Space Tech Entrepreneurship in the Artemis Generation 2026-2024

ESA BIC Tagus Launch

About the Event

Join us for the official launch of ESA BIC Tagus, where groundbreaking space tech entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and students converge to shape the future of space-enabled innovation in Portugal. Discover the opportunities, funding, and support available through Europe’s premier space incubation network.

This is your opportunity to connect with ESA leadership, gain insights into the latest developments in space entrepreneurship, and meet the innovators building tomorrow’s space-enabled ventures.

Event Agenda

4:30 PM

Opening Remarks

Rogério Colaço, President of Instituto Superior Técnico

Isaltino Morais,Mayor of Oeiras

ESA BIC: Promoting space tech entrepreneurship in Europe

Niels Eldering, Head of the Space Solutions Section within the Innovation and Ventures Office at the European Space Agency (ESA)

Space pitches by young entrepreneurs and students:

Hear directly from emerging innovators in the space sector

Deep tech and space funding

Teresa Fiuza, Chief Investment Officer of Banco Português de Fomento

The future in space: A dialogue with students

Vicente Aroso, LISAT (TBC)

Sara Casimiro, Rocket Experiment Division (RED) (TBC)

Niels Eldering, Head of the Space Solutions Section within the Innovation and Ventures Office at the European Space Agency (ESA)

Dava Newman, Director of MIT Media Lab and Former Deputy Administrator of NASA

Manuel Heitor, Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and Former Minister for Science, Technology, and Higher Education

Closing remarks & networking:

Joana Mendonça, Vice- President of Instituto Superior Técnico for Oeiras Campus

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