Crossing Frontiers: Connecting Industries With The Space Economy

Are you ready to launch your technology into a new orbit?

Join TWI and Space Park Leicester for a unique event designed to connect space and non-space sector innovators, and explore how cross-sector technologies can thrive in the fast-evolving global space economy.

Whether you're from automotive, aerospace, motorsport, nuclear, materials science, electronics or advanced manufacturing, this is your opportunity to discover how your innovations could be adapted and commercialised for space.

What to Expect:

• Insights from the ESA Technology Broker UK
• Learn from leading industry experts across diverse sectors
• Panel discussion on commercialising innovation for the space sector
• Funding and support opportunities for tech transfer
• Exhibitor networking and cross-sector knowledge sharing
• Networking Lunch and "Cosmic Coffee" informal wrap-up session

Agenda

09:30 - Registration & Coffee

10:00 - Welcome

10:05 - SPL overview

10:30 - TWI Technology Broker presentation

11:10 - ESA introduction

11:30 - Industry insights: MIA / SMMT / NIA / MAA

12:00 - Panel: Technology Transfer into Space (max. 4 panellists)

12:30 - Networking lunch with company exhibits in the atrium (5–6 tables)

14:00 - Cosmic Coffee – informal networking

15:00 - Space Park Tour (TBC)

This is more than an event — it's your gateway to new markets, partnerships, and growth.