Speaker Bio
Carlos Urbina Ortega is an End-to-End System Engineer at the European Space Agency (ESA), where he works on the development of Earth Observation missions with a focus on the commercial New Space market. Based at ESA’s Φ-lab and actively involved in the ESA InCubed programme, Carlos plays a key role in identifying and shaping high-potential investments in innovative EO solutions. With a background in onboard computing and systems engineering, he bridges cutting-edge technical development with market-driven mission design, helping foster public-private partnerships and accelerating the uptake of AI in space applications.
