Programme: Space Resources Week 2026

In this two-hour interactive workshop, participants will explore development frameworks that could facilitate a viable early-stage resource economy at the lunar south pole. As space agencies and private sector companies seek to develop lunar resource utilisation missions, they must ask themselves what level of cooperation is best suited to support their lunar economic development goals, from shared infrastructure, to data-sharing, to cooperative prospecting missions. Co-hosted by the European Space Policy Institute and the Lunar Development Institute, this workshop seeks to determine how lessons from Earth’s economic development practices can inform cooperation and investment frameworks in emerging space resource activities. Combining a concise presentation, facilitated discussion, and a hands-on lunar data-sharing exercise, participants will test different institutional models and identifying practical design principles for building a cooperative and sustainable space resource economy.

Places are limited to 50 participants and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Registration and welcome coffee

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Opening session

Moderated by: Lisa Burke

Welcome remarks	Kathryn Hadler

	Daniel Neuenschwander
NASA STMD LSII ISRU Focus Group Update and Path Forward	Charles Hibbitts
Lunar ISRU Mission Objectives and Technology Development at JAXA	Jun Shimada
	Aarti Holla-Maini
	Australian Space Agency
	Rosanna Hoffmann

Speaker info

Kathryn Hadler, ESRIC
Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA
Aarti Holla-Maini, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Rosanna Hoffmann, UNOOSA
Charles Hibbitts, JHUAPL
Jun Shimada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Lisa Burke, Event host

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

PANEL: Space resources: Recent progress and future visions

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Missions

Session chair: Lisa Burke

MAGPIE: Science planning and mission design for a European lunar polar rover mission	Abbie Hutty
Nanosatellites in support of a Luxembourg based Lunar resources prospecting mission	Edgar Milic
Advanced Radar Instruments For Near-Earth Asteroid Characterisation	Christian Schmidt
Commercial-Led Missions to Prospect the Moon for Helium-3	Gary Lai
Intuitive Machines: Enabling Commercial International Lunar Scientific Exploration	Ben Bussey
High-Fidelity Lunar South Pole Mapping to Enable Resource Utilization and Polar Mobility	Sotirios Zormpas

Speaker info

Abbie Hutty, ispace EU SA
Edgar Milic, GomSpace Luxembourg Sarl
Christian Schmidt, EmTroniX Sàrl
Gary Lai, Interlune
Ben Bussey, Intuitive Machines
Sotirios Zormpas, Lunar Outost EU

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

PANEL: Upcoming missions to advance space resources activity

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Cocktail reception

Poster networking

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

International Collaboration & Engagement

Session chair:

Toward a Global Alliance for Space Resources: Introducing CACE	Hirdy Miyamoto
Europlanet – Supporting the International Community of Planetary Science and Exploration	Dennis Harries
MoonPort: A European Vision for the 8th Continent	Tomas Hamann
Lunar Industry Development	Satoru Kurosu

Speaker info

Hirdy Miyamoto, University of Tokyo
Dennis Harries, ESRIC
Tomas Hamann, AstroWorks
Satoru Kurosu, Moon Village Association

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

PANEL: Collaboration to support future visions

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

PANEL: ESRIC & ESA innovation initiatives

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Supporting the vision: Initiatives to get engaged

Session chair:

The Australian Rover Challenge : Student-built rovers for full-scale simulated lunar missions	Daniel Ricardo
Coming soon: Strategic facilities at ESRIC for the ISRU Community	Emma Cooney

Speaker info

Daniel Ricardo, Swinburne University of Technology
Emma Cooney, ESRIC

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Legal and Regulatory framework for space resources activities I

Session chair:


Update on UN COPUOS Space Resources Activities Working Group	Steven Freeland
	Caitlin Poling
Procedural Convergence and Hybrid Governance in Space Resource Activities	Alexandra Ruiz Castillo
What Regulators Actually Need to See: A Minimal Evidence Framework for Space Resource Authorization	Edward Koellner
Science vs Commerce on the Moon: Who Takes Priority in Lunar Resource Activities?	Günes Ünüvar
From Terra Nullius to Sidera Nullius?	Ivan Fino
Planetary Defence and Asteroid Mining: A Shared Agenda for Near-Earth Asteroids	Jordan Stone
Ownership of space-manufactured products	Kamil Muzyka

Speaker info

Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University and Bond University
Caitlin Poling, U.S. Department of State - Office of Space Affairs
Alexandra Ruiz Castillo, University of Oxford
Edward Koellner, West Virginia University Law School, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law School
Günes Ünüvar, University of Exeter
Ivan Fino, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Pisa - Italy
Jordan Stone, Imperial College London
Kamil Muzyka, Prawo i Kosmos

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Legal and Regulatory framework for space resources activities II

Session chair:

Fragmentation of Applicable Laws in Space Resource Extraction: A Private International Law Analysis	Lucillien Denoyelle
Mission Authorization: The Missing Link for Space Resource Operations	Neha Dagley
The relevance of planetary protection for lunar exploration and resource utilisation	Philipp Reiss
How can space miners establish and defend rights to offworld mining resources?	Nicholas Renzler
Legal and Policy Frameworks for Equitable and Sustainable Lunar ISRU Governance	Ruchira Huchgol
Between Safety and Distribution	P.J. Blount

Speaker info

Lucillien Denoyelle, Sorbonne Institute for Legal Research (IRJS), University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Neha Dagley, SpaceMarked Legal Advisory
Philipp Reiss, Technical University of Munich
Nicholas Renzler, Foley Hoag LLP
Ruchira Huchgol, International Space University
P.J. Blount, Space Research Centre, Durham University

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

PANEL: Community Q&A

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Prospecting: Mapping resources

Session chair:

From exploration to prospecting: Supporting lunar resource assessments	Abigail Calzada Diaz
Geologic Mapping as a Tool for Assessing Lunar Resources	Carolyn van der Bogert
The International Lunar Resource Prospecting Campaign (ILRPC): Update and Next Steps	Clive Neal
A Preliminary Resources Estimation for Rare Earth Elements in KREEP Deposits: the Bossa Nova Target	John Pereira Nunes II
From Lunar Resources to Reserves	Laszlo Kestay
Potential strategic ore deposits on Mars: implications for in situ resource utilization	Richard Palin

Speaker info

Abigail Calzada Diaz, ESRIC
Carolyn van der Bogert, Institut für Planetologie, Universität Münster
Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame
Mercio John Pereira Nunes Segundo, European Space Resources Innovation Center (ESRIC); Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Planetary Geoscience (GeoPlaNet)
Laszlo Kestay, U.S. Geological Survey
Richard Palin, University of Oxford

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Prospecting: Measurements & instruments

Session chair:

The PRORIS-HARLOCK project for Moon resource prospecting	Fabrizio Fiore
Targeting REE, Metals, and Helium-3 in HRLMM Mission of ESA	Jakub Ciążela
Meteorites Laboratory Analogues for Asteroid Composition, Resources, Mission Target Selection	Lisa Krämer Ruggiu
Qualification of a LIBS payload for Lunar rovers	Pavel Porizka
Apollo 16 regolith noble gas inventory as an analogue for regolith at the lunar south polar region	Stephanie Halwa
HE-3 cut off grades	Carlos Espejel

Speaker info

Fabrizio Fiore, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
Jakub Ciążela, Instytut Nauk Geologicznych PAN
Lisa Krämer Ruggiu, AMGC - Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Pavel Porizka, CEITEC Brno University of Technology
Stephanie Halwa, University of Manchester
Carlos Espejel, Space RS S.a.r.l

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Prospecting business pitches

Session chair:

ISRU.AI: Agentic Simulation of Autonomous Lunar ISRU Operations	Boris Petrovic
Playing the Long Game – Sustainable Space Resource Development	Jim Hondros
Lunar Intelligence from Amelia Space	Allen Jiang
TerraSpace Pitch	Eric Sundby
A Space–Earth Data Intelligence Infrastructure	Leorick Chilimanzi
Vulcanis: A Multi-Sensor Payload for Real-Time Mineral Prospection	Miguel Arias
A Multi-Modal Lunar Foundation Model	Jodie Hughes

Speaker info

Boris Petrovic, ISRU.AI
Jim Hondros, Off Earth Resources
Allen Jiang, Amelia Space Technologies
Eric Sundby, TerraSpace
Leorick Chilimanzi, Outer Space AI
Miguel Arias-Estrada, Vulcanis
Jodie Hughes, Trillium Technologies

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break

4:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Surface operations: rovers, Tech to enable exploration

Session chair:

Field testing of the ispace Tenacious lunar rover across multi-terrain analogue sites	Philippe Ludivig
Lunar Outpost Eagle LTV – Critical Lunar Surface Infrastructure	AJ Gemer
Passive Suspension System Breadboarding and Reduced-Gravity Mobility Testing of the LPSR	Hemanth Madakashira
LUVMI-M: A Lunar Rover Providing Commercial Mobility Access to the Lunar Surface	Simon Vanden Bussche
Small landers to contribute to surfaces planetary exploration	Michelle Lavagna
OASIS: a mission-enabler for Lunar surface systems	Mark Fittock
UAV-enabled subsurface geophysical mapping for extra-terrestrial environment	Christian Janke

Speaker info

Philippe Ludivig, ispace Europe SA
AJ Gemer, Lunar Outpost
Hemanth Madakashira, Space Applications Services
Simon Vanden Bussche, Space Applications Services
Michelle Lavagna, Politecnico Milano Aerospace Science and tech department
Mark Fittock, OHB System AG
Christian Janke, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Architectures, future vision

Session chair:

Enabling Sustainable Lunar Water Ice Utilization through Integrated Mapping and ISRU Systems	Andrew Hazelton
Key Technologies for ISRU-based Cryogenic Refueling	Cedric Dupont
Decision-making for lunar production systems design & deployment under deep demand uncertainty	Kosuke Ikeya
Vulnerability of multilayered lunar facilities: an astrochemical engineering perspective	Matteo Curcio
The concept of Architecture for realization of sustainable Lunar Society based on water ISRU plant	Kiho Fukaura
The Infrastructure of Accuracy: Validating European Precision Landing Systems for the Lunar Economy.	Jonathan Slavik

Speaker info

Andrew Hazelton, Interstellar Mapping
Cedric Dupont, The Exploration Company
Matteo Curcio, Alma mater studiorum - University of Bologna
Kosuke Ikeya, Imperial College London
Kiho Fukaura, JGC Corporation
Jonathan Slavik, Sagittarius Logistics

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Economy, future governance

Session chair:


From Cost Competitiveness to Bankability: A Strategy-Led Framework for ISRU Investability	Bharat Madan
The Lunar Development Cooperative: A Model for the Sustainable Development of Space	Michael Castle Miller
Lunar Water Bank: Bankable Inventory, M2M Commerce, and Hedging Rails for Refueling Architecture	Patrick Suen
Financing Lunar ISRU Infrastructure: A Macroeconomic Framework for Evaluating Funding Instruments	Luis Torres

Speaker info

Bharat Madan, D-Journey Advisory
Michael Castle Miller, Lunar Development Institute
Patrick Suen, eurus.space
Luis Torres, Torres Orbital Mining Inc

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Economy, governance

Session chair:

How Astronauts Construct Resource Economies	Darshan Vigneswaran
From Earth to Orbit: Space Resource Ambitions and Geoeconomics of Critical Supply Chains	Martin Lemberg-Pedersen
Towards a Lunar Commodities Stewardship Strategy	George Lordos

Speaker info

Martin Lemberg-Pedersen, SDU
George Lordos, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Darshan Vigneswaran, University of Amsterdam, Spaceinterface

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

PANEL: Unlocking the space economy

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

PANEL: Accelerating the commercial sector

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

PANEL: What's next?

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Wrap up and closing

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing coffee

Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Amsterdam []

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Simulants

Session chair:

ESA’s Vulcan Facility Overview: Applied Simulants Research	Christopher Ogunlesi
Characterising the form and morphology of icy lunar regolith for In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU)	Daniel Ricardo
Simulation of the Lunar Surface Environment (LSE) and of oxidatively activated Lunar dust simulants	Elias Chatzitheodoridis
High-Fidelity Lunar Regolith Simulants (TLH-0, TLM-0) for Space Resources and Mission Risk Reduction	Fernando Alberquilla
Recent Developments in Tailored Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants for Advanced European Research	Johannes Becker
The Design and Development of a Lunar South Pole Simulant.	May Martin

Speaker info

Christopher Ogunlesi, ESA
Daniel Ricardo, Swinburne University of Technology
Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Stellar Discoveries P.C.
Fernando Alberquilla, HISPANSION works S.L
Johannes Becker, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)
May Martin, European Space Agency

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Regolith handling

Session chair:

Granular Experiments Under Reduced Gravity – A Joint Rack	Matthias Sperl
Results of PETER PFC experiment conducted in lunar gravity during parabolic flight campaign	Karol Seweryn
Development and Lunar-g Testing of a Continuous Lunar Regolith Particle Size Classification System	Xiaochen Zhang
Modelling Dry Praticle Size Classification in Lunar Gravity	Miguel Albino
Vibratory Transport Behavior of Lunar Regolith Simulants in Reduced Gravity	Jarrett Dillenburger
Miniaturized sampling tool for non-cohesive surface material sampling	Michelle Lavagna

Speaker info

Matthias Sperl, DLR
Karol Seweryn, Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Science (CBK PAN)
Xiaochen Zhang, European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC)
Miguel Albino, Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon
Jarrett Dillenburger, ESRIC
Michelle Lavagna, Politecnico Milano Aerospace Science and tech department

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Regolith properties

Session chair:

Universal Predictors of Regolith Behaviour (UPREB) – A Universal Tool for Designing Lunar Hardware	Tehya Francesca Birch
Regolith Flow Assurance for Lunar Mining: Standard Metrics and a De-Risking Roadmap	Alan Carter
Optimisation of an Electrodynamic Dust Shield for the Australian lunar ‘Roo-ver’ mission	Daniel Ricardo
Electrostatic Lunar Dust Mitigation Technologies	Philipp Zanon
Lunar Surface Cleaning Robotic Unit with Electron Beam [SCRUB]	David Asner
Building the Regolith Logistics Backbone: Technical Advances from Polimak Space	Frank Koch
DISTOBEE: An Integrated System for Digging, Storing and Beneficiation of Lunar Regolith	Piotr Kulinowski
Dual-Purpose Drivetrain: A Bucket Drum for Large-Scale ISRU Regolith Acquisition	Kamil Grassmann

Speaker info

Tehya Francesca Birch, ETH Zurich & External Contractor for Airbus Defence and Space
Alan Carter, Blueshift LLC dba Outward Technologies
Daniel Ricardo, Swinburne University of Technology
Philipp Zanon, Swinburne University of Technology
David Asner, Orbital Mining Corporation
Frank Koch, Polimak Space
Piotr Kulinowski, AGH University of Krakow
Kamil Grassmann, PIAP Space sp. z o. o.

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Construction

Session chair:

Scalable Autonomy for Lunar Regolith Processing in Extreme Environments

Vivek Shankar Varadharajan

Developing low-binder lunar regolith-based geopolymers for construction on the Moon using AdMa

Lorenzo Di Mattia

Fibre-Enabled Regolith Manufacturing for Lunar Infrastructure	Monika Brandić Lipińska
Deep Sintering of Lunar Regolith Simulants - Recent Advances	Robin Nitschke
HESTIA: A Scalable Robotic Lunar Remote Camp with Growth Path to Human Habitation	Simon Kristensen

Speaker info

Vivek Shankar Varadharajan, Uncharted AI
Lorenzo Di Mattia, Politecnico di Milano
Monika Brandić Lipińska, Integrative Design | Extremes, Univeristy of Innsbruck; LIQUIFER
Robin Nitschke, TU Berlin
Simon Kristensen, SAGA Studio ApS

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Oxygen

Session chair:

OXYGEN – novel payload for oxygen extraction from lunar regolith	Artur Fouto
The Italian ORACLE payload for extracting oxygen on the Moon	Francesco Latini
MiniROXY – progress towards a lunar demonstration and material selection for reliable operation	Georg Poehle
Pretesting of an FFC Molten Salt Electrolysis Reactor Breadboard for Lunar Oxygen Extraction	Francisco J. Guerrero-Gonzalez
HEPHAESTUS – a lunar ISRU technology demonstration payload of a full manufacturing facility	Alex Ellery
Ca-Al-enrichment in lunar regolith simulants via laser-driven selective vaporization	Lucas-Brian Christen

Speaker info

Artur Fouto, AVS UK
Francesco Latini, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Georg Poehle, Fraunhofer IFAM, Dresden Branch
Francisco J. Guerrero-Gonzalez, Maana Electric
Alex Ellery, Carleton University
Lucas-Brian Christen, The University of Tokyo

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Oxygen and water

Session chair:

Solar Vacuum Pyrolysis for Lunar Oxygen: Benchmarking Regolith Simulants	Jack Robinot
Solid-gas carbothermal reduction experimental characterisation on lunar regolith simulants	Alice Dottori
From ice mining to propulsion with the Ice2Thrust project	Philipp Reiss
Development of a water purification prototype for lunar ISRU	Ainur Yerzhankyzy
Purifying the Moon: Innovations Unlocked by the Aqualunar Challenge	Dana Lefebvre
Development of Water Extraction Systems Using Heat Transfer Fluid for In-situ Resource Utilization	Suzuna Okamoto

Speaker info

Jack Robinot, PROMES CNRS
Alice Dottori, Politecnico di Milano
Ainur Yerzhankyzy, ESRIC
Dana Lefebvre, Canadian Space Agency
Suzuna Okamoto, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Mars

Session chair:

Integrated Plasma–Membrane Reactor for Fuel Production on Mars	Lanie McKinney
The Martian Mindset -- A Scarcity-Driven Engineering Paradigm	Lucio Colombi Ciacchi
Solid oxide Cell technology for propellant and power production using space resources	Michele Hollist
Low-Temperature Electrochemical CO2 Conversion for Mars In-Situ Resource Utilization	Paulina Govea-Alvarez
In Situ Monitoring of Regolith L-PBF: Insights and Strategies for Printability Enhancement	Yassir Ben Dahou
Regolith to Repairs: ISRU for Additive Manufacturing of Electronics	Christian Rein
Utilization of Martian atmospheric gases for collection, transport and beneficiation of regolith	Mateo Rejon Lopez

Speaker info

Yassir Ben Dahou, Politecnico di Milano
Lucio Colombi Ciacchi, University of Bremen
Paulina Govea-Alvarez, VITO | UGent
Michele Hollist, OxEon Energy
Lanie McKinney, MIT
Christian Rein, Danish Technological Institute
Mateo Rejon Lopez, DLR

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

PANEL: Challenge and opportunities in space resources prospecting

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee break

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Manufacturing, recycling

Session chair:

Toulouse Task Force on ISRU activities on additive manufacturing with regolith simulants	Julien Granier
Powder Handling in Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition Under Space Conditions	Marvin Raupert
Optimizing Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Regolith Ceramics via Preliminary Magnetic Beneficiation	Maxim Isachenkov
Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of ISRU-Derived Al Processed by Electron Beam AM	Xavier Walls
From Astronaut Trash to Space Resources: Recycling Logistics Waste into Injection-Molded Composites	Lanie McKinney
From space waste to usable resources: Development of a lunar hardware recycling system	Trunal Patil
Trade-off Scenarios for on-orbit collected Space Debris and other resources	Stella Tkatchova

Speaker info

Julien Granier, Institut Clément Ader
Marvin Raupert, Leibniz University Hannover
Maxim Isachenkov, Politecnico di Milano
Xavier Walls, Carleton University
Lanie McKinney, MIT
Trunal Patil, ESRIC European Space Resources Innovation Centre

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Business pitches

Session chair:

Enabling access to the Moon: a lander built for today's launch infrastructure	Alex Pinel Neparidze
LEO Free Flyers with Earth Return for Scalable Space Resource Utilization	Ryan Reel
Autonomous Cryogenic Refuelling Infrastructure for Scalable Cislunar Operations	Richard Nederlander
A.P.E.X.: Real-Time AI Mineral Analysis for Lunar/Martian ISRU	Eronim Mihoc
Thermal Management in Lunar In-Situ Composite Manufacturing: Leveraging Phonon Physics	Sujit Pal
Lunar dust mitigation in solar cells using nanomaterials and thin films from moon regolith simulants	Mario Alejandro Mejía Escobar
Rapid Large-Scale Resource Prospecting via Wind-Driven Tumbleweed Swarms	James Kingsnorth
Lunar Resources Registry Exchange for Developing Sustainable Commercial Lunar Resources Operations	Simon Drake
SpaceLand Mars Habitat: Revolutionizing Housing Construction on Mars and on the Earth	Celeste Petraroli
OLH : An Inflatable Lunar Habitat Integrating Advanced Materials and Autonomous Habitat Management	Gabriele Carrozza
Geometry-Driven, Reconfigurable, Serviceable Systems for Resource-Constrained Lunar Infrastructure	Omid Hajishirmohammadi
Enabling Scalable Space Resource Infrastructure through In-Space Joining and Assembly	Guillaume Mohara

Speaker info

Alex Pinel Neparidze, Instinct Space
Ryan Reel, Outpost Technologies
Richard Nederlander, Spargo Space
Eronim Mihoc, Moon Trades SRL
Sujit Pal, Public Access LLC
Mario Alejandro Mejía Escobar, rego space and Polytechnic University of Madrid
James Kingsnorth, Tumbleweed Mars
Simon Drake, Lunar Resources Registry UG
Celeste Petraroli, SpaceLand
Gabriele Carrozza, iSaisei Corporation Srl
Omid Hajishirmohammadi, 4 Earth 2 Mars Holding B.v.
Guillaume Mohara, ArcSpace

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

ESRIC Start-up Support Programme

Moderated by: Lari Cujko, ESRIC

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

PANEL: Convergence of technological trends between Terrestrial and Space Technologies

Moderated by: Olivier Zephir

The panel will explore how cross-sector synergies, terrestrial and space, civil and military can de-risk technologies, expand addressable markets, and increase investor readiness. We’ll examine how dual-use applications and early alignment with diverse end-users drive traction and improve capital efficiency.

Panelists will share strategies for structuring deals that connect public and private funding and highlight how convergence in technology and finance creates stronger follow-on investment opportunities.

Speakers:

Antonio Bove, Managing Sales Director, Europe at SES
David Dana, General Partner at Expansion VC
Quentin Dupraz, Partner at Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch break

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Power, automation

Session chair:

Preliminary design of a power supply system for lava tube exploration	Ricard González-Cinca
Building the Lunar Energy Grid: Collaborative Engineering for Fission Surface Power Deployment	Tomasz Adach
Rethinking ISRU systems with solar concentration	Alexandre Meurisse
Robust Bayesian Material Tracking for Autonomous Space Resource Extraction	Jared Millane
Reliability-Aware Lunar Volatile Prospecting With Onboard Uncertainty and Drift Monitoring	Sylvester Kaczmarek
Application of AI Agents for Excavation and Maintenance in Space Resources Mining Operations	ABDOLSATTAR ROUDINI
3RO: RObotics ROad ROver Integration System for Modular Lunar Infrastructure	Donguk Agos Lee

Speaker info

Ricard González-Cinca, UPC-BarcelonaTech
Tomasz Adach, Astroport Space Technologies
Alexandre Meurisse, Radiant
Jared Millane, University of Sydney
Sylvester Kaczmarek, ICL
Abdolsattar Roudini, Karadeniz Technical University
Donguk Agos Lee, Base and Power City

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing coffee

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