Programme
Please note all times are AEST (GMT +10)
Monday 29 September
09:30 – 11:00 Opening ceremony
Darling Harbour Theatre (Watch on ESA Web TV)
13:45 - 15:15 One-to-One with Heads of Space Agencies
Speakers:
Enrico Palermo, Head of the Australian Space Agency (ASA)
Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA
Lisa Campbell, President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Sean Duffy, Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
V. Narayanan, Chairman of the Indian Space Reseach Organisation (ISRO)
Hiroshi Yamakawa, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Zhigang Bian, Vice Administrator of the China Nationak Space Administration (CNSA)
Darling Harbour Theatre (Watch on ESA Web TV)
15h30 Contract signature with Avio for the Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator activities with Toni Tolker Nielsen, ESA Space Transportation Director and Marino Fragnito, AVIO Chief Commercial Officer
ESA stand
Tuesday 30 September
13:45 - 14:45 Learning to Live on Another World: The International Community's Return to the Moon, with the participation of Frank De Winne, Head of the European Astronaut Centre, ESA
Pyrmont Theatre
16:40-17:10 Honouring ESA—JAXA Cooperation on the Ramses Planetary Defence Mission
Reception to celebrate the growing cooperation between the two space agencies on ESA’s proposed Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses).
With the participation of:
Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General
Hiroshi Yamakawa, JAXA President
Holger Krag, ESA Head of Space Safey Programme Office
Masaki Fujimoto, JAXA Vice President
ESA Stand
Wednesday 01 October
10:00-10: EPIC European-Australian Start Up Competition Winners 2025 Pitch
EPIC (ESA Partnership Initiative for Commercialisation) is an initiative that fosters global partnerships, supports access to bigger markets and drives innovation for Space and for Earth.
Speakers:
Luca del Monte, Head of Commercialisation Service Department, ESA
Janny Di Presa, COO, Sharpsat
Dimitris Agiakatsikas, CEO & Co-founder, SOLIDKOSMOS S.A.
Berry Sanders, Managing Director, Solidflow
Marcus Comaschi, Co-Founder and Lead Engineer, GryoPlant
ESA Stand
11:30 -12:15 ESA – KASA bilateral meeting, followed by signature events
Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in space activities for peaceful purposes
Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General and Youngbin Yoon, KASA Administrator
Implementing Arrangement concerning network and operations cross-support
Rolf Densing, ESA Director of Operations and Kyungin Kang, KASA Director General of the Space Science Exploration Mission Directorate
Statement of Intent on potential cooperation on Space Weather
Rolf Densing, ESA Director of Operations and Kyungin Kang, KASA Director General of the Space Science Exploration Mission Directorate
ESA stand
14:00 – 14:45 International cooperation on Space Economy: the IAF Space Economy Committee, with the participation of Charlotte Mathieu, Secretary of the IAF Space Economy Committee and ESA Head of Industrial policy and Space Economy division
ESA stand
Thursday 02 October
09:00 – 10:00 Space Sustainability: Regional Priorities, Global Responsibility
Speakers:
Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General
Alvin Drew, Director for NASA Space Sustainability
Enrico Palermo, Head of ASA
Gay Jane P. Perez, Deputy Director General for Space, Science and Technology, Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)
Pyrmont Theatre (Watch on ESA Web TV)
Friday 03 October
16:30 – 17:30 Closing Ceremony
Pyrmont Theatre (Live on ESA Web TV)