CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS - NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Murat Koc is the Business Development Manager of ALTINAY. He is in charge of national and international business development activities in aerospace and defense industries. Murat Koc is a Mechanical Engineer with a masters degree from Bogazici University. He started his career as a research assistant at Mechanical Engineering Department of Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. Following the academic career for 5 years, he moved to private industry and worked for a turbojet engine development project as a Mechanical Designer. In 2015 he joined to ALTINAY and has been leading the business development activities. Murat Koc has a deep understanding and experience of international collaboration for advanced defense and aerospace system development projects.

Cesare Lobascio graduated in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in 1987, and in Environmental Engineering (MS) at the University of California in Berkeley (USA) in 1993, being awarded a Fulbright Fellowship.

He has worked for 30 years at Thales Alenia Space in the fields of Space Environment and Environmental Control and Life Support, with roles of analyst, researcher, system engineer, study manager and leader for the disciplines, in the frame of several International Space Station, Scientific Satellites and Space Exploration programs.

For more than 14 years, he has been Head of the Space Flight, Environment & Habitats Unit. In this role he was responsible for teams active in the domain of Space Environment & Debris, Life Support & Habitat, Aeromechanics & Propulsion.  Since 2014 he serves as Senior Expert in “Life Support & Habitability” in Thales Alenia Space.

He is currently Innovation Lead for Exploration & Science, in the New Initiatives and Innovation Directorate, active in the innovation Cluster and Open Innovation initiatives.

He teaches two courses at the Master SEEDS (Space Exploration & Development Systems) in Torino: Space and Planetary Environment and Environmental Control and Life Support.   

He has authored more than 70 papers for journals and conferences, and several book chapters.

Member of the International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) International Committee and Space Environment Systems Program Committee, he organizes and chairs several workshops and conference sessions in his field.

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Rosa Sapone has a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic of Turin.

Currently, Head of the Aerospace Systems Engineering Unit, within the ALTEC Operational Direction.

Since 2013 she has been the technical manager of the end-to-end service of Logistic and Maintenance support within the ESA TLO contract (Training, Logistics and Operations) supporting the operations of Columbus and its Payloads.

She hold the role of System engineer and technical reference to NASA for the Logistics and Maintenance aspects, as part of the logistic and engineering support provided to NASA for the PMM module, participating in support to the Italian Space Agency in the Logistics boards of the ISS, in the specific ML&CP (Multilateral Logistics & Control Panel) and MIWG (Multilateral Imagery Working Group).

Since 2007 to 2011 she was a team leader for real time support from the Mission Support Center of ALTEC for MPLM missions STS-126 / ULF-2, STS-128 / 17A, STS-131 / 19A, STS-133 / ULF -5 and STS-135 / ULF-7.

Alessandro Balossino is a mechatronic engineer and has been working in the space field since 2012. In this period he worked on several research programs for the space exploration and on the development and qualification of the Descent System of the ExoMars 2020 mission. He currently works in the R&D unit of Argotec, where he coordinates projects involving Artificial Intelligence, advanced electronics systems and Additive Manufacturing.

Flavio Bandini Product Line Manager of Infrastructure and Transportation Systems in Thales Alenia Space. Graduated in Aeronautical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino in 1983. In Thales Alenia Space since 1983 with an initial background of structural designer, he was responsible of mechanism and structures systems of ISS Modules Node 2 and 3 and MPLM. Later he was System manager for CEV and CSTS re-entry capsules and subsequently Chief engineer of the pressurized module of Cygnus vehicle. He got the certification as  “System Engineer Professional (CSEP)” by International Council of System Engineering  (INCOSE).

Joined Tyvak International in 2015 leading as deputy manager in the start-up phase of the company. He enabled the growth of the company, acquiring multiple contracts, developing relations and hiring 20+ engineering resources. BSc, MSc and PhD in Space System Engineering at Politecnico of Torino. 10+ years of experience in Program Management, space systems design, integration and testing. Program Manager for multiple contracts, delivering project management, mission formulation, system engineering, spacecraft AI&T, launch integration services and in-situ campaigns. As COO, he serves Tyvak developing strategy, executing business operations, coordinating R&D and external partners relationships.

He has more than 10 years of experience as Wealth Advisor. Subesquently he specialized in Enterprise Internationalization and Negotiation. He is also acting as consultant for M&A initiatives and for creation of start-up's. In the CoRe company he is also reference point for the aplication sector Aerospace and in this respect is following the activities of the Cluster "D&Rsolutions".

Presently supporting Piemonte Agency as Senior Space Expert he is also external Professor at Politecnico di Torino involved in Space Systems Engineering courses since more than 20 years. He was in Thales Alenia Space for 41 years covering several design and Testing responsibilities up to the last position of CTO for TAS Italy and TAS VP for R&D, technology and Product Policy . Actually is also member of the Scientific Committee inside the Center of Near Space and President of the Technical Scientific Committee of the ITS Mechatronics and Aerospace in Piemonte. He is also Co-Chairman of the "Technologies from Space Exploration" WG of NEREUS on behalf of Piemonte Region and is part of the Technical Committee of the A&DM. Is also acting as visiting professor of the University of Leicester in Space Exploration and providing consultancy  to the University of Padua for Space hybrid Propulsion. 

Before to join to NanoRacks she was Strategy and Business Development officer at RHEA, and appointed at the European Space Agency (ESA) ? ESTEC as Business Innovation Expert of the Commercial Partnerships? initiative for space exploration in the Directorate of Human Space Flight and Robotic Exploration. Previously worked for the ESA ? Technology Transfer Programme Office, Department of International Relations of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Even before worked at the European Space Policy Institute in Vienna, at the International Space University in Strasbourg, Telespazio SpA in Rome, Wave Energy Centre in Lisbon and as researcher at different universities in Europe and in the USA. She has been a climate-KIC coach since 2012. Veronica holds a Master Degree in System Engineering from Electronic Engineering Department, a Master Degree in Space Policy, and a full Graduation in Law.  She also pursued PhD Studies in Economics.

Graduated with a MSc in Mechatronics Engineering at Politecnico of Torino, he is responsible for Prima Power’s aerospace market sales and business development in Europe. Since 2016, he specializes in multi-axis high power fiber laser systems and their applications in manufacturing of aircraft components.