ESA’s Space Solutions team, which helps companies to unlock the huge potential of satellite technology, also attended the exhibition days to advance its efforts to support green urban development.

At the event, Liverpool signed an agreement to join ESA’s Space for Smart and Green Cities Task Force, enabling the city to begin working with the agency on innovative satellite-enabled projects focusing on sustainable urban solutions.

ESA Space Solutions also presented other new and upcoming opportunities for collaboration, including Space for Sustainability in Sports and Mass Events and Space for Sustainable Connectivity and Liveable Cities, as well as participating in a workshop with industry to provide an overview of space-based applications and technologies.

ESA’s climate team and ESA Space Solutions are led from the agency's European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) on Harwell campus in the UK. ECSAT also hosts teams working in telecommunications, exploration, and technology development.

The accelerator city programme is supported by energy provider Ecotricity and comprises a partnership network of public and public organisations including ESA, UN Climate Change, UNESCO, the BBC, BAFTA Albert, BFI, Earth Percent, Equity, BECTU, A Greener Future, the Association of Independent Festivals, ZENOBE Energy, and numerous transport, food and local service providers.