Explore. Learn. Build.
The EUSPA Space Academy offers enthusiastic entrepreneurs a free and customisable online development programme tailored to their unique goals.
Motivated to shake up your industry by employing the latest in space data? You’ve come to the right place.
Our academy brings you:
Stay tuned to find out what’s in store, and don’t forget to book your sessions now before they fill up.
If you need personalised advice
office hours
03 October / Monday
09:00 (CEST)
Business model & strategy office hour
05 October / Wednesday
11:00 (CEST)
Legal office hour
10 October / Monday
09:00 (CEST)
Access to funding for space start-ups office hour
13 October / Thursday
15:00 (CEST)
How to build a team and allocate resources office hour
14 October / Friday
17:00 (CEST)
Sales office hour
27 October / Thursday
workshops
03 October / Monday
17:00 (CEST)
Marketing plan workshop
04 October / Tuesday
11:00 (CEST)
Investor pitching workshop
05 October / Wednesday
17:00 (CEST)
Minimal Viable Product workshop
26 October / Wednesday
curriculum
Guerric de Crombrugghe is an enthusiastic and self-driven expert in aerospace, including aeroplanes, drones, rockets, satellites, and their applications, with an emphasis on company growth and innovation. He launched ScanWorld, a hyperspectral images and analytics company, in 2020. He now works as Chief Product Officer at ConstellR with the goal of creating a European champion in satellite photography for agriculture.
Peter Torstensen is the CEO and founder of Accelerace, the leading startup accelerator and early stage investor in the Nordics, having accelerated more than 800 startups and invested into nearly 120 pre-traction startups. He is an entrepreneur and contributed to the creation of some of the first venture funds in Denmark.
Simona Ciuciuc is a tech enthusiast who spent 8 years in the tech industry with Orange. Simona worked in several areas as a functional architect for mobile money services at Orange and as a cloud architect for their public cloud solution. She is a senior Data&AI architect, and her main activities are to contribute to and support the Orange B2B Data AI transformation.
Sven Przywarra is a co-founder of LiveEO. Sven is leading a team of more than 90 people working on bringing the insights of earth observation to utility enterprises. He is convinced that earth observation will have a positive impact on every major industry within the next 10 years.
Norbert Frischauf is a Chief Technologist at SpaceTec Partners with more than 13 years of management consulting experience. Norbert is a science journalist at the Austrian National television and technology strategist in EC, EUSPA, GJU, and ESA. He has a scientific and technological background ranging from high energy physics, IT, aviation, and aerospace to space systems engineering.
& Mentors
Dushinka Karani is an expert in marketing, communications, innovation, sales, and trade marketing. Dushinka worked as a Marketing Director for multinational companies, and she is now the Global Marketing Director at FundigBox. She helps SMEs and start-ups in shaping and scaling their tech solutions.
Christian Thaler-Wolski is a start-up advisor to early and growth-stage entrepreneurs. After years of working with VC firms in Europe investing in and advising B2B SaaS founders, he is now focused on space technology. Christian has served as a speaker, panellist, mentor, and advisor for numerous start-up organizations and events.
Henk Kok is the CEO and founder of Xablu, a company bridging the gap between Tech and Market. He is known for his strategic vision on developing and marketing Cloud Enabled Services like mobile applications.
Laura Moreno has over 15 years of experience in the space business having previsouly worked at ESA ESTEC and Starlab. She founded EarthPulse, a start-up focused on socio economic indexes based on EO & geospatial data.
Ginny Radmall is a start-up coach providing personalised group coaching, 1-1’s and online training. She has worked with some of the biggest tech companies in the world such as Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce. Her start-up experience extends to Accelerator Programmes such as Techstars, Google for Startups, and others.
Any person of legal age who resides in an EU Member State, Norway or Switzerland.
Register anytime during the academy by clicking at the courses on our website.
No, not at all. We encourage anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship and EU space data and signals to participate in the academy. You can learn about the opportunities of the downstream sector and business practices to create a successful start-up.
Yes, there is no requirement as such for participation in the EUSPA Space Academy. Although the course is aimed for entrepreneurs within the space sector, the training is designed so any interested person regardless of their background can find modules of interest.
No, you can register to the online programme anytime! Once you registered, you will gain access to all the available courses that you can watch at your own convenience.
Each member of your team can individually join and benefit from the academy.
No, you can watch the trainings in your preferred order.
Yes, you will get a certificate after completing the academy. Additionally, after the completion of each course, you can download a completion badge and share it with your network.
Yes, feel free to join all the courses you like.
Depending on the training, follow-up sessions are workshops, office hours or mentoring sessions, that become available after the release of each training.
You can view the schedule on the website and register for the session on the learning platform.
You can book up to 4 mentoring sessions, either with the same mentor or different ones. Note that places are limited and mentor availability cannot be guaranteed