Space Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Bari, 12 - 13 Giugno 2025
12 Giugno – Space Strategy and Entrepreneurship
9.00 – 9.30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
9.30 – 9.45 Opening Speech
Francesco Cupertino (Dean of Politecnico di Bari)
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli (Full Professor of Innovation Management at Politecnico di Bari, President of Boosting Innovation in Poliba – BINP)
9.45 – 11.00 Keynote Speech
Christopher Tucci (Full Professor of Digital Strategy & Innovation at Imperial College Business School)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Roundtable “Supporting the growth of the New Space Economy: Institutional context and entrepreneurship policy”
– Host: Angelo Natalicchio (Politecnico di Bari)
Vito Albino (Chair of ECSECO – European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce and Full Professor of Business and Management Engineering at Politecnico di Bari)
Christina Theodoraki (Full Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at Aix-Marseille University)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.30 Insights bridging academia and practice for space economy Presentation of academic papers
13 Giugno – Financing Space Ventures
9.00 – 9.30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
9.30 – 9.45 Opening speech on the FINSPACE project
Angelo Natalicchio (Assistant Professor of Management at Politecnico di Bari)
9.45 – 11.00 Keynote Speech
Camilla Colombo (Full Professor of Orbital Mechanics at Politecnico di Milano)
Massimo Colombo (Full Professor of Innovation Economics, Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Finance at Politecnico di Milano)
Reinhilde Veugelers (Full Professor at KU Leuven’s Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Institutional roundtable “Shaping the Future of the Space Economy: Policies and Growth Opportunities”
– Host: Umberto Panniello (Politecnico di Bari)
Giuseppe Acierno (President & General Director Aerospace Technological District (DTA))
Gianna Elisa Berlingerio (Director of the Economic Development Department at Regione Puglia)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 Roundtable “Once upon a time in Space: The new frontier of economic development”
– Host: Angelo Cavallo (Politecnico di Milano)
Cristoforo Abbattista (Head of SpaceStream Strategic Business Unit – Planetek Italia)
Cristiano Camponeschi (Leading Partner Officine Innovazione – Deloitte innovation department)
Gianluca Dettori (Chairman and General Partner at Primo Ventures)
Chiara Pertosa (CEO Sitael) TBC
Davide Vittori (CEO Astradyne)
