Deep-Dive Session: Doing Business With Space
Date: 8 Sep 2026
Time: 14:00 to 16:00
Location: SBIC Noordwijk
Please note: SBIC community members should use the registration link in Slack
Banner background image credit:
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeidler, E. Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani ( ESA/Webb )
Get insights into the options for commercialising space projects and initiatives within the Dutch space ecosystem. This SBIC event takes a deep dive into the business of working with space looking at it from three perspectives. Joining the session will help you understand the nuances of all three and how to tackle them for your specific case.
To understand the space market, you have to see it from all its angles. How to build your business varies whether you are bringing technology up to orbit, leveraging space data to service Earth or navigating the landscape of ESA projects. Space can be daunting, especially for those entering the market for the first time.
This deep dive session taking place at SBIC Noordwijk will be delving into the ins and outs of doing business with space. Experts in the industry are brought together to present three different perspectives to give you guidance and insights to take your next or your first step! The sessions will all include a short presentation from the speaker of their background and topic followed by time for a lively discussion.
Three perspectives on doing business with space for upstream, downstream and insights on working with the European Space Agency.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This event will be suitable for anyone considering doing business with space and/or anyone who has ever asked questions like:
When should I be building and when should I focus on commercialising?
Who should I speak to when selling my solution?
How do I navigate convoluted validation procedures?
Where do I even start? ESA is huge!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Be prepared to gain insights on the three perspectives in focus:
Upstream
For those building hardware and other solu