Participant feedback

C-CORE, a small company based in Canada specialises in remote sensing and has attended the ISD event since its inception in 1999. Desmond Power, Vice President said: “ISD brings us to the heart of space business in Europe. We’ve had back-to-back business meetings at our booth today. It’s a very cost-effective way to meet with as many potential customers and business partners as possible.”

Vincent Bath, Key Account Manager at large system integrator, OHB Bremen explained that at the ISD, OHB makes direct contact with new and existing suppliers and discovers innovative technologies that can improve OHB’s competitiveness. OHB in turn offers small companies commercial opportunities and its experience in ensuring these innovative solutions are space compliant.

Start-up companies showcased their technologies in the ESA BIC Village and spoke about the benefits of ESA’s support through ISD 2024.

Country booths gathered dozens of companies from Member States and gave them an opportunity to present their activities. Elisabeth Klaffenboeck from the Austrian IPC delegation to ESA said: “One gets the feeling that the entire European space industry is here – a perfect opportunity for networking, so I am pleased that Austria is so well represented. Together with Brimatech, we were able to attract 20 players to our ‘Austria in Space’ booth on the first day already. We also see Austrian companies with their own stands. Amazing, a success on every level.”

Like many of his ESA colleagues, Optical and Quantum Innovation Engineer, Christopher Vasko was pleased to meet company representatives face-to-face in fruitful ad hoc meetings.