Join us on March 13th to celebrate Argentina National Space Day!
The entire morning will be dedicated to B2B sessions about climate change, entrepreneurship and financing.
See detailed program below:
Monday 13th, 2023
9.30 – 9:40 am Opening remarks
Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister Adrian Nador
9:40- 10 am U.S. and Argentina´s longstanding Space relationship
Message from Executive Director of CONAE, Dr. Raul Kulichevsky
President of ARSAT, Facundo Leal
Undersecretary for International Commerce and Investments, Ambassador Guillermo Merediz
Session 1
10 – 11 am Satellite industry solutions for climate change, energy transition and connectivity
Description: Roundtable of experts from Argentina and the U.S. about public-private cooperation to address climate change, energy transition and connectivity. Space technologies are a crucial platform for these efforts. Companies will present their solutions.
Moderator: David Logsdon, Executive Director, CompTIA Space Enterprise Council
Argentinean Industry
- Adrian Unger, Satellite Information Based Solutions Office Manager, VENG
- Hugo Nahuys, Manager of Space Services, ARSAT
- Luis Genovese, Deputy VP of Business Development Space Division INVAP
- Cristian Senyk, CEO, Ascentio
- Eduardo Lema, President, Servicio Satelital
U.S. Government:
- Gerald Geernaert, Director, Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, Office of Science, Department of Energy
U.S. Industry:
- Dylan Powell, Business Development Manager, Weather and Earth Science, Lockheed Martin
- Dan Ceperley, CEO and Founder, Leolabs
10 Minutes networking break
Session 2
11.10 am – 12 pm Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and the New Space Era: Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs
Moderator: Kerry Slattery, Program Manager, International Entrepreneurship, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The George Washington University
Argentinean Panelists:
- Javier Siman, President, DTA
- TLON Space,Co-Founder, Pablo Andres Vic
- Alejandro Popovsky, Dean, Engineering School, Palermo University
- Juan Martin Semegone, CEO and Founder, Arsultra
U.S. Panelists:
- Bob Smith, Director of I-Corps at the GW Innovation Center, The George Washington University
- Jeff Cummings, Board Member, Kith+Kin
Session 3
12 – 12.30 pm: “Strategic financing in the space sector”
Moderator: Juan Manuel Cortelletti, Chief of Economic and Commercial Section, Embassy of Argentina in the U.S.
Speakers
- Edward Danielyan, Senior Investment Officer, Global Telecom, Media and Technology, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Alexander Hoffman, Vice- Chairman, Rose Lake, Inc
- Antonio Garcia Zaballos, Lead Specialist Telecommunications, IDB. Edgar Cabanas, Lead Investment Banker, IDB
12.30 pm: Networking Lunch
Afternoon Session- Argentinean Companies Only
2 pm – 3 pm Meeting of Argentinean companies with David Logsdon, Comptia-SEC
3: 15 pm -4:15 pm: Commercial space regulations meeting with Courtney Stadd