Space Economy Africa In Focus
The first Space Economy - Africa in Focus virtual conference gathered over 300 registered participants and representatives from over 66 different countries. It was a successful event that saw the participation of 15 High-Level Speakers/Experts from diverse public-private sector institutions/companies as well as attendees from 26 African countries. It also provided a unique platform that brought together 12 representatives of the commercial space sector with operations in Africa to discuss how to grow strong, responsible and sustainable space economies on the continent.
Details about all sessions and representatives can be found in the programme.
Space Economy 2021 Outcome Report provides an overview of the 2021 virtual conference "Space Economy: Africa in Focus" dedicated to enhancing the growth of the commercial space sector in Africa. This report captures the remarks and experiences shared during the conference.
Space for the Great Reset
Earth Observation, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, and satellite communications have played key roles in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Space activities have also been crucial in economic recovery.
UNOOSA launched the Space for the Great Reset series to review their impacts in more detail.
The series provided insights on three topics: Economic Growth, Climate Action and Access to Space.
1. Space for the Great Reset: Boosting Sustainable Economic Growth for a resilient COVID-19 recovery. The event was organized in the context of the United Nations Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals.
2. Space for the Great Reset: Harnessing the Power of Space Technology for Climate Action. The event was organized in the context of the United Nations High-level Political Forum.
3. Space for the Great Reset: Towards a fair, responsible and sustainable Access to Space.
Space for the Great Reset 2021 Outcome Report provides an overview of the events that brought together experts and speakers from all around the world to explore the outlook on how the international community can build back better, highlighting the contributions of space to the post-pandemic recovery.
Exploring the Space Economy
A series of webinars focused on the "Space Economy" convened public and industry experts to unpack approaches to strengthening national space sectors. Across the series, we focused on the most fundamental elements of a healthy, responsible, and sustainable space economy.
The Outcome Report provides an overview of all virtual events in 2020.
All sessions (June-September 2020)
Session One: Introducing the Space Economy
The first webinar gathered representatives from the UAE Space Agency, GISTDA, Thailand, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy, PricewaterhouseCoopers' Space Practice, Paris, France, Astroscale, Japan and UNOOSA's Space Applications Section. This kick-off event introduced the space economy topic and looked forward to topic-specific follow-up webinars.
The Insight Report of the experiences shared during the webinar can be downloaded here.
The Agenda for the session can be found here.
Session Two: Making the Case for Space
The second session saw experts from Space in Africa, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (part of the Dept. of Commerce) and Azercosmos join us to share insights on how to build strong foundations and baselines for supporting strong space economies.
The agenda for the session, including details about the speakers, can be found here.
The Insight Report of the experiences shared during the webinar can be downloaded here.
Session Three: How to Scale Up
The third session saw experts from the European Commission, MzansiSat, Dipteron and the Space4Impact Initiative join us to share insights on how to take space entities from the scale-up to the established phase.
The Insight Report is here.
The agenda for the session is here.
Session Four: Access to Finance
The fourth session saw experts from Bryce Space and Technology, the Australian Financial Security Authority and the European Investment Bank join us to share insights on the financial landscape and how to build and develop financial systems for sustainable growth of the sector.
The Insight Report can be downloaded here.
The agenda for the session is here.
Session Five: International cooperation to grow responsible and sustainable space activities
The fifth session saw experts from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and the Angolan National Space Programme Management Office sharing their insights about international cooperation to build sustainable space economies.
The insight report is here.
The agenda of the session is here.
Session Six: Innovation and Growth: Government, Industry and Academia working together to grow your space economy
The sixth session saw experts from Surrey Satellite Technology, Bocconi University, the Indonesian Space Agency and the China Space Foundation deliver their perspectives on the current cooperative landscape between academia, governments and the commercial space sector.
The insight report is here.
The agenda of the session is here.
Session Seven: Building Back Better: How a healthy space economy can support post-COVID 19 recoveries
The 7th session saw experts share their insights into current global developments regarding how space economies can play a key role in responding to COVID-19 and supporting socio-economic development as countries seek to 'build back better'.
Relevant material will be uploaded soon.
The insight report is here.