The European Space Week took place from 3 to 6 October 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. It was attended by anyone interested in current and future trends in the EU Space Programme; policy makers, start-ups, entrepreneurs, public authorities, investors and users.
The event presented first-hand information and updates on the EU space programmes Copernicus, (i.e. Copernicus, EGNOS, Galileo, GOVSATCOM and SSA) bringing together the entire EU space community in one place. The new European Union Space Programme adopted in 2021 sets out an ambitious agenda for a more dynamic, innovative and resilient European space ecosystem.
The four-day event included plenary sessions, panel discussions, award ceremonies and high-level speeches.
The event was jointly organised by the European Commission and the EU Space Programme Agency (EUSPA) in collaboration with the Czech Council Presidency and the City of Prague.
The EU Space User Consultation Platform (UCP) is a user requirements event, a focal point for EUSPA and the European Commission to take the pulse of the broad user communities of the EU Space Programme. The consultation involved users, industries, service providers and R&D actors involved in applications that rely, for the first time, on positioning, navigation, timing, Earth observation and secure telecommunications.
This year, users from the seven different market segments presented the results of their recent work, shared their views on how EU space technologies can be improved and discussed their needs. The sessions ran in parallel as hybrid events.