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OECD SPACE FORUM WORKSHOP:

Innovation Drivers in Downstream Space Activities
Hosted by the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT)
9-10 June 2016
Draft Agenda (version 24 May 2016)

As part of its broader analysis of the role of innovation for economic growth, the OECD is conducting a
dedicated project on innovation in the space sector. The OECD Space Forum is currently reviewing
major game changers, evolutions in industrial and organisational processes and technological advances,
with a view to provide evidence-based recommendations to policy-makers. This workshop focusses on
“Innovation in Downstream Space Activities” with the aim to review key trends with their policy
implications.
Co- Chairs:
Claire Jolly, Luca Del Monte
Head, OECD Space Forum / Ocean Economy Group Space Economy Manager
Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation European Space Agency
Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)

FIRST DAY – 9 June 2016

12.30 Arrival of participants (registration + sandwich buffet)

13.30 WELCOMING REMARKS
 Welcome by Katherine Courtney, CEO, UK Space Agency
 Welcome by Johann-Dietrich Woerner, Director-General, ESA
 Introduction by Claire Jolly, OECD and Luca del Monte, ESA
14.00 1. WHAT TYPE OF POLICY MIX CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOPING DOWNSTREAM ACTIVITIES?
The objective of this first session is to review the role of government in developing and sustaining
relevant downstream activities, examining policy, procurement and legal instruments, and
possible axis for future OECD guidelines. Invited speakers will have up to 10 minutes each to
present. Panellists and the audience will have a chance to debate key issues on the barriers to
innovation and possible solutions (e.g. available funding sources, leveraging existing activities to
create new ones…).
 The UK catapult experience (Tim Just, Head of Space, Innovate UK)
 Canada’s Support for EO Applications, Products & Services (David Haight, Chief
Economist, Policy Branch, CSA)
 The Scandinavian example for entrepreneurship (Bjørn Ottar Elseth, Senior Adviser,
Industry, Norwegian Space Center)
 Fostering downstream activities in Italy: a shared vision (Giuseppe Codispoti,
Telecommunication and Navigation Division, ASI)
 European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (Gian Gherardo Calini, Head of
Market Development)

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15.30 Networking Pause

16.00 2. HOW CAN WE MEASURE INNOVATION IN DOWNSTREAM ACTIVITIES?

Innovation can be triggered by many factors (e.g. transfers of technologies or industrial processes
from different sectors, innovative combinations of off-the-shelf technological bricks…). The
objective of this session is to examine the types of measures that can be used to track innovation
and its impacts in the creation of new activities. Organisations in the panel will share their
experiences, and participants in the audience will be asked to share their views, particularly in
terms of indicators they already use or would need to have to better position their activities.
 Spin off / spin in, case studies from NASA (Patrick Besha, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of
Strategy & Policy, Office of the Administrator, NASA)
 From tech to market: marketing technologies to enterprises (Roswitha Grümann, Head of
European Space Policy and Special Affairs, DLR)
 Bringing existing space capabilities, products and services to institutional users (Stefaan De
Mey, Secretary General, Eurisy)
 ESA Business Incubation Centres: lessons learned (Frank Salzgeber, Head, Technology
Transfer Programme Office, ESA)

17.30 Visit of facilities

19.30 Dinner
 Introduction and welcome speech by Johann-Dietrich Woerner, Director-General, ESA
 Keynote Speech by Prof. M. Mazzucato “Building dynamic public and private interactions
in the space innovation eco-system: a mission oriented framework”

SECOND DAY– 10 June 2016

9.00 WELCOME AND RECAP OF PREVIOUS DAY

 OECD and ESA Chairs
9.15 3. HOW DIFFERENT ACTORS USE SATELLITE CAPACITY AND BIG DATA TO INNOVATE?
The objective of this session is to compare the experiences of different actors using satellite
capacity and innovative big data opportunities, contributing to changing drastically (or not) the
traditional space applications’ paradigm. Particularly for this session, in addition to panellist
presentations, members of the audience from the private sector will have a chance to share their
experiences as innovators.
 Promoting space applications: ESA lessons learned (Magali Vaissière, Director,
Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, ESA)
 UKSA views on new initiatives to promote downstream activities (Catherine Mealing-
Jones, Director, Growth, UK Space Agency)
 Launching earth observation services and building user communities (i.e. ocean, land and
atmosphere monitoring) (Nicolaus Hanowski, Earth Observation Programmes, ESA)
 Take-up of innovative applications in the agricultural world (Andrew Davidson, Manager,
Earth Observation, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

10.45 Networking Pause

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11.15 3. HOW DIFFERENT ACTORS USE SATELLITE CAPACITY AND BIG DATA TO INNOVATE? (session
continued)
 Innovation in positioning, navigation, and timing (Paul Verhoef, Director, Galileo
Programme and Navigation-Related Activities, ESA)
 Helping businesses to create new commercial applications using satellite capacities (Nick
Shave, Space Sector Director, Space, Defence and National Security, CGI IT UK)
 Revolutionising connected navigation apps (Peter Atalla, Founder and CEO, navmii)
 Lessons learned from an innovative geospatial start-up (Steven Ramage, Director of
Strategy, what3words)

12.45 Wrap-up from the chairs and next steps

13.00 Sandwich lunch – Departure of participants

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