Opening Ceremony
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Doyle Knight
Master of Ceremony
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Alain Merlen
EUCASS President
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Martin Vetterli
EPFL President
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Franco Bernelli Zazzera
CEAS President
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Raphael Conz
Canton de Vaud - Managing Director of the Economic Affairs & Innovation (SPEI)
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Renato Kproun
ESA Chair of Council at delegate level & Head of Swiss Space Office
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Chryssa Kouveliotou
Member of the ERC Scientific Council
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Peter Grognard
Managing Director - von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
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Pascale Ultre-Guerard
Deputy Director for Programs – Strategy Directorate – CNES
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Stefan Schleichtriem
DLR
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Hervé Gilibert
CTO – ArianeGroup
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Urs Thomann
Pilatus – Director Technologies and Processes