ISU to host yearly SATTO meeting

The SATTO group was established in 2015 to exchange best practices and experiences in spin-off and technology transfer from space programmes, as well as also finding common grounds for joint initiatives, to foster re-use of innovations developed for space systems and satellite services to boost other sectors in the society.

"We are delighted that the space agency technology transfer colleagues chose to have this year's meeting at ISU. This allows them to interact with our students and alumni, who are becoming space entrepreneurs in higher numbers every year," says  Juan de Dalmau, President, International Space University

"In addition, the meeting comes in very timely, as the ISU campus is now hosting space incubation and acceleration services with the support of ESA, CNES and the Strasbourg Eurometropolis.

“We are particularly interested in transferring space technologies or in using space data for the mobility and future vehicle sectors."

The SATTO working group included a number of international and national space agencies and offices, including NASA from USA, ESA from Europe, CSA from Canada, CNES from France, DLR from Germany, ASI from Italy, JAXA from Japan, the Space Office from Switzerland, the Aerospace Research Institute from South Korea, and the National Institute for Space Research from Brasil and ISA from Israel. Most of the members will be present and also OECD will participate to the SATTO meeting this year. 

In the morning, there will be an open panel session with the following agenda;

08:30-09:00 Welcome and registration
09:00-09:10 Introduction by Juan de Dalmau
09:10-11:00 Each SATTO member will highlight their current space technology transfer activities at their respective space agencies and organisations
11:15-12:30 Interactive panel discussion

ISU Masters students, ISU students and other ISU stakeholders, alumni and local technology transfer officers are welcome. Please check with ISU for details and location.

The afternoon is allocated to the internal SATTO group's yearly meeting.

SATTO members

The following members of SATTO is scheduled to participate:

• ESA: Frank M. Salzgeber, Nuria Hernandez Alfageme and Matthew Edwards
• NASA: Daniel Lockney, Ann Harkey and Mark Dvorscak
• JAXA: Takayuki Kawai and Sayaka Sashida
• Italian Space Agency ASI: Dave Anilkulmar
• French Space Agency CNES: Didier Lapierre, Sebastien Poujade, Jean-Marc Charbonnie and Guillaume Prigent
• German Space Agency DLR: Michael Nyenhuis 
• Canadean Space Agency CSA: Anne-Marie Lan Phan
• OECD: Claire Jolly and Mattia Olivari
• Israel Space Agency ISA: Ofer Lapid