Sign Up for the Disrupt Space Summit

Bremen, December 10, 2015 (Newswire.com) - ​​​​On 7-8 April 2016, the first ever Disrupt Space Summit will take place at the GOP Varieté-Theater in Bremen. The event aims to bring together 300 innovators to use entrepreneurship to tackle existing challenges and needs using space.

As space is becoming more accessible due to lower costs and improved technologies, it is creating new opportunities for individuals from outside the space industry. The “SpaceTech” sector is rapidly evolving in North America that has the potential to disrupt many of the conventions used in the industry. This is mainly driven by startups. Traditional government entities, especially in the USA, are now pushing forward in enabling commercial space companies to launch, grow and sustain themselves. The Disrupt Space Summit is an initiative from Bremen to bring this innovation into Europe’s space sector.

"Disrupt Space will take the concept to the next level by bringing together innovators across Europe and beyond to help make Bremen the hub for space entrepreneurship."

Hans-Georg , Tschupke

“The Summit will bring together all the key stakeholders in Europe and beyond bridging corporate representatives, investors, entrepreneurs, and government officials to drive innovation forward through a unique, interactive event format.” said Magni Johannsson, Co-lead of the Disrupt Space Summit. “It will be the perfect place to develop innovative entrepreneurial space ventures.” ​

Disrupt Space builds on the success of the 1st Startup Weekend Space in Europe, which took place in April 2015 in the city of Bremen. In total 80 people from 18 countries attended the event to develop entrepreneurial space concepts within 60 hours. A simultaneous sister event took place in Shanghai. The entire weekend demonstrated a strong creative spirit in both locations, resulting in a total of 18 startup concepts. Currently four international teams that formed at the Bremen StartupWeekend Space are continuing to make headway in bringing their products and services to market.

Space is increasingly international. The Disrupt Space Summit seeks to transform this international collaboration into entrepreneurial action using space. Aspiring entrepreneurs are being encouraged to develop business concepts to tackle global challenges pre-emptively submitted by government and industry partners. On-site mentoring will be provided at the summit with subsequent follow-on support to turn these concepts into sustainable businesses incubated in the city of Bremen.

Bremen was recently successful in its bid in hosting the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in 2018, one of the world’s largest aerospace events. With the congress in mind there is likely to be an upsurge in interest in space startups in the region. It is therefore necessary to build the infrastructure to harness this momentum.

“I am very pleased to see a continuation of StartupWeekend Space.” said Hans-Georg Tschupke, Head of Innovation at Bremen Invest. “Disrupt Space will take the concept to the next level by bringing together innovators across Europe and beyond to help make Bremen the hub for space entrepreneurship.”

Space and non-space entrepreneurs, government officials, corporate representatives and investors can now sign up at: disruptspace.io for a chance to receive early bird tickets for the summit.

CONTACTS

Magni Johannsson

Co-lead, Disrupt Space Summit

E-mail: [email protected]  

Tel: ​ +49 176 81 589 303 

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Hans-Georg Tschupke

WFB Wirtschaftsförderung (Bremen Invest)

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: +49 421 96 00 10