
Speakers

Theodor Christensen help financial institutions and businesses manage the risks and opportunities of climate change. His focus is on transforming complex climate challenges - ranging from extreme weather and agricultural disruption to evolving ESG regulations - into actionable insights that support stronger decision-making. Agriculture sits at the heart of this transition. Farms and rural economies are on the frontlines of climate impacts, yet they are also central to food security and the net-zero transformation. By integrating agricultural risk data with financial analytics, they support banks, insurers, and farmers in accurately assessing credit exposures, designing insurance solutions, and building resilience across supply chains. Complementing this technology-driven approach, they provide advisory services that guide clients through evolving ESG frameworks, disclosure requirements, and transition planning. This combination of advanced analytics and regulatory expertise ensures that financial institutions and corporates can not only quantify and manage climate risk, but also align with the policy, reporting, and market expectations shaping the low-carbon economy.

Laurids Sund co-founded Gismap because he believe urban nature is one of the most important building blocks of future cities. Urban nature is more than parks and trees. It’s the network of green spaces – from courtyards and rain gardens to green roofs and city forests – that make urban life healthier, cooler, and more resilient. It’s also where most people experience biodiversity in their everyday lives. Before Gismap, he studied Geography and Geoinformatics, where he learned how interconnected our world and its systems truly are. That perspective still guides him: cities are not separate from nature – they are ecosystems in themselves. At Gismap, they combine public geospatial data and advanced computer vision to make urban nature measurable, understandable, and actionable. With better insight, municipalities, real estate companies, architechts, engineers and contractors can design and manage greener, healthier, and more connected urban spaces. Their goal is clear: To build Europe’s leading platform for urban nature – helping cities unlock the full potential of green spaces for people and the planet.
Gravity Club: AI for Space
How is AI actually used in space today and what does it look like to build a space tech startup in practice?
At Gravity Club, you’ll meet startups working with Space & AI and hear how they use space data to build real products and businesses here on Earth. You’ll get an inside look at how satellite data and AI are turned into practical solutions and why working with space doesn’t have to be as complex as it sounds.
This edition celebrates AI for Space, with real examples and perspectives from people laying down the ground work.
There will be pizza, beer, soft drinks, music and a competition where you can win an experience in “zero gravity”
Program:
15:00 Doors open - drinks & hang out
15:45 Welcome to Gravity Club
15:50 ITU NextGen - From student ideas to early-stage startups
16:00 ESA Business Incubation Centre - How ESA BIC supports space startups using data & AI
16:10 Envira - Founder story: building a startup with space & AI
16:30 Gismap - Founder story: turning space data into a startup with AI
16:50 “Zero Gravity” Competition
17:00-18:00 Networking, Pizza and Music
If you’re studying AI, data, software, or you’re just curious about space, this is a chance to see how your skills translate into real space technology - and what you could do next.
Organised by: ESA Business Incubation Centre and ITU NextGen



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