ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti joins the panel Open Forum: Beyond Earth – The Next Space Race, alongside Dylan Taylor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Voyager Technologies, Inc, USA; Hélène Huby, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Exploration Company, Germany; John Gedmark, Chief Executive Officer, Astranis, USA; Lara Abrash, US Chair, Deloitte, USA; Renato Krpoun, Head, Swiss Space Office, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) of Switzerland, who is the current Chair of ESA Council; at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, on 22 January 2026.