In March 2020, Shimon joined Spaceil as the CEO, to lead the Beresheet2 lunar landing program.

Shimon (1953, Israel). graduated the Technion as an aeronautical engineer, and In 1994, he graduated the Master of Science in Management (MSM) program of Boston University and Beer-Sheba University.

In 1976 Shimon joined the Israel Air Force (IAF) as a young engineer in the area of design and development of manned and unmanned aircraft.

In 1998, the President of Israel decorated Shimon with the Israel Defense Award, for his special contribution to the defense of the state of Israel.

In 2000, Shimon was promoted to Brig. General as the Head of the IAF Material Command, and assumed the responsibility of the entire technical organization of the IAF, under the Commander of the Air Force.

In 2004, Shimon retired from service and joined Elbit Systems, as CEO of Silver-Arrow, a subsidiary of Elbit System for unmanned aircraft systems design, production, operation and support. Later on, Shimon served as VP of Operations and VP of advanced unmanned systems development at the unmanned division at Elbit Systems.

President and managing partner at EO59

My story has been like a painting of adventures, growing up in several American states with a solid hometown in Rochester, New York. The first thing I remember ever buying in my life was a Nikon camera, starting my life long adventure in Earth Observation the reel way! Much of my family working with Kodak, and a grandfather working with NASA I grew up hearing stories of spacecraft and even photo film dropped from satellites and flown to Rochester!

I headed to Estonia shortly after my education in political science where I joined the first IT company in the country to launch their American operations and I've since gone on to found my own EO company, and here you are with it, EO59.

Along the way I’ve been fortunate to be a subject matter expert with the Bertelsmann Foundation North America. I’ve also been an avid part of the now regularly occurring U.S. Opportunity Project. I’ve had a blast being elected as a Managing Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce for several terms. One of the most fun engagements has been participating as a Key Note speaker with the EU Copernicus program and the EU SME Summit with ESA.

I'm passionate about all things space, space food, spaceships, and particularly 1960s space clothing styles. As a crazy dad I've been impact driven to make sure little ones everywhere see space as something achievable. Something that changes the world in every day moments; both Europe, and America, are the places that began.

I'm a passionate photographer, a youth mentor, and avid economic development policy nerd. Most of all, I love to collaborate with a team of equally passionate people and am thrilled to engage with anyone on their own journey!

Please feel free to connect with me and my team on LinkedIn.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlpucci/

Born in the province of Bologna, Italy Joe has always shown interest in Space, nature and scuba diving. The first became his chosen career while the others are hobbies.

Completed his BA and MA studies in 2 different countries, worked on 2 different continents and speaking fluently 3 languages are valuable skills and background in his current role as Sales and Business Development Manager for the Airbus Intelligence Business Line in which he’s responsible for the Southern and Eastern Europe.

Based in the Konstanz Lake region on the border between Germany and Switzerland but always ready to hop on a train/plane to engage with partners everywhere needed.

Sebastian is an investment manager at Herius Capital, a space and innovation enthusiast financial expert with more than 4 years of experience in the venture capital industry. Sebastian earned his MSc degree in Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship from the University of Gothenburg, wrote his MSc thesis on Silicon Valley’s VC landscape and worked as a business developer in the energy industry before getting into venture capital where he has gained wide-ranging working experience along the investment value chain.

Raphael Roettgen is the managing partner of E2MC Ventures, a space-focused early-stage venture capital firm.

He lectures on space entrepreneurship and finance at several universities including the International Space University (ISU) and the Swiss Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), hosts the popular Space Business Podcast, and is the author of an introductory book on the space economy, currently available in German (“Hoch Hinaus”) and Portuguese (“Para Cima”), and forthcoming in English. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, such as e.g. so far in 2022, Spacecom, SmallSat Symposium and Paris Space Week.

Previously, Mr Roettgen held senior roles at global investment banks and hedge funds and was also a fintech entrepreneur in Brazil.

He holds degrees in finance from Wharton, machine learning from PUC-Rio and space studies from the International Space University, where he also serves as a governing member. He is conducting doctoral research on financing options for space activities at the University of Luxembourg.

www.e2mc.space

www.raphaelroettgen.com

Sergey is a space industry executive leader and currently Chief Commercial Officer at ClearSpace. ClearSpace is a Swiss newspace company addressing practical solutions of space debris problems and in-orbit servicing. Sergey is responsible for ClearSpace`s commercial strategy, sales, business development, launchers and partnerships to promote sustainable space economy, responsible space operations and in-orbit servicing of the future.

Prior to ClearSpace, Sergey was Chief Executive Officer at Sea Launch, multinational satellites launch company founded in 1995 using a former mobile/floating oil drilling rig for equatorial launches to geostationary orbit. Sergey drove the company in a post-restructuring period with 5 successful launches performed under his leadership.

Sergey holds a law degree as well as an MBA in Management of Technology from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL).

Head of Strategy for the OHB Group and Managing director for OHB Venture Capital GmbH

Egbert is space enthusiast and focuses on the technology, innovation and business aspects of the space sector. He is working for OHB, which is one of the largest independent space industrial groups in Europe.

Within OHB is responsible for strategy & corporate development and is creating the new Business unit of OHB called OHB DIGITAL which focused on downstream applications based on satellite data.

He is also Managing director for OHB Venture Capital GmbH, which aims to invests in start-ups that drive Digitalisation and Space technologies forward.

Alexander Gunkel is a serial entrepreneur using space technology for social and environmental good. Since 2013 he co-founded 3 impact ventures: "Skytree" which invented a CO2 recycling process to reduce global CO2 emissions, "RoadEO" which is developing a global road quality monitoring and prediction platform to improve road safety and comfort as well as "Space4Good" using satellite earth observation to monitor social and environmental impact initiatives around the globe.

Before starting his entrepreneurial career Alexander studied mechanical engineering and business administration and worked as a project manager at the European Space Agency. He is a Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative Fellow of the German Marshall Fund and believes in the power of social entrepreneurship to drive positive societal and economic change.

Temidayo is the Managing Director of Space in Africa, the leading analytics and consulting company focusing on the African space and satellite industry. Temidayo has led several industry-defining analyses and reports and advises Governments and Commercial space players in the African Space Industry value chain. He led the baseline study for the implementation and operationalization of the African Space Agency on behalf of the African Union and he was the African Regional Coordinator for Space Generation Advisory Council between 2017 and 2019.

Temidayo is a 2020 Karman fellow and a 2021 Forbes Africa 30 under 30 award recipient. He has a master’s degree in Satellite Applications from the University of Strathclyde Glasgow and is currently a PhD student at the University of Delaware. He is a TEDx speaker and regularly appears on various leading global media commenting on the African Space and Satellite Program.

Dr. Niamh Shaw is an academic space communicator on a mission to see the Earth from space to share a new perspective of our planet and ourselves. Through her work with STEM, STEAM and mainstream audiences, Niamh has witnessed how understanding space better can awaken us to our interconnectedness and the shared human endeavour at the heart of science: making life on this planet better. Since consolidated by a qualification in Practical Science Communicating from Cambridge University, as a speaker, she shares innovative approaches to problem-solving, collaboration and the personal steps she has learned that allowed her to dream big, develop a bigger social responsibility and fulfil her life's ambitions.

Sparked by a lifetime exposure to rockets, balloons, and Space Exploration projects in which his father was involved, Jose Mariano became an entrepreneur in 2009 when he founded Zero 2 Infinity to change the way we access Space. He's convinced that frequent and low-cost access to Space can be achieved without relying on new technologies by leveraging what already exists in a different way. Prior to building Zero 2 Infinity he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and gained experience at Boeing Phantom Works, the Boston Consulting Group, and the European Space Agency.