Space Cafe Regional

This Space Café BeNeLux by Dr. Heike Poignand featured Rudy Stranen, Advisor at the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy (“SMC”), a department of the Ministry of State in Luxembourg and asked: Europe’s Quantum Communication Infrastructure: Science Fiction in the making?

In the latest “Space Café BeNeLux”, our new host Dr. Heike Poignand, welcomed Dr. Harald Hauschild, ARTES ScyLight Programme Manager at ESA, to an insightful discussion if optical and quantum communications will be the future of space. The short answer, according to our guest, is: Yes, it will. If you are interested to know more, please have a look at the long version in the video,

In the eleventh episode of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Lior Herman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at TYPE5 Aerospace VC.  The first thing that comes to my mind is that I'm a sci-fi geek, so I'm a fan of Star Trek and all science fiction novels. So that's a lot of, you know, my ideas and creativity is around looking at science, looking at technology, and looking how they can work together in the future to create new solutions and many, many new opportunities and life events. So that's part of me that is not on my LinkedIn profile for sure.

Space Café Austria provided valuable insights into the world of satellite Earth observation technology. Hosted by Sabine, CEO of WEME Global, and featuring Christoph Aubrecht, Manager of Global Development Assistance at the European Space Agency (ESA), the podcast discussed the ESA's crucial role in supporting organizations like the World Bank and Asia Development Bank in implementing satellite technology to address real-life challenges.

In a captivating interview with James Slifierz, Co-founder and CEO of SkyWatch, Dr. Jessica West delved into the rapidly growing world of commercial Earth observation (EO). The conversation shed light on the innovative role of SkyWatch’s software platforms in making accessible and useable the vast amounts of commercial EO data to individual and organizational users around the world – on demand – emphasizing the transformative potential of Earth observation data.

Our Space Café Scotland by Angela Mathis took place on Friday, 28th April. Angela, CEO of ThinkTank Maths was joined by three panelists to talk about where Energy and Finance meet the Scottish Space sector.

In the Tenth episode of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Dr. Shimrit Maman. Well, there are many things that people don't know about me. I don't know how many people know about me at all. I have to be completely honest, and this is very personal. I rarely update my LinkedIn page. Recently we had this great conference at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, we have a new student community called Space Gurion. And we had astronaut Eitan Stibbe over to speak.

In the Ninth episode of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Arie Halsband. Can you share something personal that isn’t written in your LinkedIn profile? Well, I'm not sure that nobody knows. But I'm enthusiastic about history, and read history books, as a hobby. And I think that history may teach us a lot about events, stressful situations, and how people behave in such situations.

In a recent episode of Space Café Canada, Dr. Jessica West interviewed Hira Nadeem, a Space Systems Engineer at Planet Labs and co-founder of Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation, which provides internship and mentorship opportunities for students in Canada to support a more inclusive space industry. They discussed Hira's journey into the space industry, her experience working in both Canada and the United States, her initiatives to create opportunities for Canadian students from all backgrounds in space-related fields, and the need for industry to pursue talent recruitment and retention through more intentional designs that nurture diversity from young hires through leadership positions.

In the Eighth episode of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Alice Miller. Can you share something personal that isn’t written in your LinkedIn profile? Wow. Usually what you don't want people to know you don't write on your LinkedIn page. But I think one thing which is very, very dear to me, which is a very big part of my life, is lying under the stars.