“LarioSpace 2025” is organized by Involve Space, an aerospace company providing stratospheric balloon launch services, in collaboration with Telespazio, a Leonardo company.
Now in its third edition, the event will welcome dozens of space sector executives and experts, who will take part in technical conferences, one-to-one interviews, and outreach sessions for young people and students. Among the guests will be two Italian astronauts: Paolo Nespoli, who flew to orbit for the European Space Agency (ESA), and Walter Villadei, an engineer with the Italian Air Force.
The LarioSpace 2025 program will run over two days. On Thursday, September 11, the opening session will feature institutional greetings, including remarks from Teodoro Valente, President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) via video connection, Giorgio Saccoccia, Special Advisor to the Director General of ESA and former President of ASI, Alessandro Fermi, Regional Minister for University, Research and Innovation of Lombardy, Andrea Cardellicchio, Vice President Operations at Telespazio, and Jonathan Polotto, Director of LarioSpace and CEO of Involve Space.
Speakers will include representatives from the Italian Air Force, ENEA, INAF, CIRA, Lombardy Aerospace Cluster, AIPAS, Politecnico di Torino, SEDS, Astec, Fondazione E. Amaldi, ESA, CERN, as well as companies such as Leonardo, Telespazio, e-GEOS, D-Orbit, Aiko, Apogeo Space, Officina Stellare, NPC Spacemind, APR, Ali, Axiom Space, iSpace, Fortgale, Intuitive Machines, and G0Flight.
On Friday, September 12, the event will continue with sessions mainly dedicated to students and enthusiasts, covering topics such as the Moon, Mars and space exploration; technological innovation for scientific research; and space education. The program will also feature space communicators Adrian Fartade and Emilio Cozzi.
Telespazio’s Lario Space Centre, active since 1977, is located north of Lake Como, near the municipality of Gera Lario. It covers a total area of 80,000 square meters, including 5,000 square meters of indoor facilities. The centre hosts more than 60 operational antennas, capable of managing satellite transmission and reception services.