Industry Space Days
ESA's Industry Space Days (ISD) event fosters cooperation and the sharing of ideas and expertise through partnerships within the space sector. Its focus is to increase the involvement of SMEs in space activities.
Organised by ESA’s SME Office supporting SMEs working with ESA, this event facilitates networking and the establishing of new business contacts. It includes pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, exhibitions highlighting the innovations and expertise of selected SMEs, briefings on business opportunities by large groups and institutional organisations, and conferences on space perspectives and market trends.
Industry Space Days 2024
The next Industry Space Days event is planned for 18–19 September 2024 at ESTEC, ESA's technical centre in The Netherlands. For further information on the event and to register, visit the Industry Space Days website.
Look back at previous Industry Space Days
ESA's Industry Space Days 2022 event was opened by ESA Director General, Josef Aschbacher, on site at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands on 28–29 September 2022.
Catch a flavour of the event on ESA’s Flickr channel, replay livestreams, and download presentations.
ISD held online: A record 1900 participants registered for the Industry Space Days 2020 held online on 16–17 September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ESA moved the event online for the first time since its inception in 1999. Presentations were web streamed and thousands of prescheduled B2B meetings were held in virtual meeting rooms. The Industry Space Days of 7–8 December 2021, was also held online.
The seventh Industry Space Days event at ESA ESTEC on 11–12 September 2018 was attended by over 1500 people from industry. Some 850 companies from 39 countries participated in more than 10 000 pre-arranged business meetings. An industry exhibition featuring 140 stands provided additional opportunities for European suppliers, especially SMEs, to present their products, projects, or their R&D to potential customers.
