Ambassador Platforms

ESA Business Applications Ambassadors

The ESA Business Applications Ambassadors extend the reach of the Agency by engaging with communities which would otherwise never hear about space. The role of the Ambassadors is threefold: 

  1. They are the first national point of contact, have the ability to multiply and reinforce positive messages about space in Europe and act as a bridge between ESA, Member States, and industry.
  2. Ambassadors create and manage relationships with the non-space industries, actively engaging with communities in line with national strategies.  
  3. Provide support to companies: Ambassadors are also advisors for companies from the initial stages of awareness to the different types of funding opportunities inside of ESA‘s ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) 4.0 programme – feasibility studies, kick-starters, demonstration projects, etc. Their support consists of providing information, advice, matching with potential partners (consortia building), validating business cases and supporting companies in the application process. Ambassadors do not have a stake in the ARTES programme.

Their main activities are participating in non-space events, by re-distributing social media messages, and most importantly consulting companies on how ESA’s Directorate of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (TIA) can support industry. Additionally, the Ambassadors of the different countries exchange on insights between each other and can support the creation of international consortia.

 

Czechia

Jana Kapounova

As an ESA Business Ambassador for the Czech Republic, I am happy to be supporting the ecosystem of Czech companies…

Poland

Pawel Kwiatkowski Absiskey Polska General Manager, ESA Technology Transfer Broker Poland

SPACE is the key to your innovation! Let’s talk to find out how to accelerate your success with space!

Italy

Lorenzo Scatena,Eleonora Lombardi

The democratisation and commercialisation of space is opening the door to the development of sustainable downstream…

Austria

Prof. Hans Sünkel, Martin Mössler & Inês Plácido

Fostering Austrian cross-sectorial innovation, based on the capabilities of space data and services, leading to…

Portugal

Jorge Pimenta, Carla Duarte

We believe we can improve the lives of people on Earth via space. At IPN, we make this possible by enabling and…

Belgium

Annekatrien Debien

Space technology has made tremendous advancements over the past two decades, leading to the creation of innovative…

United Kingdom

Kenneth Gordon,Grant Day,Elizabeth Clutton,Paul Singh Bhatia,Pier Lion Stoppato

The new Ambassador team onboarded in September 2022 has new ambitions and a new structure. They rely on the experience…

Germany

Bärbel Deisting

Space for Earth…

News and Events

Finland IAP Autumn Seminar

The European Space Agency (ESA), Tekes and the Ambassador Platforms, APBSR and APFin organizsed an Integrated Applications Promotion seminar on 26th September 2013 at FMI in Helsinki.

Seminar on Integrated Applications - space data and information society in Helsinki on 26 September 2013

The European Space Agency's Integrated Application Promotion Programme and Tekes are organising a seminar at the Finnish Meteorological Institute "Brainstorm auditorium" on 26 September 2013.

ESPI Workshop 2011: Civil Protection needs space-based applications.

The European Civil Protection Community needs integrated space-based applications to strengthen their collective responsibility. This was the articulate result of a two day workshop organised by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), together with the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior (BM.I), the Austrian Aeronautics and Space Agency (ALR), and ESA in Vienna.