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

08:30

WELCOME AND OPENING

Ayuntamiento de Málaga

Junta de Andalucía

DHV Technology

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

Andalucía Trade

TEDAE

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

Chairperson: Javier Cañizares - AEE

Participants:

TBD - ESA

Javier Real - INDRA

Miguel A. Molina - GMV

TBD - OESIA

Alvaro Sánchez - INTEGRASYS

Ignacio Melendo - AIRBUS

11:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 3

Tcol Jorge Carmona - NATO HQ & Irene Saiz - NATO HQ

12:00

PANEL 2 - Space Cryptography & Quantum Key Distribution

Chairperson: Stefano Li Bassi - OESIA

Participants:

TBD - INTA

TBD - AIRBUS

Pedro Pintó - HISPASAT

Juan C. Gil - GMV

David Blázquez - AEE

Carlos Hernández - TELESPAZIO

13:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2

Kyriaki (Kiki) Minoglou, PhD - ESA

Title: Optical Communications

13:30

LUNCH 1

14:30

PANEL 3 - Communication Strategy & Talent retention in Space Sector

Chairperson:  Ana Marín - AEE

Participants:

Ignacio Ramos - GMV

TBD - AIRBUS

Ignacio Tourné - INDRA

Jesús Pérez - DHV Technology

Jorge Potti - TEDAE

15:30

PANEL 4 - Sovereign Space Systems

Chairperson: Enrique Fraga - GMV

Participants:

TBD - EC

TBD - EUSPA

Alfredo Quiles - ESA

Juan Sánchez - AEE

Tcol Carlos de Pablo - MESPA

16:30

COFFEE BREAK 2 sponsored by ANSYS

17:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 4

Fernando Gómez - AIRBUS CRISA

Title: Artemis II Contribution

17:30

PANEL 5 - Dual-use from the companies standpoint

Chairperson: Efrén Díaz - Bufete Mas y Calvet

Participants:

Donia Razazi - AYMING

Miguel A. García - HISDESAT

Javier Izquierdo - HISPASAT

Angel Sánchez - FOSSA SYSTEMS

Vicente Navarro - MESPA

Marco Guadalupi - SATELIOT

18:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 5

Nerea Socorro - ESA

Title: A vision of ESA, about Techonological Programs focused on Dual Technologies

19:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 6

Troy Brashear - NORTHORP GRUMMAN

19:30

RECEPTION COCKTAIL

WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB
08:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

08:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 7

Jordi Puig-Suari - CALPOLY

09:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 8

Gen. Isaac Crespo - SPANISH SPACE COMMAND

09:30

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

Chairperson: 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

Nicolás Martín - AEE

Miguel A. Carrera - AVS

Augusto Caramagno - INDRA

Miguel A. Molina - GMV

10:30

COFFEE BREAK 3 sponsored by BUFETE MAS Y CALVET

11:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 9

TBD - AEE

11:30

PANEL 7 - R&D for Dual Technologies

Chairpersons: TBD - AEE & Antonio Ayuso - SENER

Participants:

Antonio Azuaga - AEE

TBD - CE

TBD - UPM

TBD - EXOTRAIL

Cristina Vices - INDRA

TBD - OESIA

TBC - OCCAM SPACE

Emanuele di Sotto - GMV

12:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 10

Luis Martín - ARRIBES

13:00

PANEL 8 - Strategic autonomy in Space: how European and national initiatives complement

Chairperson: Javier Izquierdo - HISPASAT

Participants:

Héctor Guerrero - MINISTERIO CIENCIA, INNOVACIÓN Y UNIVERSIDADES

TBD - EC DEFIS

TBD - CESTIC

TBD - ESA

14:00

LUNCH 2

15:00

PANEL 9 - Space for the benefit of society - Focus on Earth Observation

Chairperson: Carlos Fernández - TELESPAZIO

Participants: 

TBD - ESA

TBD - IAC

TBD - AVS

TBD - AISTECH

Isabel Vera - AEE

Amaya Atienza - GMV

16:00

PANEL 10 - International Collaboration in the Space Industry I

Chairperson: TBD - ICEX SPAIN TRADE & INVESTMENT

Participants: 

Roger Hunter - NASA

Jon Goff - GRAVITICS

Andrew Faiola - ASTROSCALE

Lee Rosen - THINK ORBITAL

16:30

PANEL 11 - International Collaboration in the Space Industry II

Chairperson: Meghan Allen - SPACE FOUNDATION

Participants:

Troy Brashear - NORTHROP GRUMMAN

Bill Williams - LOCKHEED MARTIN

Keli Jones - AIRBUS US

17:00

PANEL 12 - International Collaboration in the Space Industry III

Chairperson: Meghan Allen - SPACE FOUNDATION

Participants: 

Scott Rodríguez - VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES

Tom Shelley - VAST

Michael LÓPEZ-ALEGRÍA - AXIOM

17:30

COFFEE BREAK 4

18:00

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS

Esther Sardon - GMV - LEO-PNT Program

Juan T. Hernani - SATLANTIS

Juan E. González - STARTICAL

Pablo Morillo - INDRA

Carlos Fernández - TELESPAZIO

Luis F. Sánchez - SENER

Pablo Lario - OCCAM SPACE

Cristina Ortega - AVS

20:30

FORUM DINNER

THURSDAY, 19 FEB
09:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

09:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 11

Alexandre Najjar - NOVASPACE

10:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 12

Michela Muñoz - NASA HQ

Title: Mars Sample Return Program

10:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 13

Michael López-Alegría - AXIOM SPACE

10:45

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 14

Pedro Duque - HISPASAT

11:00

PANEL 13 - Next Step of Human Exploration

Chairperson: Meghan Allen - SPACE FOUNDATION

Participants: 

Michael López-Alegría - AXIOM SPACE

Pedro Duque - HISPASAT

Mariella Graziano - GMV

11:30

COFFEE BREAK 5

12:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 15

Dough Liddle - UK SPACE TRADE ASSOCIATION

12:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 16

Roger Hunter - NASA AMES

13:00

LUNCH 3

14:00

PANEL 14 - Active Antennas, Key Technology for future applications

Chairperson: Antonio Abad - CANARY SAT

Participants:

TBD - SENER

TBD - UPM

Manuel Sansegundo - HISPASAT

TBD - AIRBUS

15:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 17

Patrick Wood - UK SPACE TRADE ASSOCIATION

15:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 18

Inmaculada Serrano 

16:00

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, 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. ALBERTO HERNÁNDEZ, 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 (uD3PP) 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, COMMSSENS 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. ÁNGEL DOBLADO/IÑIGO LAZKANOTEGI, TECNALIA

22. P37 - Comparative Analysis of Classical, Hybrid and AI-Based ADCS Architectures for High-Precision Pointing. FERNANDO AGUADO, ATLANTTIC, UNIVERSITY OF VIGO

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. ÁLVARO 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. MIGUEL A. PIQUERAS, 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 - Low-Profile Phased Array Antenna for Enhanced Telemetry in Next-Generation Launchers. MARÍA ÁNGELES GONZÁLEZ, 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

13:00

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. MATTHIEU BEAUMEL, SODERN

38. P27 - Autonomous Docking in LEO: AVS advances in End-to-End In-Orbit servicing with UND ROADS. RAINER DIAZ DE CERIO, 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. LUCA ARMANI, GAUSS SRL.

42. P07 - From Proof to Concept to Mission Capable: Performance, Guidance and Onboard Software for Lorentz-Force Propulsion. LUCA ARMANI, 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

11:00

COFFEE BREAK 5

12:00

ORAL SESSION 11 - TBC

46. P57 - Autonomous inspection, diagnose and repair of space structures using robots. DAVID RODRÍGUEZ, UMA

47. P59 - An open-source framework for modelling and evaluating LEO satellite QKD passes. JAVIER LÓPEZ CEREZO, UMA

48. P58 - Power system design based on commercial of the shelf components for space applications. AUSIAS GARRIGÓS. UNIVERSITY OF ELCHE

13:00

LUNCH 3

16:30

CLOSING