Nordic Space Summit 2025 

Event partner: Kista Science City

Space Tech is becoming the next business frontier and enormous investments are continuously made in research and development. Similar to when Internet arrived businesses and society needs to rapidly understand the impact and business opportunities Space Tech offers.

With Space technology and services becoming increasingly accessible and affordable, many countries have a prospering Space industry. But still most resources end up in the larger more established countries which is a challenge to countries with Space ambitions.  With support from Vinnova, THINGS initiated an effort to test the waters for Nordic Space collaboration. The idea is simply that a regional approach can attract more resources, provide better support for Space Tech companies, create awareness, visibility and much more efficient use of our resources. Our countries could become more competitive and attractive for talent, investments, research and business opportunities. 

The Nordic Space Summit is created to enable and fuel such collaboration.
 With a speaker line-up including true makers and shakers of the Space industry in Nordic this has to be the place to be!

Registration

Speakers

Tomas Jonsson
Team Leader at CASSINI Space Entrepreneurship Initiative at European Commission

Filip Kocian
Investor at Expansion Aerospace Ventures

 

James Campion
CEO & Co-founder at TeraSI

Fredrik Agerhem
Board member at Forsway

John Kent
Vice President, Missions Sales at ICEYE

Eldrige de Melo
Space Expert at SHARPNAV

Smari McCarthy
Co-Founder & CEO at Ecosophy

Benita Gloria Gornicka
Space Missions and Applications Manager at Unibap

Emilie Åsberg
CEO & Co-founder at Havguard AS

Ernst Wehtje
Head of Institutional Sales at ReOrbit

Lars Moltsen
CEO & Founder at Sternula

Kristian Sørensen
Co-founder at Tordenskjold

Karin Bengtsson
CEO at Kista Science City

Nicholas Hawtin
Startup Specialist / Program Manager @ Dual Use Growth at DTU Science Park

Jonathan Myhr
Swedish Air Force

Benjamin Fischer
CEO Arctic Space Technologies

Eugène Désiré Nzengou
Market and Space Downstream Innovation consultant, EUSPA

The event is "startup style" with short presentations, high energy level and a great business mingle. We will have keynotes, Nordic Space Tech company rendez-vous, updates on the three prospect domains selected for collaboration: Earth Observation, Space Communication and Dual Use Technologies, startup pitches from all Nordic countries, insight presentations, report from the Nordic Space Tech Company survey, Award ceremony and a fantastic business mingle. The design of the event allows for pre- and post meetings and workshops, hopefully fueling the collaboration efforts in each domain.

The event is in English and 100 tickets are available for 200€ based on first-come, first-serve principles.

Agenda


19:00

Networking dinner for early arrivers

Note: Register by Magnus for this non-hosted dinner

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Magnus Melander
Co-founder and Evangelist at THINGS AB


10:00

Space Tech startup rendez-vous at voco Hotel, Kista

Meet and great fellow space lovers over a cup of coffee!

No registration required, just go there and enjoy! 

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12:30

Program start at Kista+ in Kista

Welcome to NSS25

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Karin Bengtsson
CEO at Kista Science City
Magnus Melander
Co-founder and Evangelist at THINGS AB
12:40

Keynote: Why Nordic Space collaboration?

Tomas Jonsson
Team Leader at CASSINI Space Entrepreneurship Initiative at European Commission
13:00

Intro WG Earth Observation

Filip Kocian
Investor at Expansion Aerospace Ventures
13:10

Intro WG Dual Use

Nicholas Hawtin
Startup Specialist / Program Manager @ Dual Use Growth at DTU Science Park
13:20

Intro WG Space Communication


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Eugène Désiré Nzengou
Market and Space Downstream Innovation consultant, EUSPA
13:30

Break

13:45

Nordic Space Tech Survey 2025 results

Magnus Melander
Co-founder and Evangelist at THINGS AB
13:55

Insight: Bootstrapping a Space Tech company

Benjamin Fischer
CEO Arctic Space Technologies
14:10

Case: Actionable intelligence through Earth Observation

John Kent
Vice President, Missions Sales at ICEYE
14:20

Case: Hardware for our wireless future

James Campion
CEO & Co-founder at TeraSI
14:30

Case: Stealth underwater communication and detection

Emilie Åsberg
CEO & Co-founder at Havguard AS
14:40

Case: Connecting the oceans​

Lars Moltsen
CEO & Founder at Sternula
14:50

Break

15:05

Insight: Flygvapnets Experimentkontor - contributes to defense technology of the future

Jonathan Myhr
Swedish Air Force
15:20

Case: Why bring an edge computer on your constellation mission?

Benita Gloria Gornicka
Space Missions and Applications Manager at Unibap
15:30

Case: Software-enabled satellites for secure communications

Ernst Wehtje
Head of Institutional Sales at ReOrbit
15:40

Case: Maritime Situational Awareness

Kristian Sørensen
Co-founder at Tordenskjold
15:50

Case: Power your Business with Environmental Information

Smari McCarthy
Co-Founder & CEO at Ecosophy
16:00

Break

16:15

Case: Revolutionizing GNSS solutions for unmatched accuracy and resilience

Eldrige de Melo
Space Expert at SHARPNAV
16:25

Case: Boost connectivity in underserved markets

Fredrik Agerhem
Board member at Forsway
16:35

Insight: Investing in space

Filip Kocian
Investor at Expansion Aerospace Ventures
16:50

Nordic Space Tech Awards 2025 🥇

Linda Krondahl
CEO & Co-founder THINGS
17:10

Closing: Where do we go from here? To voco!

Magnus Melander
Co-founder and Evangelist at THINGS AB
17:20

Business mingle drinks and food at voco Hotel, Kista

This event is organized in close collaboration with our friends at Kista Science City, and will be held on-site in Kista. The Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova support THINGS SPACE2 initiative on Nordic Space Collaboration. For questions, proposals or if you believe you should be invited to the event please reach out to Magnus Melander, magnus@thingstockholm.com.

Practical information

Hotel: We suggest voco Stockholm, Torshamnsgatan 39 in Kista which is around the corner of the event venue, and where we will have both the Nordic Space Tech company rendez-vous just before the event and the business mingle afterwards. We have a deal for NSS25 attendees (March 18-20) in single room including breakfast, Spa and VAT for 1400 SEK/night. Each person book and pay themselves.

Venue: Kista+ is located centrally at Kistagången 6, Kista.

Travel: Kista is located on the way from Arlanda airport to Stockholm. The Kista metro station (Line 11) is on 10-15 minutes walking distance from the venue and voco Stockholm. It's 18 minutes from Stockholm Central station to Kista.

THINGS is the industry-focused Deep tech and innovation hub in Sweden, located on the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) campus in Stockholm. Our vision is to turn Deeptech into Business, with a focus within Infrastructure, Industry, Mobility, Energy and Space. We work with 100+ member companies around the world, and 25+ partner organizations to deliver cross-border services. Since 2024 we are the operation partner to DeepTech Alliance. 
www.thingstockholm.com

Kista Science City AB works to strengthen the tech ecosystem, support business and attract talents to Kista, and the Stockholm region through community activities, programs and projects.
www.kista.com



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