Speakers & Experts | Toulouse Space Forum 2026

speakers

Adrià ARGEMI

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pangea Propulsion

Pangea Propulsion

Alain FAURÉ

Executive Vice President of the space division of Airbus Defence and Space and President of Airbus Defence and Space France

Airbus Defence and Space

Anna CHRISTMANN

Former Federal Government Coordinator for German Aerospace Policy

Carlos HERNANDEZ MEDEL

Director of European Projects

Hispasat

Claire BERTAUX

Strategic Operations Manager of ICEYE

ICEYE

David MASTERSON

Vice President, Future Programmes – Earth Observation, Science & Exploration, Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space

Didier SCHMITT

Head of the Future Preparation Department for Robotic and Human Exploration at the ESA

ESA

Emmanuel CHIVA

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ONERA

Onera

Emmanuelle MERIC

Managing Director, Loft Orbital Europe

Loft Orbital

EVA PORTIER

Space Deputy to the Director General for Armaments

Fabien APPER

U-Space

Florian DECONINCK

Vice President, Growth, OpenCosmos

OpenCosmos

Giampiero DI PAOLO

Deputy CEO, Senior Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation Domain at Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space

Hervé DERREY

Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space

Jean-Christophe TORTORA

Chairman of La Tribune, Chief Executive Officer of CMA Media

CMA Medias

Jean-Claude SOUYRIS

Director of Strategy at CNES

CNES

Jean-Luc MOUDENC

Mayor of Toulouse, President of Toulouse Métropole

Toulouse Métropole

Juan Carlos CORTES

President of the Spanish Space Agency

Massimo COMPARINI

Managing Director of Leonardo's Space Division

Leonardo

Miguel Ángel MOLINA

Space Council Chairman at GMV

GMV

Philippe LUGHERINI

Ingénieur aérospatial

Philippe PERRIN

Pierre BERTRAND

CEO of Skynopy

Skynopy

Pierre LIONNET

Economist, Research Director and Chief Executive Officer of Eurospace

Eurospace

Raquel GONZALEZ SOLA

Vice President and Head of Airbus Space Systems Spain

Airbus Space Systems