FME supports new Innovation fund
FME welcomes the new innovation fund for companies active in the domain of the 10 key-enabling technologies listed in the National Technoloy Strategy. The fund is aimed at those projects that have the potential to create products that will be exported. The fund should help innovative companies to cover investment risks to scale up to the point of stimulate the potential for the export.
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Event reports
Industry Meeting: Sustainability in Big Science at HFML-FELIX
On 2 September, BigScience.NL brought together representatives from industry and research organisations at HFML-FELIX in Nijmegen for an industry meeting dedicated to sustainability. Marc Baldus, Director of HFML-FELIX and profile holder for sustainability within the Dutch NWO institutes, opened the meeting and set the stage for open and lively discussions on this important and timely topic.
SPIE 2026
Dutch Astronomical Instrumentation Community Shines at SPIE 2026 in Copenhagen
5–10 July 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark
The astronomical engineering world gathered in Copenhagen for SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, the leading international conference on ground-based, airborne, and space-based telescopes and the instruments that power them. The event drew more than 3,000 attendees from across the globe, who took part in 13 simultaneous technical conferences featuring over 3,000 presentations on the latest research, technology, and project developments in astronomical instrumentation.
Small Satellite Conference USA
Dutch Space Sector Connects at the 40th Annual Small Satellite Conference
23–26 August 2026, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
The Annual Small Satellite Conference (SmallSat) brought together around 5,000 government, industry, and academic professionals for technical papers, short courses, panels, and exhibits on the technologies driving today's small satellite constellations. Under the theme "The Clouds Above the Clouds," this year's edition celebrated 40 years of collaboration in a sector that has grown from a handful of pioneers into a global ecosystem powering navigation, Earth observation, and communications missions worldwide. Over the past four decades, the small satellite community has transformed from a dedicated few pioneers working on shoestring budgets into a global ecosystem of commercial, government, and academic innovators.
