Space Innovation Annual Meeting 2026
Wednesday, 11 February 2026 -
09:00
Monday, 9 February 2026
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
09:30
Morning: Welcome Coffee and Ice-breaker
Welcome Coffee and Ice-breaker
09:30 - 10:15
10:15
Visit of FHNW
Visit of FHNW
10:15 - 12:30
IPPE LAB VISIT Tours organised by Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Gröbelbauer and Matthias Fankhauser will be available at 10:20, 11:00, 11:40 - please register upon your arrival (2 Groups of 10-12 Persons per time slot) MARKET STALL VISIT The following units/projects will be present: Quantum cryptography for spacecraft (Christoph Wildfeuer) STIX Weltraumteleskop (Samuel Krucker) Euclid. Mission. What happens on earth (Simon Marcin) SXS (Hanna Sathiapal) Weather Baloon QHAPS (Christoph Wildfeuer) Qdrone (Christoph Wildfeuer) SKA (Rohini Joshi)
12:30
Lunch at FHNW
Lunch at FHNW
12:30 - 13:15
Room: Mensa
13:20
Mars Rover Team Demo
Mars Rover Team Demo
13:20 - 13:50
Hot punch at the "Mars Landscape"
14:00
Welcome by FHNW
-
Peter Flohr
(
FHNW
)
Welcome by FHNW
Peter Flohr
(
FHNW
)
14:00 - 14:02
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
14:02
Overview of Space Activities at FHNW
-
André Csillaghy
(
FHNW
)
Overview of Space Activities at FHNW
André Csillaghy
(
FHNW
)
14:02 - 14:08
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
14:08
Welcome by Space Innovation
-
Emmanuelle David
(
eSpace
)
Welcome by Space Innovation
Emmanuelle David
(
eSpace
)
14:08 - 14:09
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
14:09
Space Innovation Activities 2025
-
Christian Cardinaux
(
Space Innovation
)
Space Innovation Activities 2025
Christian Cardinaux
(
Space Innovation
)
14:09 - 14:19
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
14:19
Member 1: Bridging Space and Earth: The Quest for Technological Convergence
-
Rayco Perez Cadahia
(
Freezz
)
Member 1: Bridging Space and Earth: The Quest for Technological Convergence
Rayco Perez Cadahia
(
Freezz
)
14:19 - 14:27
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
14:29
Member 2: Lasers for Space Related Applications
-
Florian Emaury
(
Menhir Photonics
)
Member 2: Lasers for Space Related Applications
Florian Emaury
(
Menhir Photonics
)
14:29 - 14:39
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
14:41
Member 3: ARIEL mission: Designing a Stable Satellite Structure
-
Erik Uythoven
(
APCO Technologies
)
Member 3: ARIEL mission: Designing a Stable Satellite Structure
Erik Uythoven
(
APCO Technologies
)
14:41 - 14:51
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
14:53
Member 4: Space Traffic Coordination
-
Benjamin Guyot
(
Spacetalk SA
)
Member 4: Space Traffic Coordination
Benjamin Guyot
(
Spacetalk SA
)
14:53 - 15:03
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
15:03
Stretch & Refresh
Stretch & Refresh
15:03 - 15:13
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
15:13
Member 5: Presentation of CSA : Collaboration Opportunities
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Lorenz Herrmann
(
Empa - Repesenting CSA (Center for Space and Aviation Switzerland and Liechtenstein
)
Member 5: Presentation of CSA : Collaboration Opportunities
Lorenz Herrmann
(
Empa - Repesenting CSA (Center for Space and Aviation Switzerland and Liechtenstein
)
15:13 - 15:23
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
15:25
Member 6: Two-Phase Flow and Active Cooling in Reduced and Microgravity
-
Leon Brendel
(
Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
)
Member 6: Two-Phase Flow and Active Cooling in Reduced and Microgravity
Leon Brendel
(
Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
)
15:25 - 15:35
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
15:37
Focus on Armasuisse Space Activities
-
Peter Erni
(
Armasuisse
)
Focus on Armasuisse Space Activities
Peter Erni
(
Armasuisse
)
15:37 - 15:47
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
15:47
Announcements
Announcements
15:47 - 15:52
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
Raoul Keller - SSIG - IAC2029 Jennifer Wadsworth - PhiLab - Upcoming Call
15:52
Outlook 2026 & Conclusion
-
Emmanuelle David
(
eSpace
)
Outlook 2026 & Conclusion
Emmanuelle David
(
eSpace
)
15:52 - 16:02
Room: Audimax A/B 1.045/47
16:02
Networking Apero
Networking Apero
16:02 - 17:02
16:30
Marketplace Opens for HTU Students & Other Interested People
Marketplace Opens for HTU Students & Other Interested People
16:30 - 17:15
17:15
Public Keynote Speech: Aris Program & Working at ESA (Optional for Members)
-
Juliette Wicki
(
ESA
)
Public Keynote Speech: Aris Program & Working at ESA (Optional for Members)
Juliette Wicki
(
ESA
)
17:15 - 17:45
18:15
Cinema Odeon : Dokfilm SPACE TOURISTS from Christian Frei
Cinema Odeon : Dokfilm SPACE TOURISTS from Christian Frei
18:15 - 19:45