11:00-11:50
Marco Antonio Chamon
Presidente
AEB
Panel 1: Brazil's Space Strategy
2nd Space Industry Workshop
Connect your organization to the future of the space economy
From August 3 to 5, at Rio Innovation Week, join a direct meeting designed to create connections, business, and partnerships among government, industry, investors, academia, and international partners.
SIW 2026 organization
AEB in partnership with UNOOSA, UNDP, ArcaHub, and Rio Innovation Week
2026 Guests
Guests by day
Published guests and the panel each one joins. The full program appears just below.
August 4
Panels on August 4
19 guests
11:00-11:50
Daniel Gomes de Almeida Filho
Secretário de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico e Inovação
MCTI
Panel 1: Brazil's Space Strategy
11:00-11:50
Sergio Roberto de Almeida
Presidente
ALADA
Panel 1: Brazil's Space Strategy
12:00-12:50
Sidney Nakahodo
Founder
Seldor Capital
Panel 2: Financing the Space Economy
12:00-12:50
Elias Ramos
Innovation Director
FINEP
Panel 2: Financing the Space Economy
12:00-12:50
Alice Ferreira Lopes da Maia E Menezes
Gerente
BNDES
Panel 2: Financing the Space Economy
12:00-12:50
Eduardo Colombo
Gerente de Portfólio
888Hz
Panel 2: Financing the Space Economy
13:30-14:20
Antonio Machado e Silva
Diretor Geral
AMS Kepler
Panel 3: Earth Observation and the Data Economy
13:30-14:20
Salem El Nimri
Chief of Space Technology at Aerospace and Satellites
AWS Aerospace
Panel 3: Earth Observation and the Data Economy
13:30-14:20
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder
TerraWatch
Panel 3: Earth Observation and the Data Economy
15:30-16:20
Calvin Trubiene
Co-Founder
Pion
Panel 4: Access to Space
15:30-16:20
Valeryia Barashkova
Co-Founder & Sales and Marketing Director
Aerospace Capital
Panel 4: Access to Space
16:30-17:20
Leandro Gaunszer
Diretor
IBTD - ex-CEO ViaSat
Panel 5: Connected from Space
16:30-17:20
Chune Yang Lum
CEO
SepQtral
Panel 5: Connected from Space
18:30-19:20
Anderson Correa
IPT
Panel 6: Building Sustainable Business with Space Data
18:30-19:20
Patrick Pils
LETO Space
Panel 6: Building Sustainable Business with Space Data
18:30-19:20
Jose Salgado
Space Commerce Matters
Panel 6: Building Sustainable Business with Space Data
18:30-19:20
Carolina Botelho
NovaSpace
Panel 6: Building Sustainable Business with Space Data
17:00-17:50
Maya Pindeus
Another Earth
Panel 7: Downstream for the environment
August 5
Panels on August 5
18 guests
10:30-11:20
Leila Fonseca
Panel 8: Brazil's Space Startup Ecosystem
10:30-11:20
Arthur Durigan Falcão Bahdur
CEO
BIZU Space
Panel 8: Brazil's Space Startup Ecosystem
10:30-11:20
Jhonata Oliveira
CEO
NOR Space
Panel 8: Brazil's Space Startup Ecosystem
10:30-11:20
Rafael Mordente
Diretor Executivo
Concert
Panel 8: Brazil's Space Startup Ecosystem
11:30-12:20
Janayna Bhering
Panel 9: Tech Parks
11:30-12:20
Jeferson de Lima Cheriegate
CEO
PIT Incuba
Panel 9: Tech Parks
11:30-12:20
Luiz Fernando Taboada
CIMATEC
Panel 9: Tech Parks
12:30-13:20
Mariana de Oliveira Santos
Coordenadora-Geral de Instrumentos de Apoio à Inovação - CGIA
MCTI
Panel 10: Innovation from Space
12:30-13:20
Gerardo Felipe Espinoza Pérez
Especialista em Geoprocessamento e Sensoriamento Remoto
Suzano
Panel 10: Innovation from Space
12:30-13:20
Cristina Bentz
Senior Consultant
Petrobras
Panel 10: Innovation from Space
13:30-14:20
Lucas Fonseca
Consultor
UNOOSA
Panel 11: Microgravity as a Platform
15:30-16:20
Maurício Meira
Panel 12: Space-Enabled Decisions
15:30-16:20
Thiago Cidade
Earth Daily
Panel 12: Space-Enabled Decisions
16:30-17:20
Dennis Quick
Key Account Manager - Government
Spire
Panel 13: Satellite Systems and Constellations
16:30-17:20
Bruce Wei
Business Development Manager
Star Vision
Panel 13: Satellite Systems and Constellations
18:30-19:20
Paolo Gessini
Diretor
AEB
Panel 14: Deep Space and the Lunar Economy
18:30-19:20
Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz
MoonDAO
Panel 14: Deep Space and the Lunar Economy
19:30-20:20
Cornelis Eldering
Head of the Space Solutions Section
ESA
Panel 15: Global Partnerships for Space Innovation
2026 Program
Our 15 panels
A quick read of the full theme track.
August 4
August 4 Program
7 panels
Brazil's Space Strategy
Turning National Vision into Market Opportunities
Connects Brazil's institutional space agenda to concrete opportunities for industry, investors, and technology providers.
Financing the Space Economy
Unlocking Capital, Grants, and Strategic Investment in Brazil
Explores public funding, development banks, grants, and private capital pathways to accelerate space businesses in Brazil.
Earth Observation and the Data Economy
From Satellite Intelligence to Scalable Business Solutions
Shows how Earth observation moves from raw imagery to intelligence for agriculture, climate, infrastructure, and digital markets.
Access to Space
Unlocking Launch, Logistics, and Orbital Services
Discusses launch, orbital logistics, responsive missions, and new commercial models that lower access-to-space barriers.
Connected from Space
Satellite Infrastructure for the Next Digital Economy
Covers satellite connectivity, cloud infrastructure, and space-based digital systems for inclusion, resilience, and new commercial architectures.
Building Sustainable Business with Space Data
Explores how space data and assets can become products, services, and market intelligence with sustainable economic value.
Downstream for the environment
Explores how downstream applications transform environmental monitoring, conservation, agriculture, land use, and informed decisions.
August 5
August 5 Program
8 panels
Brazil's Space Startup Ecosystem
Entrepreneurship, Investment Readiness, and New Venture Creation
Focuses on the conditions needed to create, support, and scale space technology startups in Brazil, from incubation to investment readiness.
Tech Parks
Discusses how technology parks and innovation environments can support advanced space technologies, complex projects, and new applications.
Innovation from Space
Enabling Business Growth and Competitive Advantage Across Industries
Moves the discussion to industries that can use data, connectivity, and geospatial intelligence for productivity, sustainability, and competitive advantage.
Microgravity as a Platform
New Opportunities for Research, Industry, and High-Value Manufacturing
Presents microgravity as a platform for research, pharmaceuticals, materials, biotechnology, and high-value advanced manufacturing.
Space-Enabled Decisions
Shows how satellite intelligence becomes a practical decision layer for agriculture, climate, environment, finance, insurance, logistics, and public policy.
Satellite Systems and Constellations
Explores how satellite systems and constellations expand commercial applications, Earth observation, communications, and scalable operating models.
Deep Space and the Lunar Economy
Strategic Frontiers for Emerging Space Nations
Discusses lunar and deep-space activities as strategic economic frontiers, including lunar resources, data infrastructure, and international missions.
Global Partnerships for Space Innovation
Building Bridges Between Ecosystems, Markets, and Missions
Closes the program with international cooperation as a mechanism to accelerate ecosystem development, market access, and technology partnerships.
2026 edition
A meeting to turn conversation into opportunity
The meeting connects space capabilities with real economic challenges. The goal is to move from broad conversation to concrete agendas for cooperation, investment, applied innovation, and international presence.
The idea is to create a clear, high-quality space for those who develop technology, invest, shape public policy, or seek new applications for the space sector.
Who we want to bring together
Government
Industry
Investors
Academia
International partners
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Focus of the event
- Qualified connections among government, industry, investors, academia, and international partners.
- Space applications focused on economic development, innovation, and competitiveness.
- Opportunities to strengthen partnerships and expand Brazil's presence in the global space economy.
2026 organization
SIW 2026 with strategic partners
SIW 2026 is organized by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) in partnership with UNOOSA, UNDP, ArcaHub, and Rio Innovation Week.
Organized by
Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), in partnership with UNOOSA, UNDP, ArcaHub, and Rio Innovation Week.
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2025 highlights
Explore the previous edition
See the tone of the event and the key records from the first edition.
The first edition brought together public organizations, companies, researchers, and specialists to connect space capabilities with real market challenges.