INCREDIBILE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE YOUR NETWORK, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

ESA’s TEC Directorate regularly organises events covering a diverse range of the topics related to space technology.
These events are targeted at specific audiences or can be completely open to anyone interested. They can be hosted in physical locations or held online, and can also feature exhibitors and side events.
Regardless, all of them provide great opportunities to network with Europe’s spaceflight community and to learn from experienced professionals.
If you are a university student, you may find dedicated training opportunities offered by our ESA Education Academy <a href="https://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_Academy/Current_opportunities_for_university_students" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;
Other opportunities can be found at this <a href="https://learninghub.esa.int" target="_blank">link</a>&nbsp;

Training courses

ESA’s TEC Directorate regularly organises events covering a diverse range of the topics related to space technology.
These events are targeted at specific audiences or can be completely open to anyone interested. They can be hosted in physical locations or held online, and can also feature exhibitors and side events.
Regardless, all of them provide great opportunities to network with Europe’s spaceflight community and to learn from experienced professionals.
You will find below a list of our events.

ESTEC events

Events&Workshops

The 3rd Zero Debris Future Symposium For senior decision-makers, high-level representatives and participants with relevant non-technical expertise, including regulatory, policy, legal and commercial matters.
A workshop of the Zero Debris Technical Forum For technical experts and specialists, including operators, researchers, and innovators, who can actively contribute to in‑depth discussions on technical solutions, current gaps, and key enablers required to achieve the Zero Debris targets.

3rd Zero Debris Future Symposium

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The Zero Debris Week will consist of two professional events:
The 3rd Zero Debris Future Symposium
For senior decision-makers, high-level representatives and participants with relevant non-technical expertise, including regulatory, policy, legal and commercial matters.
A workshop of the Zero Debris Technical Forum
For technical experts and specialists, including operators, researchers, and innovators, who can actively contribute to in‑depth discussions on technical solutions, current gaps, and key enablers required to achieve the Zero Debris targets.

Zero Debris Week 2026

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Join us on 15th September 2026 for the FIRST!#8 Avionics and GNC Online Pitch Day. The event will include an introduction from ESA, presentations from European Space Transportation Service Providers on their commercial interest in the selected technologies, followed by the short-listed Technology Providers who will present their disruptive ideas. ESA representatives, Member State Delegations, and SpaceTech Investors will also be in attendance.

FIRST!#8 Avionics and GNC Online Pitch Day

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The ISD is organised by the SME section in the ESA Directorate of Controlling, Finance and Operational Procurement to foster cooperation between different actors in the entire space sector.
Key elements of the event include:
<ul>
<li>pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings to establish new contacts in an efficient and time-saving manner</li>
<li>an exhibition with ESA and industry booths and the possibility to engage with future partners</li>
<li>keynotes and panel discussions with contributions by ESA, industry, investors and institutional partners</li>
<li>ESA presentations and workshops about business opportunities and future activities</li>
</ul>

ESA Industry Space Days 2026

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The workshop is organized by the Working Group “Radiation of High Temperature Gas” (RHTG) managed by ESA, through the ESA Technology Directorate. The local organization for this event is managed by Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (ISTP) CNR, Bari section and Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy).
The Workshop is devoted to promoting a dialogue on the state of the art and recent advances for simulation/modelling and experimental techniques of hypersonic radiating gas flows for the determination of radiative heat fluxes encountered during atmospheric entry. The workshop provides the opportunity to explore related areas of research to face the challenges of future space flight.
<ul>
<li>Non-equilibrium chemical kinetics</li>
<li>Hypersonic flows</li>
<li>Plasma radiative emission and absorption</li>
<li>Experimental facilities and experimental techniques</li>
<li>Experimental and numerical modelling improvements of radiative heat transfer: refinement, verification, validation and comparison for space object re-entry simulation tools</li>
<li>Test cases proposed for validation</li>
</ul>

Radiation of High Temperature Gas (RHTG)

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The BLAST Workshop aims to bring together the European launcher community to exchange knowledge and foster collaboration on the development of advanced GNC technologies.

3rd ESA  BLAST Workshop

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We warmly invite the space power community to join us once again for a new and even more inspiring edition. Your expertise is essential to shaping the conference, covering all key aspects of electrical power for space applications, including:
Power Management
Solar Generators
Energy Storage
Nuclear Power

14th European Space Power Conference – ESPC 2026

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The 3-day Summer School will propose a series of lectures about EP and its application given by experts in the field. The program will cover fundamental aspects, various technologies, numerical simulations, diagnostics and examples of missions using EP (detailed program and speakers available here).

3rd European Summer School on Electric Propulsion for Spacecraft.

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The 4th International Conference on Flight vehicles, Aerothermodynamics and Re-entry (FAR 2027) brings together leading research institutes, academia, industry and agencies to discuss the latest advances and future directions on the topics of aero(thermo)dynamics, flight vehicles and flight physics, and atmospheric re‑entry.

FAR 2027

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Incredibile opportunities to improve your network, knowledge and skills

ESA’s TEC Directorate regularly organises events covering a diverse range of the topics related to space technology.
These events are targeted at specific audiences or can be completely open to anyone interested. They can be hosted in physical locations or held online, and can also feature exhibitors and side events.
Regardless, all of them provide great opportunities to network with Europe’s spaceflight community and to learn from experienced professionals.
You will find below a list of our events.
For past events please visit our <a href="/events-archive" target="_blank">Events Archive</a> .&nbsp;