Name: EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe Workshop
Start: 2026-03-24T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-25T21:50:00+01:00
Location: ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe Workshop

from Tuesday, 24 March 2026 (09:00) to Wednesday, 25 March 2026 (21:50)

Monday, 23 March 2026
Tuesday, 24 March 2026

09:00 09:00: Workshop opening
09:00: Workshop opening
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Erasmus High Bay
09:10 Introduction to the EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe Programme and the GSTP Programme - Ali Zadeh (ESA)
Introduction to the EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe Programme and the GSTP Programme
- Ali Zadeh (ESA)
09:10 - 09:30
Room: Erasmus High Bay Ali Zadeh / Olivier Perat - ESA
09:30 IRIS2 - Sara Mugnaini (ESA)
IRIS2
- Sara Mugnaini (ESA)
09:30 - 09:50
Room: Erasmus High Bay
09:50 Post CMIN25 Objective 1: Continuation of Running Activities - Richard Jansen (ESA)
Post CMIN25 Objective 1: Continuation of Running Activities
- Richard Jansen (ESA)
09:50 - 10:00
Room: Erasmus High Bay
10:00 Post CMIN25 Objective 2: Critical & High Priority JTF Activities - Karin Lundmark (ESA)
Post CMIN25 Objective 2: Critical & High Priority JTF Activities
- Karin Lundmark (ESA)
10:00 - 10:10
Room: Erasmus High Bay
10:10 Post CMIN25 Objective 3: Increased portfolio of European Components - Paavo Heiskanen (ESA)
Post CMIN25 Objective 3: Increased portfolio of European Components
- Paavo Heiskanen (ESA)
10:10 - 10:20
Room: Erasmus High Bay
10:20 Q&A #1
Q&A #1
10:20 - 10:50
Room: Erasmus High Bay Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland

10:50 Break
Break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Erasmus High Bay
11:20 French contribution to GSTP EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe - Florence Malou (CNES) Franck Amsellem (CNES)
French contribution to GSTP EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe
- Florence Malou (CNES)
- Franck Amsellem (CNES)
11:20 - 11:40
Room: Erasmus High Bay
11:40 German contribution to EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe - Burak Gokgoz (DLR)
German contribution to EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe
- Burak Gokgoz (DLR)
11:40 - 12:00
Room: Erasmus High Bay
12:00 Strengthening the European supply chain: the roadmap of ASI for EEE - Marco Di Clemente (ASI)
Strengthening the European supply chain: the roadmap of ASI for EEE
- Marco Di Clemente (ASI)
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Erasmus High Bay
12:20 Swiss contributions to EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe - Julien Bonnaud (Swiss Delegation at ESA)
Swiss contributions to EEE Space Component Sovereignty for Europe
- Julien Bonnaud (Swiss Delegation at ESA)
12:20 - 12:40
Room: Erasmus High Bay
12:40 Q&A #2
Q&A #2
12:40 - 13:00
Room: Erasmus High Bay

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 European Commission development activities for Space EEE Components for EU strategic autonomy – GaN, FPGA and Chiplets roadmaps - Fabio Vitobello (DEFIS)
European Commission development activities for Space EEE Components for EU strategic autonomy – GaN, FPGA and Chiplets roadmaps
- Fabio Vitobello (DEFIS)
14:00 - 14:15
Room: Erasmus High Bay
14:15 Component Technology Board roadmap for EEE and other space technologies - Oliver Vendier (TAS)
Component Technology Board roadmap for EEE and other space technologies
- Oliver Vendier (TAS)
14:15 - 14:30
Room: Erasmus High Bay
14:30 Ultra Deep Sub-Micron Foundation and Platform Technology - activity status and the process of organising the supply chain - Sandi Habinc (Frontgrade Gaisler AB)
Ultra Deep Sub-Micron Foundation and Platform Technology - activity status and the process of organising the supply chain
- Sandi Habinc (Frontgrade Gaisler AB)
14:30 - 14:50
Room: Erasmus High Bay
14:50 Super Scaled Nitride Technology (S2CANT) – activity status and the process of organising the supply chain - Benoit Lambert (UMS)
Super Scaled Nitride Technology (S2CANT) – activity status and the process of organising the supply chain
- Benoit Lambert (UMS)
14:50 - 15:10
Room: Erasmus High Bay activity status and the process of organising the supply chain
15:10 Trusted Chips made in Europe - Paola Haka (GlobalFoundries)
Trusted Chips made in Europe
- Paola Haka (GlobalFoundries)
15:10 - 15:30
Room: Erasmus High Bay
15:30 Q&A #3
Q&A #3
15:30 - 15:45
Room: Erasmus High Bay
15:45 Round Table - Edouard Lepepe (NanoXplore)
Round Table
- Edouard Lepepe (NanoXplore)
15:45 - 16:45
Room: Erasmus High Bay 1. Why has the EEE Initiative been launched 2. Return on Investment 3. Can Europe catchup with non-European Competition
16:45 Networking
Networking
16:45 - 18:00
Room: Erasmus High Bay
Wednesday, 25 March 2026

08:00 Coffee
Coffee
08:00 - 08:30
Room: Erasmus High Bay
08:30 UDSM: Chip and Chipsets for Missions
Chip and Chipsets for Missions
08:30 - 09:25
Room: Erasmus High Bay
Contributions

08:30 UDSM Workshop Opening - Sylvain Bouchart (ESA)

08:40 Introduction to the UDSM Workshop - Boris Glass (ESA) Juergen Beister (ESA)

08:55 ESA needs for digital and RF payloads - Adem Coskun (ESTEC) Vaclav Valenta (ESA)
09:00 Electronic Assembly: ESA presentation of the need for Electronic Assembly with focus on Pb-free technology
ESA presentation of the need for Electronic Assembly with focus on Pb-free technology
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Nc321
09:25 UDSM: UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting IHP Technologies
UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting IHP Technologies
09:25 - 09:50
Room: Erasmus High Bay
Contributions

09:25 UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting IHP Technologies - Juergen Beister (ESA) Vaclav Valenta (ESA)

09:30 IHP - Fabian Vargas (IHP - Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics)

09:40 Saphyrion - Roberto Materni (Saphyrion sagl)
09:50 UDSM: UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting STM Technologies
UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting STM Technologies
09:50 - 11:15
Room: Erasmus High Bay
Contributions

09:50 UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting STM Technologies - Lucana Santos Falcon (European Space Agency) Maria Pilar Garde (Telespazio for ESA)

09:55 STM - Francois Martin (STM)

10:05 Asygn - Clement Jany (Asygn)

10:15 NanoXplore - Edouard Le Pape (NanoXplore)

10:25 TTTech - Ivan Masar (TTTech Computertechnik AG)

10:35 Xiphera - Petri Jehkonen (Xiphera Ltd)

10:45 Frontgrade Gaisler - Sandi Habinc (Frontgrade Gaisler AB)

10:55 ISD - Dimitrios Baramilis (ISD S.A.)

11:05 PacketArc - Robert Wikander (PacketArc)
10:00 Electronic Assembly: Open discussion with interested parties
Open discussion with interested parties
10:00 - 12:00
Room: Nc321

Passives and RF passives: Technology needs (ESA)
Technology needs (ESA)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Ck213

Photonics: ESA presentation: GSTP EEE Initiative for Photonics components
ESA presentation: GSTP EEE Initiative for Photonics components
10:00 - 10:20
Room: Dj 124y

10:20 Photonics: ESA presentation: Photonics for Space trends and challenges
ESA presentation: Photonics for Space trends and challenges
10:20 - 10:40
Room: Dj 124y

10:30 Passives and RF passives: Discussions with agencies, users and manufacturers
Discussions with agencies, users and manufacturers
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Ck213

10:40 Photonics: Q&A session
Q&A session
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 PCB: PCB session
PCB session
11:00 - 13:00
Room: Df104
Contributions

11:00 Review of work plan on PCB development for EEE Sovereignty

12:00 Review of new input from harmonisation roadmap and others
Photonics: Tyndall presentation: Review of Silicon Photonics and Copackaged Optics Technologies
Tyndall presentation: Review of Silicon Photonics and Copackaged Optics Technologies
11:00 - 11:20
Room: Dj 124y

11:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:15 - 11:25
Room: Erasmus High Bay

11:20 Photonics: IZM Fraunhofer presentation: Copackaged Optics activities
IZM Fraunhofer presentation: Copackaged Optics activities
11:20 - 11:40
Room: Dj 124y
11:25 UDSM: UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting GF Technologies
UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting GF Technologies
11:25 - 13:00
Room: Erasmus High Bay
Contributions

11:25 Session introduction: GlobalFoundries - Filomena Decuzzi Richard Jansen (ESA)

11:30 GlobalFoundries - Paolo Gervasini (GlobalFoundries)

11:40 IMEC - Geert Thys (imec)

11:50 IMST - Pascal Raffelberg (IMST)

12:00 IDEAS - Dirk Meier (Integrated Detector Electronics AS)

12:10 Argus Space - Thomas Burger (Argus Space)

12:20 InCIrt - Oner Hanay (InCIrt)

12:30 Scalinx - Hussein Fakhoury (SCALINX)

12:40 Jariet Technologies - Scott Powell
11:40 Photonics: IMEC presentation: Radhard IC design
IMEC presentation: Radhard IC design
11:40 - 12:00
Room: Dj 124y

12:00 Photonics: Leo Photonics Presentation: Photonics activities and interests
Leo Photonics Presentation: Photonics activities and interests
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Dj 124y

12:20 Photonics: Q&A session chaired by Ana Collado
Q&A session chaired by Ana Collado
12:20 - 13:00
Room: Dj 124y

13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00

14:00 Packaging and IC substrates: ESA presentation on Packaging and IC substrates GSTP EEE Initiative
ESA presentation on Packaging and IC substrates GSTP EEE Initiative
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Dj124y
UDSM: UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting TSMC Technologies
UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting TSMC Technologies
14:00 - 15:55
Room: Erasmus High Bay
Contributions

14:00 UDSM/RF Ecosystems for Space targeting TSMC Technologies - David Merodio Codinachs (ESA) Gabriela Mystkowska (University of Pisa)

14:05 Axelera - Jean Vieville (Axelera)

14:15 IMEC - Geert Thys (imec)

14:25 NanoXplore - Edouard Le Pape (NanoXplore)

14:35 Frontgrade Gaisler - Peter Sinander (Frontgrade Gaisler AB)

14:45 Magics - Bjorn Van Bockel (Magics Technologies)

14:55 TUSK IC - Wouter Volkaerts (TUSK IC)

15:05 SiPearl - Vincent Casillas (SiPearl)

15:15 Kudelski - Philippe Le Berre (Kudelski)

15:25 University of Pisa - Luca Fanucci (University of Pisa) Sergio Saponara (Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria della Informazione (DII))

15:35 Synopsys - Thomas Benoit (Synopsys)

15:45 TAS - Philippe Ayzac (TAS)
15:55 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:55 - 16:15
Room: Erasmus High Bay

16:15 UDSM: Round table about Packaging Solutions for UDSM/RF technologies
Round table about Packaging Solutions for UDSM/RF technologies
16:15 - 16:45
Room: Erasmus High Bay
16:45 UDSM: Round table about UDSM/RF Technology Solutions, Needs and Gaps
Round table about UDSM/RF Technology Solutions, Needs and Gaps
16:45 - 18:15
Room: Erasmus High Bay
Contributions

16:45 UDSM/RF Technology Needs, Gaps and Solutions: Beamforming and Converters

17:45 Integrating UDSM insights into European Space Technology Harmonisation - Apolline Queno (ESA)

18:00 Conclusion

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