Building Bridges: North American Dialogue with Canadian Space Agency and the Aerospace Corporation

Watch the replay of the North American Dialogue at the 19th ESPI Autumn Conference at Vienna City Hall held on 28–29 October 2025.

In this session we heard from: Jean-Claude Piedboeuf, Senior Vice President of Space Programs at the ‪@canadianspaceagency‬ and Jamie Morin, Vice President of Defense Strategic Space at ‪@AerospaceCorp‬. The session was moderated by Sinead O'Sullivan, Economist at ‪@HarvardHBS‬.

The event brought together over 300 participants from government, international institutions. Industry and academia. Under the aspirational theme “Europe as a Space Power,” the event explored how Europe can strengthen its position as a global space actor and trusted partner, at a time of growing geopolitical and geoeconomic change.

Credits: European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

More on the conference: https://www.ac.espi.or.at/b?p=ac2025

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