Heinz STOEWER

Space Associates • CEO

• Degrees in Technical Physics, Business and Systems Management, Germany/USA • Airbus, Germany, Project Engineer European launcher upper stage • Boeing, California, System Engineer space launchers, Project Manager NASA Space Tug/USAF Orbit to Orbit Shuttle • European Space Agency, Program Manager Spacelab, Europe’s first human space project; later Founder of ESA’s Systems Engineering and Programmatics Dept., ESTEC
• Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, founding Professor/Chair Space Systems Engineering and Director of the international M Sci programme in Systems Engineering; Architect of the international Systems Workforce Summit, October 2024 • Managing Director Space Science and Application programs, German Space Agency, Bonn; Member ESA Council, European Union Space Advisory Group, et al • Founder/President Space Associates GmbH • Advisor Airbus Space & Defense Engineering Academy, until 2021 • Member, Deputy Chair Supervisory Board of OHB SE, Europe’s 3rd Space Prime contractor, until 2023; Executive Advisor of the OHB SE CEO • Fellow, Life Member, Past President International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE • Distinguished Visiting Scientist NASA JPL, until 2024 • Member International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), past Board member • Member Honours and Awards Committees IAF and DGLR • Lecturer/guest professor/keynote speaker at several international universities, industry and government events • >90 publications; multiple national & international honours, e.g. by the German Parliament, NASA, ESA, Netherlands Space Society, Delft University of Technology and IEEE (Simon Ramo Medal for pioneering activities and technical leadership in space systems)

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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International Astronautical Congress 2018

1–5 October 2018

Bremen, Germany

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Participation