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  • session 4-GTS.1

    Title

    Entrepreneurship Around the World

    type

    oral

    Description

    Entrepreneurship presents unique opportunities and challenges from country to country around the world. Some of the experiences of entrepreneurs transcend national and cultural borders, but some others do not. This session welcomes papers and presentations which describe the barriers experienced by real entrepreneurs in their different countries and regions. A panel with industry experts from around the world will set the stage followed by a discussion which highlights the commonalities and unique characteristics of nation-specific entrepreneurial barriers as identified by the individual papers presented. This is a technical session co-sponsored by the IAF Space Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee (SEIC) and the IAF Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee, as part of the Global Technical Sessions – presenters can present in person at the IAC or from their home/work/university location."

    Date

    2026-10-07

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    Hall 28

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mrs. Eleonora Lombardi, Fondazione E. Amaldi, Italy;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Samuel Peterson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide, United States;

    • Co-Chair: Ms. Susana Fornies Rodriguez, ISAE - Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, France;

    • Co-Chair: Ms. Nancy C. Wolfson, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), United States;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    Connecting Youth to Space Data for Earth and Society: An Experiential Learning Framework Supporting Emerging Space Careers and Entrepreneurship – The PIKALI Experience

    10

    confirmed

    Mrs. Erika Velio

    PIKALI

    France

    2

    15:10

    Creating an Entrepreneurs Paradise with Open Data

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Jeanne Holm

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

    United States

    3

    15:20

    Emerging Space Economies: Leveraging Innovation for Competitive Advantage

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Girinath Anandhan

    Lithuania

    4

    15:30

    From Orbit to Earth: How SpaceAg Entrepreneurs Navigate Risk and Global Markets

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Davi Souza

    Independent Researcher

    United Kingdom

    5

    15:40

    Building Nordic Advantage in Space: Industrial Repurposing, Commercialization, and Coordination with Sweden in Focus

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Gabor Tatar

    Sweden

    6

    15:50

    Catalyzing Space Commerce Through Innovation-Oriented Public Procurement: Evidence from Brazil’s Inertial Navigation System Program

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Erik Busnello Imbuzeiro

    Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)

    Brazil

    7

    16:00

    Space Entrepreneurship Models for Developing Economies: Malaysia, Brazil, Nigeria

    `10

    confirmed

    Ms. Priyadharshni Ramesh Raju

    University of Southampton

    United Kingdom

    8

    16:00

    Strategic Innovation Imperatives for Sustaining Leadership in the Commercial Space Era

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Philip Hover-Smoot

    United States

    9

    16:10

    From Launchpads to Long-Term Prosperity: Deriving a Terrestrial Social Dividend in Regional Australia

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Hamish McNamara

    Southern Launch

    Australia

    10

    16:20

    Global Perspectives on Lunar Exploration and Development

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Issei Mamiya

    Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

    Japan

    11

    16:30

    Servitization Under Institutional Lock-in: Government Demand Signals and the Feasibility of Upstream Space Commerce in Europe

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Leon Kreisel

    Germany

    12

    16:40

    An Interactive Web Platform for Space Situational Awareness and Orbital Data Visualization

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Hatice Acar

    TUBITAK Uzay, Space Technologies Research Institute

    Türkiye

    13

    16:50

    ESG Management Status and Evaluation of Korean Space Companies for Sustainable Space Development

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Chang Ho LIM

    Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)

    Republic of Korea

    14

    17:00

    competing before the resource: resource-advantage theory and constitutive competition in the emerging space economy

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Ahmet Can Şenlik

    İstanbul Gelişim University

    Türkiye

    15

    17:10

    A comparative analysis of government and industry perspectives on South Africa’s space commerce development: strategic innovations for commercial acceleration.

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Mutshutshu Nephiphidi

    South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

    South Africa