space data conference
ExCel Center, Space Data Conference Theatre - March 4-5th 2026
Turning orbital intelligence into commercial advantage
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Space Data: Intelligence That Powers the New Economy
Space data is no longer a specialist tool.
It’s becoming the operating system for modern industry. From finance and infrastructure to telecoms, agriculture and climate resilience, organisations are using EO, AI and real‑time intelligence to make faster, smarter, lower‑risk decisions.
This two‑day conference brings together global providers, policymakers, end‑users and innovators to define how space data delivers commercial performance at planetary scale.
Headline Speakers
What Is Being Covered
Monetisation
Markets
Scale
The Commercialisation of Space Data
Space‑derived data is shifting from bespoke tasking to continuous commercial intelligence.
We explore how pricing, automation, licensing and data architectures must evolve for EO and analytics to become standard inputs for sectors like finance, insurance, logistics, agriculture and infrastructure.
Automation
Multimodel
Planetary Insight
AI‑Enabled Earth Intelligence
Multimodal AI, agentic systems and cloud‑native pipelines are transforming how geospatial data is produced, fused and delivered.
We explore the next generation of spatial intelligence workflows, where models reason over imagery, text, signals and sensor data to unlock unprecedented decision support for governments and industry
Prototype to Pilot
Buyer-Ready
Stage Momentum
Dual‑Use to Mass Market
Most EO capability was built for defence but the real economic opportunity sits in commercial markets.
Uncover what must change in automation, access models, licensing, latency and UX to transition defence‑grade systems to thousands of everyday business users. The biggest opportunity in the Space industry right now!
Space data conference agenda
10:00 - 10:10Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Luca Budello
- Knowledge Transfer Manager - Geospatial Insights at Innovate UK Business Connect
Introduction from the Innovate UK GeoAI Festival organisers : Innovate UK Business Connect
10:10 - 10:20Ministerial Address: A message on the UK’s vision for EO, AI, and spatial innovation
- Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP
- Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government’s response to The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out was recently published highlighting how UK policy is enabling innovation where earth observation (EO) and artificial intelligence (AI) converge to accelerate economic growth and national resilience.
10:20 - 10:40Morning Keynote - The Future of Spatial Intelligence
- Nadine Alameh
- Founder of LunateAI
Earth observation (EO) and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing how we see and manage the world, from infrastructure and cities to climate and nature. This session offers a strategic look at what happens when location aware insight becomes part of everyday decision making. We will explore how spatial intelligence can guide investment, support resilience and unlock new value across public and private sectors.
10:40 - 11:20Panel Discussion - Explainable Earth Live: From Insight to Impact
- Chair: Phil Cooper
- Global Technical Business Development - Geospatial, AWS
- Madeline Lisaius
- PhD Candidate in Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Risk (AI4ER), Centre for Earth Observation, Cambridge University
- Dr Nataliya Tkachenko-Love
- Responsible AI Mobilisation Lead at Lloyds Banking Group
- James Banting
- Vice President of Research, Sparkgeo
- James Harding
- Data Scientist at Telespazio
A practical discussion on emerging GeoAI capabilities, from autonomous and agentic systems to multimodal fusion and natural language interfaces, the data and cloud foundations that enable them, and where the strongest opportunities sit across public and commercial use cases.
11:20 - 12:00Unlocking Value from Space: GeoAI Solutions for a Changing World
- Chair: Krupa Nanda Kumar
- Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
- Sam Fleming
- Head of Customer Success at Earthblox
- Jonathan Hendry
- Chief Technology Officer, 4EI (4 Earth Intelligence)
- James Banting
- VP Research and Strategic Projects at Sparkle
Satellite-based geospatial data, combined with advances in artificial intelligence, is transforming how organisations understand risk, build resilience, and unlock new commercial opportunities across the economy. From climate and nature recovery to finance, agriculture, and utilities, these technologies are moving rapidly from experimental pilots to operational, decision grade services.
This Tech Showcase and Panel Discussion brings together three leading organisations operating at the intersection of satellite geospatial solutions and AI. Through real-world use cases and expert discussion, the session will explore how these technologies are being deployed today, the value they are delivering, and the journey ahead to scale impact across multiple sectors.
12:00 - 13:00Networking Break
Explore the Innovate UK GeoAI Festival Showcase on stand J12 to meet the cohort teams and connect with our partners
13:00 - 13:05Afternoon Welcome
- Luca Budello
- Knowledge Transfer Manager - Geospatial Insights at Innovate UK Business Connect
13:05 - 13:30Afternoon Keynote - Beyond the GeoAI Hype: What Decision-Grade Earth Intelligence Actually Requires
- Aravind Ravichandran
- Founder & CEO, TerraWatch Space
The next wave of GeoAI adoption will be driven not by more data, but by AI-ready, decision-grade Earth Observation. This presentation will examine why scalable GeoAI depends less on better algorithms and more on solving friction in data readiness, usability, and productization—and what that means for building products around real end-user needs. Moving from pilots to impact requires addressing structural bottlenecks as much as technical ones.
13:30 - 13:40Launch of the GeoAI UK Outlook Report
- Luca Budello
- Knowledge Transfer Manager - Geospatial Insights at Innovate UK Business Connect
- Nadine Alameh
- Founder, LunateAI
13:40 - 14:20Panel Discussion - The GeoAI UK Outlook
- Chair: Nadine Alameh
- Founder of LunateAI
- Phil Baldacchino-Stewart
- Commercial Director at Tracsis GeoIntelligence
- Scott Herman
- CTO at SatelliteVu
- Nabil Lodey
- Managing Director UK&I, 1Spatial Ltd
- Tim Just
- Head of Portfolio - D&T, UKRI - Innovate UK
GeoAI is advancing at a remarkable speed. Yet the adoption of its full potential, maximising impact across public and private sectors, still lags. While we strive to keep pace with AI, geospatial and location data, and explore new models, agents, and applications, the hardest questions are no longer purely technical. They are questions of purpose, governance, trust, adaptability, and scalability.
Over three evenings at the Royal Society in London, a diverse group of leaders from government, finance, defence, academia, startups, and intergovernmental organisations explored what it would take to move from data to planetary intelligence.
This report distils those discussions into a shared agenda: starting with use-case–driven thinking; fostering partnerships not just in execution but in innovation, governance, and incentives; addressing the digital and skills divide; embedding robust controls in AI; and recognising the responsibility of the geospatial community to shape the conversation beyond the technical layer.
At this launch session, a panel drawn from the salons will reflect on the findings, debate priorities for action, and engage the wider community on how to position the UK as a global leader in trusted, responsible, and transparent GeoAI.
14:20 - 15:00Panel Discussion - End User Pull: Unlocking the Commercial Potential of GeoAI
- Chair: Andy Bennett
- Director of Partnerships at GrowthStudio
- Dr Shidrati Ali
- Associate Director, Environmental Sustainability and Portfolio Analytics & Insights at Lloyds Banking Group
- Luisa Doughty
- Mission Manager for Sustainable Earth at Satellite Applications Catapult
- Pieter Fossel
- CEO at Hydrosat
- Alpa Bhattacharjee
- Climate and Nature - Blue finance advisory at Fugro
Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence are reshaping sectors from farming to finance, but real impact only happens when end users can apply them easily and at scale. This session brings public sector and industry users together for a grounded discussion on where GeoAI is already delivering measurable value today, which problems are most urgent, what “good” looks like in practice, and what needs to change to move from pilots to widespread adoption. We will explore how GeoAI is driving new business models and smarter decisions, and what users need from providers, investors and government to unlock its full value.
15:00 - 16:20Pitching from the Winners of the Innovate UK GeoAI Festival - Build and Pitch Programme
- Mel Casley
- Knowledge Transfer Manager for Intelligent Systems, Innovate UK Business Connect
- Oliver Vaughan
- • Head of Earth Observation, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
The top teams of the Innovate UK GeoAI Festival cohort pitch their novel solutions to real-world challenges set by Innovate UK and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for the chance to win tailored Commercialisation Credits delivered by SAC’s Space Commercialisation Engine valued at up to £80k per winning team.
As part of this programme, each team will have participated in the accompanying Sprint Event and 6-week prototype development and pitch training sessions delivered by Innovate UK and partners between January and March 2026. The solutions you will hear about are expected to utilise foundation models, Agentic AI, Geo embeddings, multimodal AI, Natural Language Processing and/or large language models (LLM) in answer to these challenges:
- Harnessing GeoAI for a Resilient and Sustainable Agri-Food System
- Next-Gen Spatial Planning: GeoAI Solutions for Land, Ocean, and Climate
- Unlocking Nature-Based Markets with EO & AI
16:20 - 17:10Panel Discussion - Dual Use by Design: Bringing Defence Grade GeoAI to Commercial Markets
- Chair: Zena Wood
- Director of Defence Data Research Centre. University of Exeter
- Paul Larcey
- Knowledge Transfer Manager - Security and Defence, Innovate UK Business Connect
- Peter Round
- VP Business Development, Defence and Intelligence, Earth Daily Analytics
- Samuel Burrel
- Partner, Expeditions
- Lt Col James Cheesman
- Desk Lead for Capability Development at UK Space Command
Today, around four fifths of earth observation revenue still comes from defence and government, even though the potential commercial market across utilities, insurance, agriculture, energy and finance should be far larger. This panel explores the defence paradox, how defence budgets have enabled powerful satellite and GeoAI capability while locking many providers into tasking driven architectures, delivery models and licences that do not scale to thousands of business users. We will ask what needs to change in system design, automation and commercial strategy so that continuous, AI driven earth observation could become an operating input for banks, insurers, utilities and supply chains.
17:10 - 17:20EODH as a Platform for GeoAI Innovation
- Federica Moscato
- CEDA Head of Earth Observation, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
As demand grows for trusted spatial insight, the Earth Observation Data Hub is emerging as a key part of the UK data and AI infrastructure. This session will set out the vision behind EODH, the data it provides, and how it connects with cloud and analytics tools to support GeoAI use cases. We will discuss how organisations can use the hub to prototype new services, share workflows and scale solutions, helping turn earth observation from a specialist resource into an everyday decision tool.
17:20 - 17:30Closing Remarks
- Luca Budello
- Knowledge Transfer Manager - Geospatial Insights at Innovate UK Business Connect
Final reflections and next steps across the GeoAI ecosystem
11:00 - 11:30GenAI’s Impact on the Downstream Commercial and Institutional Satellite MarketIn association with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Phil Cooper
- Global Geospatial Lead for Public Sector at AWS
In association with AWS Amazon.
This session showcases how leading AWSCustomers – including ICEYE, Ursa Space, SatVu, ConstellR, LiveEO, and Blackshark.ai – are revolutionizing satellite data processing to deliver rapid, actionable intelligence.
Learn how the GenAI Geospatial Challenge in EMEA drove innovation across 14 winning projects, demonstrating breakthrough approaches to handling vast data volumes with minimal latency. Whether supporting defence and security operations or commercial applications, discover how AWS enables customers to process petabytes of sensor data efficiently, transforming weeks of analysis into minutes of decision-ready intelligence.
Key Takeaways
See how leading AWS customers are transforming satellite data into rapid, decision-ready intelligence at scale
Understand how GenAI-driven geospatial workflows cut latency and handle vast data volumes
Discover operationally how cloud-native architectures turn weeks of analysis into minutes for defence, security and commercial use cases
11:40 - 12:10Validating Tomorrow’s SatComs Services Today: ESA Project Case Studies with SAC & CalnexIn association with SAC & Calnex
- Dr Ashweeni Beeharee
- Head of the Ubiquitous Connectivity Department at Satellite Applications Catapult
- Frank Puranik
- Principal Technologist at Calnex
In association with SAC & Calnex
Calnex and Satellite Applications Catapult will present insights from two ESA programmes advancing next‑generation SatComs–5G integration. Drawing on real constellation‑level modelling from the TINA project and the hybrid 5G/LEO testbed created for NG‑eCall, the session will show how high‑fidelity network emulation accelerates innovation, derisks complex mission architectures, and enables reliable, real‑world testing before deployment.
Key Takeaways
- How SAC and Calnex modelled dynamic, multi‑orbit satellite networks—including OneWeb‑scale constellations—to support ESA research
- Learnings from building the ESA NG‑eCall hybrid SatComs/5G testbed and validating performance under rapidly changing LEO conditions
- Why advanced emulation is essential for application readiness, system optimisation, and mission assurance in modern space‑enabled services
12:20 - 13:00PANEL: How Space Data Drives Smarter Decisions on EarthIn association with AstroAgency
- Daria Dasha Filichkina
- Chief Operations Officer at AstroAgency
In association with AstroAgency.
This panel session brings together space-data providers and space-adjacent companies to explore how satellite data is being transformed into practical insights for real-world use. The discussion will focus on where space-enabled intelligence is improving decisions across areas like climate and sustainability, infrastructure and assets, mobility, and risk management, while unpacking the challenges of turning complex datasets into trusted, actionable tools that organisations can adopt at scale.
14:20 - 14:50Terrestrial Planning: 5 Lessons to Take to SpaceIn association with Prior + Partners
- Hazel McGregor
- Masterplanning Director at Prior + Partners
In association with Prior + Partners.
As we move towards an era of permanent lunar settlement, we face a complex set of challenges at the intersection of engineering, planning and policy making. Prior + Partners, award winning, international planning consultants, will present a series of case studies, illustrating best practice examples of regional scale, planning and policy frameworks, and reflecting on key lessons to take to space. They will consider common themes: working in data scarce environments; an evidence-based approach; mapping and design (GIS); complex systems-based thinking; spatial analytics; working with world heritage sites; vision making; and the importance of stake holder engagement. The session will provide a tangible bridge between existing planning practices on earth, and the emerging field of space policy and lunar planning.
Key Takeaways
- Terrestrial spatial planning approaches have significant value and applicability to the moon and beyond
- Clear and robust planning policy frameworks are born out of an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach
- Good planning policy and design are evidenced based, and evolve over time
15:00 - 15:40Ask the Engineer: From Megastructures to NanotechDr Nafeesa Dajda • Head of Missions at Satellite Applications Catapult
- Dr Nafeesa Dajda
- Head of Missions at Satellite Applications Catapult
This Meet the Engineer session brings together practitioners from aerospace, automotive, energy, telecoms, advanced manufacturing, and geospatial analytics to show how “non‑space” engineering is already critical to Europe’s space ambitions. From autonomous vehicles that depend on GNSS and high‑precision maps, to offshore energy assets and aerospace platforms monitored by satellite data, to secure telecoms and cloud systems enabling always‑on connectivity, these engineers sit at the heart of the downstream space economy even if “space” is not in their job title. Through fast‑paced conversations and audience Q&A, panellists will explore shared challenges such as resilience, safety, data overload, and sustainability, and highlight where collaboration with upstream and downstream space and aerospace specialists can unlock new products, services, and careers. Attendees will leave with concrete examples of cross‑sector and aerospace-linked projects, ideas for partnerships, and a clearer view of how engineering skills from any domain can plug into Europe’s growing space ecosystem.
Key Takeaways
- Discover what space and non-space engineers can learn from each other when tackling resilience, safety and data complexity
- Learn about shared engineering challenges (resilience, safety, data overload and sustainability) and how they are being solved across domains
- Take away real project examples and partnership ideas showing how skills from any engineering field plug into the space ecosystem
15:50 - 16:20Seminar TBC from The University of EdinburghIn association with the University of Edinburgh
In association with the University of Edinburgh.
Who should attend the space data conference
Don't miss your chance to take advantage of one of Space's biggest commercial opportunity
Commercial Leaders
See how space‑generated intelligence improves margins, resilience and strategic decision‑making across high‑value sectors.
Data & AI Executives
Understand how multimodal AI and geospatial fusion pipelines are evolving, and what capabilities you need to stay ahead.
Government
Learn how space data is transforming national resilience, regulation, net‑zero policy, environmental oversight and digital infrastructure.
Investors
Identify high‑growth opportunities in EO, AI, data infrastructure and downstream analytics — with direct access to emerging leaders.
Industry End-Users
Get practical insight into real deployments — what works, where ROI appears fastest, and how to integrate data into existing workflows.
EO Providers
Understand customer pain points across real commercial verticals, and learn how to package, automate and monetise your data effectively.
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| Keynote Conference |
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| GEO & AI Summit Hosted By Innovate UK |
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| Workshop Sessions |
| Investor Forum |
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| Intergovernmental Conference |
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| Intergovernmental Conference |
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| VIP Lounge |
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