SSSIF
FEB 17–19, 2026
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FORUM

Agenda

SSSIF will be held as in previous editions in two different halls.

The Main Conference Hall for panels, outstanding contributions and keynote speakers and the Mena Hall for oral technological presentations.

The Main
 Conference Hall

The Main Conference Hall will host keynote speakers, panels and the most relevant contributions of the forum. It is the central stage for debates and presentations that bring together international experts and industry leaders.

The Mena Hall

The Mena Hall will feature oral presentations and thematic sessions, offering participants the opportunity to share research, projects, and innovative ideas in a more focused and interactive setting.

Main Hall General Timetable

*Schedules are approximate and may change in the final agenda
TUESDAY, 17 FEB
08:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

08:45

WELCOME AND OPENING

Junta de Andalucía

Ayuntamiento de Málaga

Andalucía Trade

AEE

09:15

PLATINUM SPONSOR SPEECH

Enrique Fraga - GMV

09:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1

Harald Hauschildt - ESA

Title: Quantum and Secure Communication in the next years

10:00

COFFEE BREAK 1 sponsored by BUFETE MAS Y CALVET & ARKADIA SPACE

10:30

PANEL 1 - Secure Communications and Quantum Keys

Chairman: TBC - AEE

Participants: ESA, HISPASAT-INDRA, GMV 

11:30

PANEL 2 - Space Cryptography

Chairman: TBC - OESIA

Particpants: INTA, DGAM, AIRBUS, HISPASAT-INDRA, GMV, AEE

12:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2

Kyriaki (Kiki) Minoglou, PhD - ESA

Title: Optical Communications

13:00

LUNCH 1

14:00

PANEL 3 - Communication Strategy & Talent retention in Space Sector

Chairman:  TBC

Participants: AEE, GMV, AIRBUS, INDRA, DHV, TEDAE

16:00

PANEL 4 - Sovereign Space Systems

Chairman: TBC - HISPASAT-INDRA

Participants: EC, EUSPA, ESA, AEE, MESPA

17:00

COFFEE BREAK 2 sponsored by ANSYS

17:30

PANEL 5 - Dual-use from the companies standpoint

Chairman: Bufete Mas y Calvet

Participants: AIMING, MESPA

18:30

RECEPTION COCKTAIL

WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB
08:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

08:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 3

Robert Pérez-Alemany - DIU USA

09:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 4

Gen. Isaac Crespo - SPANISH SPACE COMMAND

09:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 5

Jordi Puig-Suari - CALPOLY

10:00

COFFEE BREAK 3 sponsored by BUFETE MAS Y CALVET

10:30

PANEL 6 - Challenges of European Resilience from Space and the National Constellations

Chairman: TBC - SATLANTIS

Representatives from ESCA+Spain, Poland, Switzerland and Portugal will establish the constructions challenges

and the scenario post-constellation that will arise in East & South Europe

11:30

PANEL 7 - R&D for Dual Technologies

Chairman: TBC - AEE, SENER

Participants: AEE, CE, UPM, EXOTRAIL, INDRA, OCCAM SPACE

12:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 6

Luis Martín - ARRIBES

13:00

LUNCH 2

14:00

PANEL 8 - Space for the benefit of society

Chairman: TELESPAZIO

Participants: AEA, ESA, TELESPAZIO

15:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 7

Andrés Martínez - NASA HQ

15:30

COFFEE BREAK 4

16:00

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS

Fernando Gómez-Carpintero - AIRBUS CRISA (ARTEMIS II)

Juan T. Hernani - SATLANTIS

Juan E. González - STARTICAL

Carlos Fernández - TELESPAZIO

Francisco Setín - PLD SPACE

Luis F. Sánchez - SENER

Pablo Lario - OCCAM SPACE

20:00

FORUM DINNER

THURSDAY, 19 FEB
09:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

09:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 8

TBC - NOVASPACE

10:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 9

Jordi Paredes - FIREFLY

10:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 10

Michela Muñoz - NASA HQ

11:00

COFFEE BREAK 5

11:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 11

Doug Liddle - UK SPACE TRADE ASSOCIATION

12:00

PANEL 9 - International Collaboration in the Space Industry

Chairman: Senin Carbia - ICEX

Participants: DIU, STARLAB-VOYAGER, SPACE X, LANTERIS, AEE

13:00

LUNCH 3

14:00

PANEL 10 - Active Antennas, Key Technology for future applications

Chairman: TBC - AEE

Participants: SENER, UPM, HISPASAT, AIRBUS

15:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 12

Benjamin Malphrus - MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY

15:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 13

Patrick Wood - UK SPACE TRADE ASSOCIATION

16:30

CLOSING AND CONCLUDING REMARKS

The Mena Hall Timetable

*Schedules are approximate and may change in the final agenda
TUESDAY, 17 FEB
08:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

10:00

COFFEE BREAK 1 sponsored by BUFETE MAS Y CALVET & ARKADIA SPACE

11:00

ORAL SESSION 1 - Market and future vision of small satellite platforms

Chairman: TBC

1. P01 - EU Space Act 2025: Harmonizing New Space for a Competitive and Sustainable European Space Future. EFRÉN DÍAZ DÍAZ, BUFETE MAS Y CALVET

2. P02 - Sovereign and Interoperable Space Logistics: Standardization, Security, and Resilience for Future Access. DANIELA JOVIC, IMPULSO.SPACE

3. P43 - From Documents to Models: Overcoming Challenges in MBSE Adoption for Space Missions. PALOMA MAESTRO. STARION GROUP

4. P45 - Are CubeSats Stagnating? Status, Trends and Future of Nanosatellites. ERIK KULU. NANOSATS DATABASE

12:00

ORAL SESSION 2 - Research Institutions and scientific developments with small satellites

Chairman: TBC

5. P03 - Progress on UC3M Center for Space Techonology and nano/Micro-Satellites (CSAT). ANDRÉS MARCOS, UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID

6. P18 - DRAGO-3, an uncooled high-resolution SWIR camera. ALFONSO YNIGO, INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS (IAC)

7. P54 - Phase 3: status review on UC3Ms ST3LLARsat1 BOIRA Cubesat. ANDRÉS MARCOS, UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID

8. P55 - On the digital processing implementation for active smart antenna payloads onboard SmallSats. MIGUEL SALAS-NATERA, UPM

13:00

LUNCH 1

14:00

ORAL SESSION 3 - Key technologies for the future of the small satellite missions (part 1)

Chairman: TBC

9. P05 - Satellites Services & AI for Emergency Management - Safeplace Live Demo, S+EM Valencia. SARA DE LA FUENTE, STARION GROUP

10. P09 - EMC of CubeSats using Kron method. KOUASSI KOUASSI, CENSUS. OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS

11. P13 - Micro Pin Puller (uE3PP) qualification, lessons learned and integration suggestions. GUILLEM QUINTANA. DCUBED

12. P14 - Demonstration of Silicon Photomultipliers for Visible-Light detection in CubeSat Missions. LUCAS FINAZZI. INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FISICAS, UNSAM/CONICET

15:00

ORAL SESSION 4 - Deep space missions and scientific missions based on small satellite & nanosatellite platforms

Chairman: TBC

13. P04 - Feasibility Analysis and Desgin of a Lunar CubeSat Mission with Impactor and Orbiter. ALICIA GARCÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALÁ

14. P16 - The ESA Comet Interceptor Mission and its instruments. JORGE FDEZ DE TORO, EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, ESA

15. P26 - From F to Gamma: AVS Leads ARRAKIHS with LUR-100, the Ultimate Modular Platform for ESA Science. CRISTINA ORTEGA. AVS SPAIN

16. P44 - Indigenous Design and manufacture of 16U CubeSat with Micro Propulsion System and Broadband IR. R. PRITHIVIRAJAN, SATHAYABAMA INST. OF SCIENCE AND TEHCNOLOGY

16:00

ORAL SESSION 5 - Application & solutions for LEO constellations of small satellites and nanosatellites

Chairman: TBC

17. P36 - A GNSS Reflectometry payload for the Spanish Contribution to the Atlantic Constellation. GUILLEM GRACIA, COMMSENS LAB, UPC

18. P48 - COMPASS: New features for Multi-Scenario Constellation analysis. KSENIA OSIPOVA. UPC

19. P53 - The electrical power subsystem for a small satellite constellation platform. DANIEL GARCÍA, DHV TECHNOLOGY

20. TBD

17:00

COFFEE BREAK 2 sponsored by ANSYS

17:30

ORAL SESSION 6 - Missions, techonology analysis and applications using small satellites

21. P20 - Hybrid Additive Manufacturing for Integrated Electronics in Small Satellite Platform. IBAI SANTAMARÍA, TECNALIA

22. P37 - Comparative Analysis of Classical, Hybrid and AI-Based ADCS Architectures for High-Precision Pointing. MANUEL DIZ-FOLGAR, ATLANTTIC RESEARCH CENTER

23. P49 - Mission-based System Engineering in the NewSpace. BORIS SEGRET, CENSUS. PARIS OBSERVATORY

24. P52 - 360: A High-fidelity, Optimization-Driven Framework for integrated space mission and mobility Analysis. JORGE ARIZA, IENAI SPACE

18:30

RECEPTION COCKTAIL

WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB
08:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

10:00

COFFEE BREAK 3 sponsored by BUFETE MAS Y CALVET

10:30

ORAL SESSION 7 - Key technologies for the future of the small satellite missions (part II)

Chairman: TBC

25. P08 - Enabling the Next Generation of European Fully Reusable Launch Vehicles. ALVARO SAEZ, SENER AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE

26. P10 - Mechanical design, assembly and test of a TIR objective for Earth observation from a CubeSat in LEO. CLÉMENT CHARUEL, LIDAX

27. P15 - Motor control for Nanosatellite Stabilization. AINARA JARAMILLO, IEEC

28. P17 - Nanosatellite Stabilization Study Using Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs) and Testbench. RICARDO J. PAREDES. UB

11:30

ORAL SESSION 8 - Telecommunication and ground segment solutions for small satellite platforms

Chairman: TBC

29. P11 - Real World Quantum Safe Secure Communications. What we have learned from our global space and terrestrial network. JUAN J. GARRIDO. STARION GROUP

30. P24 - Leveraging Photonic Technologies to Enhance Small Satellite Applications. LARA ARCHE, TECNOBIT, GRUPO OESIA

31. P25 - The emerging Malaga Telecommunications Space Ecosystem: ongoing initiatives and outlook. SERGIO FORTES, UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA

32. P30 - Compact High-gain Reflectarray Antennas for CubeSats and nanosatellites. EDUARDO CARRASCO, UPM

33. P50 - EODD-LYNX active antenna for EO data downlink. MARIA ANGELES GONZALEZ, SENER AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE

34. P56 - Progress on the Active Smart Antenna Payload onboard UPMSat-4 Reflectarray and Digital Signal Processing. MIGUEL SALAS-NATERA, UPM

13:30

LUNCH 2

14:00

ORAL SESSION 9 - In-Orbit demonstration and validation using small satellite platforms and enabling technologies

Chairman: TBC

35. P21 - The ANSER mission - Challenges and achievements during more than 2 years in orbit. IVAN CASTRO-FDEZ, INTA

36. P22 - Validation of aerodynamic models using orbit propagators and GNSS data of the ANSER cluster. MARCOS FUENTES-CARRILLO, INTA

37. P23 - Analysis of the suitability of the Auriga Star Tracker for Very Low Earth Orbit Missions. GRÉGORY BENICOURT, SODERN

38. P27 - Autonomous Docking in LEO: AVS advances in End-to-End In-Orbit servicing with UND ROADS. CRISTINA ORTEGA, AVS

39. P32 - SATMAR: in-orbit results of the LEOP and commissioning phase and initial AIS/VDES payload operations. ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ, ALÉN SPACE

40. P47 - First results from the Foresail-1 prime CubeSat science missions. JAAN PRAKS, AALTO UNIVERSITY

15:30

COFFEE BREAK 4

20:00

FORUM DINNER

THURSDAY, 19 FEB
09:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

09:45

ORAL SESSION 10 - Deorbiting and Space Debris Mitigation

Chairman: MIGUEL A. SALAS-NATERA (UPM)

41. P06 - GRACE (Gauss Reentry Assist and Cleanup Equiment): a standardized, scalable and flight-ready. RICARDO NICOLETTI, GAUSS SRL.

42. P07 - From Proof to Concept to Mission Capable: Performance, Guidance and Onboard Software for Lorentz-Force Propulsion. RICARDO NICOLETTI, GAUSS SRL, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROMA

43. P12 - The Zero Debris Approach and its implications for LEO CubeSat Mission Design. DIEGO NAVARRO-TAPIA, UC3M

44. P19 - OKAPI: Soteria-Debris Mitigation Analysis Tool. FREDERIK LÄUFERTS, OKAPI: ORBITS GmbH

45. P35 - From acceptable risk to added risk: A regulatory rationale for incentivizing sustainable space. VICTOR BARRIO, ANDERSEN IBERIA TAX & LEGAL

11:30

COFFEE BREAK 5

12:00

ORAL SESSION 11 - TBC

13:00

LUNCH 3

16:30

CLOSING