Conferences | Paris Space Week - Insights for the Space Industry

Hybrid Conference Program

Every year

Strategic talks, Innovation Spotlights, and startup pitches across two days

Paris Space Week offers a hybrid program combining Signature Talks, Innovation Spotlights, and the PSW Innovation Challenge Final Pitch. Over two days, participants will attend conferences covering key challenges in the space sector, watch presentations of innovative solutions from exhibitors, and follow the pitches of the PSW Innovation Challenge finalist startups. This format provides a balance between strategic content and concrete visibility of technologies and innovations in the field.

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Signature Talks

Space industry outlook and challenges

ASTech-led thematic conferences

Signature Talks are 35-minute sessions featuring major players in the sector, including institutions, industrial leaders, and experts. These talks cover the main trends and challenges shaping the space industry, from European sovereignty to the use of satellite data with artificial intelligence, as well as space access, connectivity, orbital sustainability, and collaboration betweenstartups and large companies.

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Innovation Spotlight

Showcase Your Solutions

Sessions for presenting innovative products and technologies

Innovation Spotlights are 20-minute sessions that allow exhibitors to present a product, technology, or innovative solution. This dynamic format offers high visibility at the event, draws the attention of visitors and partners, and helps generate qualified contacts throughout the program.

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PSW Innovation Challenge

The PSW Final Pitch

The finalist startups of the PSW Innovation Challenge present their innovations to a panel of experts

The PSW Innovation Challenge highlights the most innovative projects and companies in the space sector. After a selection process conducted with ASTech, up to 15 finalists have 10 minutes to present their innovation to a jury of experts directly at their stand. The final pitch takes place on the first day, and the awards ceremony is held during the official cocktail, a flagship moment of Paris Space Week.

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The PSW Innovation Challenge
2026 Edition

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The Paris Space Week Innovation Challenge is back in 2026 to spotlight the most disruptive solutions in the industry.

From all over the world, innovators will take the stage to pitch their technology in front of a panel of top-level executives, contractors, and investors from leading space organizations such as: Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Thales Alenia Space, RUAG, CASC, CEA, and many more.

What’s at stake?

Global visibility during the event
Recognition by major industry players
A chance to win the Innovation Challenge Award
Direct connections with potential partners & investors

Who can apply?

The Challenge is open to startups and solution providers ready to demonstrate how their innovation can impact the space ecosystem.