The panel ‘Solving the Competitiveness Equation for a Sovereign and Secure Europe’, featuring key figures in the space domain, addressed the challenges and opportunities for Europe’s competitiveness and security. Speakers included: ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, DG DEFIS Director General at the European Commission Timo Pesonen, EUSPA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa, Thales Alenia Space CEO Hervé Derrey, Executive Vice-President Space and Safran Electronics & Defense and CEO at Safran Data Systems Jean-Marie Bétermier, YEESS Vice President Nicolas Capet, Space Business Unit Managing Director at Leonardo Massimo Claudio Comparini, and Airbus Defence and Space Head of Space Systems Alain Fauré.