They sponsor SG[France]2021 :

Founded in 1961, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) is the government agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s space policy in Europe.

To execute the nation’s space policy, CNES relies on strong shared values like excellence, enthusiasm and the desire to rise to the challenges that lie ahead. Our 2,357 men and women are working hard to lay plans for the future, make French industry more competitive and sustain scientific and operational excellence. With our four centres in Paris, Toulouse and French Guiana, we are helping to extend the influence of French space policy.

In 2021, CNES is celebrating a legacy of 60 years fuelling dreams and advancing science and technology. Today, society is in need of space and at CNES we are ready for a new decade of space exploration with you.

Airbus is an international reference in the aerospace sector. They design, manufacture and deliver industry-leading commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transports, satellites and launch vehicles, and provide data services, navigation, secure communications, urban mobility and other solutions for customers on a global scale.

With a forward-looking strategy based on cutting-edge technologies, digital and scientific excellence, Airbus aims for a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.

Technoport has over 20 years of experience in the field of incubation and support to the creation and development of innovative and technology companies in Luxembourg. Their vision is to bridge ideas to success by creating the right ecosystem around innovation and entrepreneurship. To achieve this mission they built:

– The Business Incubator with equipped office space and industrial facilities: home to over 40 innovative companies at a given time (covering various sectors from ICT to healthtech, spacetech and industrial applications). Their market segments are newly established startup companies and spin-offs as well as foreign companies that need a partner to quickly ramp-up R&D activities in Luxembourg.

– The Digital Experience Studio where they help validate business concepts/applications around digital content creation by bringing people together during specific and thematic hackathons or projects.

– A wide network of local and international partners and global supporters.

Quatre écoles d’ingénieur, 17 parcours de masters dont 7 dispensés entièrement en anglais, un doctorat, sept laboratoires de recherche : depuis plus de 160 ans, Centrale Lille forme des ingénieurs et des chercheurs de haut niveau.

Développer les compétences et accompagner l’émergence des talents de chacun de ses élèves, de ses étudiants et de ses personnels est l’ambition de Centrale Lille.

L’établissement forme d’abord des ingénieurs grâce à ses quatre écoles internes : l’Ecole Centrale de Lille pour la formation généraliste, l’ENSCL pour la formation des ingénieurs chimistes, l’ITEEM pour la formation des ingénieurs-managers-entrepreneurs et l’IG2I, pour la formation des ingénieurs pour les systèmes intelligents et interconnectés.

Ces quatre écoles sont conçues pour permettre aux élèves de se construire un avenir professionnel conforme à leurs ambitions. Centrale Lille a pour vocation de répondre aux besoins des entreprises en formant de futurs ingénieurs capables d’évoluer dans des environnements très variés et de contribuer à leur développement économique.

Centrale Lille joue un rôle important dans l’innovation et la recherche. Il propose des masters recherche et un doctorat. Ses sept laboratoires de recherche portent des projets innovants, enrichissant chaque jour un peu plus la connaissance scientifique et participant à l’innovation au sein des entreprises.

Ses formations variées et exigeantes, son ambition et son implication forte dans l’innovation et la recherche font de Centrale Lille un acteur majeur de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche.

With the advent of NewSpace and the IoT (Internet of Things), the CNES (French Space Agency) and CLS (Collecte, Localisation, Satellites) created Kinéis in 2019 to democratise ARGOS technology and extend it to the entire IoT market.
Kinéis is convinced that providing easy and everywhere access to useful satellite data will simplify and multiply the uses of professionals and individuals.

Venture Orbital Systems‘ goal is to offer a simple, efficient and responsive launch service dedicated to CubeSats operators.

Zephyr is a small launcher with a 70 kg polar orbit capacity, offering a tailor-made service. VOS offers many launch opportunities, decreasing the waiting time, while also letting the operators choose the best launch window and the best orbit for their needs.

HE Space is a leading contracting company specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the space sector. They employ space experts in the fields of engineering, science, operations, software development and administration. Their employees contribute towards every major European space programme.

ScanWorld is a Belgian new space company providing frequent, affordable, globally actionable, reliable and accessible hyperspectral imagery for vegetation monitoring. 

Created in 2020, ScanWorld aims at launching two batches of 4 observation satellites until 2026.

If you have any additional questions, please refer to our sponsors team:

Emma: [email protected]

Gueorguy: [email protected]

Min: [email protected]

Raphael: [email protected]