Tech Needs Discovery 25 September: Industry Challenges

EVENT DETAILS

We have found that the series Tech Needs Discovery has brought focused target groups together and brought multiple leads who are now working together towards actual sales funnels, and is a successful way to work with the ESA Technology Broker NL. This edition we will implement our earlier findings for an even better networking experience.

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This time, instead of on-stage tech need pitches followed by matchmaking, we will host interactive breakout sessions. Participants from different industries (Space, Agri-Food, High-Tech, and Energy), will work together to co-develop solutions to real-world challenges submitted by you and your fellow attendees. You will collaborate with professionals from diverse backgrounds and expertise levels, and share your team’s proposed solutions in a closing plenary. Attendees will submit what they believe is the most pressing challenges they are facing right now; they will see the space sector not taking centre stage and, instead, coming together with the three other industries to jointly design solutions.

Where & when

Date: Thu 25 Sep 2025
Lunch: 13:00 to 13:45*
Event: 14:00 to 17:00
Location: SBIC Noordwijk

Registration link: click here
Event poster: click here (PDF)

*Let us know about allergies or dietary requirements

More info and register your attendance for 25 September here

This series is in collaboration with the European Space Agency, Innovation Quarter, Holland High Tech and Hi Delta. Following the programme, participants are invited to join the monthly networking event for the space industry.

Programme:

13:00   Walk-in with network lunch (register before 15 sept to enjoy lunch)
14:00   Start Event with Industry challenges & Sector Workshops
15:30   Break
15:45   Sharing Solutions and recap by the ESA Technology Broker NL
17:00   NL Space Campus Network & Drinks (Register Here)

The TND #3 event ends at 17:00 and NL Space Campus Network & Drinks will then start in the same location. All participants are invited to join and separate (free) registration is required (go here).

Who is it for?

🔹 Startups and SMEs: Seeking use cases, partners, scaling support

🔹Large enterprises: Scouting innovation and disruptive tech

🔹Public organisations: Driving impact through policy or procurement

🔹Research institutes: Translating research into practice

Industry Challenges

1. High tech – How can the high-tech industry connect to the fast-changing needs of the world, making use of ideas and innovations from other industries?

2. Agri-Food – Food production increasingly needs to integrate circularity — minimising waste, reusing by-products, and optimising energy and water use — but current technologies are often fragmented and lack integration across disciplines (e.g. aquaculture, hydroponics, biotechnology, and renewable energy).

3. Space – The space industry faces challenges like the lack of effective international regulations and potential orbital collisions due to multi-orbit operations.
4. Energy – Energy transition, dealing with congestion and decarbonisation

5. Logistics – How to integrate Space tech in logistics to gain competitive advantages?  (navigation, timing, position, earth observation, energy cost optimisation, blockchain, track&trace)

Participants from different industries will work on the most pressing challenges they are facing right now in interactive breakout sessions to co-develop solutions. You will collaborate with professionals from diverse backgrounds and expertise levels, and share your team’s proposed solutions in a closing plenary.

More info and register your attendance for 25 September here