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18TH EUROPEAN SPACE CONFERENCE, Jan 27-28, 2026, Brussels, Belgium
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Update, January 24: ESA lists the following events as being livestreamed on ESA TV 2. Times are shown in Central European Time (CET), subtract 6 hours for Eastern Standard Time.
Livestreamed events:
The following events will be accessible live on Two – ESA Web TV (all times CET)
- Tuesday 27 January 2026 9.20 Keynote address by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher
- Tuesday 27 January 2026 9.40 Press statement by European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius and ESA Director General
- Tuesday 27 January 2026 10.40 European Space competitiveness - A Make-or-Break Decade Ahead – Panel discussion featuring ESA Director General
- Tuesday 27 January 2026 15.20 Access to Space: Towards a European Strategy – Discussion featuring ESA Director of Space Transportation Toni Tolker-Nielsen and Christoph Kautz, Director for Space Policy, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, European Commission
- Wednesday 28 January 2026 9.10 Keynote address by the ESA Director General
Original Entry: The 18th European Space Conference will take place January 27-28, 2026 at the Square Convention Centre in Brussels, Belgium.
More information is on the event’s website, which says:
Europe’s Space Domain at a Crossroads
Join us for the 18th European Space Conference on 27–28 January at the Square Convention Centre in Brussels, Belgium.
2026 will mark a turning point for Europe’s space ecosystem. Key decisions will shape the next decade: the outcomes of the ESA Ministerial Council meeting, the negotiations of the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework and its Competitiveness Fund, and the development of the future EU Space Programme and its components.
The European Space Conference will provide a platform to debate these critical issues, and also engage in high-level dialogues on upcoming space and defence initiatives, national space strategies, and Europe’s role in global partnerships.
Together, we will chart the course for a competitive European space sector.