) and their teams, and supporting them in engaging with clients and investors. I like to see a business move from planning through a journey of disciplined entrepreneurship. I especially enjoy when the goal is to quickly find product-market-fit for ambitious products, services and commercial offerings that result in demonstrably scalable, rapid and sustained revenue growth from satisfied clients. I am always interested to hear about and support ambitious Space, Defence and Tech business ventures and projects as an advisor, board member and occasionally as a pre-seed/seed-money Investor.
Ivan Sumelzo is an Attitude and Orbit Control Engineer at Thales Alenia Space, with 5 years of experience working on the development of future telecommunications satellite platforms. Prior to that, he worked as Flight Dynamics Engineer at the French Space Agency (CNES), conducting preliminary analysis of interplanetary trajectories and developing mission analysis tools that were intensively used in important European missions: Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and GALILEO phasing and rendezvous scenarios. Passionate about space, he is an active member of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and participates also as a mentor in the ALAE program (to support young aeronautical engineering students in their early career development at his former university – UPC BarcelonaTech-ETSEIAT).
Dr P.J. Blount (Ph.D., M.S., Global Affairs, Rutgers University; LL.M., King’s College London; J.D., University of Mississippi; B.A./A.B.J., University of Luxembourg) is a Research Fellow in Cybersecurity Governance and Regulation at SES and the University of Luxembourg. This position is funded by a generous grant from the Luxembourg national research fund. He also serves as an adjunct professor for the LL.M. in the Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, and in the fall of 2017, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law. Blount’s primary research areas are legal issues related to Space Security and Cyberspace Governance. He has published and presented widely on the topic of Space Security Law and has given expert testimony on Space Traffic Management before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Space. Blount serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the IISL, and was formerly the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law. He is the Executive Secretary of the International Institute of Space Law and a licensed attorney in the State Bar of Georgia (USA).
Piero Messina, born in 1964 in Florence, Italy, is a senior policy & strategy officer in the ESA Director General’s Cabinet. He is in charge of relations with Member States and has been working on several strategic cross-cutting projects such as space resources (e.g. space mining, in-orbit economy), the Moon Village vision as well as on enhancing the nexus between space systems and the maritime domain.
Piero has been working at the European Space Agency for over 30 years in several positions and in different ESA Centres (ESOC, Germany, ESTEC, The Netherlands and HQ in Paris). Before holding the present position he was, for several years, chief of staff / advisor to successive ESA Directors of human spaceflight and space exploration. Previously he was part of the managing team of the Aurora European Exploration Programme and the Secretary of its Board of participating Member States.
Holding an advanced degree in International Economic Relations (Political Science) from the University of Florence, Piero graduated from the 4 th Master in Space Studies (1998-1999) from the International Space Universities (Strasbourg) where he had Adjunct Faculty position. In 2004 he was Adelaide SSP TP Co-Chair for “Lunares”. He holds a Master in History and Sociology of Science and Technology from the École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales (EHESS) in Paris where is also pursuing a PhD focussing on the concept of space diplomacy. He is an auditeur of the French Institut des Hautes Études de Defense Nationale (IHEDN) having completed its 4th national session.
Marco Aliberti works as Senior Associate Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna, Austria, where he has carried out and published a number of research projects in the areas of access to space and human spaceflight, governance and International Relations of space, and Asia’s space programmes, particularly those of China, Japan and India. He is also a co-founder and member of the Space Power and Policy Applied Research Consortium (SPPARC) at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Prior to joining ESPI in October 2012, he had positions consistent with his academic background in East Asian Studies. Mr Aliberti graduated in Oriental Languages and Cultures at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and obtained an Executive Master in International Relations from the Italian Diplomatic Academy (SIOI) in Rome. He also completed a master course in Space Policy and Institutions with the Italian Space Agency and the National Research Council as well as Security Studies at the Institute of Global Studies – School of Government, also in Rome. He is the author of five books on space policy.
Born in Italy in 1994, Riccardo holds a B.A. and M.A. in European Studies and International Relations issued by the University of Milan. He studied abroad as Erasmus+ student at the Complutense University of Madrid and worked as trainee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy and at the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union.
Riccardo completed a postgraduate Master in Space Policies and has worked for one year at the European Commission as Blue Book trainee, contributing to the market uptake of the EU space infrastructures. Riccardo is currently working as Business Development Manager in SatRevolution, a space start-up based in Poland aiming to launch more than one thousand Earth Observation satellites.
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The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.
We strongly advise You to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that You visit.
Termination
We may terminate or suspend Your access immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if You breach these Terms and Conditions.
Upon termination, Your right to use the Service will cease immediately.
Limitation of Liability
Notwithstanding any damages that You might incur, the entire liability of the Company and any of its suppliers under any provision of this Terms and Your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to the amount actually paid by You through the Service or 100 USD if You haven’t purchased anything through the Service.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the Service, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Service, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms), even if the Company or any supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.
Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply. In these states, each party’s liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
License to use website
Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.
You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms and conditions of use. You must not: (a) republish material from this website (including republication on another website); (b) sell, rent or sub-license material from the website; (c) show any material from the website in public; (d) reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for a commercial purpose; (e) edit or otherwise modify any material on the website; or (f) redistribute material from this website, except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution (such as our newsletter).
Where content is specifically made available for redistribution, it may only be redistributed within your organisation.
User Content
In these terms and conditions of use, “your content” means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material) that you submit to our website, for whatever purpose.
You grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your content in any existing or future media. You also grant to us the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights. You warrant and represent that your content will comply with these terms and conditions. Your content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or us or a third party (in each case under any applicable law).
Your content (and its publication on our website) must not: (a) be libellous or maliciously false; (b) be obscene or indecent; (c) infringe any copyright, moral right, database right, trade mark right, design right, right in passing off, or other intellectual property right; (d) infringe any right of confidence, right of privacy, or right under data protection legislation; (e) constitute negligent advice or contain any negligent statement; (f) constitute an incitement to commit a crime; (g) be in contempt of any court, or in breach of any court order; (h) be in breach of racial or religious hatred or discrimination legislation; (i) be blasphemous; (j) be in breach of official secrets legislation; (k) be in breach of any contractual obligation owed to any person; (l) depict violence in an explicit, graphic or gratuitous manner; (m) be pornographic or sexually explicit; (n) be untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading; (o) consist of or contain any instructions, advice or other information which may be acted upon and could, if acted upon, cause illness, injury or death, or any other loss or damage; (p) constitute spam; (q) be offensive, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, or menacing, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory; or (r) cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person.
Your content must be appropriate, civil, tasteful and accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette and behaviour on the internet. You must not use our website to link to any website or web page consisting of or containing material that would, were it posted on our website, breach the provisions of these terms and conditions.
You must not submit any user content to the website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.
We reserve the right to edit or remove any material submitted to our website, or stored on our servers, or hosted or published upon our website.
Notwithstanding our rights under these terms and conditions in relation to user content, we do not undertake to monitor the submission of such content to, or the publication of such content on, our website.
If you become aware of any content on the website that breaches these terms and conditions, please notify us immediately by email or using our website contact form.
Newsletter
This website asks you to agree with privacy policy and to receive commercial information to receive the Newsletter of Constellationgroup.
You will receive emails because you opted in via our website. You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from the list anytime.
IP and Trade marks
We own the intellectual property rights in the free legal templates available on this website. Subject to the licence below, all our intellectual property rights are reserved. The content and trademarks of Constellationgroup.eu (logo, design ecc) is our exclusive poperty.
Constellationgroup and our logo are trade marks belonging to us. We give no permission for the use of these trade marks, and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights. The other registered and unregistered trade marks or service marks on our website are the property of their respective owners. Unless stated otherwise, we do not endorse and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such we cannot grant any licence to exercise such rights.
“AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” Disclaimer
The Service is provided to You “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Service, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Service will meet Your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.
Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of the company’s provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: (i) as to the operation or availability of the Service, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon; (ii) that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free; (iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the Service; or (iv) that the Service, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of the Company are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to You. But in such a case the exclusions and limitations set forth in this section shall be applied to the greatest extent enforceable under applicable law.
Governing Law
The laws of the Country, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Terms and Your use of the Service. Your use of the Application may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.
Disputes Resolution
If You have any concern or dispute about the Service, You agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting the Company.
For European Union (EU) Users
If You are a European Union consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident in.
Severability and Waiver
If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under this Terms shall not effect a party’s ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall be the waiver of a breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.
Translation Interpretation
These Terms and Conditions may have been translated if We have made them available to You on our Service. You agree that the original English text shall prevail in the case of a dispute.
Changes to These Terms and Conditions
We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material We will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at Our sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use Our Service after those revisions become effective, You agree to be bound by the revised terms. If You do not agree to the new terms, in whole or in part, please stop using the website and the Service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, You can contact us: team.constellationgroup@gmail.com