The microgravity environment offers unique conditions and opportunities to accelerate technological innovation, with significant results in fields such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, materials science, human research, and satellite communications. These opportunities, once the exclusive domain of government space agencies or large corporations, are now increasingly accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Thanks to end-to-end services provided by specialized organizations, access to experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) and in orbit is becoming available not only to universities and startups but also to traditional businesses. Companies specializing in the space sector offer standardized platforms for transporting, installing, and managing microgravity projects, making prior space expertise unnecessary. This shift democratizes innovation and broadens the frontiers of research.

Through firsthand accounts, shared insights, and a discussion on future challenges and opportunities, this free event – organized by Voyager Technologies Europe and ESA BIC Turin, hosted at the Politecnico di Torino’s incubator (I3P), and supported by the Piedmont Region through the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) – will offer an in-depth overview of research and innovation in the microgravity environment, guiding participants toward new perspectives in the sector.

How to Participate
The event will take place on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, in person at the Sala Agorà of the I3P incubator, located within the Politecnico di Torino campus, accessible via two pedestrian entrances: Corso Castelfidardo 30 and Via Borsellino 53/N.

Participation is free, but registration on Eventbrite is required.

Program

5:00 PM | Guest Welcome

5:10 PM | Welcome Remarks and Introduction

• Leo Italiano, Senior Consultant at I3P and Program Manager at ESA BIC Turin

• Olga Moraru, Business Development Manager at Voyager Technologies Europe

5:20 PM | Presentations – “Made in Space – Opportunities”

• “Microgravity as a Development Environment for Advanced Materials and Critical Technologies: The ISS and Starlab Platforms Driving Innovation”
  Speaker: Andrea Scudiero, Senior System Engineer at Voyager Technologies Europe

• “Experiments in Orbit and Biotechnologies”
  Speaker: Leonardo Barillaro, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

5:50 PM | Q&A Session with the Audience

6:00 PM | Closing Remarks